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	<description>The coldest winter I ever spent</description>
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		<title>Office Manager Job Available at earthmine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My company of is looking for a full time office manager. Look here for the job listing
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/ofc/1907786796.html
Find out about the company: earthmine
If you&#8217;re a friend of mine, tell me you&#8217;re applying and I&#8217;ll make sure your resume gets seen. This kind of job usually pays 35-45k, more if you&#8217;ve got solid executive management skills.
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		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/09/01/office-manager-job-available-at-earthmine/</link>
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		<title>A Good Place to Buy Office Furniture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BT Express Liquidators 166 Baypointe Pkwy, San Jose, CA
We just got several large tables for the Hardware group at Earthmine. $350 each instead of $1000+ new. Nice and super sturdy. You never know what they&#8217;ll have though&#8230; they really are office liquidators!
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		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/08/31/a-good-place-to-buy-office-furniture/</link>
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		<title>Discounted Tuition at The Crucible</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Crucible is having a sale on fall classes, including all my beloved Kinetics classes like Flame Effects, Mechanical Sculpture, and Arduino.
Here&#8217;s the deets:
Crucible Friends and Family Promotion
SAVE 30% on all Fall class tuition,  exclusively available to Friends and Family of Crucible Board, staff and  faculty!
Available by telephone orders only &#8212; call 510/444-0919 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/08/25/discounted-tuition-at-the-crucible/</link>
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		<title>Gravy is not Replenished Once Depleted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Advice for life as seen in the breakfast room of the West Western hotel in Dallas Oregon. This sign hangs over a crock pot full of breakfast gravy. Brent and I, while travelling for earthmine, noticed that this sign had a secret special significance.
Gravy is not
replenished
once depleted.
It is served as a
first come first
served basis.
 
Caution: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/08/25/gravy-is-not-replenished-once-depleted/</link>
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		<title>What a Day!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Woke up yesterday grumpy. It hasn&#8217;t been sunny in SF in a while. Finally got moving and grudgingly rode my bike to a Public Bike party at South Park. (an emotional grudge, not logistical. Thank you so much Cindy for the invitation!!).
I got to talk to a product designer at Public about this weird little [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/08/22/what-a-day/</link>
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		<title>Looking for a Dentist in Berkeley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just started a job in Berkeley and I&#8217;d like to get my teeth cleaned et all. Do you have any recommendations for a good dentist?
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		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/08/20/looking-for-a-dentist-in-berkeley/</link>
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		<title>East Bay Mini Maker Faire October 24th 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check it out!
They are accepting applications for Makers til August 31st :-)
I like the idea of this event because the San Mateo event is just so crazy overwhelming big.
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		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/08/20/east-bay-mini-maker-faire-october-24th-2010/</link>
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		<title>Jonathan Richman at Lost Weekend Video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got to see Jonathan Richman (of Modern Lovers et all musical immortality fame!) at (of all places!) Lost Weekend Video. Went with Charlotte. About 300 people packed into the video store! First thing was they they started playing the movie There&#8217;s Something About Mary. Charlotte and I wondered, a little disappointedly, if we&#8217;d have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/08/20/jonathan-richman-at-lost-weekend-video/</link>
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		<title>Saturday Night Live is Protected by Internet Gremlins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got this email today. NBC doesn&#8217;t want people downloading SNL.
From: complaintresponse@abuse-att.net
Dear LEE SONKO:
We recently received the attached notice from NBC Universal claiming that your Internet account may have been used for copyright infringement. Specifically, NBC Universal claims that your account was used to reproduce and/or distribute copyrighted content without authorization to other users of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/08/19/saturday-night-live-is-protected-by-internet-gremlins/</link>
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		<title>Flame Effects Class at the Crucible</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Liam and Rich tag-teamed the week-long Electronic Controlled Flame Effects class last week at The Crucible. They both said it went really well. I was originally going to teach it but I just started my job with Earthmine and was travelling for work.
Rich was disappointed that there wasn&#8217;t enough time to teach all the students [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/08/17/flame-effects-class-at-the-crucible/</link>
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		<title>Notre Dame</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Had a crepe formage 2 blocks from Notre Dame :-)
Notre Dame is pretty awesome. The structure totally rivals the Taj Mahal! And in my opinion surpasses it&#8230; But that&#8217;s just me.
Went in to the cathedral at about 11:30pm following a procession in the doors. The Virgin Mary and son had left at about 10:30 with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/08/14/notre-dame/</link>
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		<title>Saw and ate today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Croque Madame in a Parisian restaurant on Place d&#8217;Italia. One of our party had a whole burger&#8217;s worth of steak tartar! He says it&#8217;s fresh enough in Paris.
Eiffel tower! (I&#8217;ve got a better photo on my real camera) Did you know that it twinkles on the hour for 5 minutes. Aparently I was there for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/08/13/saw-and-ate-today/</link>
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		<title>Off to Paris!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the new job.
I&#8217;ll be back Monday.
Phew!
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		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/08/12/off-to-paris/</link>
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		<title>Looking for a Girlfriend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, this is an unusually frank post. The title pretty much speaks for itself. Put the word out. Ask that dear friend of yours if you think we might get along nicely. Don&#8217;t be shy, life is short!
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		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/08/08/looking-for-a-girlfriend/</link>
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		<title>Are you going to Burning Man this year?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is somewhat obligatory.

