News You Can Bruise for 2002 August 27

Adam Parrish points out that you probably could use whales in spam if you wanted to.

After sitting on this spam subject line for a week I can't think of anything funny to say about it, and it's too good not to share, so here you go:

Weedmon say: call, we be open 7 days, mon

I'm envisioning the inevitable bust. "So, you're the one they call 'Weedmon'..."

Neglected (?) Software Categories: content micromanagement systems.

Mike Popovic has an amazing two new weblogs devoted to the Hiptop, a cool unreleased PDA with the incredible business model innovation by which you pay one flat fee for a month of connectivity (you may remember this business model from the freaking Internet). Mike is testing a Hiptop, which has many other cool features, and he logs his experiences and ideas for additional features at mikepop meets hiptop. Meanwhile, at Hipshake, Mike writes little skits presenting glimpses into the horrifying world that is modern life with the Hiptop. Caution! It's damn fake!

Mike's weblogs provide much-needed competition for Danger Info, which has become a bit complacent recently. Actually, I just made that up.

Email From Famous People: I think I just got email from Dave Eggers, who has sent me what purports to be the cover art for McSweeney's #9. This is the one where Neal Pollack fights Magneto! Thanks, Dave (or convincing Dave impersonator).