There are a surprising amount of Top Secret facilities and offices, surprisingly, right here in River City, revealed by a Washington Post investigative series.  Now, the Feds aren't talking about their TS-ness, but there were multiple Top Secret contr

When Dr. Jerry Pournelle, an Opus Dei member and genuine rocket scientist, and Rolling Stone, the preeminent rock magazine, both agree we're about to be swindled, again, by Wall Street, it's worth a read.

Portugal decriminalized all drug possession in 2001 [time.com], and since then: "(A) Cato (Institute) paper reports that between 2001 and 2006 in Portugal, rates of lifetim

A follow-up story to: http://clackablog.blogspot.com/2010/03/clear-internet-service-failure.html, in which many and various blunders at CLEAR leave us without Internet service for > 4 days. Come home tonig

PC World published a new multi-city survey which shows Verizon's 28% faster here than last year's testing. Here's the results for Portland, showing all four carriers, their data speed and reliability, for both laptops and smartphones:

Now, I know a few folks who like the Internet.  As you can tell from the prior post, Mrs. Clackablog and Yours Truly just had a leetle problem with our broadband (settled last night after our fifth call to our current provider, who CLEARly had not troubleshot the problem with their equipment well). So it i

Beware of CLEAR, they're anything but. Two days ago: 7AM Thursday, no internet (as per Mrs. Clackablog, who didn't tell me). Called CLEAR @ 10AM, report problem when I found no dial tone on the phone. Perform every troubleshooting step, tech

cNET, a web division of CBS, documents

Amateur radio's evolved g

http://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog/smart-takes/vitamin-d-its-a-linchpin-to-your-immune-system/4835 offers more proof that Vitamin D is an essential booster for health. It shows Stockholm researchers p

Is global warming natural? German and Russian research suggests so. And, Havard researchers have found periods when glaciers covered even the Equator. Those fr

http://www.creditbloggers.com/2010/02/new-gimmick-in-credit-cards.html boggles the mind: 219.96% APR on a department store card.  Beware of Macy's!

Robert X. Cringely the Third, who, for a time, lived in Bend and produced technical industry documentaries for PBS (Triumph of the Nerds among others) as well as a column in the influential computer industry trad

"An idea whose time has come" For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress.  Many citizens had no idea that members of Congress could retire with the same pay after only one te

http://www.airfarewatchdog.com/blog/ which tracks airfare specials, recently blogged via Yahoo! on the advantages of shipping luggage items by UPS/FedEx instead of the airlines, who

http://comics.feedtacoma.com/tacomic/tacomic-broke-ass-washington-state-set-give-microsoft/ leads with a cartoon illustrating that, despite a 2.8 gigabuck revenue shortfall, the Washington Legislature is absolving

Here's an e-mail I received from Oregon's Attorney General, John Kroger. Makes sense to me; hope you ask Martha Schraeder to vote for it.

Here's a security blog which shows a very professional 'skimmer'; a device which attaches to an ATM card slot, and both rips off the data from the ATM card magnetic stripe AND the PIN card you punch in. Be VERY careful at ATM machines fr

Americans in Haiti can Twitter directly to @safeandwell with contact info, how and where you are, to the American Red Cross Safe and Well site:http://twitter.com/safeandwell or at the Safe and Well websi

The Public Survey Meetings for the new Gladstone Library, which will replace the Oak Grove Library as per the last referendum on our library system, will be held on dates and times shown below. All meetings will have the same survey questions and inf

Thelma Hagemiller reports:Another community issue - there are jewelry thieves operating in our area - Milwaukie to Gladstone. One

CITIZENS INFORMED and aware (CIA) seize today!

A note from the chair of the Oak Lodge Community Council:Dear Members and Friends of the Oak Lodge Community Council -Below is a message cut and pasted from the County regarding the hiring process for our new County Administrator. This is a critical position

Safeco cares; they test their beef before they grind it.Wal-Mart's supplier, ag corporate giant Cargill (the country’s largest private company), doesn't; their beef nearly killed a 22-year old woman and left her para

Click here to see my first Google Map mash-up, which show

A post from Eleanore HunterDear Members and Friends of the Oak Lodge Community Council -Here is our agenda for tomorrow evening - 7 pm at Rose Villa.There will be a brief presentation and query from Barbara Cartmill of Clackamas County, a special report from Sco

Suggestion: I just leave the phone and walk away, then hang up a few minuts later, when political spam calls invade our home. Ties up the creep's autodialer and therefore reduces their ability to spam others.

This National Association of Broadcasters web page allows you to enter the make and model of your TV set to find if it's digital-ready.And, OBTW, it's official; the Feds have run out of converter coupons

Q: I need an explanation in another language. Where can I find that?A: https://www.dtv2009.gov/Q: When does conversion happen?A: It happens Tuesday, February 17th, by Federal law.Q: Why?A: Dig

A Wall Street Journal article on rating hospitals led me to WhyNotTheBest.com which, as per the WSJ, is... from the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund (and) compares care at 4,500* hospitals