Naomi Graychase

here has been some concern lately, mostly in the UK, that the radio frequency radiation (RFR) emitted by Wi-Fi devices poses a health risk to people. Individuals suffering from a variety of innocuous but unpleasant symptoms including nausea and “brain fog” have attributed their ailments to Wi-Fi signals. The complaints have resulted in the banning […]

Much as cities and towns around the country loathe to hear it, when it comes to municipal Wi-Fi, there’s no such thing as a free lunch. At least that’s how Craig Settles sees it. Settles, a Northern California-based consultant, researcher, and author of three books— including his most recent, Fighting the Good Fight for Municipal […]

Shopping for road warriors is a cinch, just so long as each gift passes three simple tests: will it make life on the road easier? Will it make life on the road more fun? And will it save time or money — or both — when traveling? To make sure the traveler in your life […]

Woods Hole, Mass. is no ordinary Cape Cod town. In addition to the typical influx of tourists during the summer months, many of whom come to visit the National Marine Fisheries aquarium (said to be the oldest in the country), to check out the first Buckminster Fuller Geodesic dome, or to board the ferry to […]

After carefully rolling it out over the course of two months, the City of Chicago officially unveiled its free wireless network in the city’s libraries today. Now any Chicago resident with a valid Public Library card can access all of the city’s digital library resources wirelessly while on-site at any of the 79 branches. The […]