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		<title>From Dream to Do&#8230; from Wonder to Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Zen</dc:creator>
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I was wondering if by tossing a bunch of native wild flower seeds into a swampy area flowers would grow.  Well&#8230; wondering is an indication perhaps that you should do.  Often we often forget to connect the two.
They are the two mindsets of the idea and the build.  Ideally, I would build all my ideas [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inventor.wordpress.com&blog=257139&post=29&subd=inventor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inventing with Nesting and Nodism</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 04:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Zen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Nodism is a philosophy of nesting and exploration of hierarchy with respect to our learnings in the information age with such systems as:

 XML &#8211; extensible markup language &#8211; the standard way we share information (organized data)
 OOP &#8211; object oriented programming &#8211; the current way very logical people model the world to make [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inventor.wordpress.com&blog=257139&post=21&subd=inventor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Make it Yourself &#8211; Waxpaper Snowflake Holiday Cards</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Zen</dc:creator>
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Watch the mix on how to make
I have never bought a card &#8211; not one Christmas card, not one birthday card&#8230;  If you want to invent, I would recommend that you do the same.  What a perfect opportunity for a little creativity.
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		<title>Happy Holiday Going With the Flow&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Zen</dc:creator>
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I usually do not like going with the flow &#8211; even though I write psychedelic lyrics like &#8220;floating down the river&#8221;.  I prefer a vision and then stick with it.  I was just looking back through a sketch book and was very satisfied to see sketches of tools such as Zen Pan and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inventor.wordpress.com&blog=257139&post=17&subd=inventor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quirk &#8211; the Quirk Principle of Invention</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Zen</dc:creator>
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The word quirk or to be quirky is inspirational.  Keep it in mind although some might say that you&#8217;ve got it naturally or you don&#8217;t have it.  There may be some truth in this &#8211; if you have little aptitude for the unusual, the odd, the zany &#8211; then inventing amusements may not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inventor.wordpress.com&blog=257139&post=13&subd=inventor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Food Inventing &#8211; Banana Bacon Sandwich</title>
		<link>http://inventor.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/food-inventing-banana-bacon-sandwich/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 08:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Zen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well&#8230; that old saying, &#8220;necessity breeds invention&#8221; works wonders in the kitchen.  When you scour your cupboards and turn the fridge upside down for some sort of meal.  When I said turn the fridge upside down&#8230; that is really my head so I can see the bottom of the shelves to hunt for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inventor.wordpress.com&blog=257139&post=10&subd=inventor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inventions Before Your Eyes!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2007 19:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Zen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inventions often happen in situ &#8211; or they relate to things right where you are.  This is probably because invention is often fulfilling a need.  So if you happen to need something, you just invent the solution.
The invention featured once you click through the Sketch Book icon below is an example of an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inventor.wordpress.com&blog=257139&post=6&subd=inventor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Utopia, an Erotic Mystery &#8211; Used to Exemplify the Stretch Technique of Creativity and Invention</title>
		<link>http://inventor.wordpress.com/2007/03/15/utopia-an-erotic-mystery-used-to-exemplify-the-stretch-technique-of-creativity-and-invention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 03:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Zen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Utopia &#8211; the erotic mystery set in&#8230; well, Utopia, is another example of a principle I call STRETCH &#8211; taking unrelated concepts or even words and finding some reason for them to be connected.  Back in my psychedelic partying times, we used to play fit the facts (remember that one Gaven?).  We&#8217;d find [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inventor.wordpress.com&blog=257139&post=5&subd=inventor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Woken by Invention</title>
		<link>http://inventor.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/woken-by-invention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2007 13:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Zen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my favorite way to get up and happily it happens often.  I love sleeping and perhaps more so, dozing.  And dozing is an easy time to invent.  Your mind wanders from one thing to another &#8211; often surreally (do you like that one?). Sometimes I feel like I would slumber [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=inventor.wordpress.com&blog=257139&post=3&subd=inventor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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