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    <title>Mat Honan&apos;s Cute New Site</title>
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    <published>2010-08-10T17:25:28Z</published>
    <updated>2010-08-10T17:25:28Z</updated>
    
    <summary>Mat Honan of Obamasyournewbicycle.com fame has created a clever new single-serving site: http://hasrobertcappsdotcombeenupdatedthisyear.com/. Too bad it&apos;s horribly out of date....</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Mat Honan of Obamasyournewbicycle.com fame has created a clever new single-serving site: http://hasrobertcappsdotcombeenupdatedthisyear.com/. Too bad it's horribly out of date.</p>]]>
        
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    <title>Nick Thompson on Colbert</title>
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    <published>2009-11-06T17:40:50Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-06T17:40:50Z</updated>
    
    <summary>The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cNicholas Thompsonwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorU.S. Speedskating My Wired colleague Nick Thompson got to go on Colbert to talk about his new book The Hawk and The Dove. I love his energy. He&apos;s...</summary>
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My Wired colleague Nick Thompson got to go on Colbert to talk about his new book <a href=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805081429/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1581341385&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=19AX4KT7WF9KPPWMCT1F>The Hawk and The Dove</a>. I love his energy. He's like a kid in a Cold War store.]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Good Enough Down Under</title>
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    <published>2009-11-06T17:37:38Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-06T17:37:44Z</updated>
    
    <summary>I recently got a chance to discuss The Good Enough Revolution on Australian Radio. Have a listen....</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>I recently got a chance to discuss The Good Enough Revolution on Australian Radio. <a href=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/futuretense/stories/2009/2728537.htm>Have a listen</a>.</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Talking Tim and Eric</title>
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    <published>2009-11-06T01:02:31Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-06T01:02:31Z</updated>
    
    <summary>Chris Baker and I discuss Brian Raftery&apos;s Tim and Eric story on this week&apos;s Wired Storyboard podcast....</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Chris Baker and I discuss Brian Raftery's Tim and Eric story on this week's <a href=http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/11/storyboard-tim-and-erics-brilliant-dementia/>Wired Storyboard podcast</a>.</p>]]>
        
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    <title>Tim and Eric Make Me Laugh, Cry</title>
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    <published>2009-11-03T04:33:57Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-03T04:34:42Z</updated>
    
    <summary> Writing comedy is hard. Writing about comedy is hard. Writing about comedy that you can barely understand why its funny is just plain blood-boiling. Brian Raftery pulls all of it off in this months Wired with the tale of...</summary>
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<p>Writing comedy is hard. Writing about comedy is hard. Writing about comedy that you can barely understand why its funny is just plain blood-boiling. Brian Raftery pulls all of it off in this months Wired with the tale of <a href=http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_tim_eric>Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!</a>. </p>]]>
        
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    <title>Future Tense</title>
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    <published>2009-10-19T04:17:03Z</published>
    <updated>2009-10-19T04:17:58Z</updated>
    
    <summary>Jon Gordon at Public Radio&apos;s Future Tense interviewed me about the Good Enough Revolution. Check it out: Part I Part II I also talked about the piece a little while back on the Wired Storyboard podcast...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Jon Gordon at Public Radio's Future Tense interviewed me about the Good Enough Revolution. Check it out:</p>

<p><a href=http://www.publicradio.org/columns/futuretense/2009/10/technology-that.html>Part I</a><br />
<a href=http://www.publicradio.org/columns/futuretense/2009/10/what-do-we-give.html>Part II</a></p>

<p>I also talked about the piece a little while back on the <a href=http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/09/storyboard-podcast-big-pharmas-placebo-problem/>Wired Storyboard podcast</a></p>]]>
        
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    <title>The Good Enough Revolution</title>
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    <published>2009-10-19T04:11:28Z</published>
    <updated>2009-11-03T04:36:17Z</updated>
    
    <summary> Why does it seem like crappy tech does so well these days? Here&apos;s my take in the September Wired: The Good Enough Revolution: When Cheap and Simple Is Just Fine...</summary>
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<p>Why does it seem like crappy tech does so well these days? Here's my take in the September Wired:</p>

