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    December 09, 2005

    Evolution

    September 15, 1998: Alex Chiu's Eternal Life device is "the most important invention in human history." And it's yours for a low low price of $16.50! to Wackos by Joshua.

    June 12, 2002: "My favorite site on the web right now is muxway, which Joshua Schachter has created as a database of (just barely) categorized links."

    May 20th, 2004: "http://www.muxway.org/ has moved to http://del.icio.us/joshua. Goodbye, sweet simple muxway."

    March 20, 2005: "After seeing my little project go from a small hobby to a large one and
    then consume all my waking hours, I've decided to quit my job and work
    on del.icio.us full time."

    December 9, 2005: "The deal is similar to Flickr, but *that* deal was not really at 30-35 million, it was more like $17-19 million."

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