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Chicago's 3rd of July

Cathode Tan

Chicago regularly holds their Independence Day fireworks on the third, although this year is a weird one because Navy Pier will also be holding theirs tonight.It's hard to describe the urban density of the event, especially from Grant Park. There was a over a million people packed into a few city …

The Clumsys

jay is

The Clumsys is a hidden object game that departs from the traditional formula just enough to feel like a new experience. It's Tim's tenth birthday and his friends are over to celebrate. Grandpa Albert is working on a time machine in the barn, but when he turns his back the children discover it and …

Neon Layers

jay is

Neon has a certain glitz to it. Whether it's glittering in the lights of Las Vegas, shining in the sign of a convenience store, or just brightening up the periodic table, neon always adds a little extra to everything it touches. It was only a matter of time, then, before someone mixed the brilliance …

Breaking radio silence. As aside, I haven't done that kind of concentrated coding in some time. It felt kinda good in that tiring don't want to do it again for some time kinda way.I've managed to spend a little more time with the full version of Bad Company's online mode. I stated earlier that …

Link Dump Friday

jay is

Here on the slab of land just south of Canada and north of Mexico (including bits of land in the Pacific ocean and a whole hunk of terra firma way in the north), today is Independence Day. You know what that means, right? Fireworks, parades, barbecues, picnics, and this year, Link Dump Friday!

Development Blogs

Your place for computer game reviews, discussion, commentary from the perspective of a Senior Engineer and lifelong pc gamer.

http://www.kevinmandeville.com/weblog/blogger.html
http://feeds.feedburner.com/kevinmandeville
Monday November 05 2007 17:45
Tuesday July 01 2008 05:18
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GBA Dev, DirectX, and more.

http://gamedevblogs.com/javery/
http://gamedevblogs.com/javery/Rss.aspx
Wednesday May 04 2005 21:20
Wednesday July 02 2008 12:49
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covert.c's thought matrix on computer games, MMOs and design

http://covertcreative.blogspot.com
http://covertcreative.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Friday August 18 2006 03:30
Friday July 04 2008 12:13
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The travails of a game designer living in Southeast Asia, his journey to fulfill his dream as a creator of that which he loves, and his take on the game industry from the other side of the world.

http://www.fuelfactor.net/3wgd/
http://www.fuelfactor.net/3wgd/atom.xml
Friday March 10 2006 08:50
Monday June 30 2008 22:57
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Explorations in the world of independent game development.

http://sonicron.solaristudios.com
http://sonicron.solaristudios.com/feed/
Sunday September 23 2007 00:30
Friday July 04 2008 04:29
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Business, Technology and Video Games

http://m3mnoch.wordpress.com
http://m3mnoch.wordpress.com/feed/
Saturday June 28 2008 12:01
Thursday July 03 2008 15:58
364
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Topics on the experiment of applying Agile Methodologies to game development.

http://www.agilegamedevelopment.com/blog.html
http://www.agilegamedevelopment.com/atom.xml
Sunday June 29 2008 12:01
Thursday June 26 2008 10:45
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http://alpatrick.blogspot.com
http://alpatrick.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Wednesday January 23 2008 05:01
Thursday July 03 2008 23:18
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http://www.argn.com/
http://www.argn.com/index.xml
Thursday December 01 2005 00:45
Monday June 30 2008 16:46
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Toby Hede's blog of games, java and general internet weirdness.

http://www.info-architects.net/vapourized/index.php
http://info-architects.net/vapourized/rss/games.php
Wednesday August 16 2006 04:30
Wednesday July 02 2008 17:12
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A blog from b0r3d at 1Up.com. Get your own blog by visiting http://www.1up.com.

http://www.1up.com/do/my1Up?publicUserId=5619584&Dispatch=Display
http://www.1up.com/do/journalRSS?Dispatch=Display&publicUserId=5619584
Friday April 13 2007 06:01
Thursday June 05 2008 04:31
19
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A Win32 - C++ - DirectX engine

http://bitx-engine.blogspot.com
http://bitx-engine.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Friday July 15 2005 11:15
Thursday July 03 2008 03:30
5
186

