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		<title>Real Sansa e260 Success&#8230; finally!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had a Sansa e260 player for about 18 months. Most of those months the player has lay idle because I grew tired of my MP3 collection and have not been able to successfully hook the player up to our household Real Rhapsody account. 
Last night I gave it another shot. A firmware update came [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainio.us/blog/2008/04/16/real-sansa-e260-success-finally/</link>
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		<title>Restoring a Craftsman Bandsaw&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I picked up an antique Craftsman 103.24280 12&#8243; Band saw the other day. From what I can tell it was made in the 30&#8217;s-50&#8217;s. Sears was having a 20% off sale the same day I got this from a fellow who was liquidating his shop. Even though it needs some TLC I think I will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainio.us/blog/2008/03/15/restoring-a-craftsman-bandsaw/</link>
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		<title>Where does my electricity come from?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The EPA has a site where you can find out what mix of power generation sources supply your zip code. 
EPA Power Profiler
&#8211; Dave
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		<link>http://www.brainio.us/blog/2007/12/17/where-does-my-electricity-come-from/</link>
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		<title>Headlight bulb sockets&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to record this for posterity. I&#8217;ve been asked about this a few times and never knew it was such a pain to find these connectors. 
On my friend&#8217;s Volvo and my Honda the headlight bulb sockets have heated up enough to melt them. Once they are melted then they stop working. Finding a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainio.us/blog/2007/04/30/headlight-bulb-sockets/</link>
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		<title>Incredibly brilliant and dumb at the same time&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve got a cat I have found the best toy evar !!!one111!!one
Its called The Original Cat Dancer and its so dumb its brilliant. It is basically a 3&#8242; long wire with some pieces of cardboard on the end. All of $0.25 worth of materials that sells for about $3 after they wrap it up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainio.us/blog/2007/04/19/incredibly-brilliant-and-dumb-at-the-same-time/</link>
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		<title>Whatever happened to a needle and paper cone?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are some fantastic turntables here at The Funky Way&#8217;s collection of the Exotic Turntables of the World:
http://www.thefunkyway.com/gearmus/djgear/decks/
&#8211; Dave
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		<link>http://www.brainio.us/blog/2007/03/06/whatever-happened-to-a-needle-and-paper-cone/</link>
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		<title>Of trannies and transformers&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I went to Family Dollar and Big Lots looking for a multi 3v/6v/9v/12v transformer thingie for a new portable radio I got.
 
Struck out on the transformer at Family Dollar but I did encounter a transvestite.
I continued to Big Lots. Again, no transformer but there was another transvestite in line ahead of me. This one was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainio.us/blog/2007/01/17/of-trannies-and-transformers/</link>
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		<title>HOW TO &#8211; Make circles Freddi C. style</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a post on painting perfect circles using old school drafting tools.
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/11/how_to_make_cir.html
I used to use one of those pens that you drop the ink into when I was in drafting class. Never thought of using it for painting. A compass set at Staples is about $15. You can also use the pen with a ruler [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainio.us/blog/2007/01/08/how-to-make-circles-freddi-c-style/</link>
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		<title>TSA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m traveling cross country in a couple of weeks and decided to check the baggage restrictions. I&#8217;m traveling for a week but will have access to a washing machine. I&#8217;de like to avoid checking any baggage since I would like to make this trip as stress free as possible.
I&#8217;ll have to remember that my Cattle [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainio.us/blog/2006/12/12/tsa/</link>
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		<title>New laptop&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I finally broke down and got a new laptop. My Toshiba 5105-S501 decided to start flaking out. Seems there is a connection between the motherboard and video card on those machines that gets stressed with age. I didn&#8217;t move the computer that much so it lasted almost 4 years for me. At least I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainio.us/blog/2006/10/05/new-laptop/</link>
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