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	<description>Observe The Banana - thoughts and observations of the world around me, and some fun gadgets too</description>
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		<title>The Man With Exploding Bananas  on His Face</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Watch this video of a slow moving performance artist exploding bananas on his face. Go ahead, watch it, you know you want to . . .

Found on [BoingBoing]
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		<link>http://www.observethebanana.com/2010/02/28/the-man-with-exploding-bananas-on-his-face/</link>
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		<title>Let Me Passing Through The Fine Time With You</title>
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Love the text on this toy box:
-Game Attention
Do not play outdoors during thunderstorms
- Handsome appearance
modern techniques
radio control
- Flat out most
Let me passing through the fine time with you
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		<link>http://www.observethebanana.com/2010/02/15/let-me-passing-through-the-fine-time-with-you/</link>
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		<title>How To Take A Really Great Photo of a Really Big Tree</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my amateur photography efforts,  I have noticed over the years that trying to capture the grandeur of a beautiful tree can be a frustrating endeavor. I seem to end up with a boring little picture of the whole tree from a distance, or  give in to just capturing a piece of it in a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.observethebanana.com/2009/10/01/how-to-take-a-really-great-photo-of-a-really-big-tree/</link>
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		<title>September 21 Was International PARK(ing) Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On September 21 activist groups around the world temporarily took over single parking places on city streets and converted them in to small public parks complete with grass, trees and benches. Many of the groups accomplished this feat using only human powered vehicles (bikes) to carry in supplies. They pay the meter for one hour [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.observethebanana.com/2009/09/22/september-21-was-international-parking-day/</link>
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		<title>Deep Green Pool-Playing Robot Ready To Take Your Money</title>
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After you finish getting fleeced making unwise bets at the robotic air hockey table, you can move on to losing more money to a robot at the pool table. This project from the computer Vision lab in Queens University consists of an impressive combination of an overhead gantry robot and vision system that is already [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.observethebanana.com/2009/09/18/deep-green-pool-playing-robot-ready-to-take-your-money/</link>
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		<title>A Different Way For A Cat to Get A Drink</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This cat likes to drink from a running sink. Nothing too unusual there. But he has an unusual way of getting the water to his mouth. No cat I have known would do this. Very funny video, thought it is really too long, you can get the whole idea in the first minute.

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		<link>http://www.observethebanana.com/2009/09/17/a-different-way-for-a-cat-to-get-a-drink/</link>
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		<title>Is There Any Problem a Banana Can&#8217;t Solve?</title>
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Well, okay, maybe there are some problems a Banana can&#8217;t solve, but over at re-nest they mark a few off the list with their post on &#8220;7 Ways To Re-Use a Banana Peel&#8220;.  They claim that Banana peels are not only good for shining shoes and plant leaves (wouldn&#8217;t that attract fruit flies?) but can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.observethebanana.com/2009/09/12/is-there-any-problem-a-banana-cant-solve/</link>
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		<title>Larklight by Philip Reeve</title>
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&#8220;A Rousing Tale of Dauntless Pluck in the Farthest Reaches of Space&#8221;
I have just finished reading Larklight by Philip Reeve,  a fun space adventure intended for Young Adult readers. I shared this book with my 11 year old son B and we both enjoyed it. It is the middle of the 19th century and Sir [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.observethebanana.com/2009/09/04/larklight-by-philip-reeve/</link>
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		<title>My Next Snowblower!</title>
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After busting my back shoveling Minnesota snow for the last 12 years I finally broke down and bought a used snowblower this summer. But my old Snapper 10hp blower is just doesn&#8217;t seem as mighty after seeing the above photo of Klimov VK-1 engines from Mig-15 jets mounted on the front of trucks to clear [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.observethebanana.com/2009/08/08/my-next-snowblower/</link>
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		<title>Rabbits? In The Stove?!?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Or: More Adventures in Home Repair
For the last several months we have been experiencing a terrible smell from our stove whenever we broiled food in the oven. An odd, not food like smell, more like burning insulation or plastic or something. It was barely noticeable when we just baked, but once the top elements got [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.observethebanana.com/2009/08/08/rabbits-in-the-stove/</link>
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