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<title>Firewheel Design: Sparkplug</title>
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<modified>2007-08-17T15:30:44Z</modified>
<tagline>Design resources to rev your visual engine.</tagline>
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<title>Plug: Art Lebedev</title>
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<modified>2007-08-17T15:30:44Z</modified>
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<![CDATA[The geekiest nesting dolls <a href="http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/matryoshkus/">ever</a>.]]>


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<entry>
<title>Plug: 2600</title>
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<modified>2007-08-17T15:29:58Z</modified>
<issued>2007-08-17T15:29:25Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.firewheeldesign.com,2007://2.1804</id>
<created>2007-08-17T15:29:25Z</created>
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<name>brian</name>
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<dc:subject>Plug</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[Behold the beautiful artistry eleven times more robust than the titles' actual gameplay graphics that was <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joekral/sets/72157594432670289/">Atari console game manual covers</a>.]]>


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<entry>
<title>Plug: Kirk Demarais</title>
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<modified>2007-08-17T15:29:19Z</modified>
<issued>2007-08-17T15:28:05Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.firewheeldesign.com,2007://2.1803</id>
<created>2007-08-17T15:28:05Z</created>
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<name>brian</name>
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<dc:subject>Plug</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[Perhaps I've mentioned the <a href="http://secretfunspot.blogspot.com/">Secret Fun Blog</a> previously, but I mention it again because I can't think of any other blog I enjoy visiting more. I mean, I actually once posssed the very same brochure featuring <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_y0ZlSySQA1Q/RpmaoM32V9I/AAAAAAAABCg/qamfirQkIcc/s1600-h/illusion2o.jpg">the girl that looks a lot less like Leia and a lot more like somebody's second cousin once removed</a>!]]>


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<entry>
<title>Plug: Troy Paiva</title>
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<modified>2007-08-17T15:27:58Z</modified>
<issued>2007-08-17T15:27:12Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.firewheeldesign.com,2007://2.1802</id>
<created>2007-08-17T15:27:12Z</created>
<author>
<name>brian</name>
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<dc:subject>Plug</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[If the truth is out there, this looks like a good place to begin the search: <a href="http://www.lostamerica.com/roadside.html">Lost America - Night Photography of the Abandoned West</a>]]>


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<entry>
<title>Plug: John Berkey</title>
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<modified>2007-08-17T15:27:05Z</modified>
<issued>2007-08-17T15:26:11Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.firewheeldesign.com,2007://2.1801</id>
<created>2007-08-17T15:26:11Z</created>
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<name>brian</name>
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<dc:subject>Plug</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[At the time I wasn't unhappy with the result of the vote, but today I find myself wishing that <a href="http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/artofthestamp/SubPage%20table%20images/artwork/rarities/Elvis%20Ballot/elvisballot.htm">Older Elvis had won</a>.]]>


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<entry>
<title>Plug: Lucas-Ford</title>
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<modified>2007-08-06T14:12:42Z</modified>
<issued>2007-08-06T14:12:11Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.firewheeldesign.com,2007://2.1800</id>
<created>2007-08-06T14:12:11Z</created>
<author>
<name>brian</name>
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<dc:subject>Plug</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<a href="http://www.hellblazer.net/2007/07/23/recursion-shot-first/">Han Shot First</a>]]>


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<entry>
<title>Plug: Analogue Miniature 3</title>
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<modified>2007-08-06T14:12:07Z</modified>
<issued>2007-08-06T14:11:19Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.firewheeldesign.com,2007://2.1799</id>
<created>2007-08-06T14:11:19Z</created>
<author>
<name>brian</name>
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<dc:subject>Plug</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[Gorgeous retro electronic gizmos constructed from ... uh ... <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/danmcp/sets/72157594294355299/">cardboard</a>.]]>


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<feedburner:origLink>http://www.firewheeldesign.com/sparkplug/2007/August/analogue_miniature_3.php</feedburner:origLink></entry>


<entry>
<title>Plug: "declining album sales"</title>
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<modified>2007-08-06T14:11:15Z</modified>
<issued>2007-08-06T14:10:43Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.firewheeldesign.com,2007://2.1798</id>
<created>2007-08-06T14:10:43Z</created>
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<name>brian</name>
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<dc:subject>Plug</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[Elton John wants the internet <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/eltons-war-on-the-web/2007/08/02/1185648044623.html">shut down</a>.]]>


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<title>Plug: XEXOO</title>
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<modified>2007-08-06T14:10:25Z</modified>
<issued>2007-08-06T14:09:56Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.firewheeldesign.com,2007://2.1797</id>
<created>2007-08-06T14:09:56Z</created>
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<name>brian</name>
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<dc:subject>Plug</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[iPods for <a href="http://www.xexoo.com/">the other half</a>.]]>


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<entry>
<title>Plug: television mistakes</title>
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<modified>2007-08-06T14:09:51Z</modified>
<issued>2007-08-06T14:08:48Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.firewheeldesign.com,2007://2.1796</id>
<created>2007-08-06T14:08:48Z</created>
<author>
<name>brian</name>
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<dc:subject>Plug</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[I seem to recall enjoying Automan, but I <i>was</i> just an ignorant kid back then: <a href="http://forevergeek.com/sci-fi/top_10_worst_sci-fi_shows_ever_wvideos.php?fromrss=1">Top 10 WORST Sci-Fi Shows EVER! w/Videos</a>]]>


