Lost and Found

#1

Post by walz » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 1:06 AM UTC

Re: Lost and Found

#2

Post by ChrisArchitect » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 2:28 AM UTC

scraped from....where? The Lost & Found systems are all public? Sorry I haven't had to dig something out of a lost & found that wasn't a cardboard box under a front desk or whatever...

Re: Lost and Found

#3

Post by jmclnx » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 2:26 PM UTC

I was thinking this was directory "lost+found", but it is about "lost and found" at places like airports.

Re: Lost and Found

#4

Post by happytoexplain » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 2:29 PM UTC

ChrisArchitect wrote: post #2

scraped from....where? The Lost & Found systems are all public? Sorry I haven't had to dig something out of a lost & found that wasn't a cardboard box under a front desk or whatever...

>Hundreds of places use one software tool for managing lost items, and I scraped their archives

Am I not understanding your question? It's one system - and either their archives are public on purpose, or their endpoints are simply unsecured.

Re: Lost and Found

#5

Post by russfink » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 3:29 PM UTC

jmclnx wrote: post #3

I was thinking this was directory "lost+found", but it is about "lost and found" at places like airports.

Go ahead and cut a notch out of my expertise card, but in all my years playing with UNIX, I’ve never used that directory.

Re: Lost and Found

#6

Post by spelk » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 3:33 PM UTC

ChrisArchitect wrote: post #2

scraped from....where? The Lost & Found systems are all public? Sorry I haven't had to dig something out of a lost & found that wasn't a cardboard box under a front desk or whatever...

It is scraped from Pixit. They sell lost/found, evidence + seized item management systems. [1] The listings are public; it was cool OP turned this into a mini art piece.

[1] https://www.pixithq.com/

Re: Lost and Found

#7

Post by stevewodil » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 4:36 PM UTC

russfink wrote: post #5

jmclnx wrote: post #3

I was thinking this was directory "lost+found", but it is about "lost and found" at places like airports.

Go ahead and cut a notch out of my expertise card, but in all my years playing with UNIX, I’ve never used that directory.

You don’t use it, the system might in edge cases

Re: Lost and Found

#8

Post by RankingMember » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 6:07 PM UTC

Walzr's stuff is a fun portal into an earlier era of lighthearted fun internet projects. Keep it up buddy. Bop Spotter is probably still my favorite.

Re: Lost and Found

#9

Post by axus » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 6:54 PM UTC

Picture of a lost iPhone, with a message to call the owner at a phone number. Guess taking pictures was in the job description, and returning lost property wasn't.

Re: Lost and Found

#10

Post by bobbiechen » Mon, Jul 06, 2026, 7:23 PM UTC

RankingMember wrote: post #8

Walzr's stuff is a fun portal into an earlier era of lighthearted fun internet projects. Keep it up buddy. Bop Spotter is probably still my favorite.

He's right up there with Neal Agarwal (neal.fun) and Nolen Royalty (eieio.games) for me. I recently got to interview Nolen on keeping the internet fun and creative for my blog: https://digitalseams.com/blog/nolen-royalty-on-making-things