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Tired of constantly checking google wave, only to find there’s nary an update for those beautiful eyes of yours to behold? Stop wasting your time and get the google wave addon for firefox my brother.

Google Wave Add-on for Firefox 0.0.3 by thatsmith

Call it internet-induced attention deficit disorder, but I’m not really the sort to pore through a multi-paged story online. This one, on the other hand, had me from the get go. Just really damn interesting. It’s the story of Evan Ratliff, a writer who tried to completely vanish while readers were challenged to find him.

This is for anyone who’s ever pondered how difficult/possible/scary/fun it would be to skip town without a trace. How do you prepare? Where do you go? How do you stay off the grid?

I think the best part of this story is how ingenious the “hunters” were in their resourcefulness and tech savvy.

Here’s What Happened

…cuz I don’t think I was of much use. Bonus: his initials are PMP. I know!

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I guess this is as good a place as any: I have a few invites left if you still want on that wave train. Photo via.

So my cohort Greggy “LiquidNight” Gregorson (“it’s a doors reference”) sent me a wave asking me my initial thoughts on it. When I realized I was typing far too much for one man to absorb alone, I decided to pop it into a post.

This, by the way, is just my general summation on Wave’s purpose and implications from my point of view. I’m not gonna get into detail on usage, tips, or downsides here. There’s tons of that out there already. See bottom of this post for links to more in-depth articles. Here we go!

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