Codetown
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Event Details
Time: February 22, 2012 from 6pm to 8:30pm
Event Type: meeting
Organized By: James Ward and Mike Levin
Latest Activity: Feb 23, 2012
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Happy 10th year, JCertif!
Notes
Welcome to Codetown!
Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
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