February 28, 2005
Office Friends:
Video mixes images of the Superfriends w/the audio track from “Office Space.”
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11:47 AM
Our Godless Constitution:
The lesson the President has learned best--and certainly the one that has been the most useful to him--is the axiom that if you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it. One of his Administration's current favorites is the whopper about America having been founded on Christian principles.
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11:44 AM
Wikimedia Foundation:
Imagine a world in which every person has free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing. And we need your help.
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09:07 AM
February 27, 2005
DCist: Actors With Blogs:
For the next month, actor Matthew McConaughey will be cruising across the country in a Airstream trailor and keeping a
blog to chronicle his adventure.
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10:43 PM
Stay of Execution: Googlegripe:
It is not cool how dependent I have become on my Gmail account to manage everything for me. It's been down now for fifteen or twenty minutes, and I'm paralyzed here at my house when I should be on the road to Boston.
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10:32 PM
GUI Pioneer Raskin Dies at 61:
Jef Raskin was the human-computer interface expert who began the Macintosh project for Apple Computer and was the author of The Humane Interface, which in large part builds on his earlier work with the Canon Cat.
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02:07 PM
Johan van Rooyen: Really Learn Spanish—
Podcaster uses Slapcast.com to help listeners learn to speak Spanish. Cool! See also his blog.
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09:04 AM
February 26, 2005
The International Database of Corporate Commands:
A Corporate Command is an instruction work, a call to action in the form of an imperative: “Just Do It”, “Turn on the Future”, “Live without Limits”, “Tap into great taste”, “Think different”, “Ride the light”. [via
Kottke]
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02:07 PM
February 25, 2005
Odeo: Listen, Sync, Create:
Hmm. Don't they know that “odeo” sounds a lot like “odious” and that that's not good? Kind of like Chevy trying to sell the “Nova” in Spanish-speaking countries where “no va” means “no go.” Bad idea. More on Odeo.
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09:17 AM
February 24, 2005
Trailer for “A Scanner Darkly”:
.... , a new animated film by Richard Linklater [via kottke.org]. Based on the novel by Phillip K. Dick. Love that animation technique and aesthetic.
I can't wait!
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06:26 AM
Condemn-Nation:
This land was your land, but now it's my land. Dahlia's Dispatches from the Supreme Court. [via
Woman of the Law]
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06:03 AM
February 23, 2005
Lawyers protest expanding 'legal document preparers':
The ISBA currently has a lawsuit pending in McHenry County against We The People, alleging the company engaged in the unauthorized practice of law.
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05:30 PM
WisBlawg: Free Abstract Database of Criminal Justice Publications:
NCJRS Abstracts Database is a free resource containing abstracts of publications on criminal justice, including government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research.
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06:50 AM
Trademarked blog name:
A blawg called “May It Please the Court” has apparently trademarked that phrase. I obviously don't understand trademarks b/c this seems ridiculous.
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06:40 AM
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beSpacific: Searchable Database of the President's Appointees:
“The President appoints thousands of people to help formulate, enforce, and carry out policies - particularly those outlined in his inaugural address - and budgets that affect us every day. Do you know who these people are?... explore the thousands of appointed positions and learn about the people who hold them.”
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06:30 AM
How to Sell Your Book, CD, or DVD on Amazon:
It's no secret, but here is what I have learned in the last few years about how to get your book, CD or DVD listed on Amazon.
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06:15 AM
February 22, 2005
Google's toolbar and content modification:
The AutoLink feature is the first step down a treacherous slope, that could spell the end of the Web as a publishing environment with integrity, and an environment where commerce can take place.
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03:14 PM
heather powazek champ, print club 2005
I send you a numbered, limited edition print every month, and a big birthday print of your choice! ($50-$100)
Cool idea, great photos.
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12:53 PM
Doing kottke.org as a full-time job:
I've met so many nice, good people, formed valued relationships with some of them, traveled to distant lands (and New Jersey), procured jobs & other business opportunities, discovered new interests, music, movies & books, and lots of other stuff, all for putting a little bit of me out there for people to see.
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12:50 PM
Things I Wish My Clients Knew (Part 2):
I wish my clients knew that saying “it's not my m.o.” is not a defense.
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09:33 AM
February 21, 2005
How the world is changing:
While the effect of human activity on the global climate is hotly debated, physical signs of environmental change are all around us.
