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Thursday, April 28, 2011

What Happens When Gravity Takes Over Your Macbook

Posted by Clipstock sometime on Thursday, April 28, 2011

Catagories: Death, Destruction, Disaster, Macs

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CarmonMay 12, 2011 01:10 AM
That looks somewhat epic
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ClipstockMay 28, 2011 11:09 AM
Indeed.
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Clipstock: Under the Bong Tree, Hills of the Chankly Bore; The picture on the left should give you an idea of Clipstock's character and disposition; scroobious that is.

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Critical Consciousness and the Unchanging in Architecture
Concinnitas, or Beauty Reconciled
Cesare Cesariano and the Renaissance Treatise
The Monastery of Sainte-Marie de La Tourette

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The Reverend Dr. William Archibald Spooner (1844-1930) Click above to view the new series.

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My combination Batavus frame with Puch ZA50 engine "Manx Edition." (Currently undergoing yet another transformation: Boardtrack/Bobber...?) Click the picture for more

Shanghai Shuttle

My Honda PA50II whose engine seals I have replaced three times. Right now I'm running my 64cc Polini kit on an NOS Chinese clone bottom end, but I'm not sure how long that's going to last with the new pipe I'm building for it. It's a great little bike and my first variated moped. Click the picture for more.

Pandora

Click the picture for more on the 1951 lapstrake Nordic Folkboat "Pandora."

Letterpress

My Kelsey 5X8 Excesior and rather wobbly type cabinet/press stand soon to be opening as a job press in agonizingly cold northern Indiana.

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