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How to remove malware from your Windows PC
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Consumers now can air their (legitimate) issues regarding treatment by corporations!
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While listening to Iron Butterfly (who?) one day, (in the merry, merry month of... January??)
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My recycling event last Saturday - THANK YOU ALL!
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THIS is one of the reasons I love Astronomy!
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Check your bank accounts on a neutral PC (account fraud reaches new lows)
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Rootkits are not forever! How to get rid of Windows 7 AntiVirus!
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Another electronic e-cycle event in Atlanta
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Even a consultant can get attacked
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Apple unveils latest product where I learn yoga!
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10/20/2011 1:57 PM
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GREEN Electronics Recycling Event #2 in the Lower Woodstock area on October 22nd!!
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10/13/2011 2:38 PM
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A request for feedback
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7/24/2011 11:26 AM
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Mac Hack Attack - Next Stop: Batteries??
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7/24/2011 10:26 AM
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Apparently, AOL cares less about you than AT&T - if that's possible
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6/26/2011 9:58 AM
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Power Grid Experiment Will Make some Clocks Run Fast
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6/25/2011 6:02 PM
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FBI nabs "scareware" perps
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6/23/2011 4:24 AM
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Weird FaceBook Consequences
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Mac malware evolves!
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5/26/2011 1:21 PM
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Branson's Virgin Galactic Spacecraft Test is A-OK!
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5/19/2011 9:19 AM
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Theft on the Internet Reaches New Lows (or is it "Highs"?)!
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5/17/2011 8:35 AM
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Life imitates Science "Fiction"
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5/16/2011 4:27 AM
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Hey, Apple's the #1 brand!
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5/16/2011 3:52 AM
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Mac Security - I have made my choice
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5/14/2011 12:04 PM
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Apple Security Center Isn't!!
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5/14/2011 11:02 AM
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Mac users beware - the MacDefender bug is coming at us!
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5/3/2011 11:17 AM
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Death of bin Laden causes spike in malware
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5/3/2011 5:22 AM
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Wireless negligence can lead to unhappy-making events
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4/25/2011 6:48 AM
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New Danger from Epsilon Security Breach
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4/17/2011 4:21 AM
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AT&T Doesn't Care About You, and Never Did!
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4/11/2011 7:51 PM
NEW VENDORS ADDED TO SECURITY BREACH LIST!
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4/5/2011 6:02 AM
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BEWARE EMAILS FROM COMPANIES YOU KNOW AND TRUST!
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4/4/2011 1:45 AM
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Solving Business Problems with High Technology, Intro, Part 2
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3/30/2011 12:00 AM
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Solving Business Problems with High Technology, Intro, Part 1
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3/29/2011 8:58 AM
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Another use for technology: Video Art and Astronomy
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3/29/2011 6:53 AM
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How are you feeling today? Need some Perspective? Heeeeeere's MLB!
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1/18/2011 5:47 AM
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What exactly is a "wireless printer"? You aren't buying what you think! (I think.)
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1/16/2011 3:27 AM
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Math is beautiful! (and here's proof!)
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1/13/2011 1:12 PM
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Pssst! - Pass it along - After all, the Internet will if you don't!
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1/11/2011 12:28 PM
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Internet Explorer 8 crashes today, 15 December 2010!
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12/15/2010 6:41 PM
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A Short Interruption - You can save money on your healthcare
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11/23/2010 12:41 PM
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Mozy on over to the campfire where we are serving up Carbonite for dinner
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11/8/2010 6:00 PM
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Let's talk external hard drives (again)!
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11/6/2010 3:43 PM
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Watch this video. Have a great day!
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10/25/2010 1:59 PM
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It's time - Please Vote! Please Vote SMARTLY!
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10/20/2010 3:59 AM
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Science and Nature - Look Up Once in a While
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10/13/2010 12:36 PM
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Coming to a Home Near You: Robbery, or, Don't Leave Home without Tweeting!
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10/13/2010 9:27 AM
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Experts Exchange saves computer consultant from ugly confrontation with wife and mother!!
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9/25/2010 3:48 PM
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MLB's TV Show - Phil Plait's Bad Universe Part 2 Airs in 13 days!
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9/23/2010 1:42 AM
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Experts-Exchange.com - the Consultant's Cheat Tool - You Can Use It, too!
