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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/07\/11\/oh-warren-you-crack-me-up\/","trash":"","name":"oh-warren-you-crack-me-up","parent":"","title":"Oh Warren, you crack me up!","date":"2011-07-11 14:13:03","filepath":"posts\/2000231_oh-warren-you-crack-me-up.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<em>\"I can end the deficit in five minutes. \u00a0You just pass a law that says that any time there's a deficit of more than 3 percent of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election.\"<\/em> - Warren Buffett\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<object id=\"cnbcplayer\" height=\"380\" width=\"400\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0\" >\n<param name=\"type\" value=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"\/>\n<param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\"\/>\n<param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\/>\n<param name=\"quality\" value=\"best\"\/>\n<param name=\"scale\" value=\"noscale\" \/>\n<param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"\/>\n<param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\"\/>\n<param name=\"salign\" value=\"lt\"\/>\n<param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/plus.cnbc.com\/rssvideosearch\/action\/player\/id\/3000031948\/code\/cnbcplayershare\"\/>\n<embed name=\"cnbcplayer\" PLUGINSPAGE=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" height=\"380\" width=\"400\" quality=\"best\" wmode=\"transparent\" scale=\"noscale\" salign=\"lt\" src=\"http:\/\/plus.cnbc.com\/rssvideosearch\/action\/player\/id\/3000031948\/code\/cnbcplayershare\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" \/>\n<\/object>\n<\/p>\nWarren has some respectable ideas. \u00a0He's super successful and rich, so his opinion makes headlines. \u00a0Too bad our leadership in Congress doesn't listen. I guess it's hard to hear anything, let alone Buffett, when you have your head deep up your ass.\n\nThe plan he made (half-joking) would be effective. \u00a0Priorities people.\n\n<em>\"Yeah. Now you've got the incentives in the right place, right?\"<\/em> - Big B.\n\n<em>Read more on raising the debt limit by perusing the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/id\/43671706\/\" target=\"_blank\">full transcript<\/a>.<\/em>"}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/07\/10\/turn-your-blog-into-a-book\/","trash":"","name":"turn-your-blog-into-a-book","parent":"","title":"Turn your blog into a book","date":"2011-07-10 11:07:32","filepath":"posts\/2000224_turn-your-blog-into-a-book.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<a href=\"http:\/\/blog2print.sharedbook.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;margin-bottom: 5px;\" title=\"blog book\" src=\"http:\/\/blogger.sharedbook.com\/serve\/blog2go\/images\/CoverImages\/hard_cover_big_circle_grey.jpg\" alt=\"blog book\" width=\"101\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a>Now you can turn your blog into a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog2print.sharedbook.com\" target=\"_blank\">physical book<\/a>. \u00a0Think about the potential! \u00a0You can create a book of your blog for each year and keep it on your shelf. \u00a0No need to worry about your site going down in the future, you have a hardcopy!\n\nIt also makes a wonderful gift for your friends that are avid bloggers. \u00a0However, videos won't turn out so well... unless <a href=\"http:\/\/blog2print.sharedbook.com\" target=\"_blank\">Blog2Print<\/a> creates a flipbook format.\n\nTake a look inside a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog2print.sharedbook.com\/blog2print\/learn_more\/flipbook\/flipbook_flash.html\" target=\"_blank\">sample book<\/a>.\n\n<em>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/blog2print.sharedbook.com\" target=\"_blank\">Blog2Print<\/a>.<\/em>\n\n<em>If you have the time and you want an alternative you can manually create your blog book with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blurb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Burb<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lulu<\/a>.<\/em>"}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/07\/09\/listen-sabrepulse-and-knife-city-first-crush\/","trash":"","name":"listen-sabrepulse-and-knife-city-first-crush","parent":"","title":"Listen: Sabrepulse and Knife City - First Crush","date":"2011-07-09 12:08:23","filepath":"posts\/2000227_listen-sabrepulse-and-knife-city-first-crush.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<em>Unbelievable!