A "hulu" for PBS programs

http://www.pbs.org/video/program/979359667/

Very interesting Web site design

http://www.bio-bak.nl/?ref-reallyflippingcool

Major drug company established a "hit list" of doctors

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25272600-2702,00.html

4 Librarians Beat the Patroit Act to Defend Your Rights

http://digg.com/people/How_Four_Librarians_Beat_the_Patriot_Act?OTC-widget

FBI agent says torture was not needed

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/opinion/23soufan.html?_r=1

Amazing creative animation

British view of Fox "News"

Has Fox News no sense of decency?

More hate and fear-mongering on Fox News -- http://mediamatters.org/countyfair/200904090036. Clearly, they have no shame.

On the other hand, if you are looking for real civil discourse and real fair and balanced journalism, here are two other sources:

• NPR Find a station near you -- http://www.npr.org/templates/stations/stations/
  
• BBC
  

Soros says recovery is far off, banks insolvent

http://www.cnbc.com/id/30069223

Puma: The Segway/GM concept vehicle

Electric.... 2 seats... 2 wheels.... battery... 35 MPH... 35 miles on a 6 hour charge.

It is only a concept vehicle today, but think of the possibilities for the right uses.


More here.

"The best way to rob a bank...

... is to own one."

That is the title of a book by William K. Black, an expert in banking and financial regulation. He says that fraud is at the heart of the current financial crisis because bank executives knowingly sold high risk loans with assurances that they had no risk at all. He also blames certain members of Congress over the past 10 years of colluding with the fraud, not only by not passing laws to regulate what are now troubled assets, but in fact, by passing laws that prohibited anyone from regulating them. His big concern now is that both the Bush and Obama Administrations are allowing the same people who caused the crisis to remain in their jobs at the head of failed banks, and that things will not improve until those people are replaced.

See the video of the interview here -- http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04032009/watch.html.

Google Voice is coming with free phone calls

You get a phone number for your incoming calls that links to every phone and every number you already have... Plus many other cool features.

Sign up to be notified when it is rolled out in a few weeks. Click here.

Rep. Sandy Levin invites you to offer your thoughts about health care reform

http://sanderlevin.congressnewsletter.net/mail/util.cfm?gpiv=2100035330.18527.363&gen=1

Obama called the antichrist by those who call themselves Christians

http://www.newsweek.com/id/169192?digg=1

Why Republican Politicians fear Rush Limbaugh

http://www.eyesonobama.com/blog/content/id_48182/title_It-Didnt-Take-Dem-Plotting-to-Make-Limbaugh-GOP-Leader/

Open Letter to the Republican Traitors (From a Former Republican)

Is he right or is he wrong?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/open-letter-to-the-republ_b_172822.html

Real News, Information, and Civil Discussion

Some of you have asked recently about where to find good news and information programs on the radio and for listening on iPods or other devices. So, I put together a some information and posted it on my Web site here -- http://sites.google.com/site/dnspeak/Home/nprinfo.

Sorry to burst your bubble...

553 to go!

That's how close we are to fulfilling my July prediction for the Dow. Today's close is at 7552.6.

By now, perhaps, you already have your converter box for the transition to digital TV. And if you have used it at all, you have discovered that the signal is either good enough or not -- there is nothing in between -- and you may not get in all your favorite channels as well as you hoped. That was my problem. And I also wanted to pick up some new PBS stations I had heard about

Antennaweb.org is a helpful Web site with a tool to help you figure out what antenna will help you get the best over the air reception possible. After you put in your zip code, it tells you what stations are possible for you to pick up, and what type of antenna you need, depending upon which channels you are interested in.

Based upon information I found there, I researched more about indoor antennas, and came upon the Terk HDTVa. (Note: The link is to the Best Buy Web site. The price in the store was more, and I had to point out the ad price to them. It is even cheaper at Radio Shack's Web site, and you can pick it up in their store. And cheaper still at several online stores including Amazon.)

With this new antenna, Channel 50 now comes in much more stably. All other local channels have more strength. And now I can pick up 2 more PBS channels from Flint -- 28.1 and 28.2. I am pleased about that, but I don't understand why I can get that channel from about 60 miles away, but others that are closer (but still distant) I don't pick up. Or at least, I haven't figured out how yet. It is a directional antenna, and it took me a while to figure out exactly how to position it to pick up the Flint channels, and it wasn't even what I expected. I lose the signal if I put the antenna too high -- I thought higher was better, but evidently sumothing gets in the way higher up.

It stands less than a foot tall, and the fishbone arm is about a foot long, so with a little creativity, it can be made to blend in to the decor much better than old style rebbit ears. (It has rabbit ears, but I have them completely collapsed and put away; don't need them.)

I also tried this RCA. It looks nice and would be even easier to hide. Reception with it was slightly better than my old rabbit ears -- Channel 50 was a little stronger and more stable -- but not good enough to pick up 28.1 and 28.2. I see there is an amplified version of that one, which I did not try. However, customer reviews at online sites seem more numerous and more positive for the Terk than any RCA antenna.