http://www.dougdobbins.com F8 and Living There Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:55:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en  First of all congrats to Felix Petersen and Stefan Kellner in Berlin! Plazes has been a work of love for the both them since 2005.   Geo location services with cell phones are going to be a hot and will have some new legal and social effects in the coming years. The ... http://www.dougdobbins.com/2008/06/23/plazes-acquired-by-nokia/ Rural Cellular Association has petitioned the FCC to investigate the legality of carriers striking exclusive deals for handsets that prevent any other carrier from offering a given phone over a certain period.   The big five providers in the US have increasingly turned to exclusives in recent months and have always claimed ... http://www.dougdobbins.com/2008/05/20/rural-cellular-association-upset-with-cell-exclusives/ Earlier this year, the government tried and convicted David Olofson on the charge of transferring a machine gun. The Army veteran and current Army reservist, had a 20 year old AR-15 misfire at a local gun range that does not allow fully auto weapons. For those of you that don't ... http://www.dougdobbins.com/2008/05/13/a-misfire-by-the-atf/   Obama was speaking at the start of a two-day swoop through Oregon, during a stop in Beaverton, he claimed he had already visited 57 states with one more to go.  That is not counting the existing states of Alaska and Hawaii, which he was not allowed to go to. So I guess we have ... http://www.dougdobbins.com/2008/05/11/the-lower-58-60-states-how-many-states-do-we-have/ Universal Pictures is developing a movie base on 2K Games hit BioShock. Gore Verbinski, director of the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, is slated to direct and produce the BioShock movie. John Logan, Academy Award-nominated writer of Gladiator, The Aviator and Sweeney Todd, is in talks to do the screenplay. No ... http://www.dougdobbins.com/2008/05/09/the-cult-of-rapture-will-get-to-see-big-daddy-on-the-big-screen/ There are now specially marked 22-ounce Guitar Hero-branded Slurpee cups. You go to http://www.slurpee.com, to enter codes from you cup for a chance to win a copy of the new Guitar Hero: Aerosmith videogame, Xbox 360 from Microsoft, or Microsoft Points to purchase content from Xbox LIVE Marketplace. 711, 7-11, ... http://www.dougdobbins.com/2008/05/02/slurpee-and-guitar-hero-fans/ Come to the first the “First Friday” fun to see the Lands Council’s new offices from 5 PM to 7 PM. You can view paintings and drawings by Ellen Picken. Plus enjoy free food & drinks while you learn about current Lands Council projects. Location: The Lands Council 25 W Main Ave ... http://www.dougdobbins.com/2008/05/02/the-lands-councils-first-friday-open-house-tonight/ In this AP Story, Republican and ex-presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee said Barack Obama's bid for the White House is not being derailed because he is black, but because his former pastor does not want him to show the country's race relations have progressed. BTW: Gallup Daily: Clinton 49%, Obama ... http://www.dougdobbins.com/2008/05/01/obama-must-lose-for-wright-to-right/ Well it looks like the kids over at Oracle, which is promoting the movie, complained about the TechCrunch event.  From TechCrunch attorney:  “He said this all arose from a misunderstanding. Paramount had not informed Marvel about your deal. Oracle had booked the theatre for a different screening at the same time. People at Oracle were ... http://www.dougdobbins.com/2008/04/30/so-making-money-is-a-good-idea-iron-man-boycott-off/ So the guys over at Tech Crunch were planning an Iron Man Movie event in San Francisco.  They paid the full ticket price for every seat then they got a Cease and Desist E-mail from David Althoff at Marvel. Now other movies have made tons of money by groups and clubs planing movie screens ... http://www.dougdobbins.com/2008/04/29/i-may-be-boycotting-the-iron-man-movie/ When Friday, February 8, 2008 at 2:30 PM -  5:00 PM. Doors at 1:30 PMWhere West Central Community Center1603 North Belt StreetSpokane, WA 99205General Area:DescriptionJoin Hillary for a “Solutions for America” town hall in Spokane, Washington.  Senator Maria Cantwell will be on hand, as well View Larger Map Hillary, Clinton, Spokane, Rally, Town Hall, Maria, ... http://www.dougdobbins.com/2008/02/07/join-hillary-in-spokane/ Super Tuesday on Twitter is doing links to stories as they break about Super Tuesday.   Super Tuesday, politics, Democrat, GOP, Republican http://www.dougdobbins.com/2008/02/05/a-good-list-of-super-tuesday-stories-updated-all-day/ Airbus hopes the test flight may well signal the start of a more climate friendly era for commercial.  Many Green groups remain skeptical or have attacked the effort.   I hate to tell them people will need and want to fly, so these kinds of efforts are a must as moved to ... http://www.dougdobbins.com/2008/02/01/airbus-a380-first-to-fly-on-alternative-fuel/ Jim Beaugey of Peavey shows us the Peavey RiffMaster Guitar Controller. It is a real Peavey guitar made of wood that has Guitar Hero buttons rather than strings.You can have art word from such bands as Kiss, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Pantera.You can learn more at Peavey Dot Com GTR, Guitar Hero, ... http://www.dougdobbins.com/2008/01/27/play-guitar-hero-with-a-real-ax/ I want to extend a heartfelt and personal Happy New Year to each and every one of you. May 2008 bring you only health, happiness and the realization of your dreams! http://www.dougdobbins.com/2008/01/03/after-a-bit-too-long-of-a-break-working-on-projects-im-back/