Unlocking Cellphones

California judge rules early cell phone termination fees illegal
The short is that the SCoCA ruled that cancellation fees are illegal, which – if this ruling holds up to the appeals that will follow- means consumers will be able to more freely transfer service, without penalty.
The exciting part: if phones are going to be more easily [...]

Breaking News (Short Version)

Short version of post-critical remix.Thank you to: Sarah Marine, Stacie Williams, Maryke Burger, Korie Wishart, Sarah Joy Freese and Kristi Prins for their participation; everyone else asked who declined to participate due to temporal, social and technological barriers.

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Monkey Brains: No Longer Just Delicious Chilled Taste Treat

Courtesy of UPitt and the BBC (click over for some slightly boring and un-embedable video):
Monkey’s brain controls robot arm
 
And as if that wasn’t enough to scare you into settling a new planet…
Monkey thoughts control computer

Three Weekend Quickies

Two DKos diaries on
1) Myspace and the Law (Federal MySpace Indictment May Threaten Web “Anonymity”)
2) the social impact of blogging (Does blogging make a difference?)
And, this nifty little social networking/consumer power/green video, Carrotmob Makes It Rain (think flash mob, but with… carrots?). 
Carrotmob Makes It Rain from carrotmob on Vimeo.
(Above link is for the long version, as WP [...]

This just in…

I strongly dislike my lack of experience with Flash at this moment. Also, I dislike not having CS2’s ImageReady.
Carry on.
Poetry TK.

Midwest Storms Kill At Least 13

Floods Block Highways, Force Hundreds To Flee
POSTED: 1:30 am CDT March 19, 2008
UPDATED: 8:39 am CDT March 20, 2008
At least 13 people have died and three others are missing due to severe weather that’s caused heavy flooding in the nation’s midsection.Residents in the nation’s midsection have stacked sandbags or fled from their homes amid overflowing [...]

Breaking – WeatherWatch Update

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Cold Blamed For At Least OneWisconsin Death
POSTED: 7:11 am CST January 21, 2008
UPDATED: 7:52 am CST January 21, 2008

BAYFIELD COUNTY,Wis. — The weekend cold may be responsible for two deaths in Wisconsin.The first happened over the weekend in Bayfield County.The Sheriff’s Department there said a woman [...]