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	<title>Finkbuilt &#187; Miscellany</title>
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	<description>A tinkerer's journal and look at life's debris.</description>
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		<title>IBM Selectric Typewriter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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When I was a kid, my dad had a green IBM Selectric typewriter with a black keyboard.  He used it to publish a stock market analysis and investing strategy newsletter, which he banged out on his Selectric in his bedroom.  Sometimes, to make money to buy Wacky Packages, or issues of MAD magazine, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Purple Blown Motor in Stereo</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/purple-blown-motor-in-stereo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[supercharged]]></category>

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Stereo pair set up for Cross-Eyed viewing.
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		<title>A Barbeque Waiting to Happen</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/a-bbq-waiting-to-happen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/a-bbq-waiting-to-happen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category>

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We Just finished applying a layer of 24&#8221; x 24&#8221; slate tiles to our back patio.  It was a straight-forward enough tiling job, but the scale of it has me feeling like i just finished building the pyramids or something. But I think that it was worth the effort. Just had to show it [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cuckoo For Cocopunk</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/cuckoo-for-cocopunk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/cuckoo-for-cocopunk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ukulele]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coconut]]></category>

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Although coconut shells do have some well established niche market uses such as novelty swimwear and small caged-pet shelters, I can&#8217;t help but to feel as though too many of them are going to waste.
The New Altoids Tin?
No I don&#8217;t mean as a mint holder, but as an improvised homebrew electronics project enclosure. The Altoids [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>New Blog &#8211; Dinosaurs and Robots</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/new-blog-dinosaurs-and-robots/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/new-blog-dinosaurs-and-robots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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Mark Frauenfelder and Mr. Jalopy have partnered up to write a new blog called Dinosaurs and Robots.
Mark is the founder of Boing Boing and the Editor in Chief  of Make Magazine.   Mr. Jalopy also writes for Make, and  is a curator and purveyor of some of the great forgotten  artifacts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1960 Hovercraft Lineup</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/1960-hovercraft-lineup/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/1960-hovercraft-lineup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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When I was in 5th grade, I saw an ad in the back of Boy&#8217;s Life magazine for a set of plans that promised show you how to build a personal hovercraft using simple hand tools and old vacuum cleaner motor.  Needless to say, I knew that this was going to be the best [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Craft: Vol 2 on the stands</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/craft-vol-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/craft-vol-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<span class="dropcap">M</span>y testosterone levels have reached alarming highs over the past year, what with all this building of automotive management computers and  fuel-injection systems, motor rebuilding, horsepower extraction exercises, and various other grease-monkeying that has been absorbing all of my liesure time.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mike Yates Remembers 1974</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/113/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/113/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2006 03:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/113/"><img src="http://www.finkbuilt.com/static/images/articles/yatesthum.gif" border="0"/></a>Mike Yates remembers 1974 (continued)]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mike Yates Remembers 74</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/yates-remembers-74/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/yates-remembers-74/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2006 05:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/yates-remembers-74/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/yates-remembers-74/"><img src="http://www.finkbuilt.com/static/images/articles/minibikie.gif" alt="minibike" /></a> Yates Update.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Thread cutting for beginners</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/tap-and-die-sets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/tap-and-die-sets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.finkbuilt.com/static/images/articles/tapThum.jpg" alt="tap and die" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Make 05 hits mail slots</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/make-magazine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/make-magazine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2006 07:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/make-05-hits-mail-slots/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/make-magazine/"><img class="alignleft" src="http://www.finkbuilt.com/static/images/articles/make05.jpg" width="72" alt="make magazine" /></a>Mave vol. 05]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Granite Countertops</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/granite-countertops/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/granite-countertops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2006 01:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Furniture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/granite-countertops/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=82"><img src="http://www.finkbuilt.com/static/images/articles/topThum.jpg" alt="granite countertops" /></a> Install these Poor man's granite countertops and save a bundle.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>38</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ketchup Label Design Contest</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/ketchup-label-design-contest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/ketchup-label-design-contest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2005 06:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/ketchup-label-design-contest/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/ketchup-label-design-contest"><img class="alignleft" src="http://www.finkbuilt.com/static/images/articles/ketchupThum.jpg" alt="ketchup label design contest" /></a>Be a part of the next big thing, enter the FINKZ Tomato Ketchup brand identity design contest today and win cash and prizes. PRIZE PACKAGE UPDATE!

<span class="red"><strong>INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH PRIZE UPDATE </strong></span>

Patrick at <a href="http://hivemodern.com">Hive</a> has donated a <strong><a href="http://hivemodern.com/products/?view=sub_product&#038;sid=99&#038;cid=42&#038;cid2=49">Gen-U-Ine ball clock</a></strong> to the prize pool, on the condition that I STOP making ball clock-related entries on finkbuilt.

Geez, this is getting good.

Thanks a million Patrick!
]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>81</slash:comments>
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		<title>Build Your Own Diving Lung</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/popular-science-1953/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/popular-science-1953/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2005 06:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=60</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=60"><img class="alignleft" border="0"  src="http://www.finkbuilt.com/static/images/articles/popsci2Thum.jpg" alt="popular science" /></a>Make your own diving Lung! ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Weedeater Powers Racing Runabout</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/crackerbox/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/crackerbox/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2005 05:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=43</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=43"><img border="0" class="alignleft" src="http://www.finkbuilt.com/static/images/articles/boatThum.jpg" alt="crackerbox boat" /></a>Turn your lawn care equipment into an exciting mahogany racing runabout.

Update: (poor quality)   Archive video added to Youtube.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Vintage paperback trading card swap</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/vintage-paperback-trading-cards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/vintage-paperback-trading-cards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 08:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=39</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=39"><img class="alignleft" border="0"  src="http://www.finkbuilt.com/static/images/articles/cardpacThum.jpg" alt="vintage paperback cover art" /></a>C'mon, Let's trade! Vintage paperback cover art trading cards up for trade on finkbuilt.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Early winner in Keene giveaway</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/early-winner-in-keene-giveaway/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/early-winner-in-keene-giveaway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 07:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=38"><img border="0" class="alignleft" src="http://www.finkbuilt.com/static/images/articles/keeneThum.jpg" alt="" /></a>Free Steve Keene painting awarded to the guy who "seems to want it the most"]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Flower smells like rotting corpse</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/37/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/37/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2005 05:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=37"><img class="alignleft" border="0" src="http://www.finkbuilt.com/static/images/articles/corpseThum.jpg" alt="corpse flower" /></a>Lovely flower smells of putrid rotting corpse]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Whacked by a musical baton</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/whacked-by-a-musical-baton/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/whacked-by-a-musical-baton/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2005 17:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=32</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=32"><img border="0" class="alignleft" src="http://www.finkbuilt.com/static/images/articles/batonThum.jpg" alt="baton records label" /></a>

I've been handed a baton.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Multi-purpose incubator</title>
		<link>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/multi-purpose-incubator/</link>
		<comments>http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/multi-purpose-incubator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2005 06:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Easy Projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=31"><img border="0" class="alignleft" src="http://www.finkbuilt.com/static/images/articles/genic1Thum.jpg" alt="Acanthoscuria geniculata" /></a>  Simple incubator keeps things cozy.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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