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		<title>upcoming stuff</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some upcoming events that I&#8217;m involved with:

July 29-31 (Thursday-Saturday) Odd Act presents Peter Pan at the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, Princeton, NJ
They&#8217;ve borrowed a bunch of my homemade instruments for this musical adaptation of Peter Pan.  I&#8217;ll be there for the Thursday night show!
September 19 (Sunday noon-6pm) Move About Myrtle Festival along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>video: making an accordion automaton, in a hurry</title>
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Motherboard tv was kind enough to ask me to make a music machine for them.  Here&#8217;s their video of the process!
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		<title>noise carnival composer&#8217;s guide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Noise Carnival is my sound sculpture/music machine with Nick Yulman, permanently installed at Coney Island USA &#8211; Coney Island&#8217;s combination history &#038; art museum, sideshow, and bar.  
The machine has three parts, though we may add more in the future: a bass guitar, a xylophone, and a percussion section.  I recently wired it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/05/19/noise-carnival-composers-guide/</link>
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		<title>vexbot survived!</title>
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My little toy piano robot survived about 20 straight hours of playing &#8220;Vexations&#8221; (see previous coverage).  Though I did find a few retaining nuts in the bottom of the case that had been shaken loose by all the vexing.  You can see &#038; hear an excerpt from the performance on ustream.
I spent a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/05/19/vexbot-survived/</link>
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		<title>five years of samson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I adopted my dog 5 years ago today.

Bonus blingee from Lia!

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		<title>vexations this weekend!</title>
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&#8220;In order to play the theme 840 times in succession, it would be advisable to prepare oneself beforehand, and in the deepest silence, by serious immobilities.&#8221;
In the 1890s, Erik Satie wrote a very short piece called Vexations, with a note suggesting that it should be played 840 times in a row.  That&#8217;s a challenge, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>wall cello!</title>
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I made this contraption for the Scrapcycle exhibition.
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		<title>noisy noises go to williamsburg</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A bunch of my handmade instruments from the Noisy Noises project are going to be exhibited as part of the Scrapcycle show at Devotion Gallery through the end of May.  The show opens on Friday May 7th, and the Glass Bees and I will be performing at the opening around 8pm!  Bring a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/04/29/noisy-noises-go-to-williamsburg/</link>
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		<title>five leaves at music with a view this sunday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Asami Tamura and I are performing as part of the Music with a View Mini-Marathon at the Flea this Sunday in Tribeca.  The show is from 3-6, and it&#8217;s free!  It should be fun and noisy.

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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/04/29/five-leaves-at-music-with-a-view-this-sunday/</link>
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		<title>songs of the noisy noises</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh, look!  Jason and Chris of the Glass Bees posted audio files from our performance at Barbes in March!  You can listen here, or go over there where there&#8217;s pictures and brief descriptions of each of the pieces.
Blinky
Download audio file (Glass_Bees_Blinky.mp3)
Gongs-O
Download audio file (Glass_Bees_Gongs-O.mp3)
The Toy Factory at Midnight
Download audio file (Glass_Bees_The_Toy_Factory_at_Midnight.mp3)
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/04/29/songs-of-the-noisy-noises/</link>
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		<title>piano monster video!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a video excerpt from the Movable performance!

Tiffany Lin ~ Movement 2 from the archiver on Vimeo.
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/04/29/piano-monster-video/</link>
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		<title>excerpt from last night&#8217;s performance</title>
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Pianist Tiffany Lin adjusts the piano monster
Here&#8217;s an excerpt from last night&#8217;s performance of Zachary James Watkins&#8217; composition &#8220;Moveable&#8221; for augmented piano. (I built the piano-tickling monster for this performance.)  This is just a low quality recording &#8211; a much better one will be available later.  The full piece is about 75 minutes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/04/03/excerpt-from-last-nights-performance/</link>
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		<title>moveable in seattle april 2</title>
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I&#8217;m building a piano-tickling machine for Zachary James Watkins&#8217; piece &#8220;Moveable,&#8221; which pianist Tiffany Lin will premiere in Seattle on April 2.  More info within.

Moveable, long commutes between loved ones, music for motors and resonant strings
Friday April 2nd, 2010 8PM
Performance by pianist Tiffany Lin of a new evening length composition scored for retuned piano [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/03/28/moveable-in-seattle-april-2/</link>
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		<title>closing doors at nycemf march 25</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I presented my piece &#8220;Closing Doors&#8221; for robot toy piano at the NYC Electro-Acoustic Music Festival last week.  It sounded something like this:
Download audio file (closing-doors.mp3)
Previously with robot toy piano&#8230;
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/03/28/closing-doors-at-nycemf-march-25/</link>
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		<title>Noisy noises video</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/03/17/noisy-noises-video/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 28: Baba Yaga&#8217;s Balalaika</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#39;s made from a wooden mortar and pestle and some scraps of guitar string.  I strapped a rechargable battery to my thumb to use as a slide, just like Baba Yaga used to do.
That&#39;s it for instrument-a-day for this year, but Jason, Chris and I will be performing with some of these instruments on Wednesday [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/28/instrument-a-day-28-baba-yagas-balalaika/</link>
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		<title>28 more noisy noises at barbes, march 3</title>
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28 MORE Noisy Noises, originally uploaded by ranjit.


