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	<title>The Donut Project</title>
	
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				<title>James Victore on throwing gas onto the fire</title>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Buirge</dc:creator>
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								<description><![CDATA[Some great advice from the man himself on finding quality love. Fuck security. Risk it all.]]></description>
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<p>Some great advice from the man himself on finding quality love. Fuck security. Risk it all.</p>
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				<title>Music Monday – Die Antwoord – I FINK U FREEKY</title>

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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Kellogg</dc:creator>
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								<description><![CDATA[Good Morning.]]></description>
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<p>Good Morning.</p>
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				<title>Logo first impressions from a 5-year old</title>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricky Salsberry</dc:creator>
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								<description><![CDATA[A fun Sunday project with my daughter on brand logos —@ladddesign Pretty interesting which logos the little kid recognizes, and cute how she describes the rest. I could really do without the barely audible shitty Christian music in the background, but it&#8217;s still a cute video… Here&#8217;s to the cheetahs.]]></description>
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<blockquote><p>A fun Sunday project with my daughter on brand logos<br />
—<a href="https://twitter.com/ladddesign" title="@ladddesign" class="twit">@ladddesign</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Pretty interesting which logos the little kid recognizes, and cute how she describes the rest. </p>
<p>I could really do without the barely audible shitty Christian music in the background, but it&#8217;s still a cute video… Here&#8217;s to the cheetahs.</p>
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				<title>Victore’s Q+A Tuesdays</title>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricky Salsberry</dc:creator>
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								<description><![CDATA[Everyone&#8217;s favorite American Badass James Victore is posting a short Q+A video every Tuesday answering your questions. You can subscribe to his mug on Youtube. Send him a question on Twitter @JamesVictore and maybe he&#8217;ll answer your question next week!]]></description>
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<p>Everyone&#8217;s favorite American Badass <a href="http://www.jamesvictore.com/">James Victore</a> is posting a short Q+A video every Tuesday answering your questions. You can subscribe to his mug on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/JamesVictore/videos">Youtube</a>.</p>
<p>Send him a question on Twitter <a class="twit" href="http://twitter.com/JamesVictore" title="@JamesVictore">@JamesVictore</a> and maybe he&#8217;ll answer your question next week!</p>
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				<title>Music Vest the Latest in Fashion</title>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Bacher</dc:creator>
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								<description><![CDATA[The Music Vest is how you make a great fashion statement. I&#8217;m surprised I haven&#8217;t seen Lady Gaga sporting one of these. Now you can be wrapped in aluminium foil, sleeveless and listening to your favorite music. It&#8217;s no backwards robe made of fleece, but then again what kind of entertainment value does the Snuggy&#8230;]]></description>
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<p>The Music Vest is how you make a great fashion statement. I&#8217;m surprised I haven&#8217;t seen Lady Gaga sporting one of these. Now you can be wrapped in aluminium foil, sleeveless and listening to your favorite music. It&#8217;s no backwards robe made of fleece, but then again what kind of entertainment value does the Snuggy bring to a party? If anyone knows of a Goodwill where I can get one of these bad boys let me know. Now available in Metallic Silver and Black!</p>
<p>via: Jason Richburg</p>
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				<title>The Magic of 1980s Sports Posters</title>

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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Bacher</dc:creator>
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								<description><![CDATA[What a great collection of classic 80s sports posters. There&#8217;s something so nostalgic about this series. Could it be the classic sports nicknames or the overly exaggerated narratives that make it a great sale? Maybe it&#8217;s my age or upbringing, but these posters take me back to my memories of the 1995 Men&#8217;s Basketball Olympic&#8230;]]></description>
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<p>What a great collection of classic 80s sports posters. There&#8217;s something so nostalgic about this series. Could it be the classic sports nicknames or the overly exaggerated narratives that make it a great sale? Maybe it&#8217;s my age or upbringing, but these posters take me back to my memories of the 1995 Men&#8217;s Basketball Olympic Dream Team and Super Soakers. 95&#8242; was a good year for sports and water guns for that matter, which is besides the point. See these and more at <a href="http://colt-rane.com/80s-sports-posters/">Colt Rane</a>.</p>
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				<title>Music Monday: Grimes – Genesis</title>

