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	<description>Dive into the head of Ward Gross and see what&#039;s sparking on the ol&#039; brain... you might even learn something</description>
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		<title>I was threatened by CleverBot</title>
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I was chatting with CleverBot and I think it threatened my life.  If you don&#8217;t know what CleverBot is, it&#8217;s an AI that learns from people chatting with it on the web.
Around midnight on the 5th of April I was questioning it to see if it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My first art piece of 2010</title>
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So here&#8217;s a look at my first piece of 2010.  Sadly it has taken until the middle of March to get one done, but I have been making fun things like Macquariums and didgeridoos.  Take a look at the fire hydrant.
This is by far my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sizzling Keys for Macs</title>
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If you are a Mac user you&#8217;re in for a treat.  A little application called Sizzling Keys will keep your music at your fingertips without disrupting your workflow.  The best part is that it&#8217;s FREE

Sizzling keys is free software that allows you to customize your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.neonbrowndesign.com/other-crap/sizzling-keys-for-macs/</link>
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		<title>Engrish at it&#8217;s finest</title>
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I&#8217;ve always been a fan of Engrish.com.  It&#8217;ll make you giggle like a school girl every time.  I recently ran across a crappy plastic chinese game and found the instructions on the back to be quite amusing, so I scanned it to share with you. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use your keyboard shortcuts</title>
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The best thing you can do when learning a new program is to learn and use the keyboard shortcuts right off the bat. Using your keyboard shortcuts is the number one way to increase the speed of your workflow. No more hunting around in menus and then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scraps and extras &#8211; the great things you can make</title>
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Scraps and extras can be the most useful things when you need them.  When I go the the ol&#8217; hardware store I tend to buy extra of what ever I am getting.  Here I&#8217;ll show you a few things that I have made with scraps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good free stock images sites</title>
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As a graphic designer, sometimes the hardest part of the whole job is finding that perfect image.  Unless you take your pictures yourself you will most likely never find that &#8220;perfect&#8221; image. That&#8217;s when stock images make your life a bit easier.Using Google images isn&#8217;t the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.neonbrowndesign.com/other-crap/good-free-stock-images-sites/</link>
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		<title>Building a Macquarium &#8211; Stage 2 &#8211; Making the tank</title>
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Previously we prepped the computer case.  Now it&#8217;s the fun part&#8230; making the actual fish tank. Saws, glue and bears oh my.  This can take anywhere from 4 days to the 8 days that it took me.  I kept finding pinhole leaks in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.neonbrowndesign.com/learned/making-a-macquarium-stage-2-making-the-tank-2/</link>
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		<title>Building a Macquarium – Stage 1 – prepare the case</title>
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This is the start to a great tutorial on making your very own Macquarium.  Take that old Apple Classic computer and make it into something that will make your office a bit happier. 
I had originally started this project several years ago, but only got as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.neonbrowndesign.com/learned/making-a-macquarium-stage-1-prepare-the-case-2/</link>
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		<title>OdoSketch &#8211; A Digital Canvas</title>
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Hours can go by watching people create everything from doodles to masterpieces.  I know I spent an entire evening watching all the different approaches, redos and styles.  I&#8217;m talking about OdoSketch.  It&#8217;s a digital canvas application that is used directly in your web browser [...]]]></description>
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