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- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiOZt9sOFO8 Rob Renzetti interview from Boing! Podcast Part 1 of 7 Retrieved April 21, 2010
- 1 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B9vqu0zpwI Rob Renzetti interview from Boing! Podcast Part 2 of 7 Retrieved April 21, 2010
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