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[vespaseveryday]

so a lot of times ill be sitting there at the computer starved for information (sometimes reading cnn, reuters, and wikipedia just isnt enough!), and so lately ive taken to reading the "missed connections" on the austin craigslist. i love these, they are fun to read. i think one of these days i will post some vague, yet sufficiently specific and

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[endoftheaffair]

hey,

i'm moving to austin in august. u're studying law at ut, right?

[vespaseveryday]

well, i just graduated in may. what's on your mind?

[endoftheaffair]

not enough of late.

r u going to practice in austin?

[vespaseveryday]

ah, no, im headed back to houston to practice. thats where im from originally. sorry to see austin go though!

[iam_emperor]

One of the places that i go when i am starved for information is the NewsMap
There are a few others out there (i will list a better one next) but this is by far the slickest interface that i have seen for the idea.
When i REALLY have time to sit and read articles though, i go to News Is Free They have newsmaps for different sections like Newsmap does, but they also have a few options that Newsmap does not. The main thing is you can control how far back you want the map to display - the other wonderful thing about this one is you can pick your sources. If one site just gives teasers without any substance... dont include them in your news feed. My only gripe about NewsIsFree is that they do not store your settings for content and you have to redo the list each time you visit.

[vespaseveryday]

oh cool! ill have to check that out - thanks for the heads up!