Catching up on news and stuff: (and seriously breaking good blog guidelines: stick to one or two topics is just one of them, but if you know me you know I never stay on one or two topics even in a 5 minute conversation, so there)

New Zealand’s source for technology news on Stuff.co.nz: Ten signs you’re tech obsessed

me: 3, 7, 10. That’s not too bad.

Lawyer who fights the RIAA speaks out

Ray Beckerman is one of the few lawyers who has taken a stand against the RIAA, and he recently took part in a conference call organized by Defective by Design, an anti-DRM coalition. Beckerman gave a broad overview of the RIAA’s tactics; not surprisingly, he was opposed to them on the grounds that the group’s investigations turn out very little actual evidence.

InformationWeek | News | U.S. Adults Warming Up To Podcasts | July 21, 2006

More than 6 percent of U.S. adults, or 9 million Web users, have downloaded podcasts in the last 30 days, a research firm said. While still very young, the medium has made inroads among online adults, Nielesen Analytics said in a report released this week. Fully 38 percent of podcast downloaders said they were listening to less radio. While the number of users appears small, Nielsen Analytics believed podcasting had established itself among consumers who prefer more control over the media they access.

I plan on really trying to get podcasting and blogging more attention in my community. Chamber of commerce, city, county…what a great way to get out information in a very cost efficent manner. Not to mention making business and politics more attractive and ‘hip’ to our young people. More on this topic later though…maybe tomorrow, if I don’t gets sidetracked on something else.

Could that be the wireless police knocking? | NetworkWorld.com Community

Yes, we’re entering the world of mandatory wireless encryption for private property owners, at least if the intentions of the developers of Canoa Ranch Resort are any indication of things to come.

Make me. I bought the equipment, I pay the bill, I’ll do what i want. Oh, nevermind. This doesn’t apply to me because I don’t in this area of Tucson, AZ. I’ll just ignore it and go on my happy way. (really, who’s to say my neighborhood isn’t next?)

InformationWeek | Podcasting | DFW Airport Launches Podcast Service | July 24, 2006

Dallas Fort Worth Airport’s podcasts help direct travelers to parking, dining, shopping, and other amenities located in or near the international terminal.

Wired News: License Plate Tracking for All

Jealous lovers may soon have an alternative to sniffing for perfume to catch a cheating mate: Just follow their license plate. In recent years, police around the country have started to use powerful infrared cameras to read plates and catch carjackers and ticket scofflaws. But the technology will soon migrate into the private sector, and morph into a tool for tracking individual motorists’ movements, says former policeman Andy Bucholz, who’s on the board of Virginia-based G2 Tactics, a manufacturer of the technology.

ooookay. just what my ex-husband needs access to.

Light goes faster in reverse | The Register

Caution: physicists at play
A group of US physicists funded by the US Department of Energy have made a material capable of making light travel backwards, at speeds “that appear faster than the speed of light”, at the smallest wavelength ever. The work, led by Costas Soukoulis at Iowa State University, could pave the way for a “perfect lens”, and could even have implications for the basic laws of physics. Soukoulis himself says: “Snell’s law on the refraction of light is going to be different; a number of other laws will be different.”