The Blackout

For those that found the coverage of the blackout interesting, here is another viewpoint... or viewpoints. Look at 'on the ground' coverage from people that were their, using their camera phones.

We will be seeing more and more of this. Look for the first camera phone picture of a news story being sold in the near future, but that isn't even the biggest change.

The real thing to look for is coverage of events by the people there. The pictures won't be professional all the time, but they will be there, in the event.

You will know it's a mainstream, accepted happening when news outlets start to have automated/quick ways for people to submit their photos and get paid for them. The only thing that might stop this is that so many might be doing it, payment might not be needed... just credit.

Highlights || Blackout History Project

Given the NYC blackout being in the news, here is a sight with tons of information and timelines on blackouts in the past, like the one in NYC in '77.

Herald Sun: Whale flatulence stuns scientists [14aug03]

OK, I'm sorry, Mom. My Mother, after years of teaching little boys with way too much need to laugh at rude body funtions... her son is posting a story about a farting whale.

I can't help it. I love science stories. And the little boy in me gets a real kick out of it too! In case you want to know, it was enough to clear the bow of a ship.