Aw, gee, Mom: The Buzz sadly notes the passing of actress Barbara Billingsley, who in the classic ’50s TV series “Leave it to Beaver,” portrayed June Cleaver, mother of Theodore “Beaver” and Wally and wife of Ward.
The Buzz may identify more closely with Eddie Haskell than with Wally and the Beav, but we are being sincere when we say, “Thank you, Mrs. Cleaver.”
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Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1907, Guglielmo Marconi began offering limited commercial wireless telegraph service between Nova Scotia and Ireland.
Using Morse code, the Irish and Canadians mostly asked each other about the weather and shared tips on sheep herding.
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Silence is golden: A smartphone app is offering to pay you to abide by laws against driving and using a cell phone. Safecellapp tracks your phone and will credit you $1 for every 100 miles traveled while obeying cell phone laws. The credits can then be redeemed at Apple, Barnes &Noble and other retailers.
Safecell says the deal’s off if you cheat by, say, duct-taping your iPhone to a migrating snow goose.
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