[Macpartners] Fwd: 1st ANNUAL BOSPDAUG PDA SWAP-O-THON, WORLD RECORD PDA PHOTO ATTEMPT DECEMBER 27th@MIT 3-133

[Albert Willis]

This is certainly off-topic, but it's the quiet week at MIT, so I  
thought this may be of interest to some of you.

   -- Al

Begin forwarded message:

> From: George Capalbo <gcapalbo at backbone.com>
> Date: December 22, 2005 8:19:18 AM EST
> To: boston-pda at primordialsoft.com
> Subject: 1st ANNUAL BOSPDAUG PDA SWAP-O-THON, WORLD RECORD PDA  
> PHOTO ATTEMPT  DECEMBER 27th at MIT 3-133
>
> 1st ANNUAL BOSPDAUG PDA SWAP-O-THON, WORLD RECORD PDA PHOTO  
> ATTEMPT  DECEMBER 27th at MIT 3-133
>
>        The New Year is a time to reflect on the past, plan for the  
> future, remember those who have come before or moved away, toast to  
> having survived the modern technological world and all its  
> strangeness-- and play with all the new toys we've found under our  
> respective holiday shrubbery.
>
>         Each year at this time, we at BOSPDAUG are faced with a  
> dilemma.
>
>        We all are collectively shocked to discover near the end of  
> the year that we have a drawer full of old PDA stuff that dates  
> back to the dawn of time, that frankly we need to get rid of to  
> make room for the new stuff, and also quite frankly we don't want  
> to actually part with (which might explain why we have that drawer  
> full of stuff).
>
>        WHAT TO DO???
>
>        BOSPDAUG would like to help you deal with this in a  
> constructive manner by innaugurating:
>
>       The 1st annual BOSPDAUG "Ring out the old year, Ring in the  
> New Year, Get rid of some old gear, Get some new gear, Show us what  
> you found under your holiday shrubbery PDA SWAP-O-THON"
>
>       SO, you, yes YOU are encouraged to go and rummage through  
> your closet, sock drawer, garage, attic, under-bed storage, time  
> capsule, car trunk, Tardis or other place where you might keep pda  
> gear. You are further instructed to gather every possible piece of  
> PDA related stuff that you own, no matter how old it is, whether or  
> not it is actually working or has any significance, put it in a  
> large sack, and bring it to MIT 3-133 on Tuesday December 27th, at  
> 7:00pm SHARP to show it off, trade it, laugh at it, smash it with a  
> sledgehammer-- we're not sure what exactly will happen, but it will  
> all be very interesting!
>
>       As an added attraction, as we will have all this stuff in the  
> same room with us, we will also be attempting to set:
>
>      The OFFICIAL WORLD RECORD for a photograph containing the  
> largest amount possible of PDA gear!!!
>
>      (We're not exactly sure what this means yet, but we are  
> certain that it will also be very interesting.) You see, truth be  
> told, ever since those East Campus folks pulled off that Time  
> Traveller thing back in May, we've been scratching our heads on how  
> to come up with an event that will garner for us that kind of  
> worldwide attention.
>
>      This isn't it.
>
>       But come anyway.
>
>       SEE YOU ON DECEMBER 27th!!!
>
>       (See a PDA friendly version of this announcement, with our  
> somewhat over the top photoshop simulation of the 'world record  
> photo attempt' at http://www.backbone.com/bospdaug/swap)
>
>       The Boston PDA User's Group is an organization made up of  
> those who choose to walk freely among us with handheld, palmtop and  
> wireless computers.  Formed in 1992, its goal is to connect with  
> the newest and coolest mobile computer technology.  BOSPDAUG meets  
> on the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month at MIT in  
> Cambridge MA in MIT room 3-133 at 7pm, and welcomes users of all  
> PDA platforms for lively discussions of handheld and PDA technologies.
>
>      For a map and directions to MIT, check out our website at  
> http://www.bospdaug.org.
>
> ---
> George Capalbo (gcapalbo at backbone.com)
> boston-pda user group, http://www.bospdaug.org
>
>
>
>

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