I loves me my gmail. Now the goog is testing out some new features, and allowing all users to participate. TechCrunch has a detailed rundown here, but all you really need to know is there is now a new tab on the settings bar, “Labs.” From here you can enable new beta features that will possibly become fully functional gmail features in the future (largely based on user response). New ExFeats® ™ (my nonsensical-sounding invented name for this that I just created here and now, beware my wrath Google) are expected to be added somewhat regularly.
A buddy of mine at work today informed me that he would be out of the office “for the next few months.” (This was all by way, of course, of filling me in on what I need to know to finish up all of his current projects…). It turns out that in his secret out-of-the-office life he is co-founder and co-ruler of 
Someday I’m sure the 
All week long 
As spammers work to get around email defense barriers, the actual contents of the spam pieces are becoming increasingly ridiculous and surreal. In what I hope will become a regular feature here at eightandfive, I present an oddly poetic piece of spam that made it past Gmail’s usually rigorous security (full disclosure: I did make a few minor formatting changes, just punctuation and line breaks):
I finally managed to catch the 
Urville
The most insane thing happened this past Saturday night. I saw something on SNL that was gut-bustingly funny, funnier than anything I’ve seen on that show in years, perhaps in a decade (I just realized I’ve been watching this show for the past fifteen years, which is somewhat depressing). 