<p><a href=http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/magazine/17-09/ff_goodenough>The Good Enough Revolution: When Cheap and Simple Is Just Fine</a></p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Sasha Fierce ... Dark Lord</title>
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    <published>2008-12-02T21:58:33Z</published>
    <updated>2008-12-04T05:15:24Z</updated>
    
    <summary>Wired&apos;s new video on beyonce&apos;s new video If it breaks on youtube, check it out here....</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Wired's new video on beyonce's new video</p>

<p><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rpTlvdyA1BU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rpTlvdyA1BU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object></p>

<p>If it breaks on youtube, check it out <a href=http://www.wired.com/video/latest-videos/latest/1815816633/is-beyonce-a-sith-lord/3344565001>here</a>.</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Dante is 1 years old</title>
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    <published>2008-11-18T21:50:05Z</published>
    <updated>2008-11-18T21:50:05Z</updated>
    
    <summary> Happy birthday little guy!...</summary>
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<p>Happy birthday little guy!</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>How I Feel Today</title>
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    <published>2008-11-17T20:05:48Z</published>
    <updated>2008-11-17T20:06:22Z</updated>
    
    <summary></summary>
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<entry>
    <title>In Wired: Cool Old Instruction Manuals</title>
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    <published>2008-11-15T19:24:59Z</published>
    <updated>2008-11-15T19:24:59Z</updated>
    
    <summary> For this month&apos;s Wired I worked with Man Honan and photographer Dan Winters on a photo essay about cool old instruction manuals. It really came out great. We put a few additional galleries online here and here....</summary>
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<p>For this month's Wired I worked with Man Honan and photographer Dan Winters on <a href=http://www.wired.com/culture/design/multimedia/2008/10/ff_manuals>a photo essay about cool old instruction manuals</a>. It really came out great. We put a few additional galleries online <a href=http://www.wired.com/culture/design/multimedia/2008/11/ff_manuals_flight>here</a> and <a href= http://www.wired.com/culture/design/multimedia/2008/11/ff_manuals_computer>here</a>.</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>Everyone Loves Those Melons!</title>
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    <published>2008-09-21T21:55:31Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-21T21:56:13Z</updated>
    
    <summary> Sundia Watermelons held a contest where they invited youtubers to make a Sundia commercial. My friend Lyle whipped up this gem in an afternoon. I have a, um, juicy roll. Sweeet....</summary>
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Sundia Watermelons held a contest where they invited youtubers to make a Sundia commercial. My friend <a href=http://christiekenpokarate.com/Site1/About%20Us.htm>Lyle</a> whipped up this gem in an afternoon. I have a, um, juicy roll. Sweeet.</p>

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<entry>
    <title>Dante&apos;s been posten</title>
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    <published>2008-09-11T04:09:47Z</published>
    <updated>2008-09-11T04:09:47Z</updated>
    
    <summary>Lots of crawling and high-fiveing happening over at dantecapps.com...</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Lots of crawling and high-fiveing happening over at <a href=http://www.dantecapps.com>dantecapps.com</a></p>]]>
        
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    <title>Pineapple Express</title>
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    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.robertcapps.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=1/entry_id=16" title="Pineapple Express" />
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    <published>2008-07-08T21:33:58Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-08T21:33:58Z</updated>
    
    <summary>Bronken Lizard says it&apos;s hilarious....</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Bronken Lizard says it's hilarious.</p>

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<entry>
    <title>Feed The Animals</title>
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    <link rel="service.edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.robertcapps.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-atom.cgi/weblog/blog_id=1/entry_id=15" title="Feed The Animals" />
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    <published>2008-06-30T01:02:02Z</published>
    <updated>2008-06-30T01:09:51Z</updated>
    
    <summary>Listening to Girl Talk&apos;s new album Feed The Animals. Wrex-N-Effect vs. Big Country? Followed by Looking Glass&apos; Brandy? Holy fuck....</summary>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Listening to Girl Talk's new album <a href=http://74.124.198.47/illegal-art.net/__girl__talk___feed__the__anima.ls___/>Feed The Animals</a>. Wrex-N-Effect vs. Big Country? Followed by Looking Glass' Brandy? Holy fuck. </p>]]>
        
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