ALL SPAM! I forgot to turn on the spam filter. I wonder if all the links helped my rankings?

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Google has put together a great storybook about what the internet is, how it works together and how web design has changed over time. Take a look at it if you have even a fledgling interest in web practice! http://www.20thingsilearned.com/ (Image copyright of Google)

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Im on the Overlander train from Auckland to Wellington. It is an idyllic trip that will take me all day. A flight would have coast about the same and taken only an hour and a half, but that would have been a sorry way to see this country. Trains always put me in a contemplative [...]

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Every time I move locations, it becomes less of a hassle. Packing took 2 hours (a little more if you count both trips to REI) and I fit it all in bags I can walk with for 30 minutes without problems. In the past I have had more bags that I alone can comfortably handle, [...]

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Around the holiday season many people ship packages, so this could conceivably get a lot of people. However, once you actually read the message, you realize that spammers should really learn to A) Speak English and B) Proofread.

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Every now and then I come across something that was designed with a flaw. In my hotel room this weekend it was the Heater / AC unit. The unit was extremely difficult to get set to the right temperature, and we had to fiddle with it all the time.  This looks fairly typical right? Alas, it is flawed: “Cool” shows up [...]

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