Guest Thinkers — December 12, 2010

Yay! Uncov’s Back!

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My buddy Salman loves Uncov. To be fair, so did I — it was my favorite guilty pleasure.Â And before you start asking me questions like “how did it add value to the world,” it didn’t, I said guilty for a reason.

Anyway, Salman loved uncov so much that when it went away, he started writing a sort of tribute blog, http://daretorant.com

I made Salman’s day today by telling him uncov was back, and he posted up one of his articles to their new community blog, and “presto*changeo” he’s on the front page. Congrats dude.

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