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title: Unexpected applications of technology.
date: 2003-03-22 15:28:00.000000000 -08:00
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<p>So. Last night, a friend in SF mailed me asking if I could put together a tool<br />
to help protestors keep in contact with each other via SMS. It took about an<br />
hour to beat the BoredNow code into submission and make it do the right thing.<br />
Still not sure how I feel about this application of technology, but everybody<br />
should have reliable communications.</p>