Get emergency text alerts and win a Toyota

First Alert System Text (FAST) issued a press release announcing a contest to promote their national alert service. According to the press release,

Persons who subscribe to the National Emergency Alert Network are automatically entered in the running for one of the 100 new Toyota cars or trucks. Entering simply requires texting the word FAST followed by a space and then your zip code to the National Emergency Alert Service Short code 47733

You can also sign up on the web at firstalerttext.com.

The downside here is that it will cost you $0.99 per month, but I suppose that isn't much if the service is genuinely useful.

More cell phones than landlines in Iowa

Haven't had a blog update in a while, but here's a piece of interesting news: Cellular News is reporting that there are more cell phones than land lines in Iowa nowadays, mostly served by US Cellular. That must also mean that way more people have cell phones than have internet access.