If it breaks, you get to keep both parts

http://www.blackwood.dk/weblog
http://www.blackwood.dk/weblog/feed/rss2/
Monday December 31 2007 17:45
Wednesday July 02 2008 19:42
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Games For Everyone Else

http://spaces.msn.com/members/ninjack/
http://spaces.msn.com/members/ninjack/feed.rss
Tuesday May 30 2006 12:45
Tuesday July 01 2008 07:04
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http://cathodetan.blogspot.com
http://cathodetan.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Saturday July 05 2008 00:45
Thursday July 03 2008 03:07
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Charlie's blog on game design, development and business

http://www.charliecleveland.com/
http://www.charliecleveland.com/index.rdf
Thursday September 29 2005 15:15
Friday July 04 2008 04:29
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http://www.manifestogames.com/blogs/eleanor/
http://www.manifestogames.com/blogs/eleanor/blogger_rss.xml
Monday June 23 2008 22:15
Tuesday June 24 2008 15:01
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Your source for game and graphics development

http://www.devmaster.net/
http://www.devmaster.net/rss/
Sunday March 12 2006 16:10
Monday June 30 2008 16:39
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This blog will be all about my new game. The game is a 3d top down space scroller; a bit like Xenon2. It will be created with VB.Net using managed Directx 9. The blog will include the development issues I encounter, the game ideas I have, concept drawings and story ideas. This is an ongoing …

http://vbside.blogspot.com
http://vbside.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Friday January 04 2008 00:15
Wednesday June 25 2008 21:45
34
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dont play games, make them

http://www.gaffer.org
http://www.gaffer.org/feed/
Wednesday March 19 2008 11:45
Friday June 06 2008 15:34
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The weblog of Glenn Fiedler. Game Developer in Sydney, Australia.

http://69.55.229.29/
http://69.55.229.29/index.rdf
Wednesday October 12 2005 19:45
Wednesday July 02 2008 16:36
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A blog about game programming

http://gamedevelopmentdiary.blogspot.com
http://gamedevelopmentdiary.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Monday July 04 2005 06:41
Monday June 30 2008 22:58
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Johnny Wilson preaches the virtues of independent games.

http://www.manifestogames.com/blogs/johnny/
http://www.manifestogames.com/blogs/johnny/blogger_rss.xml
Tuesday July 18 2006 03:15
Friday June 06 2008 15:26
41
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Jamie Fristrom on game development: design, management, code...everything but art.

http://www.gamedevblog.com/
http://www.gamedevblog.com/index.rdf
Wednesday June 18 2008 23:45
Wednesday July 02 2008 12:37
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http://www.gamemechanic.com
http://www.gamemechanic.com/feed/atom.xml
Saturday June 11 2005 22:00
Friday June 27 2008 12:08
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Gamenews.com.au Video game industry news

http://www.gamenews.com.au/
http://www.gamenews.com.au/20rss.xml
Thursday October 06 2005 02:15
Thursday June 05 2008 04:44
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Blog about game production and development

http://www.gameproducer.net
http://www.gameproducer.net/wp-rss2.php
Saturday May 24 2008 06:30
Thursday July 03 2008 05:35
908
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Serious gamoid drivel, ranging from the scholarly to the snide. Sercon, if you know the term, but not devoid of humor.

http://www.costik.com/weblog/
http://www.costik.com/weblog/public_html/weblog/blogger_rss.xml
Sunday February 24 2008 06:30
Saturday June 21 2008 20:49
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An engineering look at the game development process

http://www.gamesfromwithin.com/
http://www.gamesfromwithin.com/index.xml
Monday November 13 2006 08:01
Wednesday July 02 2008 19:42
33
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Perspectives from in and around the business of rolegaming on its present condition and possible futures. Here be some ranting, but no doomsaying.

http://gamethink.blogspot.com
http://gamethink.blogspot.com/rss/gamethink.xml
Friday April 20 2007 22:45
Wednesday July 02 2008 19:42
25
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IBM leaders discuss the future of gaming

http://gametomorrow.com/blog
http://www.gametomorrow.com/blog/wp-rss2.php
Monday June 23 2008 21:30
Monday June 30 2008 22:59
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News and opinion. Games and game culture.

http://gamewag.com/
http://gamewag.com/index.xml
Thursday August 04 2005 22:40
Monday June 30 2008 16:11
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An Indie Game Developer's somewhat interesting thoughts

http://gbgames.com/blog
http://gbgames.com/blog/?feed=rss2
Friday July 04 2008 14:01
Monday June 16 2008 17:27
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Think Global, Act Mammal

http://blogs.gameblogs.org/GlobalMammal
http://blogs.gameblogs.org/GlobalMammal/index.php?feed=rss2&cat=3
Friday August 26 2005 20:50
Thursday July 03 2008 03:30
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Ron Gilbert's often incoherent and bitter ramblings about the Game Industry

http://grumpygamer.com
http://www.grumpygamer.com/rss2.0
Monday June 30 2008 20:01
Wednesday July 02 2008 12:46
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personal reflections on computer games and other art forms

http://www.stechmann.com/blog
http://www.stechmann.com/atom.xml
Sunday March 05 2006 14:40
Tuesday June 17 2008 16:03
16
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Cyberspace. Virtual communities. Online games. Distributed systems.
Opinion, history, advice, and silliness from two guys who've been building this stuff for a long, long time.

