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Hello Dennis - this is wonderful, congratulations - I am curious about how you constructed this? And also - I would love to see a version that I could download to read.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Clicking/tapping on it should give you a bigger picture. It's just a powerpoint slide I'm afraid - no cool .svg and canvas magic involved... Which brings me to an idea...
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