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		<title>The Maria Storage Engine Is Renamed To Aria Storage Engine</title>
		<link>http://blog.sobbayi.com/2010/07/the-maria-storage-engine-is-renamed-to-aria-storage-engine/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sobbayi.com/2010/07/the-maria-storage-engine-is-renamed-to-aria-storage-engine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MariaDB, is the MySQL forked database Server that uses the Maria storage engine as the default transactional and non-transactional storage engine. The Maria storage engine is no longer called "Maria" but is now called "Aria". Any future versions of MariaDB will now ship with the default storage engine named "Aria".


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<li><a href='http://blog.sobbayi.com/2010/06/how-to-build-and-install-mariadb-on-windows-from-source/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: How to Build and Install MariaDB on Windows From Source'>How to Build and Install MariaDB on Windows From Source</a></li>
<li><a href='http://blog.sobbayi.com/2010/05/sqlite-vs-mysql-how-to-decide-which-to-use/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: SQLite vs MySQL: How To Decide Which To Use'>SQLite vs MySQL: How To Decide Which To Use</a></li>
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		<title>Sobbayi&#8217;s Thoughts on The Nokia Qt SDK</title>
		<link>http://blog.sobbayi.com/2010/07/sobbayis-thoughts-on-the-nokia-qt-sdk/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sobbayi.com/2010/07/sobbayis-thoughts-on-the-nokia-qt-sdk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sobbayi</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sobbayi.com/?p=777</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img style="border:none;margin-right:5px;margin-bottom:7px;" src="http://blog.sobbayi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/nokiaQtsdk.png" title="Nokia Qt SDK" alt="Nokia Qt SDK" align="left" />I cant say I have yet released any production quality projects using the Nokia Qt SDK just yet; however I have been getting my hands dirty with the Nokia Qt SDK for the past couple of week or more. From what I can see the Nokia Qt SDK is quite a piece of work. Here is what it has to offer.


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<li><a href='http://blog.sobbayi.com/2010/02/nokia-releases-qt-4-2-6/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Nokia Releases QT 4.2.6'>Nokia Releases QT 4.2.6</a></li>
<li><a href='http://blog.sobbayi.com/2010/06/the-new-and-improved-forum-nokia-website/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The New and Improved Forum Nokia Website'>The New and Improved Forum Nokia Website</a></li>
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		<title>Why PHP is Not Suitable For Developing Desktop Applications</title>
		<link>http://blog.sobbayi.com/2010/07/why-php-is-not-suitable-for-developing-desktop-applications/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sobbayi.com/2010/07/why-php-is-not-suitable-for-developing-desktop-applications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sobbayi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hiphop-php]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sobbayi.com/?p=753</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img style="border:none;margin-right:5px;margin-bottom:7px;" src="http://blog.sobbayi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/php-med-trans.png" title="PHP" alt="PHP" align="left" />Now and again I wonder why PHP is never or rather, why it is rarely used for developing desktop applications. I may not be the only one who wonders the same thing so I decided to delve deeper into this so that I can settle my mind and here is what I have come up with.


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<li><a href='http://blog.sobbayi.com/2010/04/has-computer-programming-become-easier-in-the-last-decade-or-two/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Has Computer Programming Become Easier in the Last Decade or Two?'>Has Computer Programming Become Easier in the Last Decade or Two?</a></li>
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		<title>And the winners are…</title>
		<link>http://blog.sobbayi.com/2009/12/and-the-firefox-winners-are/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sobbayi.com/2009/12/and-the-firefox-winners-are/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sobbayi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Book Burro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customize your Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Destroy the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FireFound]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Firefox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grocery List Generator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MuliFox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QuickFox Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smart Find]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voyage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With about 64 add-ons submitted to the Extend Firefox 3.5 competition and judging underway and done with, Mozilla couldn’t be any happier. It is also well noted that 40 of these add-ons where brand new. The winners were announced as follows: Under the best new add-ons we had Chris Finke with FireFound basically an add-on [...]


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<li><a href='http://blog.sobbayi.com/2010/07/more-fun-things-to-do-with-google-chrome-part-2/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: More Fun Things To Do With Google Chrome (Part 2)'>More Fun Things To Do With Google Chrome (Part 2)</a></li>
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		<title>Trinity+++ and Mozqeeto come of age</title>
		<link>http://blog.sobbayi.com/2006/06/trinity-and-mozqeeto-come-of-age/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sobbayi.com/2006/06/trinity-and-mozqeeto-come-of-age/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2006 11:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sobbayi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Engines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past two years, I have been spending endless sleepless nights fine-tuning two of our Browser Based Application and Web Site Development Engines. Our Engines code-named Trinity+++ and Mozqeeto have finally come of age. A lot of features put into these Engines are based on past experience gathered from developing web sites and other [...]


