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Oct 03 2008

Meltdown Update

Posted by: terrance in current events
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Yikes! I realized that the Meltdown 2008 timeline needed updating, with all that’s gone on this week. And when I logged in to add new events I discovered my timeline was featured on the front page, among the “Trending Topics - Making a Splash”! (The screenshot below is for posterity’s sake, since I don’t know how long it will stay up there.)

I’ve updated the timeline with new events, and now (now that I know people are actually checking it out) automated it to update from the RSS feed for our economy-related news clips at work, which I spend so much time updating.

I get the feeling I may have started something here…

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