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	<title>Chopstork</title>
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	<description>Coming soon to a restaurant near you.</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>In the spirit of self made music</title>
		<link>http://www.chopstork.com/blog/2009/01/28/in-the-spirit-of-self-made-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thelwcole</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>dorking out</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>tunes</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>culture</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please allow me to introduce the Automachine.  This little slice of genius will soon be coming to a Yellow House party near you, assuming I am allowed anywhere near the computer.  In its purest form, this essentially allows an iPhone-endowed person to rock the party &#8217;til the breaka&#8217; breaka&#8217; dawn from their palm.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please allow me to introduce the <a href="http://www.zanorg.com/prodperso/automachine.htm">Automachine.</a>  This little slice of genius will soon be coming to a Yellow House party near you, assuming I am allowed anywhere near the computer.  In its purest form, this essentially allows an iPhone-endowed person to rock the party &#8217;til the breaka&#8217; breaka&#8217; dawn from their palm.</p>
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		<title>Operation Birthday Bash</title>
		<link>http://www.chopstork.com/blog/2008/11/10/operation-birthday-bash/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>some dude</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>stupid fun events</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>culture</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laura finished day 1 of her comps today, so we were slumming it at Red Robin for dinner.  3 tables had birthdays in the time we were there, as evidenced by the gathering of the entire wait staff clapping and singing&#8230; 3 times.  
Not nearly enough.  
Enter Operation Birthday Bash.  We [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Laura finished day 1 of her comps today, so we were slumming it at Red Robin for dinner.  3 tables had birthdays in the time we were there, as evidenced by the gathering of the entire wait staff clapping and singing&#8230; 3 times.  </p>
<p>Not nearly enough.  </p>
<p>Enter Operation Birthday Bash.  We shall make a field trip to Red Robin.  We shall make a staggered entry and sit as separate couples and groups.  We shall recruit acquaintances/co-workers/professors and their children so we&#8217;re not a conspicuous influx of 20-somethings all eating Red Robin on the same night.  </p>
<p>And, of course, there will be a birthday at every table.  And the wait staff will sing and clap.  Over and over.  It will be the happiest birthdayest night in the history of Red Robin.</p>
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		<title>Prop 8 ads</title>
		<link>http://www.chopstork.com/blog/2008/11/03/prop-8-ads/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chopstork.com/blog/2008/11/03/prop-8-ads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>some dude</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>culture</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s funny how hypocritical some bloggers and commenters are about these misplaced Yes on Prop 8 ads that appeared today all over the place.  That example is not one of the hypocritical ones.  If they don&#8217;t want the ads on their site, of course that&#8217;s cool.
It&#8217;s the ones that are all pissy about [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s funny how hypocritical some bloggers and commenters are about these <a href="http://laughingsquid.com/get-the-hell-off-of-my-blog-the-downside-of-keyword-advertising/">misplaced Yes on Prop 8 ads</a> that appeared today all over the place.  That example is not one of the hypocritical ones.  If they don&#8217;t want the ads on their site, of course that&#8217;s cool.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s the ones that are <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/03/google-may-hate-prop-8-but-that-doesnt-mean-they-wont-serve-ads-supporting-it/">all pissy</a> about Google selling those ads at all that are funny.  So Google should refuse to show things that you disagree with because you have personally deemed the other side &#8220;evil&#8221;?  Yeah right.</p>
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		<title>Mail Goggles</title>
		<link>http://www.chopstork.com/blog/2008/10/07/mail-goggles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chopstork.com/blog/2008/10/07/mail-goggles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>some dude</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Whatever</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>culture</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brilliant.  This is why they get free gourmet food, dry cleaning, fancy buses, and the big bucks.
Mail Goggles in Gmail
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brilliant.  This is why they get free gourmet food, dry cleaning, fancy buses, and the big bucks.</p>
<p><a href="http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-in-labs-stop-sending-mail-you-later.html">Mail Goggles in Gmail</a></p>
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		<title>Bojam</title>
		<link>http://www.chopstork.com/blog/2008/09/11/bojam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>some dude</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>culture</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the online studio had been around back then, Jimmy Tamborello and Ben Gibbard would be called Bojam instead of Postal Service.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If the <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/10/tc50-bojam-asks-why-cant-we-all-just-rock-together/">online studio</a> had been around back then, Jimmy Tamborello and Ben Gibbard would be called Bojam instead of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Postal_Service">Postal Service</a>.</p>
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		<title>ma(n)trimony</title>
		<link>http://www.chopstork.com/blog/2008/07/29/mantrimony/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chopstork.com/blog/2008/07/29/mantrimony/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>fun with friends</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>culture</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[has anybody made plans to travel cross-country for this yet?  I&#8217;d really like to go, but my upcoming trip to the other side of the world is leaving me feeling stingy.  I&#8217;ve looked a bit at airfare, some of it isn&#8217;t too bad, and I might be able to use AA miles.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>has anybody made plans to travel cross-country for this yet?  I&#8217;d really like to go, but my upcoming trip to the other side of the world is leaving me feeling stingy.  I&#8217;ve looked a bit at airfare, some of it isn&#8217;t too bad, and I might be able to use AA miles.  Is everybody flying into the Charlottesville airport?  Are there other decent ones to choose from?  Apparently this marriage is too formal an affair for evite, so I&#8217;m still not entirely sure who is going.  I assume the groom &amp; groom will be there (rest assured my gift will include His &amp; His towels, even though there is no registry).  Who else?  What&#8217;s your trip itinerary?</p>
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		<title>Vertical Jowler invented!</title>
		<link>http://www.chopstork.com/blog/2008/06/21/vertical-jowler-invented/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chopstork.com/blog/2008/06/21/vertical-jowler-invented/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>some dude</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>photos</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>fun with friends</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>culture</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>snapshots</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuffy McFucklebee has hereby invented the vertical jowler!!!  The VertJowl™ © patent pending.