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<entry>
<title>Plug: Lucas, George</title>
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<modified>2007-07-20T14:18:47Z</modified>
<issued>2007-07-20T14:18:16Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.firewheeldesign.com,2007://2.1795</id>
<created>2007-07-20T14:18:16Z</created>
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<name>brian</name>
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<dc:subject>Plug</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[Hitting you with assorted Star Wars nonsense one <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/popup?id=3196756&contentIndex=1&page=1">time</a>, two <a href="http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=CS69154#LargeImage">times</a>, and <a href="http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~sf-papercraft/Gallery/at-at/at-at.html">three</a>.]]>


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<entry>
<title>Plug: by Dan Goodsell</title>
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<modified>2007-07-20T14:18:10Z</modified>
<issued>2007-07-20T14:17:41Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.firewheeldesign.com,2007://2.1794</id>
<created>2007-07-20T14:17:41Z</created>
<author>
<name>brian</name>
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<dc:subject>Plug</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario">Mario</a> + <a href="http://www.theimaginaryworld.com/page3.html">Mr. Toast</a> = <a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=5944661">Super Mario Toast</a>]]>


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<entry>
<title>Plug: Is that Jill St. John?</title>
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<modified>2007-07-20T14:17:36Z</modified>
<issued>2007-07-20T14:17:08Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.firewheeldesign.com,2007://2.1793</id>
<created>2007-07-20T14:17:08Z</created>
<author>
<name>brian</name>
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<dc:subject>Plug</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[Everybody do the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibelTNvf9zE">Batusi</a>!]]>


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<entry>
<title>Plug: Eyes Wide Shut</title>
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<modified>2007-07-20T14:17:03Z</modified>
<issued>2007-07-20T14:16:24Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.firewheeldesign.com,2007://2.1792</id>
<created>2007-07-20T14:16:24Z</created>
<author>
<name>brian</name>
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<dc:subject>Plug</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[There's something slightly mind-bending about 1947 cartoon comic strip characters <a href="http://a-hole-in-the-head.blogspot.com/2007/07/eyes-wide-shut-in-1947-life-magazine.html">drawn blindfolded</a>.]]>


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<entry>
<title>Plug: hand dyed, hand sewn, embroidered</title>
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<modified>2007-07-06T16:21:59Z</modified>
<issued>2007-07-06T16:21:28Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.firewheeldesign.com,2007://2.1791</id>
<created>2007-07-06T16:21:28Z</created>
<author>
<name>brian</name>
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<dc:subject>Plug</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[The plushest NES console <a href="http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=179124.msg1858543;topicseen#msg1858543">you'll see all day</a>.]]>


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<entry>
<title>Plug: a work simulator</title>
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<modified>2007-07-06T16:21:24Z</modified>
<issued>2007-07-06T16:20:52Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.firewheeldesign.com,2007://2.1790</id>
<created>2007-07-06T16:20:52Z</created>
<author>
<name>brian</name>
</author>
<dc:subject>Plug</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[Looking busy at the office doesn't actually require <a href="http://www.big-game.ch/waste.php">being busy</a>.]]>


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<entry>
<title>Plug: Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo</title>
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<modified>2007-07-06T16:20:47Z</modified>
<issued>2007-07-06T16:20:18Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.firewheeldesign.com,2007://2.1789</id>
<created>2007-07-06T16:20:18Z</created>
<author>
<name>brian</name>
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<dc:subject>Plug</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[Recognizing film titles as the art they are (or can be): <a href="http://www.submarinechannel.com/titlesequences/index.jsp">Forget The Film, Watch The Titles</a>]]>


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<entry>
<title>Plug: Artemy Lebedev</title>
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<modified>2007-07-06T16:23:21Z</modified>
<issued>2007-07-06T16:19:15Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.firewheeldesign.com,2007://2.1788</id>
<created>2007-07-06T16:19:15Z</created>
<author>
<name>brian</name>
</author>
<dc:subject>Plug</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[Traveling abroad but don't know the language? Let your tshirt <a href="http://store.artlebedev.com/catalog/t-shirts/2007/phrase-book/">do the talking</a>.]]>


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<entry>
<title>Plug: HTML drawing</title>
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<modified>2007-07-06T16:19:10Z</modified>
<issued>2007-07-06T16:18:24Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.firewheeldesign.com,2007://2.1787</id>
<created>2007-07-06T16:18:24Z</created>
<author>
<name>brian</name>
</author>
<dc:subject>Plug</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[Creating pixel art <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqFOB77jLaE">the hard way</a>. (beware the annoying music)]]>


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<entry>
<title>Plug: Slow Day Tomfoolery</title>
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<modified>2007-06-27T22:13:33Z</modified>
<issued>2007-06-27T21:32:03Z</issued>
<id>tag:www.firewheeldesign.com,2007://2.1786</id>
<created>2007-06-27T21:32:03Z</created>
<author>
<name>brian</name>
</author>
<dc:subject>Plug</dc:subject>
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<![CDATA[For everyone who's always wanted to know what the Firewheel staff looks like (looks like through a Matt Groening filter, that is), <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/keeg/641215098/">voila!</a>]]>

<p><strong>Spark the conversation: </strong><a href="http://www.firewheeldesign.com/sparkplug/2007/June/slow_day_tomfoolery.php#comment">Comments are open, baby!</a></p>
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