This post is a collection of community news submitted on tripwire magazine over the last few days. Everyone seams to be busy writing posts even though it has just been Christmas and New Year is only a few day away. Taking a look at the titles makes me wonder if the most popular trend at the moment is to write “…of 2009″ articles. You can find more community news here.
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