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New Yorkers, we need you! Two events need Valleywag correspondents. Volunteers will write a quick (250-words-tops) report of each event or a particularly salient detail. If we like the write-up, they'll also be first in line for future Silicon Alley Valleywag work. To volunteer, e-mail tips@valleywag.com with "Alleywag" in the subject.

  • Can you read this line without losing your breakfast? "This Friday, October 13, The New Yorker's Ken Auletta will engage Marissa Mayer, the woman who has spear-headed almost every user-interface change to Google's website in the past two years, and Nathan Myhrvold, former Chief Strategist and CTO of Microsoft and now the founder of Intellectual Ventures, in a discussion on the effects of technology on the media and entertainment industries, as well as on consumers." Hope so, because this interview takes place over a free breakfast at the Bryant Park Grill — free, anyway, for the correspondent who gets Valleywag's invitation.
  • HP ex-chief Carly Fiorina hits the 92nd Street Y this Sunday to discuss her new memoir. Questions not to ask: "You spend time in both Silicon Valley and D.C. Which populace is uglier?" [92nd Y]