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What I Use 2009

Opinions / AJB / December 29, 2009 / Home Servers, OSX, Ubuntu, Wii, Windows

Reading Time: 3 minutesSo I happen to get questions about my own setup from time to time. So I figured why not put together a list of my technology I use on a daily basis.

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