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		<title>Thoughts on 2012 Repub Primary process</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Very Poor? Sir, I care not for the Very Poor, for they have safety nets sufficient unto their kind &#8211; and if they break, do we not fix them? Behold our works and take pride! Are the vomitoria not brimming, that the Very Poor can in their turn sup on the bounty of our <a href="http://powerclam.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/thoughts-on-2012-repub-primary-process/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=powerclam.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2040280&amp;post=166&amp;subd=powerclam&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tachikoma arms</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More work on the Tachikoma. Mine is on the left, and has been selectively Smooth Shaded. The finger parts were the toughest parts of this batch, though they might not look it. Furthermore, the fingers are really very simplified compared to the opening sequence of the series. Also, the original model had a cylindrical drum-magazine <a href="http://powerclam.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/tachikoma-arms/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=powerclam.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2040280&amp;post=150&amp;subd=powerclam&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tachikoma progress</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So far so good, I suppose: I&#8217;ve been able to reduce the vertex-count by roughly half without sacrificing detail. Biggest Problem so far: Boolean modifiers. Cutting a cylindrical hole into a mesh produces really nasty streaky junk around the edge of the boolean-cut, where blender makes many small faces.With Shading set to smooth, it looks <a href="http://powerclam.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/tachikoma-progress/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=powerclam.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2040280&amp;post=110&amp;subd=powerclam&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Good Tachikoma is Hard to Find&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://powerclam.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/a-good-tachikoma-is-hard-to-find/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Best I can find (for free) is on the Google 3d Warehouse site. It&#8217;s by ALM Modelling, and is absolutely beautiful. Really nicely detailed. Getting it into Blender was a pain &#8211; the Collada formatted file imported as a billion emptys and no geometry data at all. Had to use the online sketchup convertor to <a href="http://powerclam.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/a-good-tachikoma-is-hard-to-find/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=powerclam.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2040280&amp;post=97&amp;subd=powerclam&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Really good blender tutorials and tips</title>
		<link>http://powerclam.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/really-good-blender-tutorials-and-tips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(none by me) Blender resources: -tutorial sites http://www.blendercookie.com &#8211; (recently renamed to cgcookie.com) Oodles of good tutorials ranging from beginner to advanced. David Ward&#8217;s are my personal favorites, though Jonathan Williamson&#8217;s aren&#8217;t bad either. My &#8220;goto&#8221; site for tutorials. http://www.blendtuts.com &#8211; Best overall intro to the blender interface I&#8217;ve seen. I&#8217;m not sure what sort <a href="http://powerclam.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/really-good-blender-tutorials-and-tips/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=powerclam.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2040280&amp;post=90&amp;subd=powerclam&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mel Gibson vs the TSA</title>
		<link>http://powerclam.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/mel-gibson-vs-the-tsa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 05:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?</title>
		<link>http://powerclam.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/quis-custodiet-ipsos-custodes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 17:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Airport security head admits to bomb plot The person who planted the fake bomb on the plane bound for Germany from Namibia has been caught. Who was it? The head of security at the Namibi&#8217;s Winhoek airport. Once again the biggest problem with airport security lies with the people in charge of security. Color me <a href="http://powerclam.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/quis-custodiet-ipsos-custodes/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=powerclam.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2040280&amp;post=54&amp;subd=powerclam&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TSA&#8217;s intimidation campaign intensifies</title>
		<link>http://powerclam.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/tsas-intimidation-campaign-intensifies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[$11,000 fine, arrest possible for some who refuse airport scans and pat downs TSA is shaking in their jackboots over the Thanksgiving &#8220;Opt-Out Day&#8221; protest campaign. TSA airport screeners gone wild in San Diego- again 2010/11/20 San Diego Airport: Sam Wolanyk stripped down to calvin Kleins and got arrested. Ronald Powell, director of communications, also <a href="http://powerclam.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/tsas-intimidation-campaign-intensifies/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=powerclam.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2040280&amp;post=50&amp;subd=powerclam&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia on my mind&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://powerclam.wordpress.com/2008/08/22/georgia-on-my-mind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ukraine urges Russia to move its warships out of Ukrainian ports The Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, back from a visit to Georgia to offer support in its confrontation with Moscow, has introduced tougher regulations on the movements of Russian warships based in his ex-Soviet state. Long at odds with Moscow over its campaign to seek <a href="http://powerclam.wordpress.com/2008/08/22/georgia-on-my-mind/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=powerclam.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2040280&amp;post=36&amp;subd=powerclam&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting old SUCKS!</title>
		<link>http://powerclam.wordpress.com/2008/08/06/getting-old-sucks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How freaking sad  is it that when you see an advertisement for a &#8220;Heart in Concert&#8221; CD the brunette looks mote like Rosanne Barr than the hot rock-babe you remember?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=powerclam.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2040280&amp;post=28&amp;subd=powerclam&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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