What's this thing that floated into by inbox via an address I haven't used in ages? Meerkat: An Open Wire Service: "The wire service borrows its name from the Southern African Meerkats, members of the mongoose family. Meerkats, being low on the food chain,
have to be careful when going about their daily business -- someone always stands guard, scanning the horizon for anything that moves. 'In the technology community, we're like meerkats ourselves, trying to take in everything about technology that might be important,' explained
O'Reilly Network publisher Dale Dougherty." Hmmm...