Going digital, but not with TV or Radio

So what do boaters need to do, buy new beacons? Courtesy of the Press Gazette:

Beginning Sunday, the Coast Guard and other search-and-rescue personnel will only receive distress alerts broadcast using digital 406 MHz Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons. Search-and-rescue satellites will no longer process older model analog beacons that only transmit on 121.5 or 243 MHz.

Illegal Search?

If a warrant is built on faulty data, should it be valid?

And again...

...with the bad air quality.

Air quality, again...

But this time it's the entire state!

Wisconsin is under an air quality watch through noon Friday, the state Department of Natural Resources said this morning.
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The DNR issued the watch because of elevated levels of fine particle pollution in the air. That's microscopic dust, soot, liquid droplets and smoke particles. It comes primarily from power plants, factories and other industrial sources, vehicle exhaust, and outdoor fires.

The state's air quality is expected to reach the orange level, which is considered unhealthy for people with heart or lung disease or asthma, and for older adults and children.

Cloaking Devices...

...becoming reality?

Goodwill Needs Stuff!

I'll be checking my closet, will you?

Economic Distress and Fear

Good quote.

One week off unpaid at the Press Gannette

CNN reports. Here's the Press' coverage. I wonder how locally owned papers (are there any anywhere anymore?) are holding up? I also wonder, as DVRs and netcasting become more common, how much more locally produced material on TV will disappear? 26 already significantly cut back. Are TV and newspapers just beginning to face the competition and delivery convenience onslaught that music and movies have been dealing with for years?

The internet is a shining silver lining for many but it must seem a dark, turbulent cloud to folks who work in traditional content production and delivery.

Cubicles?

Scientists are catching up to something everyone but management knows... cubicle farms hurt productivity.

The Bailout Game

http://www.thebailoutgame.us/

Scientists Making Life from Scratch

Or getting closer to it, anyway.

Privacy?

Be careful with what you tell online services, the data can be mixed and matched to disclose relationships you might not want known.

Top Capers

From Wired: The Seven Best Capers of 2008

Obama Hires MAFIAA Lawyer, Judge Does Right Thing

Suing your customers because your business model is invalid is insane. This seems an unfortunate hire.

On the upside, a judge is actually angry about the feds skipping the whole warrant thing.

Yackers!

Want to improve your public speaking? Our local Toastmasters Club might be for you and what better time to introduce yourself?

Twitter as yet another spam vector

It was only a matter of time. While usually just being paranoid I'm always careful not to click on links in facebook, linked in, twitter, and other private networks unless I'm sure they are valid.