National: January 2010 Archives

LORAN-C, the successor to the LOng-RAnge Navigation (get it?) system that your grandfather used to beat back the Japanese during WWII, will be going offline soon, according to this AP report.

Cost concerns are cited as the primary reason for the shutdown, which will begin February 8th and is expected to end with the final LORAN tower going offline by October 8th.  With GPS receivers cheap and the infrastructure pervasive, LORAN is seen as obsolete, and unplugging the system will save an estimated $190 million over five years.

Unless you've been under a rock for the last week, you're probably aware that after a series of dick moves from NBC, Conan O'Brien has finally been cleared to take his ball and go..somewhere else with what appears to be few if any stipulations from the network, leaving The Tonight Show open for a second usurpation by Jay Leno.

If you're unhappy about NBC's decision to strongarm O'Brien out of the spot in favor of the least-funny person in late night, why not let your parental controls do the talking?

(And yes, it's my group.  It's also my blog, so there.)