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		<title>Re-Humanize The Internet?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[chris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is just going to be a &#8220;stream of consciousness&#8221; type of post, so just hang on. Maybe I&#8217;ve already written about this, I don&#8217;t remember, but f- it, I&#8217;m...]]></description>
		
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		<title>WTF is going on in Brazil</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[chris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For MONTHS now I&#8217;ve been fighting DDOS syn flood attempts on my webserver, that are coming exclusively from Brazilian IP subnets. It&#8217;s not just one or two addresses. Like an...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Things n Stuff</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[chris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So. Yeah. Here&#8217;s the latest from the compound. AI? Fuck that shit. I know I initially embraced this AI/LLM/Diffusion stuff but damn. Just damn. It&#8217;s terrible. All of it. Google...]]></description>
		
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		<title>10 days since my last video&#8230;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[chris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 22:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yikes! that&#8217;s far too long! What&#8217;s the hold up? I&#8217;m waiting on: I&#8217;ve been trying to NOT start new projects until these are finished. You know what happens when you...]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8230;in which I destroy a vintage car stereo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[chris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Retro Radios]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[So&#8230;. yeah. I thought I&#8217;d jump into this 1980 Pioneer KP-6500 car stereo. I mean, it sort of worked, I had one channel of audio. GREAT. Let&#8217;s open her up...]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Little Vintage Calculator Roundup</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[chris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 21:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Retro Computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fixit Projects]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I figured I&#8217;d dust off my little collection of vintage calculators from the mid 1970&#8217;s up through the mid 1980&#8217;s and have a look at them. As they say, three...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Antique Aviation NDB (Non-Directonal Beacon) Receivers</title>
		<link>https://ripptech.com/antique-aviation-ndb-non-directonal-beacon-receivers/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[chris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 21:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Antique Radio]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this video I grab these two ancient bits of aviation technology from the 1940&#8217;s. They are vacuum tube radios specifically designed for aviation use as navigation aids. You&#8217;d dial...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Firestone Air Chief Electronic Restoration (S-7403-6)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[chris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2025 21:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I think this one turned out pretty well, despite running into a stupid error that had me scratching my head for a while. This (I think) came out in 1939,...]]></description>
		
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		<title>1950 RCA 9&#215;561 &#8211; Antique Radio Electrical Repair</title>
		<link>https://ripptech.com/1950-rca-9x561-antique-radio-electrical-repair/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[chris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 21:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I picked up this little (well its fairly big actually) vacuum tube radio from my local Goodwill for $11. I remember the person at checkout &#8220;keep your receipt in case...]]></description>
		
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		<title>TAG-101 Audio Signal Generator Unbox / Testing Amateur Hour</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[chris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 22:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Electronics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[signal generator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tag-101]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why &#8220;Amateur Hour?&#8221; Because like an idiot I thought I could just fire up my scope and it would just do what I wanted. No. I forgot that this stupid...]]></description>
		
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