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On disaster preparedness and Japan.

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Crow teaches us how to find maps on L@L today.

(If you get errors, it's because Dreamhost is having network issues. If you reload a couple of times, it usually works, or you can just come back later.)

Gosh, yet more privacy breaches...

If you're on Etsy, you may want to check your privacy settings. Short version: they rolled out a new function to make Etsy work more like a social network, which includes letting YOUR REAL NAME, if you've put it in, and ALL YOUR PURCHASES, if you haven't opted out of that, show up if someone searches for you.

I've only ever bought catnip eyeballs and a vintage toast rack on Etsy but I'll be damned if THEY get to make the decision to let that be public. (Luckily, I hadn't ever bothered to fill out my profile, so they didn't have my real name. I'm "telophase" on there also, and haven't really tried to hide the connection between my online presence and my real name but IT'S THE PRINCIPLE OF THE THING, DAMMIT)

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Translated tweets from Japan the night of the earthquake. (reposted from here)

We were getting tired of waiting on the platform when homeless guys came by and gave us their cardboard boxes to use as mats to keep warm - even though we’re the ones that see you and pretend we don’t see you. Thanks.
@ aquarius_rabbit

As I was walking my 4-hour walk home, I saw a woman with a sign in her arms that said “Feel free to use our restroom!” She was offering her bathroom for us walking the long walk. I think you can say that Japan is the most heartwarming country in the world, you know. I couldn’t help my tears running down my cheeks.
@ fujifumi