Gizmodo: Alaska

Series of Tubes Guy Indicted for Series of Tubes

Mark Wilson — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:37:00 EDT

This is a one-off, but we just found it a bit amusing that Alaska Senator Ted Stevens—that guy behind the famously wonky "series of tubes" internet rant—has been indicted for allegedly failing to report $250,000 in gifts from the VECO Corporation. (The VECO Corporation is known for running the Alaska oil pipeline.) We can only assume that Stevens somehow got his analogies crossed and thought he'd been making money off of "click here to win" banners. [NYTimes] Thanks OMG-Ponies!

Google Street View Becomes Google Bag View in Alaska

AddyDugdale — Thu, 08 May 2008 08:40:00 EDT

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]

AT&T subsidiary Alascom launched their WiMax ...

Adrian Covert — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:17:09 EDT

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