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	<link>http://pixelbyter.co.uk</link>
	<description>#rich nicholls</description>
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		<title>serve downloads through php with pause/resume support</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Using PHP to serve protected files to specific web users can be very useful for the developer, but the end user usually misses out as functionality such as download resuming is often missed out.
I&#8217;ve put together the following function which will serve files to the user with support for download resuming after they&#8217;ve been paused [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pixelbyter.co.uk/2010/05/11/serve-downloads-through-php-with-pause-resume-support/</link>
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		<title>automate rootkit scans for your web server</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If your system becomes infected by a rootkit then someone can corrupt or steal your data, deface your sites, steal your data, send spam or launch phishing attacks. This article will help you set up automated scans which email you about any issues on your server. I have written guides for chkrootkit and rkhunter, two [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pixelbyter.co.uk/2010/04/30/automate-rootkit-scans-for-your-web-server/</link>
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		<title>Scratch My Back iTunes LP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scratch My Back and the Scratch My Back iTunes LP (get a sneak peak here) have been released. The iTunes LP is the first I&#8217;ve ever built and it&#8217;s already the #1 selling in Germany. This is just one of many to be released from our base in Box in the coming months.

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		<link>http://pixelbyter.co.uk/2010/02/16/scratch-my-back-itunes-lp/</link>
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		<title>optimising MySQL server</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend the Real World web sites went down following a torrent of visitors with the imminent release of Peter Gabriel&#8217;s Scratch My Back, which played havoc on our MySQL databases and downed our websites. Our connections maxed out and started to queue, causing any pages requiring a DB connection to refuse to load. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pixelbyter.co.uk/2010/02/09/optimising-mysql/</link>
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		<title>developing iTunes LPs/iTunes Extras for the AppleTV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apple&#8217;s &#8216;hobby&#8217; TV unit, AppleTV, is a rather limited platform in terms of interactability and processing power. After getting my hands on a unit for testing iTunes LPs on, I was shocked at the changes necessary in order to make an LP work on this medium. This article does not cover the information outlined within [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pixelbyter.co.uk/2010/01/25/developing-itunes-lpsitunes-extras-for-the-appletv/</link>
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		<title>Actionscript 3 draggable objects and kinematics example</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wrote this example a couple of years ago while researching Actionscript 3, inverse kinematics and the mathematic principles behind motion. I&#8217;m currently porting it to a CSS3 example.


Get the Flash source files here.
The following Actionscript 3 snippet is the bread and butter of the code that makes the above example possible:

//calculates angle of centre
var [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pixelbyter.co.uk/2010/01/22/actionscript-3-photo-dragging-example/</link>
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		<title>mysqldump database backup for mixed InnoDB and MyISAM tables</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Backing up a collection of MyISAM and InnoDB tables within a database via mysqldump can cause problems. MyISAM tables require locking, whereas InnoDB tables need to remain unlocked and can also take advantage of single transactions to speed up the backup process. I decided to write the following PHP script to list all of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pixelbyter.co.uk/2010/01/22/mysqldump-database-backup-for-mixed-innodb-and-myisam-tables/</link>
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		<title>iTunes LP/Extras Javascript redirects</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For iTunes LP and iTunes Extras content programatically loading a link is very difficult. Both iTunes and AppleTV don&#8217;t support the Javascript function windows.open() or the property window.location. I&#8217;ve managed to come up with this bypass (aka hack) which is demonstrated in the Javascript code below. It triggers a mouse click event emulating the user [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://pixelbyter.co.uk/2010/01/21/itunes-lpextras-javascript-redirects/</link>
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