Episode #615
November 14, 2020
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The name of the bLog is iMentor® Hints and Rants.
It is a weekly bLog that i have written for 12 years.
This is episode #615.
The topics of the bLog were heavily focused on Apple tech hints at first.
Over the years the bLog has evolved into my musings on the human condition
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