jrg

Cleveland, OH

I'm one of those community elected moderator folks - if you have any comments, concerns etc about the site please feel free to contact me via email at james@jamesrgifford.com or ask on the Ask Ubuntu Meta.

What I do outside of Ask Ubuntu:

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