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Assorted Bob

Photo of the year vote

Time is allowing readers to vote for photo of the year, and they’re including a really moving shot from the Rocky Mountain News called “Heading Home.” It’s a photo of a soldier’s coffin being unloaded from a commercial jet. You can see the jet’s passengers watching from the plane’s windows. The look on their faces as they realize it’s a soldier’s coffin brought tears to my eyes the first time I saw it in the special section the Rocky ran. Check it out.

I’d never tell you which one to vote for, but go to Time, take a look at the candidates and cast a vote.

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Media Bob

Cool comic …

Newspaper comics pages have been a major letdown during the past few years. The return of “Opus” turned out to be a total bust (does anyone think the new strip is funny or relevant?), “Get Fuzzy” has totally jumped the shark and “Foxtrot” comes and goes. On the political front, “Boondocks” is consistently strange and outrageous (which is good), “Doonesbury” is tolerable, at best, and “Mallard Fillmor” just isn’t funny (how can you be lame when you’re lampooning liberals?)

But there is one bright spot …

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Techno Bob

The need for speed …

Gizmodo has a great guide to radar detectors, a subject near and dear to my heart. Even better, they rave about my radar detector of choice: The Valentine V1. It’s awesome and already has paid for itself several times over in averted tickets …