Lost and Found!

This reminds me of PostSecret.

FOUND Magazine
(shown on the front page is their "find of the day")

Related books:

• Found : The Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World


• Found II : More of the Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World


• PostSecret : Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives

So that's sorta cool.

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What around where?

My girlfriend says to me, "they found new rings around Uranus; have you been washing?"

Funny stuff.

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Platial?

So this is new... Another crazy Google mashup...

Platial.com

Summary:

Personal Maps Emerge as Visual Mixtape

For some people, hearing a particular song immediately conjurs up thoughts of an old boyfriend or girlfriend. For others, it's a place -- a park, a street corner or restaurant. So instead of making mix tapes, they're making personal maps, using the friendly technology Google uses for its mapping feature. At platial.com, a new website founded by "psychogeography hobbyists," the result is something like Wikipedia crossed with Rand McNally. Hundreds of "platial explorers" are contributing maps that trace everything from their first heartbreak to good birding spots. Venture capitalists like it too.

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You had sex with Jessica Cutler! Get over it! Move on!

Judge OKs case against sex blog author

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A judge on Wednesday allowed a lawsuit to proceed against Jessica Cutler, the former Senate aide who posted details of her sex life on the Internet.

I just don't understand this. During her stint as an intern/staffer/something for Senator Mike DeWine, Jessica Cutler was paid (though not always) by Robert Steinbuch (and others) to have sex with him (and them). During her adventures, she would post details about the sex anonymously on The Washingtonienne. She would not mention her name, nor would she mention the names of her partners. She did mention one partner as simply "RS."

Eventually her blog got popular and another Washington blogger exposed her activities and she got fired from her big internship.

Well, apparently "RS" was Robert Steinbuch. He said some pretty silly stuff after sex. From her blog...

"That means it's your birthday." And he pulls out this pink and green package, and I just know it's a new Lilly dress.

And it was. Then we fucked missionary. And he came. With a condom on.

Then he was like, "Who the hell comes missionary anymore?!"

Is that the quote of the day or what?

So that's what happened. Do you see anything illegal here? I don't. She's anonymous AND she's telling the TRUTH. Sure it was a private moment, but it was HER private moment as well. I don't think she did anything wrong here.

(oh, and Steinbuch waited way too long to say anything about this anyway; I think he just wants money from her now that she's got all of this popularity and has written a book and everything)

So I think this thing is all pretty dumb, and I'm upset that he'll get his day in court. I just hope he loses. A loss is the only thing that makes sense.

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Hicks: Coming to east coast towns near you!

Pregnant woman beaten at baby shower

Police: Fight escalated over whether woman gave 5-year-old beer

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts (AP) -- An argument at a baby shower escalated into a brawl in which one man was shot and the pregnant guest of honor was beaten with a stick, police said.

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April is SDF awareness month

I got this from one of the freeshell.org guys in e-mail.

Here are some ideas to think about during SDF awareness month 2006.
(Please note, I never announce this on April 1st, it is no joke).

1. Go to your local community colleges or universities and post a print out of http://sdf.lonestar.org/sdf_flyer.pdf in the student union building or other bulletin board locations/information kiosks around campus. Coffee shops that offer wifi and also have community bulletin boards are also an ideal place for SDF flyers. (If you do this, please respond to the 'locations posted' bboard thread)

2. Tell a friend or friends about SDF and what you like about it. Find out what they might be interested in, or show them around.*

3. Tutor a younger person (niece, nephew, brother or sister) on how to use SDF.*

4. Purchase a sticker lot (20 stickers for $10 shipped to you in the US, or $15 if you are outside of the USA) to give to friends.**

5. Purchase a compilation CD lot (10 CDs, of either comps I, II or III for $45 shipped to you in the USA or $52 if you are outside of the USA) to give to your friends.**

*ARPA members may validated friends and family during the month of April by emailing me user ids directly.

**Lots are only available, for the time being, through April. (Also, III is pending release, and should arrive before April 15th).

Thanks guys and be sure to tell us where you put up flyers!

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Windows on a Mac

Well, it happened. I always figured there'd be a quick hack to do it (and there is), but Apple decided to give an official hack:

Apple Helps you Install Windows on a Mac

So now you can buy Apple hardware (like one of the new MacBook Pro or one of the new iMacs) with OS X installed on it and then use this Apple program to VERY SIMPLY install Windows on a second partition. You can then choose whether to boot into OS X or Windows. It's just that easy. See Apple's web pages:

• Apple - Mac 101 - Using Windows on your Mac via Boot Camp
• Apple - Support - Boot Camp

It's a free download. It's called "boot camp," and there are lots of sites on the web that can help you with it.

So now if you like Apple hardware but want the freedom to run Windows too, you have the option available to you. Get a Mac with a really big hard drive (all of them have 3-digit-plus GB hard drives) and put Windows on it. Voila!

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Apple Mail users: Stop forgetting to attach files!

This tip came out recently. I think you'll like it, if you're an Apple Mail user. (if you're not, then ask your developer of choice to do something similar for your client)

Plugin to scan for missing attachments

Here's the idea. The plugin looks through your outgoing mail for messages that refer to "attachment" or "attachments" or other similar things. If it finds such a message that does *NOT* have anything attached, it pops up a warning. The idea is that if you forget to attach something to a message and you meant to, it'll keep from delivering the message until you fix the problem.

It's a very clever idea.

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One, two, three, four, five, six!

I just received this e-mail...

On Wednesday, April 5, 2006, at two minutes and

three seconds after 1:00, AM & PM, the time and date will be:

01:02:03 04-05-06

This won't ever happen again in our lifetimes!

Please file under “Nice to know but useless information.”

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She don't use jelly

Check it out. CNN wrote an article about Flaming Lips.

The weirdest popular band around

I guess this is because of the new album. I guess they're probably pretty popular by now.

Seriously, I feel a little sad and disappointed that there is a CNN article about them. There was something nice about them only having a cult following. (things may have gotten out of hand starting with Yoshimi)

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