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<li><a href='http://blog.sobbayi.com/2005/04/mutant-to-carry-numcrunch-on-into-the-future/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mutant to carry Numcrunch on into the future.'>Mutant to carry Numcrunch on into the future.</a></li>
<li><a href='http://blog.sobbayi.com/2004/06/si-called-upon-to-help-complete-delayed-project/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: SI called upon to help complete delayed project.'>SI called upon to help complete delayed project.</a></li>
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		<title>SI releases Numcrunch X05</title>
		<link>http://blog.sobbayi.com/2005/06/si-releases-numcrunch-x05/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sobbayi.com/2005/06/si-releases-numcrunch-x05/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sobbayi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new Numcrunch Calculator code named Numcrunch X05 is finally ready for download. There was a major delay in getting this utility online. As you go to the downloads page you will notice that this calculator has some functions missing. This was a deliberate twist on our side as I felt that it would be [...]


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<li><a href='http://blog.sobbayi.com/2005/04/mutant-to-carry-numcrunch-on-into-the-future/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Mutant to carry Numcrunch on into the future.'>Mutant to carry Numcrunch on into the future.</a></li>
<li><a href='http://blog.sobbayi.com/2004/01/numcrunch-back-in-the-lab/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: NumCrunch is back in the lab.'>NumCrunch is back in the lab.</a></li>
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		<title>Mutant to carry Numcrunch on into the future.</title>
		<link>http://blog.sobbayi.com/2005/04/mutant-to-carry-numcrunch-on-into-the-future/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sobbayi.com/2005/04/mutant-to-carry-numcrunch-on-into-the-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 11:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sobbayi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mutant to carry Numcrunch on into the future One of our miniature projects, Numcrunch, a Windows based arithmetic calculator has been a household name in the corridors of SI for a pretty long while now. It was originally coded in November 2002 and Bug fixed two months later in January 2003. This is a utility [...]


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<li><a href='http://blog.sobbayi.com/2010/06/numcrunch-c-source-code-for-calculator-released/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Numcrunch C++ Source Code for Calculator Released'>Numcrunch C++ Source Code for Calculator Released</a></li>
<li><a href='http://blog.sobbayi.com/2004/01/numcrunch-back-in-the-lab/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: NumCrunch is back in the lab.'>NumCrunch is back in the lab.</a></li>
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		<title>Bug Fix – Updates Subscription Module.</title>
		<link>http://blog.sobbayi.com/2005/02/bug-fixupdates-subscription-module/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sobbayi.com/2005/02/bug-fixupdates-subscription-module/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2005 11:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sobbayi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello again, our development team has been hard at work on various projects. Projects mainly geared towards improving services on SI as well as improving the security and performance of our services and products. Ok we encountered a bug in the Subscriptions language module. However, this was not a critical bug. It only affected the [...]


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<li><a href='http://blog.sobbayi.com/2006/03/the-grace-project/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Grace Project'>The Grace Project</a></li>
<li><a href='http://blog.sobbayi.com/2005/03/si-steps-into-the-enterprise-realm/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: SI Steps into the Enterprise Realm.'>SI Steps into the Enterprise Realm.</a></li>
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		<title>Wall Mapper 1.2 is released.</title>
		<link>http://blog.sobbayi.com/2004/02/wall-mapper-12-is-released/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sobbayi.com/2004/02/wall-mapper-12-is-released/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2004 06:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sobbayi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Version 1.2 of Wall Mapper the desktop wallpaper management tool has been released. Unfortunately version one was never rolled out. Just before the release I decided to hold back and sort out a nasty bug that lay out of sight and within the application. This program had a bug that caused the desktop to flicker [...]


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		<title>NumCrunch is back in the lab.</title>
		<link>http://blog.sobbayi.com/2004/01/numcrunch-back-in-the-lab/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sobbayi.com/2004/01/numcrunch-back-in-the-lab/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2004 06:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sobbayi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NumCrunch calculator project has been revived against earlier plans. This is just a little something &#8211; something that I had sitting in one of our computers. At first I thought it worthless but again realized that it could probably help somebody out there. After a little bit of clean up and bug removal I [...]


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