Evernote Site Memory

I've just installed Javascript from Evernote that I hope will be useful to some who visit.  I know I'd like to see it a lot more often.  But let's see if it works.

Find out more about Evernote Site Memory 

Later:  Good idea if it works. Need to figure out what I'm doing wrong and will try again later.

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