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Courtesy of http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6Y2QnLNr_Ak/TA-jOYCL2ZI/AAAAAAAADYE/qUvGxqcbn1Q/s1600/DSC_0001.JPGhttps://merylalper.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/diamondage.jpgdiamondageCover of The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson. 1995 Viking edition. Highlighting the "mouse army" allegory.2012-03-11T20:47:41+00:00monthlyhttps://merylalper.com/2012/01/02/phrases-as-play-objects-part-2/https://merylalper.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/draft_lens12169901module110589761photo_1279293424droodles_2.jpgDroodlesDroodleshttps://merylalper.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/expression.jpgexpression Screenshot from Project Injini's My First AAC App in the iTunes Store. 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