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	<title>Steve's Junk &#187; Miscellaneous</title>
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	<description>A showcase of Steven Mackaay's stuff</description>
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		<title>The magic of EDM machines</title>
		<link>http://smackaay.com/2011/04/08/the-magic-of-edm-machines/</link>
		<comments>http://smackaay.com/2011/04/08/the-magic-of-edm-machines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 03:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smackaay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day we were asked to remove a section out of a valve. It&#8217;s not a huge valve but milling it would&#8217;ve been difficult all the way to the center so we put it on the EDM to blast &#8230; <a href="http://smackaay.com/2011/04/08/the-magic-of-edm-machines/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Playin&#8217; with the Canon G12</title>
		<link>http://smackaay.com/2010/11/01/plyin-with-the-canon-g12/</link>
		<comments>http://smackaay.com/2010/11/01/plyin-with-the-canon-g12/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 05:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smackaay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I just purchased my new Canon G12. What a delightful camera. It&#8217;s robust, effective and just small enough to fit in a pocket (A big pocket) I&#8217;ve been re-inspired to start taking photographs again since I have a &#8230; <a href="http://smackaay.com/2010/11/01/plyin-with-the-canon-g12/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Krebs to Poise Formula</title>
		<link>http://smackaay.com/2009/09/04/krebs-to-poise-formula/</link>
		<comments>http://smackaay.com/2009/09/04/krebs-to-poise-formula/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smackaay</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stormer viscometer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for a decent formula on the net for a Krebs to Poise conversion I&#8217;m left empty handed. I found a chart that had listed direct numerical conversions. Here&#8217;s the Best Fit value in the Quadratic form ax^2+bx+c=y y=0.00419037x^2+(-0.306745)x+6.40025 y=poise &#8230; <a href="http://smackaay.com/2009/09/04/krebs-to-poise-formula/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>3 point quadratic regression formula</title>
		<link>http://smackaay.com/2009/04/29/3-point-quadratic-regression-formula/</link>
		<comments>http://smackaay.com/2009/04/29/3-point-quadratic-regression-formula/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smackaay</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[inverse]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While developing the in-process stormer viscometer, one of my goals is to allow the end user to calibrate the device with 3 fluids of known viscosity. With a bit of help from mathematica, I&#8217;ve found the formula and for whoever &#8230; <a href="http://smackaay.com/2009/04/29/3-point-quadratic-regression-formula/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Still goin&#8217; at &#8216;er, now attending the self employment program</title>
		<link>http://smackaay.com/2009/04/20/still-goin-at-er-now-attending-the-self-employment-program/</link>
		<comments>http://smackaay.com/2009/04/20/still-goin-at-er-now-attending-the-self-employment-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smackaay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, no new project pictures or anything. Summer is almost here and I&#8217;m pretty happy about that. I&#8217;m going to start at a training course for 8 weeks starting May 11. The program itself is funded through the Canadian Government &#8230; <a href="http://smackaay.com/2009/04/20/still-goin-at-er-now-attending-the-self-employment-program/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Drawing of a Servo, for reference.</title>
		<link>http://smackaay.com/2009/04/10/a-drawing-of-a-servo-for-reference/</link>
		<comments>http://smackaay.com/2009/04/10/a-drawing-of-a-servo-for-reference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smackaay</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dimensions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[RC servo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, my servos have all come in for a project I&#8217;ve been working on. These ones being some cheap Chinese servos that I picked up off Ebay. Here&#8217;s a photo of one of them. Now that I have them I &#8230; <a href="http://smackaay.com/2009/04/10/a-drawing-of-a-servo-for-reference/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Plastic Part Design</title>
		<link>http://smackaay.com/2009/03/23/plastic-part-design/</link>
		<comments>http://smackaay.com/2009/03/23/plastic-part-design/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smackaay</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[draft angle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mould]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plastic mold]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In short, I&#8217;ve finished the reverse engineering of an enclosure. It was more work than I expected but all of the draft angles check out and the drawing is workable for changes. Here are some pictures. whew! Doesn&#8217;t look like &#8230; <a href="http://smackaay.com/2009/03/23/plastic-part-design/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Credos/Sayings that some people seem to live by&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://smackaay.com/2009/02/11/credossayings-that-some-people-seem-to-live-by/</link>
