bigdumbobject.co.uk - 9/28/2008
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Things that Big Dumb Object has loved and hated this week: Loved Anathem finally arriving. Sunny Autumn days. More cool BBC2 Heroes trailers. Chris Moyles talking to a Dalek. Hated Fringe not being amazing. Spikey trees. The blogosphere. It's getting dull. Not having done a redesign.
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