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    <title>The Pace Journal</title>
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    <description>Dev Log from building the Detox Box, plus honest writing on attention, habits, and pacing.</description>
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      <title>Creating the Detox Box</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>Finally something interesting to look at. Our latest design has very strong security features with a dual locking cam system built right into the housing. We&#39;re really proud of this build.</description>
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      <title>Our Vision for the Detox Box</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>Fifteen years ago, this is the last project I would have imagined myself undertaking. Time is a funny thing, since here I am proud of what I am working on.</description>
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      <title>The Experience of Addiction and the Role of Dopamine</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>Dopamine isn&#39;t the pleasure chemical, it&#39;s the wanting chemical. Here&#39;s how the loop actually works, and where it&#39;s weakest.</description>
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      <title>Refining the Concept</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>In our last dev log we described the why and how of our first test device. That iteration was mainly focused on getting a prototype</description>
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      <title>What Is Addiction and Why Is It So Hard to Treat?</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <category>The Science</category>
      <description>One in six people you know. Addiction isn&#39;t a character flaw; it&#39;s a rewired reward loop, which is exactly why willpower alone keeps losing to it.</description>
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      <title>Rough Clay - Molding the Concept</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>Its often said that ideas are simple, but execution is everything.</description>
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      <title>The Journey Begins</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>An afternoon habit that outlived the project that started it, and a repeated lesson.</description>
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