		<comments>http://smackaay.com/2009/02/11/credossayings-that-some-people-seem-to-live-by/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smackaay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;With low enough standards, you can achieve anything!&#8221; &#8220;If you aim for the ground, you&#8217;ll always hit the mark.&#8221; &#8220;If it&#8217;s worth doing, it&#8217;s worth doing poorly and half way.&#8221; &#8220;If at first you don&#8217;t succeed. Lower, lower the bar.&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://smackaay.com/2009/02/11/credossayings-that-some-people-seem-to-live-by/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Playing around, drawing a valve.</title>
		<link>http://smackaay.com/2009/01/07/playing-around-drawing-a-valve/</link>
		<comments>http://smackaay.com/2009/01/07/playing-around-drawing-a-valve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smackaay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was a little bored today so I decided to draw a valve. While the dimensions are entirely drawn from my head and the valve itself wouldn&#8217;t be very efficient, I like the look of gas compressor valves. It took &#8230; <a href="http://smackaay.com/2009/01/07/playing-around-drawing-a-valve/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A new Youtube video</title>
		<link>http://smackaay.com/2008/11/16/a-new-youtube-video/</link>
		<comments>http://smackaay.com/2008/11/16/a-new-youtube-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smackaay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I haven&#8217;t made a new youtube video in some time. Now the video I make is a redux of one I&#8217;ve made already, namely Doki Doki Panic. The reason I redid it was because the original wasn&#8217;t narrated. This &#8230; <a href="http://smackaay.com/2008/11/16/a-new-youtube-video/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A look at some pictures from Saturday</title>
		<link>http://smackaay.com/2008/10/27/a-look-at-some-pictures-from-saturday/</link>
		<comments>http://smackaay.com/2008/10/27/a-look-at-some-pictures-from-saturday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smackaay</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alberta]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday Oct 25, 2008 (In Edmonton AB of course) there was some snow and record winds. I figure it&#8217;d be fun to post some pictures from that day as well as some of the damage from afterward. Click on &#8230; <a href="http://smackaay.com/2008/10/27/a-look-at-some-pictures-from-saturday/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Playing with the Gallery</title>
		<link>http://smackaay.com/2008/10/21/playing-with-the-gallery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smackaay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I&#8217;ve been thinking about deleting the gallery that&#8217;s been installed since I started this site. So far I haven&#8217;t even paid any attention to it since it recieves very little traffic and frankly, I don&#8217;t pay any attention to &#8230; <a href="http://smackaay.com/2008/10/21/playing-with-the-gallery/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Well, this is much nicer.</title>
		<link>http://smackaay.com/2008/10/01/well-this-is-much-nicer/</link>
		<comments>http://smackaay.com/2008/10/01/well-this-is-much-nicer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smackaay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been looking around at various themes for wordpress. Being a fan of simple, straightforward designs, I picked Block2. Persoanlly, I like it better than the previous one, it&#8217;s very nice though I may change it over to some sort &#8230; <a href="http://smackaay.com/2008/10/01/well-this-is-much-nicer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Interesting thing about the U.S. mortgage crisis</title>
		<link>http://smackaay.com/2008/09/24/interesting-thing-about-the-us-mortgage-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://smackaay.com/2008/09/24/interesting-thing-about-the-us-mortgage-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smackaay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an interesting audio tidbit I found about the US mortgage crisis. Well worth a listen (click &#8220;full episode&#8221;) http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1242 Listen, very informative.]]></description>
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		<title>Updates and such&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://smackaay.com/2008/09/21/updates-and-such/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smackaay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;ve been working from home for a while and now I&#8217;ve moved all of my equipment to my place of work. I&#8217;ve been given a new office to work from and it seems promising so far. I&#8217;m also going &#8230; <a href="http://smackaay.com/2008/09/21/updates-and-such/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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