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XML vs CSV

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I'm currently working on a new project in the evenings and weekends that involves playing with merchant datafeeds.The big lesson I've learnt in the last 48 hours is that XML is a pig to work with.The data from merchant X weighs in at 84 megs as a CSV. If you grab the same data as XML you end up with a massive 261 megs. Sure, hard drives are cheap, but the server load goes … [Read more...] about XML vs CSV

StumbleUpon, Jaiku and Travian

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I signed up for a StumbleUpon account nearly 3 years ago. Of course I lost the login details and ended up creating another account last year, which I then forgot about. Bernie was inviting people to connect with him earlier this evening, so I dugout the original emails...While I can appreciate that StumbleUpon is free and useful it's got some really annoying UI / "user … [Read more...] about StumbleUpon, Jaiku and Travian

HD DVD Player Delivered – So What About Blu Ray?

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While I still haven't settled on a multi-region Blu Ray player I did pickup a HD DVD player in the last couple of weeks.Some people may say I'm insane, but they probably do that already anyway! To be perfectly honest the only reason I got the HD DVD player was because the price was right. At just over 100 euro it would have been silly to pass it up!The player I got was a … [Read more...] about HD DVD Player Delivered – So What About Blu Ray?

EVMS Bit My Ubuntu Upgrade!

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I knew that upgrading Ubuntu had been far too easy.There had to be a "gotcha" and of course there was.EVMS (Enterprise Volume Management System) is no longer supported as part of the core Ubuntu distribution, but as a couple of my servers were running very old versions of Ubuntu apt did its job all too well and upgraded it for me. End result - Siracusa, where several of my … [Read more...] about EVMS Bit My Ubuntu Upgrade!