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I used to think that the Wall Street Journal was a stuffy paper carried under the arm of bankers and investment types so they could feel “close” to the stock market. However, a few months back they ran an article about parental controls in which Safe Eyes was mentioned and I was quoted saying something extremely notable. However, still didn’t feel like it was a paper I could really get into.

Shortly after I was in the paper an invitation for a year subscription at a very discounted rate showed up in my mailbox. Excellent work by the subscription folks by the way as I never gave the reporter my home address information. Anyway, I decided to go for it. I have been getting the Wall Street Journal for several weeks now, and I must say, I’m into it.

Today there were several cool articles. One about how bad the new Verizon Chocolate Phone is, another about how soon you will be able to rent full length movies online with the blessing of Hollywood big wigs (something I have been looking forward to doing legally for some time). But the coolest article was about “3d Printers”. These bad boys are like replicators from Star Trek and can turn out plastic objects in 1-4 hours. I’ve gotta get one….anyone got $50K they don’t want? I’ll make you something cool with my 3D Printer.

So the long and short of this is that the Wall Street Journal is very relevant and I would say even leans towards cutting edge. While much of this news is available online if you dig around, I have to admit there is something great about the reading something that isn’t on the web…the smell of the newspaper…and the print rubbing off on your hands. Go ahead…give it a try.

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