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		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/08/07/are-you-going-to-burning-man-this-year/</link>
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		<title>Discount and Rebate for Mozy Offsite Online Backup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re looking at signing up for Mozy, you might as well pay a little less for it. I&#8217;ll split the referral fee I get from the Mozy people if you use my referral code. AND you&#8217;ll get a 10% discount if you use the promotion code &#8220;AUGUST&#8221; when you sign up.
Here&#8217;s all you have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/08/07/discount-and-rebate-for-mozy-offsite-online-backup/</link>
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		<title>Mark Pauline Video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a really good video of Mark Pauline, founder of Survival Research Labs.
The Survival of Mark Pauline


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		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/08/07/mark-pauline-video/</link>
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		<title>Bacheeso&#8217;s for Lunch in Berkeley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just got back from Bacheeso&#8217;s in Berkeley.
Good food!
Here&#8217;s what I put on Yelp:
Bacheeso&#8217;s
2501 San Pablo Ave
Berkeley, CA 94702
(510) 644-2035
5 stars
Terrific lunchtime buffet! You could eat decadent or healthy as you saw fit! Many very friendly homestyle dishes in the buffet.  :-)
Inexpensive, $7.95 + tip for the buffet which included desert items, salads, main dishes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/08/06/bacheesos-for-lunch-in-berkeley/</link>
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		<title>Downgrade your iPhone to 3.1.3 from 4.0.1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Without any help from Steve Jobs I downgraded my phone from the stupidly slow IOS 4.0.1. It is SOOOOOOOO much faster.
Thank you Lifehacker! Downgrade your phone here.
Previously, and.
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		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/08/05/downgrade-your-iphone-to-3-1-3-from-4-0-1/</link>
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		<title>How to Buy or Rent a Bike for Burning Man</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re going to Burning Man, you should bring a bicycle. Many people have asked me the best way to get a bike to Burning Man. Here is a great guide from the Jack Rabbit Speaks
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Burning Man Update: The Jack Rabbit Speaks Volume 14, Issue #26: BIKES July 27, 2010
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INTRODUCTION
BIKES: THE ESSENTIAL [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/08/01/how-to-buy-or-rent-a-bike-for-burning-man/</link>
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		<title>Really Happy with this Landline Long Distance Phone Provider</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m really happy with the long distance landline telephone service I&#8217;ve gotten from ECG. I signed up for their service like 4 years ago and it &#8220;just works&#8221; the way phone service should. Sign up and I&#8217;ll buy you a burrito. Here&#8217;s how to sign up.
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		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/08/01/really-happy-with-this-landline-long-distance-phone-provider/</link>
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		<title>My New iPhone sucks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is exactly what IOS4 did to my 3G iPhone.

