April 1, 2008 • 5:39 am 0
This has to be one of the oddest paragraphs I’ve seen:
“The only way to survive the barrage of reporters and questions from the sex-worker organizations was to buy an iPhone,” she says. “South by Southwest was so horrible for iPhone peer pressure — I was hardly the only person to leave with one.”
via Wired
November 6, 2007 • 2:02 pm 0
Rural Areas: 44% Fewer West Virginia Payphones Since 1998 – Consumerist
My home state. It may come as some surprise, but not everyone in America can afford a land line, let alone a cell phone. Throw in poor to nonexistent cellular coverage, and you put a big dent on the modernization of the local economy. It saddens me to see West Virginia getting left behind so badly.
September 27, 2007 • 9:57 am 0
BBC NEWS | Burmas cyber-dissidents
Links to some of the photographs can be found here.
Sites referring to the situation:
…and some indication that internet access in Burma is being disabled.
