Email Scan Better Late Than Never Edition: A Portable Hard Drive

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FROM: Best Bets Daily
SUBJECT: The Seagate FreeAgent Go portable hard drive
MESSAGE: It's easy to back up your computer on this sleek and lightweight gadget. It's available at J&R.

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FROM: Thrillist
SUBJECT: Find He-Man
MESSAGE: A website dedicated to stalking some guy who looks like He-Man.
DISCARDED: "these days you need more than an effete geek in a stocking cap to inspire your questing"

FROM: RareDaily
SUBJECT: Weekend guide
MESSAGE: New bar/restaurant Crave Ceviche Bar (946 Second Ave, 212-355-6565) is open, flights of frozen dessert cocktails are available at Django (480 Lexington Ave, 212-871-6600) through August 31st, P*ONG (150 W 10th St, 212-929-0898) now serving a summer corn tasting menu, Max Brenner (841 Broadway; 141 Second Ave) has s'mores, Provence (38 Macdougal St, 212-475-7500) is hosting a winemaker dinner on Monday August 20th at 7:30pm, and Daniel's serving a special $48 prix-fixe menu (60 E 65th St, 212-288-0033).

FROM: DailyCandy
SUBJECT: Weekend guide
MESSAGE: New bar/restaurant Crave Ceviche Bar (946 Second Ave between 50th and 51st Sts, 212-355-6565), recently-opened cafe Little Piggy (Market) (64 Lafayette Ave at S Elliott Pl, Fort Greene, Brooklyn; 718-797-1011), play Roxy Font runs through Aug. 25 at the Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce St between Seventh Ave South and Hudson St), and Takka Takka plays with The Forms and The National at the South Street Seaport on Friday at 6pm.

FROM: Juli B
SUBJECT: A list of new books
MESSAGE: Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him by Danielle Ganek, Eat, Drink, and Be Gorgeous by nutritionist Esther Blum, The World Without Us by Alan Weisman, Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer, Every Breath You Take by Police guitarist Andy Summer, Last One In by Nicholas Kulish, and First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde.

FROM: UrbanBaby Daily
SUBJECT: Weekend guide
MESSAGE: RumbaTap performs Friday at 6:30 at the Brooklyn Children's Museum (145 Brooklyn Ave, 718-735-4400), play In the Shadow of My Son is on Saturday from 10 to 11:30am at the SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam St, 212-279-4488), the release party for the High School Musical 2 soundtrack is Saturday at 3pm at Borders (576 Second Ave at 32nd St, 212-685-3938), the Hooked on Phonics tour bus is at the South Street Seaport on Saturday from 10am to 6pm, and the Blues BBQ festival takes place Sunday from 2 to 9pm on Pier 54.