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	<title>Jan Ole Peek</title>
	<link>http://www.janolepeek.com</link>
	<description>Ramblings of an Internet Hermit</description>
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		<title>Google Buzz Buzzes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was about time I wrote down something else on this blog. For several months now I&#8217;ve had draft posts with nothing but titles in them, all so I could remember in the future what I at one time wanted to write about. I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll finish writing these any day now. Yeah. But yesterday [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/google-buzz-buzzes</link>
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		<title>Clickmap &#8211; See what&#8217;s hot!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I came across an interesting little Wordpress plugin a few weeks ago that I haven&#8217;t written about until now because it requires you to give it some time to show its usefulness. It&#8217;s called Clickmap and by its own description, this is what it does:
This little plugin will store each click made on pages of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/clickmap-see-whats-hot</link>
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		<title>Hack your $80 GPS System</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GPS systems out there range anywhere from $70 to upwards of $400 depending on the feature sets included. I recently took advantage of the fact that some of the low-end GPS systems on the market run on Windows CE. This leaves open the opportunity to hack the system, gain access to the Windows CE desktop, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/hack-your-80-gps-system</link>
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		<title>Gaming on a Budget</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gaming isn&#8217;t a cheap hobby. One of the main &#8220;excuses&#8221; used for piracy is the cost of games and with rising production costs at the developer&#8217;s end, price increases are often considered during annual shareholders meetings of even big production houses like EA.
So what&#8217;s the frugal gamer to do? In this article I want to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/gaming-on-a-budget</link>
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		<title>FriendFeed Acquired by Facebook &#8211; Now what?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday FriendFeed was acquired by Facebook for around $50 million. Having only spent time on FriendFeed on a regular basis for the last few weeks, it&#8217;s been interesting to see the general reaction of its followers.
A seemingly vast majority is quite upset about the move, whether it be their concern about the future of FriendFeed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/friendfeed-acquired-by-facebook-now-what</link>
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		<title>Exploring Desktop Blog Writers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several things happened today in the online world that&#8217;s making me consider writing more of my content on my own blog. To that end I&#8217;m going to try out a few desktop blogging applications that interface with Wordpress (hopefully well). First up is Blogo. This is a test post from it and we&#8217;ll see how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/exploring-desktop-blog-writers</link>
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		<title>Photo of the Day: Lightening Storm over Kalamalka Lake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
via aspaphoto.blogspot.com
Amazing photo and the lightning hit just above where my parents live!
Posted via web from Jan Ole Peek&#8217;s Posterous
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		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/photo-of-the-day-lightening-storm-over-kalamalka-lake</link>
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		<title>My first Hackintosh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently purchased a Dell Mini 10v with the intent of installing OS X on it and turning it into a &#8220;hackintosh&#8221;, or, as I like to call it, the poor man&#8217;s Macintosh. It&#8217;s not the speediest thing on the planet but it runs OS X, has no major problems, is small and portable, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/my-first-hackintosh</link>
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		<title>Ten playing with Lens Cap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I originally brought the camera over to film Ten play with her box of toys. It didn&#8217;t take long for her to become fascinated with the lens cap and also managed to scare the crap out of herself while jumping into the box of toys. Too funny!



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		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/ten-playing-with-lens-cap</link>
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		<title>Ten as a Kitten</title>
		<description><![CDATA[via apps.facebook.com


I almost forgot how tiny our baby was only 8 months ago.

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		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/ten-as-a-kitten</link>
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		<title>Finally got A/C installed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now I feel like I can face this summer with confidence  
   See and download the full gallery on posterous
Posted via email from Jan Ole Peek&#8217;s Posterous
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		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/finally-got-ac-installed</link>
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		<title>Best Yard Sale Sign Ever!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saw this driving by&#8230; had to circle back to get the picture. Awesome!
Posted via email from Jan Ole Peek&#8217;s Posterous
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		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/best-yard-sale-sign-ever</link>
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		<title>Aerogarden Continues Growing</title>
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It really does look great!



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Posted via email from Jan Ole Peek&#8217;s Posterous
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		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/aerogarden-continues-growing</link>
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		<title>The Line</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been watching this show called &#8220;The Line&#8221; for 10 episodes now and truly recommend it to any cop drama lover. It&#8217;s distinctly Canadian, one of the reasons I like it, but not only is the acting unique (in a good way), but the story also keeps me coming back. Check it out if you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/the-line</link>
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		<title>103.9 The Juice Icon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had a shortcut to this local radio station&#8217;s stream on my desktop for weeks now and I wanted to give it a proper icon. So I cut out the logo from their website and turned it into a nice little icon.
Get it at Deviantart!
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		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/1039-the-juice-icon</link>
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		<title>New Portfolio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Smashing Magazine released a great new Wordpress showcase theme that I immediately implemented for my new portfolio page. Check it out!
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		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/new-portfolio</link>
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		<title>My DIY Recording Studio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Easter long weekend I spent about $50 at Home Depot to build my own DIY recording studio. Everything from a homemade microphone shock mount, pop filter, and more. It was fun but the results definitely look DIY, especially the video. It&#8217;s just hard to make up for crappy lighting. More tweaking is in my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/my-diy-recording-studio</link>
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		<title>Quantum of Solace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to confess something&#8230;
I&#8217;m not posting this entry to review or give my impressions of the latest James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace. I&#8217;m really just posting this here because I felt that the intro sequence would make such a stellar image on the front page  
Truth be told, I enjoyed the movie [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/quantum-of-solace</link>
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		<title>Ten helps unbox the new JVC GR-DA30</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, she doesn&#8217;t actually help, nor is this the actual unboxing. In truth, she&#8217;s just exploring the case I bought for the camcorder. But it sounds cooler.
This was really just me testing out the new camcorder.

