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		<title>Google Chrome Plugins</title>
		<link>http://danielk.org/blog/software/google-chrome-plugins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Kivatinos</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Boomerang Gmail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rapportive]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Below are the Google Chrome plugins I generally use and recommend to people: Boomerang Gmail Rapportive]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Below are the Google Chrome plugins I generally use and recommend to people:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.boomeranggmail.com/">Boomerang Gmail</a></li>
<li><a href="http://rapportive.com/">Rapportive</a></li>
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		<title>WordPress</title>
		<link>http://danielk.org/blog/software/wordpress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Kivatinos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Setting up wordpress on Ubuntu 10.04 How to Backup WordPress The best plugins for WP are listed WP-DB-Backup &#8211; by far the best backup tool. Some of my favorite WP themes: Typebased 5 Awesome jQuery WordPress Themes Fusion http://www.wpexplorer.com/blogger-wordpress-themes.html http://labs.paulicio.us/viewport/#1 http://www.woothemes.com/2010/05/inspire/ http://thethemefoundry.com/ More stuff Great jQuery plugins Lightbox Shadowbox Insights SimpleModal Contact Form infinite-scroll tweet-blender [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.ubuntugeek.com/installing-wordpress-3-0-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx.html">Setting up wordpress on Ubuntu 10.04</a></p>
<p><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups">How to Backup WordPress</a></p>
<p>The best plugins for WP are listed</p>
<ul>
<li>WP-DB-Backup &#8211; by far the best backup tool.</li>
</ul>
<p>Some of my favorite WP themes:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.woothemes.com/2008/11/typebased/">Typebased</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.wpexplorer.com/awesome-jquery-themes.html<br />
">5 Awesome jQuery WordPress Themes</a></li>
<li><a href="http://digitalnature.ro/projects/fusion/<br />
">Fusion</a>
</li>
<p>http://www.wpexplorer.com/blogger-wordpress-themes.html</p>
<p>http://labs.paulicio.us/viewport/#1</p>
<p>http://www.woothemes.com/2010/05/inspire/</p>
<p>http://thethemefoundry.com/</p>
</ul>
<p>More stuff<br />
<a href="http://blog.templatemonster.com/2010/03/25/jquery-plugins-wordpress-blogs/<br />
">Great jQuery plugin</a>s<br />
<a href="http://www.pedrolamas.com/projectos/jquery-lightbox-en/">Lightbox</a><br />
<a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/shadowbox-js/">Shadowbox</a><br />
<a href="http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/wordpress-plugins/insights">Insights</a><br />
<a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simplemodal-contact-form-smcf/<br />
">SimpleModal Contact Form</a><br />
<a href="http://www.infinite-scroll.com/">infinite-scroll</a><br />
<a href="http://tweet-blender.com/">tweet-blender</a></p>
<p>jQuery Lightbox<br />
Shadowbox JS<br />
TubePress<br />
Add LightBox &#038; Title &#8212; rel=&#8221;lightbox[POST-ID]&#8220;</p>
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		<title>MySQL</title>
		<link>http://danielk.org/blog/software/mysql/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Kivatinos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MySQL]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Backing Up and Restoring Your MySQL Database drop database databasename; Resetting your MySQL root password.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.devshed.com/c/a/MySQL/Backing-up-and-restoring-your-MySQL-Database/">Backing Up and Restoring Your MySQL Database</a></p>
<p><code>drop database <em>databasename</em>;</code></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/recover-mysql-root-password.html">Resetting your MySQL root password</a>.</p>
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		<title>Best Network Security Tools</title>
		<link>http://danielk.org/blog/software/best-network-security-tools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Kivatinos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cryptography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nmap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wireshark]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[These are the networking security tools I have used: nmap &#8211; A very powerful tool to check what ports are open on what machines and tells what machines are on your network. wireshark &#8211; Packet sniffing tool that reads and tells were the internal network packet attack might be coming from.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These are the networking security tools I have used:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://nmap.org/">nmap</a> &#8211; A very powerful tool to check what ports are open on what machines and tells what machines are on your network.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.wireshark.org/">wireshark</a> &#8211; Packet sniffing tool that reads and tells were the internal network packet attack might be coming from.</li>
</ul>
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		<title>Video Tools</title>
		<link>http://danielk.org/blog/software/video-tools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Kivatinos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AVI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DVD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video Editing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[DVD to AVI tools: bitripper More tools for this here: SuperUser answers.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>DVD to AVI tools:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.bitripper.com/">bitripper</a></li>
</ul>
<p>More tools for this here: <a href="http://superuser.com/questions/85832/lossless-dvd-to-avi">SuperUser answers.</a></p>
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		<title>Software for OS X</title>
