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Save Simple Data in Magento with Flags – Cool Ryan
Magento has a base Mage_Core_Model_Flag (core/flag) model you can extend to save simple flag data in and out of Magento without needing to create a new table/data-store. I’d never seen these before today, despite the feature going back as far as Magento 1.3. Something something better evangelism.