Ever wanted to send a message to someone, but you didn’t want it to get lost in all those other messages that fill up peoples’ inboxes?<\/p>\n
Well, I can’t guarantee that your recipient will read this message, but if they do open it, you’ll certainly get their attention.<\/p>\n
Welcome to Hairy Mail<\/a>, the world’s first (and – I’m sure – only) web-based, back-hair messaging system.<\/p>\n This is one of the strangest little messaging apps I’ve seen on the Web.<\/p>\n It’s a little bit creepy — but mostly pretty funny. Give it a try and let me know what you think.<\/p>\n And just in case you’re wondering, there is a bigger campaign behind it. You’ll see what I mean when you follow the link below.<\/p>\n Here’s the link<\/a>. Just go ahead and look, it won’t hurt.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hat tip to Geoffrey<\/a> for pointing me here.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/i><\/p>\n I’ve always been fascinated by savants<\/a>, but while I watched Rainman<\/i> and I’ve seen the odd documentary on TV, I never delved into the topic further.<\/p>\n Then I saw this post<\/a> on Boing Boing.<\/i> It linked to some video from CBS’s 60 Minutes<\/i> featuring a story on Daniel Tammet<\/a>. He’s a UK savant believed to be the first ever who does not suffer any obvious disabilities (such as autism, deafness, blindness, etc.)<\/p>\n The clips from the show are fascinating. Here’s the link<\/a>.<\/p>\n And here’s a link<\/a> to a 50-minute video about Tammet on Google Video<\/i>.<\/p>\n There were other links to previous Boing Boing<\/i> articles about savants as well, including:<\/p>\n — Profile of Tammet in The Guardian<\/i> Link<\/a><\/p>\n — Gilles Tr\u00e9hin, a savant and his imaginary city Link<\/a><\/p>\n — Stephen Wiltshire — The “Human Camera” — draws Rome after flyover Link<\/a><\/p>\nPrepare to be impressed<\/h2>\n