PSoTD

Had to have a tree cut in our backyard. It's about 15 feet from the house, and we're remodeling and putting on an addition... and so it has to go. Will replant another oak at the top of the yard this weekend, but it'll take it another 40 years to be as grand as this one.

But not a pin oak. Hate the acorn type, hate the fact that half the leaves fall off in the winter.

Cutting the tree.

There are dozens of cell tower furor stories in the news these days, as residents and service providers battle for placement of towers. But I have never seen the news media ask the bigger question for any area. For example, in this story from Dauphin County in Pennsylvania:

When members of the Paxtang Borough Council consider the proposed installation of a 120-foot cell phone antenna tower in Saussaman Park, they're likely to hear a neighbors' chorus of "not in my backyard."

Council on Tuesday will review a proposal made by T-Mobile of Bellevue, Wash.

Couldn't the Harrisburg Patriot-News do a little digging and report on the cell-service coverage for that area, or the county of Dauphin, or for their zone of readership for that matter? Wouldn't that be more beneficial to all readers of the Harrisburg Patriot-News, to provide some sort of information on cell-service coverage - not by who provides the service, but whether geographic coverage is provided at all or not? Surely Paxtang Borough would know, since they're trying to address the issue. Surely Dauphin County would know. Surely the State of Pennsylvania would know. Surely the FCC would know.

And if they don't - isn't that really the story in itself?

Duncan Sheik will be playing at the Whitaker Center on Friday, June 2. I'm not sure why the tickets are so damn cheap, at $20 each, but I'm not complaining. Good deal.

Sara Bozich is putting together information about wireless availability in the Harrisburg area - favorite hotspots, surprise connectivity, etc. Share the wealth.

There's some pretty cool stock photography for sale at Stock by Stuart that covers the Harrisburg area (including Boiling Springs, Camp Hill, Carlisle, Cumberland Valley, Dillsburg, Gettysburg, Grantham, Harrisburg, Hershey, Lemoyne, Mechanicsburg, Middletown, New Cumberland, Royalton. Upper Allen Township, York and nearby communities).