Surfing The Web So You Don't Have To
They reportedly have the new phone, and apparently paid a cool $10,000 for it. There’s apparently more to the story, the Gawker editor foretells. So this could get interesting, and they could pay bigger.
Update: Giz profiles the guy who lost the phone.
Been dealing with some malware-infected computers of family members and friends, and have also been a tad under the weather, so blogging hasn’t been a priority the last few days. But I have too many links sitting here that need to be disposed of, so here ya go:
I have a feeling this is some sort of April Fools Joke, just like Topeka.
Central Oregon Cable Advertising announced it has purchased Bend CBS affiliate KBNZ from New Vision Television in a deal effective today.
COCA is owned by Bend Cable and is a sister company to BendBroadband, Central Oregon’s primary cable and high-speed internet provider. New Vision owns Portland CBS affiliate KOIN, which provides KBNZ with its program feed, as well as 11 other stations nationwide.
There is nothing to be found on New Vision’s site, or BBB’s site, nor on KBNZ‘s. I heard this on the radio this morning, and it looks like B&C picked it up. I heard it not on KBND, but on KICE, who doesn’t have nearly the news team KBND has. Nothing on KTVZ or The Bulletin, either (not that I would expect a TV station to cover other local TV station news).
In other words, take everything you read in the news today with a grain of salt. ’tis Internet Jackass Day after all. I seriously doubt this turns out to be true (and one of these days I’ll pull a great April Fools joke on this site, I just never have time to get it all implemented).
Update: It’s no joke. Full release after the jump (Thanks, Barney!).
This interesting new feature adds “By Bike” to the car, walking, and transit option already available for finding directions on Google Maps. Testing it around Bend a bit, it seems to do a decent job of avoiding the hills and many of the busy roads around my house (I live near Pilot Butte) and finding alternative routes, but I’d be interested in what some of the bike commuters (Monkey Boy?) in the area think about what it’s telling you. If I were to bike the commute from here to my office in Sunriver it’d be an interesting ride, especially considering I don’t think those roads that Google Maps recommends riding are even there or ridable this time of year.
Some Oregon DMV offices are killing their Muzak subscription, as the elevator-music versions of Celine Dion and Aerosmith are driving the workers nuts.
Selection Sunday is coming up on March 14 here and then it’s time for offices all over the country to create office pools for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship (and for workplace productivity to grind to a halt). And it’s time for the readers of this site to compete for bragging rights (and some great prizes) in the fifth-annual UtterlyBoring.com Tournament Pick ‘Em. Last years contest info was here with final scoring here. My brother is looking to defend his title.
It’s free to play, so read on for the sign up information, prizes, and more!
Cleaning out the links that have collected over the last few days before I head to the concert tonight (there are still plenty of tickets available at the door, all free, so I’d encourage you to come!):