		<link>http://danielk.org/blog/software/software-for-os-x/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Kivatinos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OSX]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After using OS X for a few weeks now I am learning what the best software out there is for it. Below is some of the good free software for OS X: Adium tweetdeck jdownloader skype keepass filezilla flock gedit kekaosx picasa (set where you want it to scan) snagit vlc utorrent http://www.macports.org/install.php cyberduck jellyfissh [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After using OS X for a few weeks now I am learning what the best software out there is for it.</p>
<p><strong>Below is some of the good free software for OS X:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://adium.im/">Adium</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.tweetdeck.com/download/">tweetdeck</a></li>
<li><a href="http://jdownloader.org/download/index">jdownloader</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.skype.com/download/skype/macosx/downloading/">skype</a></li>
<li><a href="http://keepass.info/download.html">keepass</a></li>
<li><a href="http://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client">filezilla</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.flock.com/">flock</a></li>
<li><a href="http://projects.gnome.org/gedit/">gedit</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.kekaosx.com/en/">kekaosx</a></li>
<li><a href="http://picasa.google.com/mac/">picasa</a> (<a href="http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&#038;answer=11511">set where you want it to scan</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.techsmith.com/snagitmac/get-beta/">snagit</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/">vlc</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.utorrent.com/">utorrent</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.macports.org/install.php">http://www.macports.org/install.php</a></li>
<li><a href="http://cyberduck.ch/">cyberduck</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/8032/jellyfissh">jellyfissh</a></li>
<li><a href="http://macvim.org/OSX/index.php">VIM</a>, a great text editor.</li>
<li><a href="http://darwinports.com/">DarwinPorts</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacPorts">wikipedia</a></li>
<li><a href="http://geany.darwinports.com/">Geany</a></li>
<p><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.mspx?pid=Mactopia_RDC#viewer">Microsoft RPD Viewer</a>
</ul>
<p><strong>Paid Software:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Adobe CS4 Master Collection</li>
<li>Camtasia</li>
<li>Microsoft Office 2008</li>
<li>RealVNC Enterprise</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Some other random but I found useful information:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.opensourcemac.org/">A great list of free software for Macs</a>
</li>
<li><a href="http://theappleblog.com/2008/09/26/mac-101-sharing-files-between-2-macs/">File sharing between macs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.googletutor.com/2007/01/24/syncing-google-calendar-with-ical/">Syncing google calendar with ical/</a></li>
</ul>
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		<title>Must have Ubuntu Packages</title>
		<link>http://danielk.org/blog/software/must-have-ubuntu-packages/</link>
		<comments>http://danielk.org/blog/software/must-have-ubuntu-packages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Kivatinos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Applications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Packages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ubuntu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[These are packages that I use and recommend on my Linux Ubuntu box. System Tools Filelight Displays a circular graph of the space used by your files, so you know when you have big files (for example, images of your work) that if you backup them you&#8217;ll save space. sudo apt-get install filelight gdmap Displays [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These are packages that I use and recommend on my Linux Ubuntu box.</p>
<p><strong>System Tools</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.methylblue.com/filelight/">Filelight</a><br />
        Displays a circular graph of the space used by your files, so you know when you<br />
        have big files (for example, images of your work) that if you backup them you&#8217;ll save space.<br />
        <code>sudo apt-get install filelight</code>
        </li>
<li><a href="http://gdmap.sourceforge.net/">gdmap</a><br />
        Displays space used by files, but with squares.<br />
        <code>sudo apt-get install gdmap</code>
        </li>
<li><a href="http://gparted.sourceforge.net/">gParted</a><br />
         Interface for partitioning your hard disk drive, and make it a bit easier, without having to reinstall everything.<br />
        <code>sudo apt-get install gparted</code>
        </li>
<li><a href="http://aptoncd.sourceforge.net/screenshots.html">aptoncd</a><br />
         Just for Ubuntu and Debian. Allows to backup your packages installed in a CD so you can have them ready to<br />
         install in another computer.<br />
         <code>sudo apt-get install aptoncd</code>
         </li>
<li><a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/htop">htop</a><br />
        <code>sudo apt-get install htop</code>
        </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Programming/Editor Tools</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>
       <a href="http://pdfedit.petricek.net/en/index.html">PDFedit</a><br />
        Free (and open source) editor for manipulating PDF documents. GUI version + command line interface.<br />
       <code>sudo apt-get install pdfedit</code>
        </li>
<li><a href="http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/">Bluefish</a><br />
        <code>sudo apt-get install bluefish</code>
        </li>
<li><a href="http://meld.sourceforge.net/">Meld</a><br />
        A simple but powerful small tool that can compare two files or directories and tell you the differences, or merge them.<br />
        <code>sudo apt-get install meld</code></li>
</li>
<li>vim<br />
        <code>sudo apt-get install vim</code>
        </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Music Tools</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://soundconverter.berlios.de/">SoundConverter</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Photo Tools</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><code>sudo apt-get install xaralx</code></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Networking Tools</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://gftp.seul.org/">gFTP</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Media Players</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.boxee.tv/">Boxee</a></li>
