Until a few years ago, Huntsville was blessed with real radio entertainment.  Of course, this had to be imported.  A group of private citizens had funded a translator to provide real rock& roll music to Huntsville.  At first, they were re-broadcasting the legendary Nashville rock station, WKDF.  Then, corporate owners decided that Nashville needed another country music station.

Luckily, the translator owners were fortunate to be able to begin retransmitting WBUZ “102.9-The Buzz.”  This allowed North Alabama to experience a “real” radio morning show, with the Buzz broadcasting the nationally syndicated Bob & Tom Show….  True adult intelligent comedy in the morning  was an experience the valley had not experienced since the early 90’s, when the Power 93’s morning zoo ruled the airwaves.
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Pansy Kidd Middle School, Poteau, Oklahoma

In February, I realized the contract was up on my Sprint Wireless Data Card.  I was hardly using the card.  Therefore, the modem was just sitting in the laptop bag, collecting dust.  All the while, I was being billed by Sprint on my monthly contract.  I finally had a Dave Ramsey moment, and had the service cancelled.

I, and many others, had hoped that someone would come up with a way to have an affordable, temporary data plan.  This would allow me to have internet service when I travel, without relying on questionable accesspoints.

Jenn at www.pocketables.net to my rescue, once again.  She has listed the steps to get an AT&T pay-as-you-go data plan.  This allows you to have a sim with contract-free 3G data service for just $19.99 per month.

Simply purchase an AT&T Go Phone
Activate the phone
Call Customer service and add the Media Net, Unlimited plan
Remove the sim, and place it in your data device

This works great for laptops or mobile pcs that have data modems built in.  It will also work with any 3G enabled AT&T data card.

Also, many users are reporting good luck with simply tethering their laptops to a tetherable phone, with the prepaid sim installed.

Complete information is listed at Pocketables.

While sitting in the waiting room, this morning, I was checking a few of the internet photography forums on my AT&T Tilt.  That’s when spotted one of the neatest merging of incompatible products technology I’ve seen in a very long time….

The super-amazing PanoCamera DSLR Control:

Nintendo DS controlling a Canon DSLR Camera

This amazing blending of technology is simply a high-tech version of a remote shutter release….  Oh, it’s not just any shutter release, it’s the probably the most adjustable shutter release that a photography hobbiest can afford.

The PanoCamera DSLR Control, hereafter referred to as PC-DSLR, will allow the photographer to do a virtually unlimited number of  bracketed shots (series of equally spaced over- and under-exposed shots.)

Also, the PC-DSLR will work as a fully adjustable, digital interociter Intervalometer.  Plus, as an added bonus, the user bracketed intervalometer shots.  But only if you act in the next 10 minutes…

The PC-DSLR creator has not forgotten about the microphone in the Nintendo DS, either…  The creator/programmer has included an audio-based trigger function.

Pricing is suggested to be around $100.  The software and hardware are still in beta test.  Hopefully, they will be available soon…..

The author’s website is HERE.

SC Magazine is reporting the BusinessWeek magazine’s website has been infected with code that could redirect visitors to malicious servers.

The site’s infection seems to be a classic SQL injection attack — code injected into servers feeding the site link to a Russian domain that could download malware onto the computers of the website’s users.

The infection seems to have been in place for some time. According to Google Safe Browsing, “Of the 2,157 pages tested on the site over the past 90 days, 214 pages resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent.”

The Google summary reports that some 11 domains appear to be functioning as intermediaries for distributing malware to visitors of the site.

BusinessWeek has responded in a release that said, ”Online security is a top priority and, while we continue to investigate the matter, we are confident that our readers’ personal information has not been compromised.”

According to Fox News:

Audit: ATF Has ‘Serious’ Weaknesses’ in Controls

The ATF is accused by the Inspector General’s office having trouble keeping up with government laptops… And, some of their firearms…

The article fails to mention whether the missing firearms are duty weapons issued to agents, or if the missing firearms are seized/evidence firearms.

Also, the missing computers are described as off-lease laptops.  Apparently, ATF leases a laptop for 3 years, then the leasing company gives the laptop to the agency.  The missing computers may have been destroyed/disposed of; and the paperwork confirming their demise would then be destroyed due to the government’s paper reduction act.