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- At 9:17am on July 9, 2026,
Michael Levin said…
Happy birthday, Mike!
- At 1:43pm on January 24, 2010,
- Hi Mike and welcome to Codetown! Best, Mike Levin
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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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.
When you create a profile for yourself you get a personal page automatically. That's where you can be creative and do your own thing. People who want to get to know you will click on your name or picture and…
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