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Get yourself a GMail<\/a> account if you want one! Getting a GMail account has been difficult as you need to be invited by somebody else, but you can now use this handy website<\/a> to grab one as some kind-hearted souls out there pass their invites on. I’ve known about this for a while, but thanks to a post<\/a> at MetaFilter<\/a>, there now seems to be a steady flow going through the tool. If you don’t get one first time, keep trying!<\/div>\n

Get yourself a GMail account if you want one! Getting a GMail account has been difficult as you need to be invited by somebody else, but you can now use this handy website to grab one as some kind-hearted souls out there pass their invites on. 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