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A La Carte (09/27)

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Wednesday September 27, 2006

Katrina: Lakeview Christian Center has released a new (very professional) video providing information about their efforts in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Music: If you are in the U.S., you can download a new song by Switchfoot. “Dirty Second Hands” will be on their new album, “Oh! Gravity,” set to release December 26.

Blogging: If you use Movabletype, this is a plugin you may want to investigate. “The plugin catches and cleans characters pasted in from Microsoft Word documents and other sources that contain ‘special’ characters that then to break site validation schemes.”

Contest: Kim at “Life in a Shoe” has details of a contest with quite a generous prize.


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