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08:58 AM
States Seek to Improve Crime Labs:
States are being criticized for continual errors in crime labs that are impacting the outcome of criminal cases. Texas lawmakers want to join other states to strengthen crime labs.
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08:19 AM
Scientists say impact waning under Bush:
The Bush administration is stifling the voice of science, as fewer scientists are heard in policy discussions and money for research and advanced training is cut, according to panelists at a national science meeting.
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08:13 AM
Podcasts Are Here:
The rawness is part of the appeal.
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05:45 AM
February 20, 2005
Scientists: Global warming is real:
Studies looking at the oceans and melting Arctic ice leave no room for doubt that it is getting warmer, people are to blame, and the weather is going to suffer, climate experts have said.
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10:13 AM
Republicans Turn to Blogs to Deliver a Message:
For some time, conservative Republicans have used talk radio shows to help carry their message -- and a GOP view of news events -- to the nation. Now they're using Web logs and bloggers to similar advantage.
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09:57 AM
thisdarkqualm
. . . let me say too a few words about Blogging about politics, which is almost inconceivable to me right now.
I'll second that, but I'm too stupid to stop.
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09:33 AM
“Constantine”:
Movie from Hell? Nope, this Keanu Reeves action flick actually rocks -- and so does its star.
I can't believe this is getting positive reviews. AR hated it.
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09:25 AM
Apple PowerBook 100: top gadget of all time:
. . . the first
portable that didn’t require significant muscle mass to actually port about. This device gets the credit it deserves as
the
#1 gadget of all time on
Mobile PC magazine’s list of
Top 100 Gadgets of all time.
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08:55 AM
February 19, 2005
Rumsfeld On the Offensive:
“I am not going to give you a number for it because it's not my business to do intelligent work.”
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12:56 PM
Bush Signs Class-Action Changes Into Law:
President Bush today signed legislation that rewrites the rules for class-action lawsuits, opening a second-term campaign he said was aimed at “ending the lawsuit culture in our country.”
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12:45 PM
Miserable Failure Located:
Interesting: when you search Google Maps for miserable failure in washington dc, the first result will be “President: George W Bush, (202) 456-1414, The White House.”
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12:26 PM
From Blog to Book:
Just a week ago, I discovered
BlogBinders.com and signed up with them. Their idea is simple: they will turn your weblog into a printed book. [link via
Jose]
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11:04 AM
February 18, 2005
Glorfindel of Gondolin: A Ward Churchill post for Mom:
Sometimes, though, the better part of wisdom is simply not to argue with your mother.
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09:41 PM
February 17, 2005
Saft:
Saft is a Safari plugin to add features like full-screen browsing, searchable bookmarks and history, URL shortcuts, kiosk mode and more.
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09:35 PM
The Clicker: Demystifying the Broadcast Flag
The FCC’s rationale, as twisted as it may be, was that content owners would be more likely to put “the good stuff” on the air if they didn’t fear that perfect digital copies of their content would be spread over the Internet. In turn, consumers would rush to the stores and buy digital televisions. Hey, like I said: “twisted.”
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06:56 PM
Daily Show Covers Blogging:
Recently, Jon Stewart talked about bloggers [MOV]. [Via Waxy.]
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06:45 PM
Apple agrees to stay subpoenas:
Apple today agreed to stay subpoenas against two Mac sites that required the sites to divulge information about their sources.
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05:33 AM
February 16, 2005
Fifty Fantasy & Science Fiction Works That Socialists Should Read:
Those below are chosen not just because of their quality—which though mostly good, is variable—but because the politics they embed (deliberately or not) are of particular interest to socialists.
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11:51 PM
Lawsuit Seeks Release of Detainees:
A group of human rights lawyers has filed a lawsuit seeking the release of more than 500 unnamed terrorism suspects held by the U.S. government at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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11:00 PM
JHymn:
Set your iTunes music free • Remove DRM restrictions without loss of sound quality • Convert AAC to high-quality MP3
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11:00 PM
Kyoto Protocol takes effect:
in honor of this day, please visit
fuh2 or
earth on empty.
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06:29 PM
Wage Peace Bracelets:
Support Peace in Iraq — Wear the Wage Peace Bracelet
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05:22 PM
Not Inconsistent:
What say you my fellow law students? What legal phrase or concept have you added to your rhetorical arsenal?