http://www.fudco.com/habitat/
http://www.fudco.com/habitat/index.rdf
Monday June 09 2008 20:30
Friday June 06 2008 16:13
65
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http://indiegamedev.tucows.com/blog
http://indiegamedev.tucows.com/blog/index.xml
Friday October 28 2005 15:05
Monday June 23 2008 15:48
70
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From Pong to next Tuesday's release.

http://insert25.com/
http://insert25.com/index.xml
Wednesday December 07 2005 01:00
Friday June 06 2008 16:08
93
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jay bibby's rants and raves of flash games and gameplay.

http://www.jayisgames.com/
http://jayisgames.com/index.xml
Friday July 04 2008 20:15
Friday July 04 2008 09:55
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Super fly' gamin, yo

http://gamedevblogs.com/jdavis/
http://gamedevblogs.com/jdavis/Rss.aspx
Wednesday May 04 2005 21:20
Friday June 06 2008 16:13
2
440

If I had something to say I would put up a web-page. This is a blog.

http://www.mythicalblog.com/
http://mythicalblog.com/blog/feed/
Sunday October 28 2007 01:30
Thursday July 03 2008 03:29
726
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http://www.kqed.org/weblog/joystick/index.jsp
http://www.kqed.org/weblog/joystick/atom.xml
Monday November 12 2007 21:01
Friday June 06 2008 15:23
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Scott Brodie's thoughts on creativity and the design process.

http://www.msu.edu/~brodies1/log/index.html
http://www.msu.edu/~brodies1/log/feed.xml
Wednesday January 10 2007 12:15
Wednesday July 02 2008 19:43
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The thoughts of a video game Level Designer - http://www.levelarchitect.com.

http://anichols.blogspot.com
http://anichols.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Sunday June 24 2007 18:15
Thursday June 26 2008 14:58
69
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M

http://www.livejournal.com/users/eyebeams/
http://www.livejournal.com/users/eyebeams/data/rss
Sunday June 29 2008 11:01
Tuesday June 17 2008 05:36
511
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Well, maybe just survive, but that doesn't sound like nearly as much fun.

http://makeitbigingames.com/blog
http://feeds.feedburner.com/makeitbigingames
Saturday June 28 2008 00:30
Tuesday June 24 2008 15:01
57
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The Adventure

http://makemacgames.com
http://makemacgames.com/feed/
Wednesday September 12 2007 21:45
Friday June 06 2008 19:08
59
697

The Personal Rants of Corvus Elrod

http://blog.pjsattic.com/corvus
http://blog.pjsattic.com/corvus/index.php?feed=rss2
Thursday July 03 2008 11:01
Thursday July 03 2008 03:08
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Monkey Island news for the whole family.

http://www.scummbar.com/
http://www.scummbar.com/rss/rss.xml
Tuesday March 11 2008 03:45
Thursday July 03 2008 03:31
46
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What's going on at Moonpod HQ.

http://www.moonpod.com/board/?f=14
http://www.moonpod.com/English/news_rss.php?feed=podblog
Saturday March 31 2007 23:45
Friday June 20 2008 05:04
79
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Unofficial Nintendo update Weblog.

http://zeldafan.typepad.com/nintendo_revolution/
http://zeldafan.typepad.com/nintendo_revolution/atom.xml
Saturday June 11 2005 19:25
Thursday June 05 2008 04:43
3
72

Outside Looking In A wannabe game developer looks into the industry.

http://jeffool.blogspot.com
http://jeffool.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Wednesday April 12 2006 09:30
Sunday June 15 2008 13:36
52
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Phil Steinmeyer's rumblings on the game biz, programming, and life

http://www.philsteinmeyer.com
http://www.philsteinmeyer.com/feed/rss
Friday December 15 2006 23:15
Wednesday June 18 2008 23:02
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Commentary on the development of a baseball simulation game

See Sourceforge site for history and details.

http://pitchersduel.iuplog.com/
http://pitchersduel.iuplog.com/rss.asp?c=26681
Thursday April 05 2007 03:45
Sunday June 22 2008 10:58
19
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VideoGame Development in the UK

http://pixellove.blogspot.com
http://pixellove.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Thursday March 08 2007 10:15
Monday June 23 2008 15:50
312
1004