<\/em>\n\n<object height=\"81\" width=\"100%\"> <param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/player.soundcloud.com\/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F17250347&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=ff7700\"><\/param> <param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param> <embed allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"81\" src=\"http:\/\/player.soundcloud.com\/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F17250347&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=ff7700\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"100%\"><\/embed> <\/object> <span><a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/sabrepulse\/sabrepulse-knife-city-first\">Sabrepulse & Knife City - First Crush<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/sabrepulse\">Sabrepulse<\/a><\/span>\n\nMakes me want to fly to NYC just to listen to Ashley Charles. What a hip motherfucker."}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/07\/08\/dufflelaundry-bag-aka-hobo-bag\/","trash":"","name":"dufflelaundry-bag-aka-hobo-bag","parent":"","title":"Duffle\/Laundry bag... aka hobo bag","date":"2011-07-08 11:01:40","filepath":"posts\/2000220_dufflelaundry-bag-aka-hobo-bag.xml.json","type":"post","content":"A few years ago I was inspired by a navy laundry bag I saw in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0203019\/\" target=\"_blank\">Men of Honor<\/a> with Cuba Gooding Jr. The bag was a standard drawstring laundry bag, but it sported a nifty circular bottom instead of the simple flat stitch which creates pointed corners.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/07\/bag.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-221\" title=\"hobo bag\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/07\/bag-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"hobo bag\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\nI decided to give it a try and used my wife's sewing machine to stitch together some canvas and string. Although it was put together in about an hour and a half, it was surprisingly difficult. Sewing a round bottom is not easy, even while using pins. It also didn't help to run out of white thread midway through the process. I had to resort to switching to a light yellow thread.\n\nThe resulting quality is extremely poor, but I didn't want it for anything in particular except <a href=\"http:\/\/www.missionmission.org\/2011\/07\/05\/train-hopping\/\" target=\"_blank\">hobo-ing around<\/a>. So, the two toned thread and sewn cloth folds give it character.\n\nIt was fun to create and it was a perfect preview for the upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renegadecraft.com\/san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\">Renegade Craft Fair<\/a> this weekend in San Francisco (July 9-10th).\n\n<strong>Note:<\/strong> Don't forget <em>2\u03a0r<\/em> is your friend when sizing the bottom circle."}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/07\/07\/seagull-steals-a-guys-camera-as-it-continues-to-film\/","trash":"","name":"seagull-steals-a-guys-camera-as-it-continues-to-film","parent":"","title":"Seagull steals a guy's camera as it continues to film","date":"2011-07-07 11:36:56","filepath":"posts\/2000213_seagull-steals-a-guys-camera-as-it-continues-to-film.xml.json","type":"post","content":"A guy, while in France, plopped his tiny camera on the ground in front of a seagull. \u00a0I'm not sure what he was expecting, but the bird took the camera in his beak and flew off with it. \u00a0The resulting movie is of the short flight onto a castle wall where the guy was able to retrieve his camera and luckily upload it for us to see:\n\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rIu5B3Fsstg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petapixel.com\/2011\/06\/25\/gopro-camera-keeps-on-filming-as-seagull-flies-away-with-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">PetaPixel<\/a>."}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/07\/03\/spotlight-broken-social-scene-%e2%80%93-sweetest-kill\/","trash":"","name":"spotlight-broken-social-scene-%e2%80%93-sweetest-kill","parent":"","title":"Spotlight: Broken Social Scene - Sweetest Kill","date":"2011-07-03 13:43:00","filepath":"posts\/2000175_spotlight-broken-social-scene-%e2%80%93-sweetest-kill.xml.json","type":"post","content":"Beautiful video. \u00a0Her love for him is shown eloquently.\n\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/24837832?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/24837832\">Broken Social Scene - Sweetest Kill<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/artscrafts\">Arts & Crafts<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\nStill, the video is mildly disturbing."