Slog - Comments on Find-Your-Ass-With-Both-Hands-and-a-Map.Com http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/findyourasswithbothhandsandamapcom I forget where I bumped into this...maybe a press release?...but this website, which looks like a joke, seems to be real. Outside.in now has a "Radar" function (emphasis mine): Radar lets you keep track of what's happening around you right now simply and easily. Using Radar you can:. * See what's happening within 1000 feet of where you are currently (as well as what's happening in your neighborhood and city) * Keep track of places and topics that are of special interest to you * Receive instant alerts of things going on right around you …and more To use Radar,... Copyright 2008 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:15:49 -0800 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:25:34 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Ziggity Sounds like another Windows application. By which I mean you can open a fucking window faster than you can register for this bullshit.

]]> Ziggity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/findyourasswithbothhandsandamapcom#c1051905 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/findyourasswithbothhandsandamapcom#c1051905 Teh Internets Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:27:14 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Actually, it feels more like 1999.

2000, party over, oops, out of time ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/findyourasswithbothhandsandamapcom#c1051914 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/findyourasswithbothhandsandamapcom#c1051914 Teh Internets Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:33:15 -0800 Comment by Dr_Awesome I bet at least three of my nerdy Microsoft friends have sent me links and/or invites. Like they did for that utterly useless Dodgeball site.

]]> Dr_Awesome http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/findyourasswithbothhandsandamapcom#c1052009 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/findyourasswithbothhandsandamapcom#c1052009 Teh Internets Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:46:48 -0800 Comment by Dr_Awesome I bet at least three of my nerdy Microsoft friends have sent me links and/or invites. Like they did for that utterly useless Dodgeball site.

]]> Dr_Awesome http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/findyourasswithbothhandsandamapcom#c1052012 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/findyourasswithbothhandsandamapcom#c1052012 Teh Internets Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:48:39 -0800 Comment by chris This site is made by Steven Johnson, who wrote The Ghost Map and some other good nonfiction.

As geoblogging takes off (and when twitter gets location-aware) it'll be really cool.

]]> chris http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/findyourasswithbothhandsandamapcom#c1052044 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/findyourasswithbothhandsandamapcom#c1052044 Teh Internets Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:39:35 -0800 Comment by kk Sounds more like 1984. Register for this site, and we'll track every click you make. And then sell that information to someone else.

]]> kk http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/findyourasswithbothhandsandamapcom#c1052048 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/findyourasswithbothhandsandamapcom#c1052048 Teh Internets Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:41:04 -0800 Comment by OopsIsRight oops!
The page you were looking for doesn't exist.

You may have mistyped the address or we may have moved the page.

For more help:
contact@outside.in

(That's where the "register" links send you)

]]> OopsIsRight http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/findyourasswithbothhandsandamapcom#c1052100 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/findyourasswithbothhandsandamapcom#c1052100 Teh Internets Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:24:05 -0800 Comment by an imaginary I'm with #6: Sounds like some Big Brother shit to me.

]]> an imaginary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/findyourasswithbothhandsandamapcom#c1052143 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/findyourasswithbothhandsandamapcom#c1052143 Teh Internets Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:21:35 -0800 Comment by Hoof Hearted This whole thing is fucking bullshit, the register link is your first clue. In any case, this site is a childish circle jerk for people with little else to do, like fucking Poe, for instance.

]]> Hoof Hearted http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/findyourasswithbothhandsandamapcom#c1052194 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/findyourasswithbothhandsandamapcom#c1052194 Teh Internets Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:25:34 -0800