Implement info boxes; add now-burning entries

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Update 2025-06-24: You can buy the final extruder, replacement nozzles, and accessories from outside of China via [SuperBuy](https://www.superbuy.com/en/page/buy/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdetail.1688.com%2Foffer%2F750437159209.html). For a side by side comparison of some of the extruders, see [this picture](/img/extruders/comparison1.webp) and [this picture](/img/extruders/comparison2.webp): the aluminum and stainless extruders are near identical in diameter, but the aluminum model is shorter.
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Given that hobbyist incense making hasn't exactly been all the rage since the tang dynasty, finding good incense-making equipment for small-scale home production can be a bit of a tribulation. If you make Chinese or Japanese style coreless incense, one of the first hurdles on the way to kitting out your very own mini incense workshop is choosing a manual extruder. Now that I finally feel confident that I've overcome this particular hurdle, here's what I've learned:
## Where to Find a Suitable Extruder

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# Changelog
* 2025-06-24
* Implemented info boxes.
* 2025-06-09
* Added [Freethought Blogs](https://freethoughtblogs.com/) and [Cwyn's Death by Tea](https://deathbytea.blogspot.com/) to the [blogroll](/blogroll).
* 2025-06-06
* Implement [/now-burning](/now-burning/) and [/once-burned](/once-burned/).
* 2025-04-19

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title: "Moss Garden (Nokiba)"
manufacturer: "Shoyeido"
date: 2025-06-06
date: 2025-06-06 19:12:00
time: 7:12 PM
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Love this stick. Absolute classic.

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title: Agarwood, Hmarkhawlien
manufacturer: Rising Phoenix
date: 2025-06-19 17:08:00
time: 5:08 PM
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Thanks Bonnie!

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title: Beau Soir
manufacturer: Myself
date: 2025-06-10 16:58:00
time: 4:48 PM
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Still trying to understand the character of this one. I'm fairly certain I like it though.

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title: Cherry Blossoms (Kyozakura)
manufacturer: Shoyeido
date: 2025-06-15 11:16:00
time: 11:16 AM
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title: Everyday Aloes
manufacturer: Yi-Xin Craft Incense
date: 2025-06-12 17:05:00
time: 5:05 PM
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title: Fu-In Byakudan
manufacturer: Minorien
date: 2025-06-13 12:04:00
time: 12:04 AM
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title: Hawaiian Summer
manufacturer: Incense Apprentice
date: 2025-06-20 15:25:00
time: 3:26 PM
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Excited to try out Sara's work from her [brand new webstore](https://incenseapprentice.substack.com/p/incense-apprentice-has-a-web-store)!

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title: Hojari
manufacturer: Myself
date: 2025-06-11 17:17:00
time: 5:17 PM
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A rejected stick I made with washed hojari frankincense and a little too much eucalyptus leaf.

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title: Jinko Daikoboku
manufacturer: Seikado
date: 2025-06-11 09:57:00
time: 9:57 AM
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title: Kobunboku
manufacturer: Baieido
date: 2025-06-06
date: 2025-06-06 20:00:00
time: 8:00 PM
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title: Magnifiscents Blue Topaz
manufacturer: Shoyeido
date: 2025-06-16 10:34:00
time: 10:34 AM
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A bit sweet and powdery for my taste, but I don't mind it.

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title: "Moss Garden (Nokiba)"
manufacturer: Shoyeido
date: 2025-06-13 21:13:00
time: 9:13 PM
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title: Official Rammstein Incense Cones
manufacturer: KNOX
date: 2025-06-18 11:46:00
time: 11:46 AM
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Surprisingly nice.

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title: Pure Australian Sandalwood
manufacturer: Myself
date: 2025-06-18 10:26:00
time: 10:26 AM
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Just a plain santalum spicatum stick I extruded myself, bound with some guar gum.

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title: Reiryokoh
manufacturer: Kunmeido
date: 2025-06-09 11:50:00
time: 11:50 AM
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Big fan of that curry note.

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title: Rosewood
manufacturer: Yi-Xin Craft Incense
date: 2025-06-21 16:00:00
time: 4:00 PM
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title: Sarasoju
manufacturer: Shunkohdo
date: 2025-06-16 12:15:00
time: 12:15 PM
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title: "Satya Sai Baba Nag Champa"
manufacturer: Shrinivas Sugandhalaya LLP
date: 2025-06-08
date: 2025-06-08 14:00:00
time: 2:00 PM
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The nostalgia!

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title: Texas Red Cedar
manufacturer: The World Makes Scents
date: 2025-06-16 14:04:00
time: 2:04 PM
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title: Unnamed Palo Santo and Rose Incense
manufacturer: Myself
date: 2025-06-18 14:00:00
time: 2:00 PM
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A stick combining palo santo with sandalwood, rose (thanks Irene), and benzoin (thanks Bonnie), resulting in a sweet, warm, palo santo forward incense with a delicate floral character.

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title: Waterwheel Cedar
manufacturer: Tennendo
date: 2025-06-22 21:13:00
time: 9:13 PM
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title: White Cloud (Hakuun)
manufacturer: Shoyeido
date: 2025-06-14 10:30:00
time: 10:30 AM
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