{"id":99,"date":"2004-03-07T16:22:39","date_gmt":"2004-03-07T16:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2004\/03\/thinklings.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:48:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:48:46","slug":"thinklings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2004\/03\/thinklings.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Thinklings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back when I started reading blogs, I somehow came across the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinklings.org\">Thinklings<\/a>.  I honestly don&#8217;t remember how, but I&#8217;ve visited frequently (but never posted any comments!) because they often have good, thought provoking articles there.  The best I can gather, the Thinklings are a group of guys who used to live in close proximity and developed a good friendship.  They&#8217;ve since been scattered and maintain their friendship partially through their weblog.  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