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12:58 PM
German Shorthaired Pointer Named Top Dog:
Posing like the very symbol of the Westminster Kennel Club, a German shorthaired pointer called Carlee became America's top dog Tuesday night.
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12:43 PM
German Shorthaired Pointer Named Top Dog:
Posing like the very symbol of the Westminster Kennel Club, a German shorthaired pointer called Carlee became America's top dog Tuesday night.
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12:43 PM
February 14, 2005
After Bush Leaves Office, His Budget's Costs Balloon:
Via Famous P, who writes: “This shouldn't really surprise me, but it still takes my breath away to think of the careful thought and effort that went in to screwing over future generations.”
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10:46 PM
February 13, 2005
Westlaw and Mozilla:
I've noticed that I'm unable to access Westlaw via Mozilla Firefox, but I am able to using Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Posted by mowabb at
11:16 PM
Westlaw and Mozilla:
I've noticed that I'm unable to access Westlaw via Mozilla Firefox, but I am able to using Microsoft Internet Explorer.
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11:16 PM
Gideon's Broken Promise:
New ABA report says nation “fails to protect the rights of the nation's poorest.”
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11:43 AM
Why Organizing Is Enough:
Organizing, organizing, organizing is the first step to achieving anything else.
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11:26 AM
Class Action Lawsuit Benefits GW:
The Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics at The George Washington University Law School is receiving a $2.4 million gift, its largest ever, as the result of a successful class action lawsuit against a Washington, D.C., cable company for charging illegal late fees. [link via JD2B]
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10:19 AM
February 12, 2005
Dean Elected to Head DNC
Democrats elected Howard Dean chairman of their national party on Saturday, casting their lot with a skilled fund-raiser and organizer whose sometimes caustic, blunt comments can lead to controversy.
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03:41 PM
Rocky Mountain Y: Affordable Skiing:
Snow Mountain Ranch in Tabernash, Colo., is the place for a low-key family ski outing at about a third of the cost of better-known resorts.
I dream of skiing again...
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03:02 PM
February 11, 2005
Wal-Mart to Close Unionized Shop:
It was something of a big story last September when workers at a Wal-Mart in Jonquiere, Quebec organized the first union at one of the retail outlets in North America. Now Wal-Mart has announced that it will close the store...
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07:35 AM
School Tracks Kids Via Badges and Radio Frequencies
If a school ever did this to my kid, I'd be livid. So why aren't more of the parents at Brittan elementary school, north of Sacramento, making a fuss?
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10 tips for better blogging:
... some great tips to help you establish a nice lawyer blog...
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06:52 AM
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Death to take a holiday in NY?
The New York Times is reporting
here that it is now seeming unlikely that New York will re-enact the death penalty after the state's highest court declared the current statute unconstitutional last June in
People v. LaValle (
background here).
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06:42 AM
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The Washington Times' Dubious Connections:
Wonkette points DCist to a new article from the Southern Poverty Law Center showing the connection between The Washington Times and several groups with explicit racist agendas. [see also
this bitterly hillarious post from
why i hate dc]
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06:17 AM
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February 10, 2005
Dean Thanks Supporters at 'Grass-roots Kick-off':
At an event that seemed at times more like a candidate rally than a celebration for achieving a party position, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean thanked supporters near Union Station today, pledging an unconventional tenure as head of the Democratic Party.
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06:42 AM
Office memo: 'Blogging' can get you bounced:
If you have a job, blog at your own risk - “unless you're writing recipes and about how much you love puppies and kittens,” Ms. Mosteller says.
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05:51 AM
February 09, 2005
DOD Personnel Plan Spurs Protest March
“These new rules will turn good jobs . . . into McJobs, Wal-Mart-type jobs.”
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01:31 PM
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French to vote on working hours:
French MPs are set to vote on controversial plans to relax the country's 35-hour working week.
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11:48 AM
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Putting Big Back in Government
“President Bush's second-term agenda would expand not only the size of the federal government but also its influence over the lives of millions of Americans by imposing new national restrictions on high schools, court cases and marriages,” the Washington Post reports....
