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So much information lacks a good way to store it, especially when it's all digital sometimes it requires old technology to go back and retrieve it.

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Douglas Coupland
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: December 30
Artist
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Fashion Designer
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Science Fiction Writer
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Douglas Campbell Coupland
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