Not necessarily a tech related post, but for all of you who haven’t seen The Corporation yet – I assure you that it is a must. Please do yourself a favor and rent or netflix it! Just a little warning, you may not be able to drink standard store-bought milk afterwards, but see for yourself.

Talking about eye-openers, I was also surprised to see “Project Engergy” -a new series- on WCCO 4 news at 10PM. I believe the video feeds are available online as well. My collaborators from IPS will be featured on Thursday from what I hear.

WCCO 4 News is airing a groundbreaking broadcast series starting today, Monday, April 10 at 10:00 p.m.
WCCO anchor Don Shelby will explore how America’s limitless thirst for energy threatens our national security, our environment, and our children’s future in a five-part series called Project Energy. Shelby and his colleagues tackle the problems and the consequences of the country’s current energy crisis—and also present solutions.

Found via Digg: It’s an Enigma machine made out of modern parts. Check it out.

Look around the site a bit further and you can see other hacked gadgets like the Pneumatic Lego Wheel, an Interactive LED Dining Table, and a Bluetooth Controller Roomba.

Ok, that might be an exaggeration. I used to enjoy pulling up the video feed from Deutsche Welle every once in a while. Recently, I got the message that the streaming video is no longer available in the United States. I had this same sort of experience with a show from the UK. I was curious, so I emailed dw-tv. Here’s the relevant part of the response:

“We understand your disappointed at no longer being able to access DWTV’s livestream, and for this we are truly sorry. This is due to the contractucal stipulations of our recent agreement with DishNetwork, who serves the entire USA via satellite.”

So, DishNetwork killed the streaming in video contractually. This is interesting from multiple standpoints. First, this is a clear collision of Internet and satellite TV. Who knew that the relatively poor quality streaming video I was getting competed with DishNetwork?

Also, this is an example of geographic boundries being enforced on the Internet. Filtering the available content via geo-IP location isn’t a perfect science, but it meets the 80/20 rule. I wonder if there was a contractual exception for universities, or if they have been forced to purchase the satellite service as well.