Discussion and criticism on gaming arts, practice, and research

http://playcube.org/index.php
http://playcube.org/xmlsrv/rss2.php?blog=5
Tuesday November 08 2005 00:35
Sunday June 15 2008 21:52
81
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Multiplayer matchmaking, middleware technologies and other online gaming news

http://www.plagamon.com/
http://www.plagamon.com/index.rdf
Saturday June 11 2005 20:45
Friday June 20 2008 09:44
73
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http://pokepeek.blogspot.com
http://pokepeek.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Sunday October 23 2005 20:32
Thursday July 03 2008 03:30
7
97

A Producer's Point of View

http://productionblog.typepad.com/pov/
http://productionblog.typepad.com/pov/index.rdf
Friday June 27 2008 19:45
Thursday July 03 2008 03:28
166
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Musings about (online) game development and life.

http://blog.psychochild.org
http://blog.psychochild.org/wp-rss2.php
Friday February 24 2006 03:10
Friday June 06 2008 15:23
86
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writer/director ragnar tornquist’s personal (but not private) website & weblog

http://www.ragnartornquist.com/
http://ragnartornquist.com/?feed=rss2
Monday June 30 2008 22:45
Monday June 30 2008 22:53
357
1124

notes on games, artificial intelligence, and programming

http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~rob/blog
http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~rob/blog/wordpress/wp-rss2.php
Saturday June 11 2005 21:30
Friday July 04 2008 09:53
49
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From the Top Secret Shrapnel Games Compound...

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/blog
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/blog/feed/rss2/
Saturday July 05 2008 01:45
Friday July 04 2008 06:17
292
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Slam

http://www.slam-games.com/
http://www.slam-games.com/xml/rss20/feed.xml
Monday February 05 2007 10:15
Thursday June 05 2008 04:46
37
368

http://www.sunsword.com/
http://www.sunsword.com/index.rdf
Friday June 13 2008 13:01
Friday June 06 2008 15:23
102
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Beatniks with better clothing, casual games development

http://suttree.com
http://www.suttree.com/feed
Friday May 09 2008 11:45
Friday June 06 2008 16:40
142
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creativity x technology

http://www.tgr.com/weblog/
http://www.tgr.com/weblog/index.xml
Monday October 01 2007 11:45
Wednesday July 02 2008 12:42
677
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The Console Conspiracy

http://www.consoleconspiracy.com/News/
http://www.consoleconspiracy.com/News/index.rdf
Saturday June 11 2005 18:55
Thursday June 05 2008 04:50
77
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Your one-stop, highly-opinionated guide to everything indie. ALL the news. EVERY day.

http://www.tigsource.com
http://www.tigsource.com/atom.xml
Monday October 03 2005 20:25
Thursday July 03 2008 03:29
124
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http://thewarwicknews.blogspot.com
http://thewarwicknews.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Tuesday April 17 2007 05:45
Thursday June 05 2008 04:51
51
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God Of War programmer's game topics

http://www.tmivnthedude.com
http://tmivnthedude.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Tuesday July 01 2008 21:45
Monday June 23 2008 11:36
122
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Random ramblings from the TV Heads

http://tvheads.org/blog
http://tvheads.org/blog/?feed=rss2
Monday December 19 2005 00:50
Thursday July 03 2008 03:28
7
102

My pithy slogan

http://utopianhell.com/
http://utopianhell.com/?rss=1&category=Gaming§ion=blog
Tuesday April 04 2006 19:30
Thursday June 05 2008 04:45
38
459

A video game thinktank

http://vicejoy.blogspot.com
http://vicejoy.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Thursday December 13 2007 13:01
Thursday July 03 2008 03:30
41
447

Current Issues in Video Game Law

http://www.davis.ca/community/blogs/video_games/default.aspx
http://www.davis.ca/community/blogs/video_games/rss.aspx
Wednesday May 02 2007 13:45
Friday June 06 2008 15:27
692
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Water Cooler Games is a forum for the uses of video games in advertising, politics, activism, and other everyday activities, outside the sphere of entertainment.

http://www.watercoolergames.org/
http://www.watercoolergames.org/index.xml
Thursday July 03 2008 19:15
Thursday July 03 2008 03:28
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http://www.steve-ince.co.uk/blog/blog.html
http://www.steve-ince.co.uk/blog/atom.xml
Friday June 27 2008 18:15
Wednesday July 02 2008 12:47
512
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Theory and criticism by Brandon Rickman

http://www.antimodal.com/
http://www.antimodal.com/index.rdf
Wednesday April 16 2008 07:45
Wednesday July 02 2008 12:43
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General mumblings on game design, politics, sports, and whatever the hell else comes to mind

http://www.zenofdesign.com/
http://www.zenofdesign.com/?feed=rss2
Wednesday July 02 2008 22:15
Wednesday July 02 2008 19:49
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