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9/21/2010 12:21 AM
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Idle Minds...
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9/18/2010 8:33 AM
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I have Internet security on my computer. It is up to date. Why did I get a virus?
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9/11/2010 5:55 AM
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Reinstalling XP? Watch out for IE8!!
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9/4/2010 3:46 PM
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Announcement of a new service from Plait Solutions - PC Minderâ„¢!!
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8/26/2010 4:53 PM
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A HUGE Deal!
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URGENT - Windows PC owners - take immediate heed!! (Mac owners - go back to having fun.)
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3/29/2009 2:45 PM
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Jott it down over the phone
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3/25/2009 6:59 AM
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With Skype you get egg roll (or Spider, Rainbow, or California Roll)
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Social Networking is NOT for the unthinking!
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3/23/2009 2:59 PM
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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12/31/2008 5:50 AM
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Contact: Carl Sagan's other video (and novel) legacy to the world
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12/16/2008 2:44 AM
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A Sci-Fi(tm) icon has passed!
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12/7/2008 6:39 AM
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NEWS FLASH!! #18 Georgia Tech 45 #13 University of Georgia 42!!!!!!!!
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11/29/2008 3:46 PM
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Take a look at these two sites
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PS Poll #1 - What's your favorite foreign accent?
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11/24/2008 3:01 PM
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APOD - The Astronomy Picture of the Day Website
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11/24/2008 11:56 AM
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Death from the Skies - By Phil Plait, esq. (MLB)
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11/23/2008 6:54 PM
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Wonder and Humility vs. Entitlement - where did we go wrong?
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11/23/2008 9:39 AM
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Don't Help! I Am (soon to be) Surrounded by Whale Sharks!!!
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11/19/2008 9:00 PM
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BAD STUFF coming to an email box near you! IMPORTANT!!
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11/19/2008 8:26 PM
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19 November 2008 - NEWS FLASH: Electronics Recycling in Atlanta THIS SATURDAY!!
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11/19/2008 5:46 PM
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All Computers are Poison!
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11/19/2008 2:57 PM
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Errata 2
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10/30/2008 8:26 PM
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IMPORTANT!!! BEWARE OF EMAILS BEARING GIFTS!
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10/30/2008 2:35 AM
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All are not the same - external hard drives
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10/12/2008 4:45 AM
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Homage to Mark Knopfler (warning - very long post!)
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9/13/2008 3:55 PM
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Think about this. Really!
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9/12/2008 9:11 AM
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New Virus Warning!
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9/11/2008 9:01 PM
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Windows-centrism is unacceptable! Even by Microsoft!
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9/11/2008 4:53 AM
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Hello. This is the FBI. You are under arrest and we are taking your PC.
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9/9/2008 5:46 PM
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More Netiquette - Hoaxes, lies, and wasted time reading them
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9/9/2008 4:33 PM
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Oh No!! I have to let commercials run in regular time??!!
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8/31/2008 4:04 AM
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Online backups (who I picked)
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8/29/2008 6:54 AM
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Support Policies Work! (follow up)
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8/29/2008 6:32 AM
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Security Watch Alert!!!
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8/27/2008 7:23 AM
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A cable broadband gotcha
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8/19/2008 10:37 PM
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A story about what happens when I go against my own policies
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8/13/2008 11:10 PM
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One or the other - you can't run two (This is important, so please read this carefully)
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8/13/2008 8:31 PM
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Support from computer vendors - who do I rate "highly" and why
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8/12/2008 7:36 PM
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Does ANYONE give good customer service? YES! (but not many)
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8/11/2008 7:13 PM
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Our space program ROCKS!
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8/8/2008 8:26 PM
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Do NOT Reply to This Email!
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8/7/2008 2:25 AM
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Could you buy anything from this man?
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8/7/2008 2:00 AM
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My Little Brother
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Not so fast...DON'T CLICK THAT LINK!!!
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8/3/2008 6:29 AM
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Create your own email address (Part 3)
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Humming with the fools
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7/26/2008 8:23 PM
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Create your own email address (Part 2)
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7/23/2008 8:13 PM
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Create your own email address and be free! (Part 1)
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Decisions, revisited #3 of 3
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7/15/2008 8:31 PM
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