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Date: December 18th, 2009

“A few good surgical implants”

18 December, 2009 (17:52) | Medicine, Politics, Science, Technology | By: ricjames

From Tigerhawk, “A few good surgical implants“: Senator, we live in a world that has patients, and those patients have to be treated with technology. Who’s gonna invent, develop it, and build it? You, Senator Sanders? You, Senator Reid? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for high health care [...]

Another car brand goes down: GM to shut down Saab line

18 December, 2009 (11:40) | Economy, Human Interest | By: ricjames

Looks like yet another of the more recognizable car brands is headed for the history books. GM says they’re going to shut down Saab after efforts to sell the brand have failed: General Motors announced today that it will shut down its Saab brand after several efforts to sell the Swedish carmaker could not be [...]

Verizon finally bringing FIOS to my neighborhood. Crews laying the optical fiber now.

18 December, 2009 (00:05) | Human Interest, Internet, Technology | By: ricjames

A couple of weeks ago I got a flier at the house from Verizon saying they were preparing to bring FIOS to our neighborhood. Having heard that before I didn’t hold my breath but something about this notice was different. They went into great detail about how they needed to lay the optical fiber into [...]