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Comments [3]
I heard this segment on Thursday night on WAMC (Albany, NY) while driving. It was part of a larger set of pieces, all of which dealt with this and related issues. But OTM only seems to have this one segment. Are the others available somewhere?
make that "www.mycentraljersey.com"
web version of "The Courier News"
Web content's problem isn't useless content from ehow -- but unreadable crap from gannett et al.
I have gone to ehow 5x this week (clean aerogarden; delete songs from ipod, etc) and clicked out satisfied each time.
This week I've gone to centraljersey.com, my local professional news source about 5x -- and clicked out every time learning *nothing* about my town or county, finding no up-to-date events calendar, nearby advertisers, let alone any news (aside from 2 month old police news -- on the front page).
Ehow, unlike Gannett, has a soul. That and a plan. And an audience.
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