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hip news: BookMooch
Okay, I'm liking BookMooch: a community for exchanging used books much better than BookCrossing so far. The local community and "random acts of kindness" aspects of BookCrossing are pretty appealing, but it's hard to feel part of a Whuffie economy when you never find any books for yourself and no one finds the books you leave out (or at least they don't visit the website to update the tracking if they do find one).
By contrast, I joined BookMooch last week, and today received my first book, with two more on the way--and I've already sent out two. I have emailed with a user in Austria, who doesn't mind the postage to send me a book. Interactivity abounds!
erik 3:07 PM | permalink | yap
loveable losers: Cubs Anti-Magic Number
Two things: check out Cubs Anti-Magic Number, a site I just created to track how long it will be until the Cubs are eliminated from the playoffs; and, if you dig it, why not digg it?
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erik 1:51 PM | permalink | yap
hips news: hanes "shot blocker" commercial
Why is Michael Jordan being so mean to Kevin Bacon? And isn't that totally goal tending?
erik 9:27 AM | permalink | yap
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smart news: grumpy vikings get it wrong
This Business Week story, "Apple defends iTunes-iPod compatibility," details the efforts of the Scandanavian countries to force Apple to allow music files purchased from the iTunes Music Store to play on third-party devices. Huh? Do we complain that Gillette's Mach 3 razor blades only fit in Gillette's Mach 3 razor? How about this: I'm pissed that other online music stores sell crappy wma files that won't go on my iPod.Good grief, I feel awful this morning.
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erik 11:12 AM | permalink | yap