}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/06\/29\/catbread\/","trash":"","name":"catbread","parent":"","title":"Catbread","date":"2011-06-29 11:05:03","filepath":"posts\/2000157_catbread.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/catbread-nekopan\">\n<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-850 aligncenter\" title=\"catbread\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/06\/kittyloaf2.gif\" alt=\"catbread\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\nMore info on <a href=\"http:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/catbread-nekopan\" target=\"_blank\">Catbread<\/a>."}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/06\/26\/font-picker-finding-the-right-font-for-the-job\/","trash":"","name":"font-picker-finding-the-right-font-for-the-job","parent":"","title":"Font Picker - finding the right font for the job","date":"2011-06-26 16:29:25","filepath":"posts\/2000192_font-picker-finding-the-right-font-for-the-job.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nogginbox.co.uk\/font-picker\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-193\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" title=\"font\" src=\"http:\/\/www.8bitrobot.com\/media\/uploads\/2011\/06\/font.png\" alt=\"font\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nogginbox.co.uk\/font-picker\" target=\"_blank\">Font Picker<\/a> is an online web page which loads the fonts available on your computer and allows you to provide custom test for preview. Selecting a font is no easy task and this is one tool that must be in anyone's web toolkit, especially since you don't need to install anything.\n\n<em>Test drive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nogginbox.co.uk\/font-picker\" target=\"_blank\">Font Picker<\/a> yourself.<\/em>"}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/06\/25\/nyan-cat\/","trash":"","name":"nyan-cat","parent":"","title":"Nyan Cat","date":"2011-06-25 11:01:54","filepath":"posts\/2000154_nyan-cat.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<iframe width=\"425\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QH2-TGUlwu4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\nMore info on <a href=\"http:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/nyan-cat-pop-tart-cat\" target=\"_blank\">Nyan Cat<\/a>."}}
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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/06\/24\/high-school-kid-builds-custom-8-bit-computer\/","trash":"","name":"high-school-kid-builds-custom-8-bit-computer","parent":"","title":"High school kid builds custom 8-bit computer","date":"2011-06-24 11:14:36","filepath":"posts\/2000210_high-school-kid-builds-custom-8-bit-computer.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<em>\"You think you\u2019re smart? Well, not as smart as this guy. Jack Eisenmann, a programmer who just graduated high school, has built his own 8-bit homebrew computer completely from scratch using an old keyboard, a television, and a ton of TTL logic chips. No, he didn\u2019t buy some computer parts and snap them together; he blueprinted every wire and connection and then built it, wire by wire. After he finished construction, he had to teach it how to communicate, so he created his own operating system and wrote some games for it. That\u2019s dedication.\"<\/em>\n\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qYvr0b8jqbg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\nThe chiptune choice for the soundtrack is more than perfect.\n\n<em>\"The new computer is called the Duo Adept and has specs that could be dwarfed by a NES, but it gets the job done. The computer has 64K of memory, 6K of which is dedicated video RAM needed to output a 240\u00d7208 black and white image. Since writing a basic hex editor for the Duo Adept, he\u2019s taught it how to count to a googel, and programmed several games including\u00a0Pong,\u00a0Life, and a\u00a0Donkey Kong-like game called \"Get Muffin,\" where you must get the muffin to win (tip: it\u2019s up the ladder).\"<\/em>\n\n<em>via <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/digitaltrends\/20110617\/tc_digitaltrends\/wowhighschoolgradbuilds8bitcomputerfromscratchcompletewithcustomosandpong\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo News<\/a>.<\/em>\n\n<em>continue to <a href=\"http:\/\/web.mac.com\/teisenmann\/iWeb\/adeptpage\/menu.html\" target=\"_blank\">Eisenmann's web page<\/a>.<\/em>\n\nDon't forget to check out the Homebuilt CPUs WebRing founded by <a href=\"http:\/\/members.iinet.net.au\/~daveb\/simplex\/simplex.html\">David Brooks<\/a> at the bottom of the page."}}
