Gallery: A novice wrestles with Yahoo Pipes

The reviews are in and it's clear that Yahoo Pipes is the belle of the RSS ball.

If the chatter on Techmeme is any indicator, Yahoo Pipes is utter mashup euphoria. So what happens when a novice (in other words me) tackles Yahoo Pipes? It's a trainwreck. I'll let the gallery do the talking, but let's just say the pipes burst.