I received horrible news today. The beloved website of www.couchsurfing.com had a melt down recently and apparently due to administration ineptness, lost its backup and full database! This site was a great service for the wanderlusts around the world. It was a generally free service that allowed people to share their couch, spare bedroom, living room floor with travelers. I used the service last time I was in DC and got to know a very nice young lady and had some great experiences. I've also hosted surfers previously and actually met one of my ex-roommates through couchsurfing.com when he came to Tampa to interview at USF. I was going to use the service when I traveled to California next month and find people that were local to wherever I was at the time and just use my laptop to contact them when I was on the way. Hopefully someone will be able to step up and put up another service to help travelers get in touch.
Friday, June 30, 2006
Couch Potatoes (slang), n. - People into Transcendental Vegetation
I received horrible news today. The beloved website of www.couchsurfing.com had a melt down recently and apparently due to administration ineptness, lost its backup and full database! This site was a great service for the wanderlusts around the world. It was a generally free service that allowed people to share their couch, spare bedroom, living room floor with travelers. I used the service last time I was in DC and got to know a very nice young lady and had some great experiences. I've also hosted surfers previously and actually met one of my ex-roommates through couchsurfing.com when he came to Tampa to interview at USF. I was going to use the service when I traveled to California next month and find people that were local to wherever I was at the time and just use my laptop to contact them when I was on the way. Hopefully someone will be able to step up and put up another service to help travelers get in touch.
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