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• SIGNS OF SPRING

  March 10, 2010
  

  Gas prices are shooting up as fast as Spring flowers.  The Oregon average for a gallon of regular went up six cents last week to $2.87, according to the Oregon AAA.  Another sign of Spring happens this Sunday, when we set clocks ahead an hour.  By the way, the state’s Fire Marshal is asking you to test your smoke detector batteries when you change the hands on that clock.  Just testing the batteries is recommended these days, not automatically replacing them.  That’s because many detectors have lithium batteries that last ten years.

• OREGON A.G. APPOINTS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROSECUTOR

  March 9, 2010
  

  Oregon Attorney General John Kroger has appointed a domestic violence prosecutor.  Erin Greenawald is an assistant D.A. in Yamhill County.  She has been licensed to practice law in Oregon since 1999. 

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• A Lesson in Socialism

  March 8, 2010
  

  

  An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had once failed an entire class.

  That class had insisted that Obama’s socialism worked & that no one would be poor & no one would be rich, a great equalizer.

  The professor then said, “OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama’s plan”.

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• ASSISTANT A.G. PLEADS GUILTY

  March 8, 2010
  

  An assistant Attorney General under John Kroger has pleaded guilty to assaulting her long-time lesbian partner.  Susan Gerber admitted to punching and strangling her partner Janice Dulle after Dulle confronted her about an affair she said Gerber had with another woman.  Gerber got no jail time for the assault conviction, but she must attend anger management classes, and obey court orders for 14 months, after which her conviction may be wiped from her record.  She is not currently handling cases for the Attorney General’s office, and is the subject of an internal review.

• KFIR 720 AM New Web Site

  March 5, 2010
  

  KFIR 720 AM has launched our new web site.  We now offer comments on all stories and will be adding more content daily.  Please let us know what you think of the new site and any ideas or content you would like us to add.

  Please click on the title of this story to access the comment section.

  Thank you

  KFIR 720 AM

• Country Store

  March 5, 2010
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• DAVID GOES TO THE DENTIST

  January 20, 2010
  

  Is he still alive??? Is he dead????  Is he just high?????  David’s not sure after a trip to the dentist.

  The verdict—he’s just high….but cute.

• Microsoft’s Project Natal: Meet Milo

  June 5, 2009
  

  As promised on the Morning Show, here’s the video demonstrating Microsoft’s Project Natal and “Milo”. Read the rest of this entry »

• Watch The Grass Grow—No, Really!

  June 3, 2009
  

  

  Okay, so watching the grass grow is normally one of those phrases associated with boredom. Read the rest of this entry »

• Computer In A… Vase?

  June 3, 2009
  

  ECS is well known among geeks for their motherboards and other hardware that goes inside a computer. Read the rest of this entry »

• Learn to Learn!

  June 1, 2009
  

  I came across this article over at Psychology Today that gives some great tips on improving your learning experience. Read the rest of this entry »

• Free Fishing Weekend!

  June 1, 2009
  

  Oregon Fish and Wildlife is holding several “Free Fishing Weekend” events around the state on June 6th & 7th. Read the rest of this entry »

• Credit Crisis: A Visual Explanation

  May 29, 2009
  

  Are you still bewildered by the complexity of the problem that is the “Credit Crisis”? Read the rest of this entry »

• Oregon Man’s Rocket Powered ATV

  May 26, 2009
  

  Terry Wilmeth is the world land speed record holder on an ATV, set at 155.04 mph on June 16th, 2007. Read the rest of this entry »

• Wetsuits With Style

  May 25, 2009
  

  Wetsuits are usually plain…black…boring. Well, one designer isn’t too happy about that and has set out to change the face of the scene by adding some texture.

  

  Diddo has applied various textures to wetsuits using “custom inks and unique printing techniques” to create something new. Although I’ve never surfed, wake boarded or done any such activity that requires a wet suit, I do have to say these are quite exciting. There are examples of suits bearing very fitting textures—a whale shark’s skin and the muscles of the human body. As well as more unique and humorous—rusting metal and a simulated shark attack!

• Pool Shark Only Two Years Old

  May 25, 2009
  

  Keith O’Dell Jr. isn’t even out of diapers yet, but, he can clear a pool table with ease. Check out his site at poolprodigy.com. Keith started out shooting on a kid-sized table but has since graduated to a full size table. He’s now the youngest member of the American Pool Association and recently returned home from Las Vegas where he gave the APA a demonstration of his skills.

• Hot Site of the Day: HARLEM-13-GIGAPIXELS.COM

  May 22, 2009
  

  How much megapixel goodness does your camera have? 8 megapixel? 12 megapixel? What if your camera was 13 GIGApixel?!?

  

  Okay, okay, so this is isn’t really a gigapixel camera, but a stitch of 2045 photos that are 12 megapixel images. Still very cool, however. Head on over to HARLEM-13-GIGAPIXELS.COM and check this out. The 2045 images are stitched together to create one seamless image of Harlem, taken from the rooftop of a building on the corner of 7th Avenue and 110th Street in New York City.

  Be sure to hit the “Switch to HD View” for an even better demonstration than Flash can pull off. That does require a plugin from Microsoft to be installed, but I promise it is worth it. The HD View plugin makes panning through the image butter smooth.

• Samsung Alias 2 Uses E-paper Keys

  May 20, 2009
  

  On yesterday’s Morning Show I mentioned the new version of Samsung’s Alias phone, appropriately named the Alias 2. This phone is significant because it uses so called “e-paper” or “e-ink” displays for each of the keys. This allows the keys to change what is printed on them depending on what you’re using the phone for at the time.

  If you’re making a call, the phone will display the standard numeric 10-key layout found on the majority of phones. If you’re typing out a text message or e-mail, the keys will show up as the QWERTY layout we all know from our home computers. It even lets you cycle through sets of symbols.

  Phone Scoop created a demonstration video showing off the Alias 2, check it out below. The keyboard’s fancy feats get shown off starting around 1:10 into the video.

• More From Microsoft: SecondLight

  May 19, 2009
  

  Last week I shared Microsoft’s Home of the Future with you, today…you’ve gotta check out their SecondLight demonstration.

  Have you ever seen, in person or video, those glass doors that can become frosted glass when electricity is applied to them? Well Microsoft has employed something very similar, along with two projectors, to create a system that allows a computer to display two sets of information to the viewer.

  When the glass is “frosted”, the image from one projector appears on the surface. When the glass is clear, it lets the image from the other projector through. So long as there is another surface above the “screen”, that surface will show the image from the second projector! Kinda hard to explain in words, but the video explains it very well!

• I’ve Gotta Get One of These!

  May 18, 2009
  

  Eric Scott may well be insane, but I guess that makes me crazy too, because I’m thinking I’ve gotta make myself a hydrogen peroxide jetpack. Eric attempted to set a Guinness World Record at Scotland’s Knockhill Racing Circuit using just such a pack. He reached 68 miles per hour cruising along the raceway. Check out the video!

  Via Oh! Gizmo