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		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/ten-helps-unbox-the-new-jvc-gr-da30</link>
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		<title>thewvsr.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Built custom sidebar modules to fit the existing design and vision of the site owner.
www.thewvsr.com
&#8220;peekj did a great job with the sidebar project, and finished ahead of schedule. I&#8217;m picky about my site, and was very satisfied at the end. I will definitely use him again in the future.&#8220;
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		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/thewvsrcom</link>
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		<title>Hpdesmoines.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Implementation of a custom Wordpress theme (from PSD &#8211; not done by me) into a fully functional Wordpress theme.
www.hpdesmoines.com
&#8220;I&#8217;m running out of good things to say, only because this is my third time using peekj. An excellent project once again and I couldn&#8217;t be happier&#8230;&#8220;
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		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/haverkamp-properties</link>
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		<title>Jensengroup.net</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Implementation of a custom Wordpress theme (from PSD &#8211; not done by me) into a fully functional Wordpress theme.
www.jensengroup.net
&#8220;PeekJ is great&#8230;I wouldn&#8217;t hesitate to recommend him to anyone. And he pays attention to the details so you don&#8217;t need to go back and &#8220;clean up.&#8221; Hire him!&#8220;
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		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/jensengroupnet</link>
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		<title>Chirp &#8211; Prettiest Twitter Client Ever</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I&#8217;ve always liked most visually in Vista and now Windows 7 is the Aero graphics.
Some apps take advantage of that very well. I&#8217;ve even written some apps myself that utilize it. All because I&#8217;m a sucker for the purdiness.
Chirp is a twitter client for Vista that I recently came across and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/chirp-prettiest-twitter-client-ever</link>
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		<title>Space Shuttle Cockpit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a high-resolution image of the space shuttle&#8217;s cockpit. Pretty amazing view!
Looks incredibly old-school though, it&#8217;s amazing that good old switches and buttons still get us into space. It really shows that proven and reliable technology rules where it really matters.
No mouse gesture, finger gestures, touch pads, or voice recognition going on here&#8230; this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/space-shuttle-cockpit</link>
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		<title>Windows 7 Beta Impressions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been running Windows 7 beta for a week now and wanted to put some of my thoughts down on paper (or on blog).
Upon first glance it looks a lot like Vista and it is. It does have a couple of very distinct differences compared to Windows Vista though. Note that this isn&#8217;t a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/windows-7-beta-impressions</link>
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		<title>Firepowertraining.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Based on a Wordpress Revolution theme and a pain-in-the-you-know-what plugin (with cool zooming results) this was another great experience.
www.firepowertraining.com
&#8220;Fantastic!! Jan was super reasonable with the quote and worked very well with the creative direction I provided, as well as giving his input for improvements where helpful. I will definitely use him to continue to refine [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/firepowertrainingcom</link>
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		<title>Danwandrey.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This website is a very clean, crips design almost entirely based on white, black, and tones of grey. The client wanted to draw the focus on the content of the blog, rather than the design of it. In doing so I think we achieved a truly special theme. No wonder, the client himself is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/danwandreycom</link>
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		<title>Eppclient.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eppclient.com was another straight-foward &#8220;make my blog look like this&#8221; job with the added integration of a phpBB forum using a similar design. Very enjoyable to throw phpBB in the mix as I enjoy that software quite a bit.
www.eppclient.com
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		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/eppclientcom</link>
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		<title>Newsgroupdirect.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In general, I love integrating a Wordpress blog into an existing website. This was one of those tasks where the main goal was to make the transition from static webpages to a Wordpress blog would be seemless. I think the task was accomplished and another client satisfied.
www.newsgroupdirect.com/blog
&#8220;Excellent work Jan! Will definitely work with in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/newsgroupdirectcom</link>
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		<title>Fourlegacies.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This was another slice and dice job from a pre-designed file. I quite enjoy these and the outcome was great and the client was very satisfied.
It&#8217;s also a lot of fun to work on a website where I truly enjoy the design of it. I love the colour combinations, subtle shading, and layout of this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/fourlegaciescom</link>
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		<title>Creditcardscompare.com.au</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On this website I did not have to do any actual design work and the layout was all prepared for me already. In fact, the job involved the conversion of a php/mysql based website into a Wordpress blog. Combining direct calls to a Mysql database with Wordpress blog posts was surely interesting and truly revealed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/creditcardscomparecomau</link>
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		<title>Healthygirl.ca</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Healthygirl.ca was my first large scale project that involved complete setup from beginning to end, along with graphical design, layout, content choices, etc, etc. A lot of revisions on this one but the end result met the client&#8217;s wishes.
www.healthygirl.ca
&#8220;Bottom line &#8211; Jan is the best at what he does.&#8221;
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		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/healthygirlca</link>
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		<title>My1uplife.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This was probably one of the most fun themes I&#8217;ve created for a client. Based on a pre-created sliced Photoshop file, the end result completely matched the client&#8217;s expectations and truly reflects the intended vision.
Did I mention that it looks fun?
www.my1uplife.com
&#8220;He was super easy to work with and accommodating to my requests. I&#8217;ll use him [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/my1uplifecom</link>
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		<title>Kohfitness.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Based on an existing theme but I tweaked its content and lower panels, created the header based on an idea and existing logo, and did the rest of the Wordpress setup.
This was one of my first freelance jobs and has led to a slew of others.
www.kohfitness.com
&#8220;Jan is the best!  He does a great job [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/kohfitnesscom</link>
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		<title>24 &#8211; A Great Strategy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Season 7 of the hit show 24 started earlier this year and after only 3 or so weeks we&#8217;ve already had 5 episodes and a 2 hour special.
At first I wasn&#8217;t sure if I would be as enthralled with the show as in prior years but Fox&#8217;s strategy of releasing 4 episodes in a 4 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/24-a-great-strategy</link>
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		<title>Witnessing History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not often that one gets to witness history this up close. Obama has just become the first African-American president of the US and I was here to see it all happen.
No, I was not at some sort of election party. Yes, I am Canadian and damn proud of it. No, I&#8217;m not American and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/witnessing-history</link>
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		<title>CrossOver for Free!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not sure if you&#8217;ve ever  heard of Codeweaver&#8217;s CrossOver application but it basically makes it pretty easy  to run Windows apps, in particular Office and games on a Mac or Linux. Their  software has never been free but because they made some sort of promise that if  Bush did something right [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/crossover-for-free</link>
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		<title>Cierra</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cierra, originally uploaded by jopeek.
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		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/cierra</link>
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		<title>EA Sports NHL 09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks back I asked my buddy Heekwon if he was interested in buying NHL 09 so we could play some hockey games over Xbox Live together. Before I even had a chance to buy it myself he went out and got it. What a friend!
I felt a little bad because it took [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/ea-sports-nhl-09</link>
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		<title>New Macbooks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apple just announced its new laptop lineup, including a newly styled 13&#8243; Macbook, a couple new Macbook Pros and Macbook Airs. Since these things are so damn expensive, the only one I&#8217;ll ever have a hope in hell of affording is the Macbook. I would really love a light 13&#8243; laptop, and this one&#8217;s just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/new-macbooks</link>
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		<title>Thanksgiving Dinner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Boy am I stuffed! Check out the goodies below. Hope everyone had a nice dinner this weekend!


