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	<title>Peter Elst &#187; Rants</title>
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		<title>Et tu, Adobe? Flash Player homicide</title>
		<link>http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2011/11/09/et-tu-adobe-flash-player-homicide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m disgusted at Adobe today. It has now well and truly become tradition to have the post-MAX November layoffs. This year reportedly 750 employees got dismissed across North America and Europe (worse than the previous record after MAX Milan 2008). I wish them all the very best. If you start to see a recurring theme <a href="http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2011/11/09/et-tu-adobe-flash-player-homicide/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Apple versus developers &#8211; this time it&#8217;s personal</title>
		<link>http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2010/04/09/apple-versus-developers-this-time-its-personal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[3.3.1 — Applications may only use Documented APIs in the manner prescribed by Apple and must not use or call any private APIs. Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, or JavaScript as executed by the iPhone OS WebKit engine, and only code written in C, C++, and Objective-C may compile and directly <a href="http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2010/04/09/apple-versus-developers-this-time-its-personal/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The black box that is the Flash Player</title>
		<link>http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2010/01/21/the-black-box-that-is-the-flash-player/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I read an interesting blog post by John Dowdell highlighting some things that bothered me in the last week or so (and talked about on twitter). We&#8217;ve been seeing some sensationalist headlines on tech blogs like &#8220;Open Source JavaScript to Replace Flash?&#8221; without seemingly any understanding of the (all be it incredibly cool) <a href="http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2010/01/21/the-black-box-that-is-the-flash-player/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>India&#8217;s new visa policy of terror</title>
		<link>http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2010/01/08/indias-visa-policy-of-terror/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you will know by now &#8212; I have been in the process of setting up a business in India with colleagues for the last few months and am now back in Belgium for the holidays. While in Pondicherry in December there were rumors of a drastic change in Indian visa regulations and <a href="http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2010/01/08/indias-visa-policy-of-terror/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When Tech Journalism goes bad</title>
		<link>http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2009/06/16/when-tech-journalism-goes-bad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2009/06/16/when-tech-journalism-goes-bad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Is QuickTime X The Missing Link For Flash On The iPhone?&#8221; http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/06/15/the-missing-link-for-flash-on-the-iphone/ The author suggests that QuickTime X supporting FLV playback is somehow an indication that the Flash Player will come to the iPhone. While I&#8217;m sure that is what many of us would like to see happen it is one of the most ridiculous <a href="http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2009/06/16/when-tech-journalism-goes-bad/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Jonathan Harris at Flash on the Beach</title>
		<link>http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2008/10/04/jonathan-harris-at-flash-on-the-beach/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2008/10/04/jonathan-harris-at-flash-on-the-beach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been doubting whether or not I should blog about this, seeing controversy seemed to me what he was after, and this post would only be adding to that. Jonathan Harris&#8217; session at Flash on the Beach blew me away with some of the most inspirational art projects I&#8217;ve seen to date, I was genuinely <a href="http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2008/10/04/jonathan-harris-at-flash-on-the-beach/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>58</slash:comments>
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		<title>Saving Twitter in Three Easy Steps</title>
		<link>http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2008/06/30/saving-twitter-in-three-easy-steps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2008/06/30/saving-twitter-in-three-easy-steps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m alone in seeing Twitter&#8216;s service deteriorate to the point where euthanasia seems like the only humane option. Without any obvious intimate knowledge of how the service is architected, these are my three easy steps to hunt and kill the fail whale. &#160; 1. Stop accepting new registrations In the current situation <a href="http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2008/06/30/saving-twitter-in-three-easy-steps/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Scotch on the Rocks review</title>
		<link>http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2008/06/07/scotch-on-the-rocks-review/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2008/06/07/scotch-on-the-rocks-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; or a look at ColdFusion from a Flash/Flex developers perspective. I just got back from four days in beautiful Edinburgh for an event I would likely not have attended were it not that I was invited to speak there. Scotch on the Rocks is one of barely a handful of what I&#8217;d call real <a href="http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2008/06/07/scotch-on-the-rocks-review/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Podcasts exempt from doing research?</title>
		<link>http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2008/05/01/podcasts-exempt-from-doing-research/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2008/05/01/podcasts-exempt-from-doing-research/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 07:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I download the latest MacBreak video and what do I see &#8212; &#60;rant> This is probably the worst description of any product I&#8217;ve ever seen. First of all, Bordeaux is not Thermo &#8212; secondly there&#8217;s already quite a bit of information out on Thermo since the MAX conference last October. Two minutes of research <a href="http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2008/05/01/podcasts-exempt-from-doing-research/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Telenet consumer malpractice</title>
		<link>http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2007/12/14/telenet-consumer-malpractice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2007/12/14/telenet-consumer-malpractice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[update] Turns out it isn&#8217;t quite as bad as I thought &#8212; the pay as you go is 0,26 Eurocent or 0,0026 Euro vs 0,00099 Euro buying the extra monthly blocks. Still wish Telenet had better package options and did something about those ridiculous download limits. Telenet is one of a few broadband internet providers <a href="http://www.peterelst.com/blog/2007/12/14/telenet-consumer-malpractice/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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