[Pdx-pm] Fwd: Code Today: Curl Up and Dye, Open Source Galactica, Going Against Type, and Other Stories

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With the Microsoft Surface having entered the fray, the tablet wars are now
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tail -f /dev/newsletter All Good Things Must End

May the Crowdfunding Be With You
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Both projects claim to be open source, but only the Death Star takes
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  In this Issue:

   - Going Against Type
   - Code Camp
   - Fluent 2013
   - Curl Up and Dye
   - You Said No
   - Crowdfunding the Death Star

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