Want Attention In Chat Rooms?


	Want Attention In Chat Rooms?

MyStuff

5-9-2006 5:27 PM

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MyStuff says:

sounds like fun to me..

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5-9-2006 5:44 PM

adamc

Maybe I should change my name to AnneC.

5-9-2006 7:27 PM

MyStuff

Well, I did it.. but I feel kinda stupid wearing this bra...

5-22-2006 12:51 PM

Kore7

Off topic, but Chatsum just rolled out major improvements. The site is quite nice now...it was a snap to add my Clipmarks RSS feed to my Chatsum profile page. They're planning to go open beta in a week if all goes well.

Adam (or others), do you remember that other web 2.0-ish chat service (comparable to Chatsum) someone clipped a while ago? I can't find it for the life of me...

5-22-2006 1:08 PM

adamc

No, i don't remember the other one. I just got the Chatsum email as well -- will check it out.

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