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Google Street View Becomes Google Bag View in Alaska

One of the occupational hazards of Google Street View is, I guess, having the camera obscured by something. It could be a pterodactyl, perhaps, flying low for a closer view, it could be a giant Monty Python-style animated brogue homing in on the car as if it were a roach ripe for the squishing. Or it could be a plastic bag. One minute it's dancing around, American Beauty-style, the next it's spread-eagled over the camera rather like an over-amorous spinster at a barn dance. This is what Minnie Street in Fairbanks, Alaska, looks like, according to Google Street View. [Google Maps via Google Sightseeing]

8:40 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By AddyDugdale
7,593 views, 25 comments

Latest by n/a: thats in several random places.. but believe me just the fact of having gg street view here in the banks was already a reason for celebration.. more »

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Alaska Airlines and Row 44 Planning First U.S. Satellite-Based In-Air Wi-Fi

It looks like the first U.S. carrier to offer in-flight Wi-Fi using a satellite-based setup will be Alaska Airlines, which plans to roll the service out to its entire fleet by 2009, pending the results of a monthlong test this spring. Using Row 44's satellite system instead of an air-to-ground one, a la Virgin America and AirCell, means more bandwidth and wider coverage, at least according to Row 44's CEO. More »

6:15 AM on Tue Sep 18 2007
By Matt Buchanan
1,554 views, 3 comments

AT&T subsidiary Alascom launched their WiMax service in Juneau, Alaska for $19.95 a month. We're slightly jealous. [Broadband Reports]

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WoW Gamer Gets Busted for Using Library Wi-Fi After Hours

21-year old Brian Tanner got busted by the cops up in Palmer, Alaska for using the local library's free Wi-Fi to play World of Warcraft after the library had closed. Patrolling cops seized the poor guy's laptop and claimed that although the library provides free Wi-Fi, there are rules governing its use. Rules which apparently Tanner wasn't following. Only one room in NY's Public Library offers free Wi-Fi (and you're not allowed to plug into an outlet) so I feel Tanner's pain, but if the library (which you'd think would want to provide free Wi-Fi for everyone) doesn't want people using their "service" after hours, then don't broadcast your signal. – Louis Ramirez More »

9:09 AM on Mon Feb 26 2007
By Louis Ramirez
3,956 views, 41 comments

Latest by dosguy: If the library didn't want it being used after hours, the should've either password protected it at closing time or else just shut it off. Duh! more »