Snail Mail gets a digital makeover! interesting


	Snail Mail gets a digital makeover! interesting

mugofcoffee

6-23-2008 4:30 AM

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6-23-2008 6:23 AM

jmjoness

Awesome, I hope this becomes a trend.. As long as their isn't any new censorships..

6-23-2008 7:53 AM

Socratoad

Rather exciting methinks.

6-23-2008 8:02 AM

Socratoad

Like jmjoness says.

Plus surely there has got to be a much better way for people to get their commercial messages across than the destruction of millions of trees just to annoy the hell out of a long-suffering public with those glossy cursed flyers

6-23-2008 11:33 AM

NS-Clips

Wonderful development! great clip, mugofcoffee!

6-24-2008 11:09 AM

Perkalicious11

surely there has got to be a much better way for people to get their commercial messages across than the destruction of millions of trees just to annoy the hell out of a long-suffering public with those glossy cursed flyers

DITTO!

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