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This Blog Has Moved!

by Mark Evans on Wed 05 Dec 2007 05:37 PM EST | Permanent Link | Cosmos

Just a friendly reminder that if you're looking for new and fresh content from Mark Evans, you should head on over to my new blog, Mark Evans Tech.

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Re: This Blog Has Moved!

by Randy Charles Morin on Fri 11 Jan 2008 03:08 PM EST | Permanent Link

Hey Mark, I was updating my sub-list and I noticed your blog takes about 15 seconds to load.

Re: Re: This Blog Has Moved!

by Mark Evans on Fri 11 Jan 2008 03:15 PM EST | Profile | Permanent Link

You mean, markevanstech.com? Not sure why that would be but maybe I've got too many Javascripts running.

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by TV on Fri 29 Feb 2008 11:22 PM EST | Permanent Link

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