 photo credit: jopeek
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		<title>The Unit in HD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I watched an episode of The Unit last night which I always do late on Sunday night, but this time I watched it in HD quality on my laptop screen. I can see what all the rave is about. Never have I seen so many details on people&#8217;s faces, clear crisp colours and a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/the-unit-in-hd</link>
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		<title>Web Development: Hard to explain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t be the only web developer that gets frustrated with the intricacies of developing something that can be viewed on so many different platforms.
Working on a website tonight I was checking my work in 5 different browsers! I was mainly developing in Firefox 3, while checking in Internet Explorer 7, Opera, Google Chrome, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/web-development-hard-to-explain</link>
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		<title>Working like mad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I said, I&#8217;ve been working after hours on projects awarded to me on Elance. Figured it might be nice to put a few links to the sites I&#8217;ve been working on lately. There&#8217;s only been a few worth mentioning, most of the work I do is troubleshooting, tweaking, and generally fixing things that are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/working-like-mad</link>
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		<title>On the Side</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve recently been trying to earn some extra income on the side in order to be able to pay my bills and I came across Elance. I first found Elance about a year ago but thought it was too big for me to get any kind of results. But ever since I&#8217;ve taken the plunge, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.janolepeek.com/on-the-side</link>
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Re: #19 - A Near Disaster


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 &#34;There was some lag at certain times and a lot of distracting noise from Crippler, but... hoping for a better result next time.&#34; - Jan Ole Peek









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Re: Episode 5


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 &#34;Not sure what's up with the white lines during effects... sorry folks.&#34; - Jan Ole Peek









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Re: #97 - Bad Company Demo


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 &#34;You're right, it's not quite sync'ed.&#34; - Jan Ole Peek









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EGM refuses to review Metal Gear Solid 4


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 by Ole - Jan Ole Peek









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$2 Million Going to Research Link Between Games and Health - Gameworld Network news story


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 Posted by: JudgementDay (The Kinder, helpful side of gaming!!!!.... Ahhhhh!!! Don't we all feel better now!!! - Jan Ole Pee...]]></description>
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