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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jochem van Grieken, from Utrecht, has built a useless robot that reminds me of the myth of Sisyphus. YouTube Video Link]]></description>
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<a title="jochemvangrieken.com" href="www.jochemvangrieken.com" target="_blank">Jochem van Grieken</a>, from Utrecht, has built a useless robot that reminds me of the myth of Sisyphus.</p>
<p><a title="Useless Robot #1 on YouTube" href="http://youtu.be/ndmF5taHlS8" target="_blank">YouTube Video Link</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, Jian Ghomeshi mentioned me and my company in the opening essay on his radio program Q! You can listen to his fantastic essay on uselessness following the break. Thanks Jian! And thanks to Erin RobotGrrl for the heads-up!]]></description>
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You can listen to his fantastic essay on uselessness following the break.</p>
<p>Thanks Jian!<br />
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And thanks to <a title="Robotgrrl.com" href="http://robotgrrl.com/" target="_blank">Erin RobotGrrl</a> for the heads-up!</p>
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		<title>1 Million Views</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, my instructable The Most Useless Machine EVER! passed one million views!]]></description>
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