Petition to reverse ban on cellphone unlocking needs your sig!

Derek Khanna (the GOP staffer who got fired after penning an eminently sensible paper on copyright policy) sez, " The White House Petition to reverse the decision to ban unlocking cellphones is at 72,000 signatures, but it needs to get to 100,000 signatures by February 24, 2013. On Friday Representative DeFazio tweeted in favor of reform – read the article about new prohibition on unlocking your own cellphone here ."

Percentage of Americans who don't know about the Holocaust is "shocking and saddening" Almost two-thirds of Americans 18-39 didn't know that 6 million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, according to a survey. From The Guardian: According to the study of millennial and Gen Z adults aged between 18 and 39, almost half (48%) could not name a single concentration camp or ghetto established during the second world […] READ THE REST

Hans Zimmer's Pink Floyd cover for the Dune movie trailer Denis Villeneuve's forthcoming Dune recently got its first trailer, with a surprising soundtrack: a cover of the outtro to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. A tribute to Alejandro Jodorowsky's legendary 1970s effort to film the novel with a full Floyd soundtrack, it was crafted by Hans Zimmer, working remotely with an L.A. choir. […] READ THE REST

Jodorowsky reviews Villeneuve's Dune trailer Given Chilean-French filmmaker and artist Alejandro Jodorowsky's storied history with adaptation attempts of Frank Herbert's Dune, it's natural to want to know what he thinks of the trailer to Denis Villeneuve's much-anticipated version of the story. He told French's Premier magazine: "I saw the trailer. It's very well done," Jodorowsky said. "We can see that […] READ THE REST

The Jamstik lets you practice your guitar skills anytime, anywhere A decent starter electric guitar will often run you about $500 nowadays. If you'd rather learn to play before you dump hundreds into a cool instrument, the Jamstik Guitar Trainer is a brilliant way of turning you into a guitar player without the huge upfront expense. In addition to saving you money, the Jamstik has […] READ THE REST

Ruby on Rails is a coding skill that can get you hired Few programming languages and web frameworks are also intuitive and user-friendly for beginners as Ruby on Rails. Even 15 years after its rollout, a virtual lifetime (or two) in tech terms, Ruby and its most popular framework Rails are still vital and energetic players in the programming world. And with over a million websites built […] READ THE REST