Moment of first inception.

First production run.
Also, the band Birdlips has filed an improvement to the original jowler with the addition of a fist to the scene. The knockout jowler. Unfortunately another local band Straight Punch to the Crotch failed to incorporate this [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tuffy McFucklebee has hereby invented the vertical jowler!!!  The VertJowl™ © patent pending.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/somedude/2598882215/" title="fri-4548 by some.dude, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3221/2598882215_c4f04a63fe.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="fri-4548" /></a><br />
Moment of first inception.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/somedude/2598905391/" title="fri-4575 by some.dude, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3163/2598905391_0198d8537d.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="fri-4575" /></a><br />
First production run.</p>
<p>Also, the band Birdlips has filed an improvement to the original jowler with the addition of a fist to the scene. The knockout jowler. Unfortunately another local band Straight Punch to the Crotch failed to incorporate this improvement in their versions, even though Punch is in their name.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/somedude/2372533495/" title="birdlips at zinc-2759 by some.dude, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/2372533495_f62e90ab96.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="birdlips at zinc-2759" /></a><br />
Birdlips&#8217; Lindsay on a knockout jowler.</p>
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		<title>ass burger</title>
		<link>http://www.chopstork.com/blog/2008/03/28/ass-burger/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chopstork.com/blog/2008/03/28/ass-burger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>some dude</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>culture</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any time aspergers disease comes up in conversation, &#8220;ass burger&#8221; of course comes to mind with a snicker.  It turns out there are real life ass burgers.  If you&#8217;re French&#8230;and Canadian.
I don&#8217;t know why aspergers comes up so often, by the way &#8230; there was a story a while ago about Silicon Valley [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Any time aspergers disease comes up in conversation, &#8220;ass burger&#8221; of course comes to mind with a snicker.  It turns out there are <a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/11/ass-burger/">real life ass burgers</a>.  If you&#8217;re French&#8230;and Canadian.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know why aspergers comes up so often, by the way &#8230; there was a story a while ago about <a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aspergers_pr.html">Silicon Valley possibly being a hotbed of aspergers</a> or something.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/somedude/2368780751/" title="ass-burger by some.dude, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2042/2368780751_60e97b6eab_o.jpg" width="500" height="410" alt="ass-burger" /></a></p>
<p><small>via <a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2008/03/11/ass-burger/">Neatorama</a></small></p>
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		<title>The coporate machine</title>
		<link>http://www.chopstork.com/blog/2008/03/18/the-coporate-machine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>some dude</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>interw3b videos</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>art</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>culture</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think this is how a lot of our friends are feeling right now.  Me too.




Ken Robinson, on how our education system is designed to kill creativity.  I watched it and bought his book.







via Fresh Creations
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think this is how a lot of our friends are feeling right now.  Me too.</p>
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<p>Ken Robinson, on how our education system is designed to kill creativity.  I watched it and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1841121258/">bought his book</a>.</p>
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<p><small>via <a href="http://www.freshcreation.com/entry/the_corporate_machine/">Fresh</a> <a href="http://www.freshcreation.com/entry/sir_ken_robinson_about_creativity/">Creations</a></small></p>
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		<title>Hey kids (in SF), don&#8217;t forget BYOBW!</title>
		<link>http://www.chopstork.com/blog/2008/03/17/hey-kids-dont-forget-byobw/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>some dude</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>stupid fun events</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>original video</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>culture</dc:subject>
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One of my favorites (even though I only did it once), Bring Your Own Big Wheel (BYOBW) is on this Sunday at 5pm.  They moved it to Vermont St, on good old Potrero Hill.  From the pictures last year on Lombard St, it looked like there were crazy huge crowds!  Guess they [...]]]></description>
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<p>One of my favorites (even though I only did it once), <a href="http://www.jonbrumit.com/byobw.html">Bring Your Own Big Wheel (BYOBW)</a> is on this Sunday at 5pm.  They moved it to Vermont St, on good old Potrero Hill.  From the pictures last year on Lombard St, it looked like there were crazy huge crowds!  Guess they messed up the foliage a little much and had to move.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s us riding down Vermont St.  In a car.  After Monkey Bowls at Lingba.  Scott frantically keeping us on the road.</p>
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