Here's What's Awesome: Crazy Road Signs, Fighting E-mail Forwards

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Snazzier than "PED XING"
You'll be forgiven for driving through Lyon, France, and thinking that you've gone bonkers: a new citywide art project called Panos 2013 is filling the streets with fake road signs. As they say, "the round red and white signs look enough like real European traffic signs that you might take them for granted, but weird enough if you notice them to make you stop and think." Don't miss the psychedelic eyeball and the creepy smiling coffin signs as you browse through the gallery. [Presurfer]

James Bond and Felix Leiter are now friends via the Spies You May Know tool.
A "Facebook for spies" is not quite what a Facebook for the rest of us is like - it's a social network, yes, but they're not throwing sheep at each other or sharing movie quotes on SuperWall. The function of "A-Space," as it's called, is for intelligence workers to bounce ideas and information off their colleagues. If you start to notice, say, a certain suspicious character using a credit card in an unusual way, you could see if anyone else has had a similar experience. The usual questions about intelligence-gathering - like privacy issues and whether access is protected enough for classified information to be secured - are being asked, but officials say they'll be lifestreaming the users as well, to make sure no one's asking suspicious questions. [CNet]

if you're a true friend, you'll write back!
Had your fill of forwarded jokes, poems and chain letters? StopForwardingUs is the only slightly passive-aggressive answer to your prayers. It lets you send an anonymous note to that friend or coworker who can't resist sending the $250 cookie recipe one last time asking them to be a bit more thoughtful in their e-mail correspondence. [Lifehacker]

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