I called Apple again today to try and resolve this problem. I was on hold for 13 minutes. &#8220;Ryan&#8221; came on and the call quality immediately went to crap. The call failed after a few seconds. I&#8217;ll call back later after my phone rage has subsided.
It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/07/30/my-new-iphone-sucks/</link>
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		<title>160,000 pictures of my trip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m on my way back from Oregon. It was so beautiful that I couldn&#8217;t stop taking pictures. I must have taken 160,000 pictures or so with my new 12 megapixel camera rig! Yes, really!
Or&#8230; Hey, check out my new portable panopticon! Every 10 meters it automatically snaps a 360 degree panorama image that gets stitched [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/07/29/160000-pictures-of-my-trip/</link>
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		<title>iPhone 4.0 update is slow. Do not upgrade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just got off the phone with Apple support who said, &#8220;You installed the 4.0.1 upgrade for your iPhone 3G? Ha! Sucker! You are so screwed and there is no unscrewing that pooch!&#8221;
After the upgrade, my iPhone does everything much slower. The rep told me, &#8220;yes, it&#8217;s much slower&#8230; It was an optional update so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/07/28/iphone-4-0-update-is-slow-do-not-upgrade/</link>
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		<title>On the Oregon Trail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m on my first business trip. Brent and I are driving to Oregon right now to take 20,000 160,000 pictures of some roads. Back in SF on Friday. 
Then off to Paris Aug 9-13!
Then off to Malaysia Aug 16-20!!
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		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/07/28/on-the-oregon-trail/</link>
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		<title>River Town Revival Petaluma Terrific</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got an email Saturday 9am on Dorkbot saying that SRL is going to have a few machines at some River Town Revival thing in Petaluma. I grabbed my things and went right up there.
Coolness abounded.
* I missed the art-boat race but saw some nice vehicles: a sea monster thing, a hand-made row boat, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/07/25/river-town-revival-petaluma-terrific/</link>
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		<title>Happy Birthday to a Friend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
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		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/07/16/happy-birthday-to-a-friend/</link>
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		<title>New Full Time Job!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have just been offered a job with Earthmine as a Field Technician. Among other things, I&#8217;ll be travelling the world maintaining super fancy cameras!
Helping to make things like this happen:

Woot! I start July 26th.

(1) Field Technician
earthmine inc (http://www.earthmine.com) is a growing street-level 3D mapping company based in Berkeley, California. Our technology exists at the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/07/14/new-full-time-job/</link>
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		<title>Unsafe BART construction zone at West Oakland BART station</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just left voicemail on the BART comment and complaint line 510 464-7134:
Just north of the west Oakland Bart station there is some sidewalk construction going on. Pedestrians are blocked by a fence from crossing Center street. To avoid the fence pedestrians must walk east or west a very long block. Understandably, pedestrians instead choose to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/07/14/unsafe-bart-construction-zone-at-west-oakland-bart-station/</link>
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		<title>Crucible Fire Cabaret &#8220;Heat&#8221; Friday and Saturday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This looks like it&#8217;ll be pretty nice. I&#8217;ve been watching them practice. Singers and dancers and flame throwers and contortionists and smithing oh my!
It&#8217;s going to be this Friday and Saturday at the Crucible in Oakland.
Bring a date!
 http://www.thecrucible.org/events/heat-a-fire-cabaret