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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Kellogg</dc:creator>
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								<description><![CDATA[Happy Monday. This gem comes to us from Grimes. Definitely one of my tracks of the year so far. Enjoy your Monday.]]></description>
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<p>Happy Monday. This gem comes to us from Grimes. Definitely one of my tracks of the year so far. Enjoy your Monday. </p>
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				<title>Fotoshop by Adobé</title>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricky Salsberry</dc:creator>
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								<description><![CDATA[This commercial isn&#8217;t real, neither are society&#8217;s standards of beauty. Made by @JesseRosten.]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/34813864">This commercial</a> isn&#8217;t real, neither are society&#8217;s standards of beauty. </p>
<p>Made by <a href="http://twitter.com/JesseRosten" title="@JesseRosten" class="twit">@JesseRosten</a>.</p>
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				<title>Music Monday: Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Ffunny Ffrends</title>

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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Kellogg</dc:creator>
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								<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a bit since we posted a Music Monday video, oh well, here&#8217;s a good one. Show Unknown Mortal Orchestra some love and check some more of their stuff out.]]></description>
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<p>It&#8217;s been a bit since we posted a Music Monday video, oh well, here&#8217;s a good one. Show <a href="http://unknownmortalorchestra.com/">Unknown Mortal Orchestra</a> some love and check some more of their stuff out. </p>
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				<title>Being Elmo</title>

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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricky Salsberry</dc:creator>
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								<description><![CDATA[Official trailer for the documentary film, Being Elmo.]]></description>
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<p>Official trailer for the documentary film, <a href="http://beingelmo.com/">Being Elmo</a>.</p>
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				<title>Hitler reacts to SOPA</title>

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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricky Salsberry</dc:creator>
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								<description><![CDATA[Watch this while you can. Because under SOPA, this video would be illegal, and they could remove YouTube.com if youtube fails to proactively censor each user, along with this website.]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvXo4sGB7zM">Watch this</a> while you can. Because under <a href="http://americancensorship.org/">SOPA</a>, this video would be illegal, and they could remove YouTube.com if youtube fails to proactively censor each user, along with this website.</p>
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				<title>SOPA Breaks the Internet</title>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricky Salsberry</dc:creator>
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								<description><![CDATA[In case you&#8217;ve been living under a rock, check out this video from Fight for the Future explaining the new bill: SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act. The bill&#8217;s concept is to give the power to large Hollywood entertainment corporations to sue any website that has ANY copywritten material on it, whether it&#8217;s posted by&#8230;]]></description>
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<p>In case you&#8217;ve been living under a rock, check out this video from <a href="http://fightforthefuture.org/pipa/">Fight for the Future</a> explaining the new bill: SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act.</p>
<p>The bill&#8217;s concept is to give the power to large Hollywood entertainment corporations to sue any website that has ANY copywritten material on it, whether it&#8217;s posted by the website owners, or its users. The government would have the power to block these sites, would force search engines to blacklist these sites, and would block advertising revenue from going to these sites.</p>
<p>The potential for abuse of power here is enormous. Watch the video, it succinctly explains  why this is a dangerous bill, how it&#8217;s gained traction from lobbyists, and what you need to do to be heard.</p>
<p>Under SOPA, we would have to police and censor anyone commenting on this blog, who posts links to anything… for fear that our site would be blocked. Facebook and Twitter would have to censor you as well. All so Justin Bieber gets his money. </p>
<p>Frankly, I&#8217;m not censoring any readers. So, under SOPA, it&#8217;d just be a matter of time before this site would go away.</p>
<p>This bill is close to passing. Annoy the hell out of your congressman, make your voice heard while you can.</p>
<p>I leave you with this infographic:</p>
<p><a href="http://americancensorship.org/infographic.html"><img src="http://www.thedonutproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/SOPA-Infographic.jpg" alt="" title="SOPA Infographic" width="600" height="2366" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13468" /></a></p>
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