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Dean of the Dems:
Howard Dean's political comeback is nearly complete: barring something on the level of an intern scandal, the 447 voting members of the Democratic National Committee are expected to overwhelmingly support him as successor to outgoing chief Terry McAuliffe at a meeting on Saturday.
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06:51 AM
Washington State: Can parents monitor children?
Carmen Dixon, the mother of 14-year-old Lacey, was concerned about a phone call Lacey received from her 17-year-old boyfriend Oliver Christensen, so she listened in on another line. Oliver discussed a purse-snatching, and Carmen turned him into police.
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06:46 AM
February 08, 2005
D.C. Parking Police Rake In Cash:
The District last year issued $99 million worth of parking tickets, twice the amount in 1999 when Mayor Anthony A. Williams took office.
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06:33 AM
Everyone else has had more sex than me.
Does anyone else get that feeling? [Flashimation]
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05:48 AM
February 07, 2005
12 of the best sites:
Blogs used to be a minority interest, but technology expert Charles Arthur finds their appeal has grown massively. Here he picks the cream of the crop.
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10:35 PM
Wise Counsel
When the time came to computerize her small firm, she took her own wise counsel — and in spite of conventional wisdom, chose Mac. Today her firm has expanded substantially, from two lawyers to 20, from one office to five. They’re still using Mac exclusively — and have absolutely no intention of turning back.
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09:40 PM
February 06, 2005
Safe Student Bookstrap:
Many school systems throughout the country are prohibiting bags and backpacks due to student safety concerns (i.e. the ability to conceal weapons and contraband in such articles), and are requiring students to find other ways to carry their books.
What world is this?
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09:07 AM
February 05, 2005
Car Chase Tech:
“The beautiful part of using the (microwave) energy is that it leaves the suspect in control of the car,” he said. “He can steer, he can brake, he just can't accelerate.”
See also here. [via
Scripting News]
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10:11 PM
AskJeeves buys Bloglines:
That's the scoop. Ask Jeeves is integrating Bloglines into their search system (it's not yet live on their main site, til Monday as reported). [link via
Scripting News]
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09:04 PM
Student's Lawyer Seeks to Dismiss Apple Lawsuit:
Gross, of Gross & Belsky LLP, in San Francisco, believes that First Amendment free-speech rights will trump Apple's arguments in the [Think Secret] case, which was filed in Superior Court in San Jose County, California.
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05:43 AM
February 04, 2005
Why Isn't Everyone On A Mac?
Why the hell do people put up with this? Why is there not some massive revolt, some huge insurrection against Microsoft? Why is there not a huge contingent of furious users stomping up to Seattle with torches and scythes and crowbars, demanding the Windows Frankenstein monster be sacrificed at the altar of decent functionality and an elegant user interface?
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11:41 PM
February 03, 2005
Tool For Thought
I talked in the Times essay about using the tool as a springboard for new ideas and inspiration. Here's what that process looks like in practice.
A great use for DevonThink.
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09:44 PM
February 02, 2005
Buck the Animated Deer:
Everything that was so horribly, godawfully wrong with Billy the Bigmouth Bass comes back with a vengeance...
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10:24 PM
How to make a Life Poster:
After posting photos of my apartment a couple weeks ago I got tons of people asking how I made my “Life Poster” . . . . Here are my instructions to create one in about 20-30 min for about $29.
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09:04 PM
Apple debuts faster Powerbooks. . .
. . . with processors running up to 1.67GHz, faster 5,400 rpm hard drives, faster Bluetooth 2.0 networking, AirPort Extreme (802.11g) in all models, more standard memory (512MB) and a faster 8X SuperDrive.
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February 01, 2005
Rising Price of the American Dream:
The average assessed value of a home in Northern Virginia has roughly doubled since 2000, according to official figures from the region's five largest jurisdictions and estimates based on recent real estate trends...
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10:54 PM
U.S. students say press freedoms go too far:
The survey of 112,003 students finds that 36% believe newspapers should get “government approval” of stories before publishing; 51% say they should be able to publish freely; 13% have no opinion.
Kill me now.
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10:21 PM
Newspapers: Open Your Archives
The
NYTimes says opening its archives is “so ridiculous as to be laughable.”
See also here.
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08:47 PM
iPod America:
“People who never adopt tech gadgets seem to have adopted this one. It looks great and isn't intimidating.”
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08:41 PM
[back to
ambivalent imbroglio]