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	Solid Black Desktop	4	17 years 30 weeks ago by jcisco	17 years 30 weeks ago by Chrome47
	Studying hacks	6	17 years 16 weeks ago by JasonJ	17 years 16 weeks ago by dwmatteson
	Tabula Rasa or What would you do if you were starting over in a brand new environment?	12	16 years 27 weeks ago by Berko	16 years 26 weeks ago by NathanBowers
	tagging shortcuts / utilities	3	16 years 34 weeks ago by Ruminates	16 years 33 weeks ago by noodle
	Take-out menu hack	7	18 years 5 weeks ago by angelotrivelli	18 years 5 weeks ago by EmptyInBox
	Teaching YahooGroups to older people	8	17 years 39 weeks ago by Rogue Six	17 years 38 weeks ago by S_G
	The Power of Outlines	2	17 years 24 weeks ago by GOD	17 years 23 weeks ago by Wilhelm
	Those darn Moleskines...	16	17 years 47 weeks ago by FatesJester	17 years 45 weeks ago by sonia_simone
	too short for technolife	1	17 years 43 weeks ago by Carla	17 years 43 weeks ago by emory
	Tracking business mileage	6	17 years 50 weeks ago by Berko	17 years 45 weeks ago by Paul
	Traveling for Work	5	17 years 30 weeks ago by MikeGreene	17 years 23 weeks ago by DINO
	Trick for analyzing Project Gutenberg texts	2	17 years 20 weeks ago by mdl	17 years 18 weeks ago by feebleoreo
	Trusted Systems,The HPDA, and Availability	2	17 years 6 weeks ago by Chance	17 years 6 weeks ago by unstuffed
	Trying to get my computer files in some semblance of order	8	17 years 20 weeks ago by Rogue Six	16 years 21 weeks ago by Todd V
	Two more hours in the day?	13	18 years 11 weeks ago by experimental	18 years 6 weeks ago by emory
	Video/Photography storage	2	17 years 20 weeks ago by pooks	17 years 20 weeks ago by pooks
	Wardrobe Hacks	35	18 years 2 weeks ago by otterhound	17 years 5 weeks ago by Ronin1313
	What about little or no will to do things?	30	18 years 5 weeks ago by Ferrante	18 years 1 week ago by emory
	What to do with Old Letters, Memorabilia, Notes...	3	18 years 11 weeks ago by whenders0n	18 years 11 weeks ago by Bookworm

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