<li><a href="http://getsongbird.com/">Songbird</a><br />
        <a href="http://www.ubuntugeek.com/install-songbird-music-player-in-ubuntu.html">How to configure songbird.</a>
        </li>
<li><a href="http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ubuntu.html">VLC Player</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Downloading Tools</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://jdownloader.org/download/index">JDownloader</a></li>
<li><a href="https://launchpad.net/~deluge-team/+archive/ppa">Deluge</a><a href="http://dev.deluge-torrent.org/wiki/Download">, download it here.</a><br />
        <code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deluge-team/ppa</code><br />
        <code>sudo apt-get install deluge</code>
        </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>GUI</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://superuser.com/questions/96501/mac-dock-for-linux">Mac Dock For Linux?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://do.davebsd.com/">GnomeDo</a><br />
        <code>sudo apt-get install gnome-do gnome-do-plugins</code>
        </li>
<li>Compiz</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Additional</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>p7zip<br />
        <code>sudo apt-get install p7zip</code>
        </li>
<li><a href="http://www.taskcoach.org/">TaskCoach</a></li>
<li><a href="https://launchpad.net/~keepassx/+archive/ppa">KeePassX</a><br />
        <code>sudo apt-get install keepassx</code>
        </li>
<li>ntp<br />
        <code>sudo apt-get install ntp</code>
        </li>
<li><a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/ubuntu-restricted-extras">ubuntu-restricted-extras</a><br />
        <code>sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras</code></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>More Great Sites</strong></p>
<p>This is great site to get applications</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://appnr.com/">Appnr</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Other great lists of packages:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.anewmorning.com/2009/02/24/15-essential-ubuntu-productivity-apps/">Essential Ubuntu Productivity Apps</a></li>
<li><a href="http://superuser.com/questions/4685?sort=votes&#038;page=1#sort-top">Must have Ubuntu Packages from SuperUser.com</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/top-100-of-the-best-useful-opensource-applications/<br />
">Top 100 of the Best (Useful) OpenSource Applications</a></li>
</ul>
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		<title>SugarCRM</title>
		<link>http://danielk.org/blog/software/sugarcr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Kivatinos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Source]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ubuntu]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[SugarCRM is a commercial open source CRM. Some of the best instructions on installation &#8211; Installing SugarCRM on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) Installing SugarCRM Community Edition]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.sugarcrm.com/crm/download/sugar-suite.html">SugarCRM</a> is a commercial open source CRM.</p>
<p>Some of the best instructions on installation &#8211;<br />
<a href="http://myhowtosandprojects.blogspot.com/2008/07/install-sugarcrm-howto.html">Installing SugarCRM on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-sugarcrm-community-edition-on-debian-lenny-p2">Installing SugarCRM Community Edition</a></p>
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		<title>Virtual Machines</title>
		<link>http://danielk.org/blog/software/virtual-machines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Kivatinos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Applications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VMWare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Virtual Machines software I recommend. Linux I recommendations: VMWare Xen I hear this is good as well, though I have never tried it: VirtualBox/]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Virtual Machines software I recommend.</p>
<p>Linux I recommendations:<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMware">VMWare</a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xen">Xen</a></p>
<p>I hear this is good as well, though I have never tried it:<br />
<a href="http://www.virtualbox.org/">VirtualBox/</a></p>
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		<title>Ubuntu</title>
		<link>http://danielk.org/blog/software/ubuntu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Kivatinos</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Operating System]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the best articles on initially configuring an Ubuntu system is from Slicehost, it goes into Changing your port Updating you firewall Some general command line tools: % lsb_release -a (What version of Ubuntu are you running?) % cat /etc/lsb-release (What version of Ubuntu are you running? ) Some tools I find useful when [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the best <a href="http://articles.slicehost.com/2008/4/25/ubuntu-hardy-setup-page-1">articles on initially configuring an Ubuntu system is from Slicehost</a>, it goes into</p>
<ul>
<ol>
Changing your port
</ol>
<ol>
Updating you firewall
</ol>
</ul>
<p>Some general command line tools:</p>
<p>% lsb_release -a  (What version of Ubuntu are you running?)<br />
% cat /etc/lsb-release (What version of Ubuntu are you running? )</p>
<p>Some tools I find useful when doing upgrades:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://techie-buzz.com/linux-tips/generate-a-sources-list-with-the-ubuntu-sources-list-generator.html">Ubuntu source generator allows you to generate a custom sources.list file</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Here is a great <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades/Gutsy">article upgrading from 7.10 to 8.04 (Gutsy to Hardy)</a>.</p>
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