News From You 6/6/2008

Yep, it's another edition of News From You. Yeah, I'm still behind on submissions but these are much appreciated! If you're new to these parts, News From You is an ongoing series best described as an eclection of news, the weird, the arcane and the downright useless of interest to F-I infovores. Send your submissions to News From You.

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I thought this was a great storage idea for stashing small quantities of components like buttons and the like. The idea came from her significant other -an engineer.

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WWD announces the CFDA (Council of Fashion Designers of America) Award winners. Free access.

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Optitex's West Coast User's seminar is coming up soon. The dates are June 10th - 12th 2008 from 4PM to 8PM, with version 10 presentations and training. Free. For more info or to RSVP, email Sabrina Cove.

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Josh has started a blog, My Vegan Cookbook. Boy, food is hard to shoot but his photos are amazing. Enough to inspire me to try some of those yummy looking recipes. Josh, a vegetarian since the age of 12 along with his identical twin Jess, says he's lost 60 lbs since making the switch.

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Danielle has entered a boot design contest. Show your support by voting. You can vote once every 24 hours. She's currently in 11th place. Let's push her over the top.