Four Reasons We Procrastinate


	Four Reasons We Procrastinate

willhelm

6-3-2008 3:31 PM

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6-5-2008 4:52 PM

sohil

Nice one Will

6-6-2008 12:39 PM

manda243

Sounds interesting...I'll read it later.

6-6-2008 11:49 PM

willhelm

Thanks, sohil

6-7-2008 9:29 AM

sohil

The site itself is even more impressive will

6-7-2008 3:30 PM

willhelm

I know, I subscribe to it. Glad to pass it along.

6-13-2008 7:50 AM

sohil

Hey will, is it just me or did the Positivity Blog Website get hacked?

The new Wordpress exploit at work...

6-13-2008 5:48 PM

willhelm

I don't know what you are alluding to. Looks fine to me.

6-14-2008 11:05 AM

sohil

Ya, it was back to normal after a couple hours of posting the comment.

( http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/11/my-blog-was-hacked-is-yours-next-huge-wordpress-security-issues/ )

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