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A New Article: “Judging Books By Their Covers”

March 13, 2014

Every time I get tired of typing something over and over in the comments, I make it into an article/page so I can just write it up once and then simply link to it forever thereafter.  This time, it’s “Judging Books By Their Covers.“

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Sirona
Sirona
10 years ago

Awesome, Nathan. ::applauds::

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