A New Kind of Rainbow : The Brainbow


	A New Kind of Rainbow : The Brainbow

Aribeth

11-11-2007 7:55 AM

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11-11-2007 8:19 AM

Rashid Malik

I had to wait sooooo long for a clip by you Aribeth. A pop for my favorite clipper.

11-11-2007 8:20 AM

Deepti

Neat!

11-11-2007 8:21 AM

mona

awesome!

11-11-2007 8:29 AM

syncopath

Beautiful Mind ..

11-11-2007 9:19 AM

debbyski

Wow, what visuals!

11-11-2007 12:31 PM

Kauaiguy

How do you get several clips into one post?

11-11-2007 12:46 PM

Aribeth

You open all the sites that interest you in different tabs and you start clipping.In order to change tab you have to disable the orange lines.I'm sure there must be an easier way but that is what I do and I'm still learning

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