Friday, May 1, 2009

Stray Shopping Carts & Mystery Messages

5.1.09

Here are two really interesting websites that I discovered recently.

1. While I was working on my EcoTour scripts for Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, I came across an interesting website set up by local Buffalo artist Julian Montague. On his website you can read about the system he created for classifying stray shopping carts found throughout Eastern North America. You can also buy his book, The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification. Mr. Montague has a number of other interesting projects. I would highly recommend checking them out.

2. From time to time I take a look at BuffaloRising.com. It is a great website if you are looking for something to do in Buffalo. One of the featured articles highlighted a website called foundmagazine.com. The creator of this website began collecting notes and other trinkets that were anonymously left behind on the street, in the library, at the park, or wherever. He published a book of these collected anonymous notes, and since then, people all over the country have been motivated to join him. If you are ever in need of a good laugh, be sure to spend some time on Found Magazine's website.

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