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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/28/28-more-noisy-noises-at-barbes-march-3/</link>
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		<title>lanternfest on sunday!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lantern Festival! Sunday 2/28 3:30pm to sunset in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/28/lanternfest-on-sunday/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 27: clock gongs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I collected a bunch of old clock gongs, bells, and chimes from ebay.

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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/27/instrument-a-day-27-clock-gongs/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 26: tick-tock metronome</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Metronome, wire, and two circuit-bent pocket voice recorders named &#34;tick&#34; and &#34;tock&#34;.
 
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/27/instrument-a-day-26-tick-tock-metronome/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 25: man-who-sold-the-world-o-phone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was listening to David Bowie&#8217;s &#34;The Man Who Sold The World&#34; and wanted to reproduce its distinctive percussion.
You may recognize the beads from last year.
 
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/27/instrument-a-day-25-man-who-sold-the-world-o-phone/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 24: guitar drone wheels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A modification of the handheld drone wheel (instrument-a-day 13) &#8211; now solidly mounted on the guitar.
 
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/27/instrument-a-day-24-guitar-drone-wheels/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 23: dollarwhistle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#39;s a pennywhistle made from a can of Coke, which costs a dollar.  A little slanted block of wood is glued in the mouthpiece to direct air to the fipple.  I only made two holes because it was in danger of falling apart the whole time.
 
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/26/instrument-a-day-23-dollarwhistle/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 22: tiny kalimba</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A teeny tiny thumb piano made from guitar wire clippings and a little tube clamp, on top of a contact microphone.
 
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/26/instrument-a-day-22-tiny-kalimba/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 21: blinky</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my earliest memories is of lying on the carpet under the christmas tree watching the colored shadows change as the bulbs blinked on and off, and listening to the small tinkling sounds of the tiny metal thermostat timers inside each bulb.  For this instrument, I stuck contact microphones onto a bunch of blinky [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/22/instrument-a-day-21-blinky/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 20: paulownia rattle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The paulownia tree, also known as empress tree or princess tree, makes little seed pods that are natural rattles.  I picked this one up in Prospect Park.
 
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/21/instrument-a-day-20-paulownia-rattle/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 19: bang on a can ensemble</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This actually sounds surprisingly good, considering my lack of rhythm!  In case you were wondering, the ensemble members are (clockwise from top left) black beans, chickarina, tuna, italian beans in tomato sauce, and more tuna.
 
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/20/instrument-a-day-19-bang-on-a-can-ensemble/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 18: paper clips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#39;s a bunch of paper clips screwed to a chunk of wood with a piezo contact mic.  It sounds kinda like 1960s electronic music.  Kinda.
 
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/19/instrument-a-day-18-paper-clips/</link>
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		<title>(mailing list archive) upcoming noisy stuff in the spring</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy February! I&#8217;ve got some upcoming events to share. A lot, in fact!
Tonight is the opening of Flux Factory&#8217;s latest show, HOUSEBROKEN, celebrating their new home in Long Island City. I contributed to the show by sneaking a bunch of dishes and cookware out of their kitchen, engraving them with various texts and images, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/19/upcoming-noisy-stuff-in-the-spring/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 17: pickup glove</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I took some scrap wire and wound it into coils, which I sewed to the fingertips of a knit glove.  I tossed some extra magnets under the guitar strings, and then waggled my fingers over the strings while tapping the strings (still tuned to Open D) with a drumstick.  It works ok, not great.  The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/19/instrument-a-day-17-pickup-glove/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 16: guitar marxophone (marxotar)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I said before, I love the sound of the obsolete Marxophone, but they&#39;re expensive on ebay.  I made this guitar-marxophone with hex nuts glued to street-sweeper bristles stapled to a chunk of wood.  The marxotar straps to the guitar&#39;s tailpiece and strap button with zipties, and can be attached and  removed without any damage [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/18/instrument-a-day-16-guitar-marxophone-marxotar/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;housebroken&#8221; opens this friday 2/19</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good old Flux Factory is having a show called Housebroken to inaugurate their new home in Long Island City.  They invited artists to come in and mess with the space.  I grabbed a few sacks of dishes and cookware from their kitchen, engraved them with various texts and images, and gave them back. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/18/housebroken-opens-this-friday-219/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 15: mute accordion</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I stuck a microphone inside the bass end of my accordion, where the vent is, so I could amplify its breathing and creaking.
I first played mute accordion with the glass bees.  Speaking of whom, I&#39;ll be playing with them on March 3rd at Barbes! 
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/15/instrument-a-day-15-mute-accordion/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 14: musical saws</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What could be more beautiful than the sweet, pure tone of a musical saw?  How about FOUR saws?  Being bashed with drumsticks? 
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/15/instrument-a-day-14-musical-saws/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 13: EGurdy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who needs an EBow when you can have an EGurdy?  The spinning disc is coated with rosin to bow the guitar strings, kinda like the wheel inside a hurdy gurdy. 
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/15/instrument-a-day-13-egurdy/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 12: oak ocarina</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a 20 by 1.5 inch slab of oak, so I designed an ocarina that could be assembled from cross-sections that would fit on it.  I cut the parts on the laser cutter, glued them together, and it still didn&#39;t work until I took Bre&#39;s suggestion and coated the entire thing with glue to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/13/instrument-a-day-12-oak-ocarina/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 11: bottlecap rattle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#39;s a bunch of bottlecaps on a string.  It sounds ok, looks pretty (I love the colors), and smells like a party!
p.s. I&#39;ll be performing with many of these instruments at Barbes in Brooklyn, Wednesday March 3rd, along with Chris Williams and thing-a-dayer Jason Das, who are the Glass Bees!
  
