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	<title>rowlandoconnor.com</title>
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	<description>My Thoughts and Ramblings on Technology, SCUBA Diving and Anything Else.</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>My new company: rolosoft.com</title>
		<link>http://www.rowlandoconnor.com/2008/09/23/my-new-company-rolosoftcom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rowland</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Today sees the launch of my company web site Rolosoft.com.
Its reason for &#8220;being&#8221; is to provide software and services that I have developed over the years.
Currently, there are 3 products available all geared towards solving common issues that companies face when developing ASP.Net web sites or applications:

GEO IP.Net easily solves the problem of how to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows Vista SP1 - Installation Failure</title>
		<link>http://www.rowlandoconnor.com/2008/04/24/windows-vista-sp1-installation-failure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rowlandoconnor.com/2008/04/24/windows-vista-sp1-installation-failure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rowland</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Window Vista]]></category>
<category>continuous cycle</category><category>microsoft windows vista</category><category>service pack 1</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My main desktop PC runs Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate x64. It has been running happily for many months and is stable.
In April 2008, Microsoft launched Service Pack 1 making it a required download via Windows Update.
It doesn&#8217;t install on my PC and leaves it in a continuous cycle of re-boots with error message:-
STOP: c0000139 {Entry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My New Site: CreditCardExclusive.com</title>
		<link>http://www.rowlandoconnor.com/2008/03/25/my-new-site-creditcardexclusivecom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rowlandoconnor.com/2008/03/25/my-new-site-creditcardexclusivecom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rowland</dc:creator>
		
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My latest acquisition is Credit Card Exclusive.com. The site compares &#38; lists US based credit cards.
I bought the site pretty much as a &#8220;Punt&#8221; in getting into the very competitive arena of credit card websites.
So far, there&#8217;s a lot of tidying up of the site to make it more Search Engine and user friendly. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stopping Page Rank Hijacking</title>
		<link>http://www.rowlandoconnor.com/2007/12/19/stopping-page-rank-hijacking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rowlandoconnor.com/2007/12/19/stopping-page-rank-hijacking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rowland</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Software and Internet]]></category>
<category>IIS</category><category>search engine optimisation</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I received an email from a marketing agency enquiring about advertising opportunities on my website. The confusing thing was that the website domain mentioned in the email isn&#8217;t owned by me!
On further investigation (by typing the &#8220;mystery&#8221; url into a browser) and to my utter amazement, up comes my own website content! It appears [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indonesia Trip: Siladen Resort &#038; Spa</title>
		<link>http://www.rowlandoconnor.com/2007/10/26/siladen-resort/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rowlandoconnor.com/2007/10/26/siladen-resort/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rowland</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[SCUBA Diving]]></category>
<category>Indonesia</category><category>Manado</category><category>SCUBA</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a quick trip report of our (Lisa &#38; I) trip to Indonesia in October 2007.




















The crater of Mahawu volcano.



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		<title>Broadband Speed Test. New Version goes live!</title>
		<link>http://www.rowlandoconnor.com/2007/10/05/broadband-speed-test-new/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rowlandoconnor.com/2007/10/05/broadband-speed-test-new/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rowland</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband]]></category>
<category>Broadband</category><category>Broadband speed test</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve just put a new broadband speed test  live over at my site Broadband-help.com .
This new version has some great new features including:

Built in service comparison. Uses &#8220;traffic lights&#8221; to show if your broadband is any good or not.
Built in interactive chart. See every second of your broadband speed test results.
Built in detailed report. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Compare Broadband Simply. Broadband-best-deals.co.uk Launched Today!</title>
		<link>http://www.rowlandoconnor.com/2007/10/04/compare-broadband-simply-broadband-best-dealscouk-launched-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rowlandoconnor.com/2007/10/04/compare-broadband-simply-broadband-best-dealscouk-launched-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rowland</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Broadband]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Comparing stuff on-line can be painful. Not any more for broadband! My new site www.broadband-best-deals.co.uk is designed to give a very simple and fast comparison of leading broadband providers.
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		<title>Successful On-line Commerce:- How NOT to Do It (BT Shop).</title>
		<link>http://www.rowlandoconnor.com/2007/10/01/successful-on-line-commerce-how-not-to-do-it-bt-shop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rowlandoconnor.com/2007/10/01/successful-on-line-commerce-how-not-to-do-it-bt-shop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rowland</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Do some on-line shopping experiences drive you nuts? A recent experience with BT Shop left me wishing that I&#8217;d not even bothered.
The Great Camera Quest

The Olympus u770SE is a great little camera for diving trips and holidays. Not only does it take great photos but it can go to 10m without a case!
On a diving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>phpmailer and IIS SMTP Doesn&#8217;t Work</title>
		<link>http://www.rowlandoconnor.com/2007/09/25/phpmailer-and-iis-smtp-doesnt-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rowlandoconnor.com/2007/09/25/phpmailer-and-iis-smtp-doesnt-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rowland</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[PHP]]></category>
<category>IIS SMTP</category><category>phpmailer</category><category>smtp service</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After much messing around, I was still unable to get phpmailer to work on IIS6 (Windows 2003). I am using PHP v5.x for windows.
From investigation it seems that IIS SMTP service has a problem with phpmailer. The error message from PHP is:-
&#8220;Language string failed to load: instantiate&#8221;
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		<title>Developing Your Own SCUBA Style</title>
		<link>http://www.rowlandoconnor.com/2007/09/22/developing-your-own-scuba-style/</link>
		<comments>http://www.rowlandoconnor.com/2007/09/22/developing-your-own-scuba-style/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2007 13:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rowland</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Technique]]></category>
<category>SCUBA</category><category>SCUBA Kit</category><category>SCUBA Style</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New divers are often confused by the vast array of all things SCUBA. Here, I&#8217;ll try to cut through some of the nonsense out there and focus on how to develop your own style as a diver.
There are so many things to think about in SCUBA. Here is just a short list of some possibilities:-

Which [...]]]></description>
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