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		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/07/13/crucible-fire-cabaret-heat-friday-and-saturday/</link>
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		<title>Stupid iphone ios4 upgrade for 3g phone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Short form: If you have an iphone 3g, do NOT get the new ios4 upgrade for your iphone. It&#8217;s MUCH slower and doesn&#8217;t add any features.
I&#8217;m building a list of iPhone ios4 stupidity. I wrote this all in a deadpan tone though I could have used a lot more exclamation marks and words like &#8220;stoopidly!&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/07/10/stupid-iphone-ios4-upgrade-for-3g-phone/</link>
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		<title>Emo Phillips: The Animal Square Dance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, I know I haven&#8217;t posted anything of my own creation on the blog in a while&#8230; but this makes me so happy!
http://www.emophilips.com/video/video/176
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		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/07/03/emo-phillips-the-animal-square-dance/</link>
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		<title>Burning Man 2010 Resource Guide &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is the second part of  the Burning Man 2010 Resource Guide. Go back and find the first part here.

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Deborah Wright Designs
http://www.deborahwright.etsy.com
&#8220;For over 7 years, Deborah Wright has been outfitting the Black Rock City denizens in sartorial splendor.
From sleek and sensuous to friendly, furry coats so envied on chilly playa night-time strolls, commissions for unique [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/07/03/burning-man-2010-resource-guide-part-2/</link>
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		<title>Burning Man 2010 Resource Guide &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every year Burning Man puts out a guide for buying supplies and such. This year&#8217;s list is pretty darn huge. So I&#8217;ve split it into 2 parts. Here you go!
Part 1
RESOURCES 2010
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Table of Contents
Playa Preparation Events
Lights and Electronics
Miscellaneous BRC Gear
Playa Wear
Services
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Playa Preparation Events
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Prepare for the Playa

http://www.preparefortheplaya.com
&#8220;Everything you need for a Great Burn&#8230; from BurnerPreneurs!!
Prepare for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/07/03/burning-man-2010-resource-guide-part-1/</link>
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		<title>The Astoria Scum River Bridge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an awesome story! It&#8217;s art, activism, smart, a great use of the psychology of embarrassment, and most importantly, success!
Congratulations to Jason Eppink and Posterchild!

Astoria Scum River Bridge
For more than twenty years, a leaky pipe on 33rd Street beneath the Hell Gate Bridge viaduct approach submerged more than a hundred square feet of heavily-trafficked [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/07/01/the-astoria-scum-river-bridge/</link>
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		<title>3.5 Earthquake This Morning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Centered just a mile or so west of Ocean Beach at 7:47am.
I was in bed and barely awake. The building shook a bit more than a building should generally shake when maybe a strong wind blows on it. I was groggy but it felt like just about 3 seconds of shaking.
Wee! I haven&#8217;t felt an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/06/28/3-5-earthquake-this-morning/</link>
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		<title>Misplaced Posters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I went to New York a week ago and saw this poster in Baggage Claim at JFK.
Umm, if the bag made it this far, what do you think the odds are of it being a bomb?

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		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/06/27/misplaced-posters/</link>
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		<title>Fly a Rubber Band Powered Airplane for an Hour!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow.

This happened at Lakehurst Naval Station, in the hangar that was the home of the Hindenberg et all.
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		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/06/27/fly-a-rubber-band-powered-airplane-for-an-hour/</link>
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		<title>Polymerase Chain Reaction for the rest of us!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An acquaintance of mine, Tito Jankowski has been working on an Open Source PCR machine with a friend. This is totally awesome stuff. It&#8217;s open source biotech! DIY Biology! When they&#8217;re done, you&#8217;ll be able to get an essential machine for examining and replicating DNA for $400 instead of the going price of such a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/06/22/polymerase-chain-reaction-for-the-rest-of-us/</link>
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		<title>OK Go Underwater</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At Maker Faire I caught the last bits of the OK Go show. The show wasn&#8217;t about the musical experience, it was about the awesome.
If you&#8217;re all about the awesome, watch the whole video.
If you have no patience, start watching at about 17:30

the byline:
h2oboy1 — May 23, 2010 — Behind the scenes at a live [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lee.org/blog/2010/06/09/ok-go-underwater/</link>
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