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/11/instrument-a-day-11-bottlecap-rattle/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 10: aluminum scrap metallophone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some aluminum bars from another project, string, rubber bands, and a fruit basket I found in the trash. I didn&#8217;t tune the bars, just picked my favorites from the pile. 
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/11/instrument-a-day-10-aluminum-scrap-metallophone/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 9: rubber banjo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The traditional rubber-bands-on-a-box instrument, with a piezo contact microphone. I didn&#8217;t try to tune the strings, just worked with what I got. 
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/09/instrument-a-day-9-rubber-banjo/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 8: walnut rattle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know why I kept all those walnut shells. Finally, here&#8217;s a use for them. 
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/08/instrument-a-day-8-walnut-rattle/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 7: second try horn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since my first horn was a failure, I tried again, this time in acrylic, with a narrower tube and larger holes. But it still doesn&#8217;t work as anything but a kazoo. Third try soon! 
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/08/instrument-a-day-7-second-try-horn/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 6: wave scraper</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Can you take an audio waveform, laser-cut it into a piece of acrylic, and then play it back by scraping the waveform?
 
 (Spoiler: NO.)
 
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/08/instrument-a-day-6-wave-scraper/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 5: bass horn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;bass&#8221; because it makes a low note and because it&#8217;s made of basswood. The reed is cut from the plastic lid of a takeout soup container. The thing only makes one note &#8211; I put in some random finger holes but they make no difference! I suspect the horn is way too wide for its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/05/instrument-a-day-5-bass-horn/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 4: remote interference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[picking up noise from the guts of remote controls. 
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/04/instrument-a-day-4-remote-interference/</link>
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		<title>audio fun with coils at nyc resistor feb 13</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My Fun with Coils workshop at NYC Resistor is coming up &#8211; Saturday Feb. 13th from 4-6pm.  Mess around with coils to make custom instrument pickups, junkbox loudspeakers, secret transmitters, and more!  You can sign up on eventbrite.

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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/03/audio-fun-with-coils-at-nyc-resistor-feb-13/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 3: monomarx</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I want a marxophone (video) but they go for hundreds of dollars on ebay.  This is a proof-of-concept test for making my own marxophone&#8230; someday&#8230;
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/03/instrument-a-day-3-monomarx/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 2: glaciophone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I pulled up some chunks of ice from a frozen puddle and bonked them with another bit of ice. 
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/02/instrument-a-day-2-glaciophone/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day 1: scratchlight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A warm-up instrument to start the month, and preparation for my upcoming fun with coils workshop.  I assembled a simple magnetic field amplifier kit and used it to listen to the motor of a wind-up flashlight. 
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		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/02/01/instrument-a-day-1-scratchlight/</link>
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		<title>16 years of online photography</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to say that I&#8217;ve been photoblogging now for sixteen years &#8211; but I haven&#8217;t posted photos here very much lately, thanks to the lure of flickr.  Maybe I should do something about that.
January 13, 1994:

Back then, before affordable digital cameras, I used an old 8mm camcorder and a video digitizer to get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/01/14/16-years-of-online-photography/</link>
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		<title>instrument-a-day is coming soon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just like I did the last two years, I&#8217;m going to spend the month of February trying to build a new musical instrument every single day.  It&#8217;s not exactly a Stradivarius factory but it&#8217;s a lot of fun and a great learning experience.  I have no idea what I&#8217;m going to do on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.moonmilk.com/2010/01/13/instrument-a-day-is-coming-soon/</link>
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