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	<link>http://soapster.co.uk</link>
	<description>Life from a Soapbox!</description>
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		<title>DigitalPoint users being phished again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looks like those naughty phishers are at it again on DigitalPoint, one of the internet&#8217;s largest webmaster forums. Some users have had their accounts phished, these in turn are being used to phish others and then to scam users out of websites, domains and money via the free marketplace. 
The basic method is to set [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "DigitalPoint users being phished again", url: "http://soapster.co.uk/2008/06/11/digitalpoint-users-being-phished/" });</script>]]></description>
		<link>http://soapster.co.uk/2008/06/11/digitalpoint-users-being-phished/</link>
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		<title>Privacy Policy for sites using Adsense</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The time is fast approaching when all sites using Google&#8217;s Adsense will require a suitable Privacy Policy or the webmasters will lose their Adsense account. 
Being the go-getter I am I delayed updating my sites for as long as possible but the May 25th deadline was looming large on the horizon so I thought I&#8217;d [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Privacy Policy for sites using Adsense", url: "http://soapster.co.uk/2008/05/18/privacy-policy-for-sites-using-adsense/" });</script>]]></description>
		<link>http://soapster.co.uk/2008/05/18/privacy-policy-for-sites-using-adsense/</link>
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		<title>NCP Car Parks network hit by virus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looks like NCP Car Parks has been hit by a virus that&#8217;s creating merry mayhem with all of the car parking meters across the UK. Details are sketchy at the moment but it appears the entire network is being taken offline. I happened to be chatting to one of the meter tech&#8217;s who told me [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "NCP Car Parks network hit by virus", url: "http://soapster.co.uk/2007/12/20/ncp-car-parks-network-hit-by-virus/" });</script>]]></description>
		<link>http://soapster.co.uk/2007/12/20/ncp-car-parks-network-hit-by-virus/</link>
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		<title>Diary of a pet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Someone sent this to me and I thought it was very funny.
Without further ado, I give you, &#8216;Diary of a pet&#8217;
DOG DIARY
 8:00 am - Dog food! My favourite!
 9:30 am - A car ride! My favourite!
 9:40 am - A walk in the park! My favourite!
 10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted! My [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Diary of a pet", url: "http://soapster.co.uk/2007/12/13/diary-of-a-pet/" });</script>]]></description>
		<link>http://soapster.co.uk/2007/12/13/diary-of-a-pet/</link>
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		<title>Rasputin is alive and well on Eastenders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rasputin is alive and well and currently on Eastenders, the BBC soap. What else could explain the Svengali-like influence Steven Beale appears to exert on the other characters? First of all, he kidnaps Ian Beale and holds him hostage for two weeks in a dingy flat with a few biscuits to keep him going, having [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Rasputin is alive and well on Eastenders", url: "http://soapster.co.uk/2007/12/08/rasputin-is-alive-and-well-on-eastenders/" });</script>]]></description>
		<link>http://soapster.co.uk/2007/12/08/rasputin-is-alive-and-well-on-eastenders/</link>
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		<title>AdBlock Plus - Why I&#8217;ve begun using Firefox again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Way back in the early days of the Firefox web browser I enthusiastically embraced what was then the new browser on the block, ignoring the glitches and occasional crash. Through it&#8217;s various incarnations from v0.7 I stuck with the gutsy little browser as it stood up to the mainstream and security plagued Internet Explorer - [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "AdBlock Plus - Why I&#8217;ve begun using Firefox again", url: "http://soapster.co.uk/2007/12/06/adblock-plus-why-ive-begun-using-firefox-again/" });</script>]]></description>
		<link>http://soapster.co.uk/2007/12/06/adblock-plus-why-ive-begun-using-firefox-again/</link>
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		<title>Government Data loss - steps to protect yourself</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the jaw-dropping incompetence of Her Majesty&#8217;s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) who lost 2 data disks containing financially sensitive information on 25 million people, almost every family in the country will need to be extra vigilant for years to come.

What went wrong?
Some idiot copied the entire database to two disks and sent it in [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Government Data loss - steps to protect yourself", url: "http://soapster.co.uk/2007/11/21/government-data-loss-steps-to-protect-yourself/" });</script>]]></description>
		<link>http://soapster.co.uk/2007/11/21/government-data-loss-steps-to-protect-yourself/</link>
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		<title>Govt loses data on EVERY family in UK - crook&#8217;s wet dream</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A monumental &#8216;blunder&#8217; by civil servants has exposed every family in the UK to the possibility of identity fraud for years to come.
2 data cds containing the personal information of 25 MILLION people have gone missing. The discs, which include names of parents and children, their dates of birth, addresses and National Insurance and bank [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Govt loses data on EVERY family in UK - crook&#8217;s wet dream", url: "http://soapster.co.uk/2007/11/21/govt-loses-data-on-every-family-in-uk-crooks-wet-dream/" });</script>]]></description>
		<link>http://soapster.co.uk/2007/11/21/govt-loses-data-on-every-family-in-uk-crooks-wet-dream/</link>
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		<title>Everyone but me - ten lessons from Hollywood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to television and Hollywood movies I have come to the conclusion that;

Everyone but me can hotwire any vehicle
Everyone but me drives a car that will keep going after smashing through steel gates and jumping over an open drawbridge
Everyone but me leaves their spare keys above the sun visor
Everyone but me can shoot the eyebrows [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Everyone but me - ten lessons from Hollywood", url: "http://soapster.co.uk/2007/11/12/everyone-but-me-lessons-from-hollywood/" });</script>]]></description>
		<link>http://soapster.co.uk/2007/11/12/everyone-but-me-lessons-from-hollywood/</link>
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		<title>Satellite Direct UK Ltd</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although I receive the occasional junk mail offering from time to time the one I received from Satellite Direct UK Ltd got up my nose.
Here&#8217;s what they say:
We understand the initial manufacturer’s warranty on your digital satellite (Sky TV) system has now expired and unless you have already taken out extended cover this leaves you [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Satellite Direct UK Ltd", url: "http://soapster.co.uk/2007/11/10/satellite-direct-uk-ltd/" });</script>]]></description>
		<link>http://soapster.co.uk/2007/11/10/satellite-direct-uk-ltd/</link>
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