welcome spammers

"Dear Spam Robot:

I don't have much time to read emails, and I especially don't have much time to read unsolicited commercial emails. But I have decided to make an exception. If you would like to send me unsolicited commercial emails, then I agree to read them on the condition that you promise to pay me $500, and subject to the additional conditions mentioned below. You can accept this offer by sending unsolicited commercial email to me at mailto:make-my-day-q2wxe4q1@pobox.com.

In accepting this offer, you also agree (1) to be subject to the laws of California for the purpose of enforcing our contract, (2) to pay any costs, including attorney fees, incurred in enforcing our contract, (3) to pay your obligation under this agreement within 10 days of sending the email, by mailing a check to me at the address referenced in the Contact section of this site, and (4) to accept service and costs associated with any bill collector that I hire to help collect obligations owed me under this contract.

Good luck with your business." [Lessig Blog]

Hey, Larry - if I post your email address here, can I get a referral kickback?  :-P

Cynthia Hart is looking for libraries that:

• have comments turned on for their blogs;
• use their blogs to enable social interaction between library customers in a virtual space;
• focus their web site specifically for customers that don't use the physical building but do the majority of their library business through the library's web site.

If you have any suggestions or ideas, please leave them in the comments for this post or email them to me and I will forward them on to her. Thanks!

Good to the Last Drop: Dimensions and Cultural Implications of Coffee Service in Libraries

"A paper on coffee services in libraries, written by students of the School of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina. The paper covers 'the general history of coffee and coffeehouses, the history of the coffee service trend, implementation of the coffee concept, surveyed listservs regarding coffee shops in libraries, the pros and cons of coffee shops in libraries, and the cultural implications.' " [What's Gnu]