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  • Why the Mason Jar Trend Needs to Die

    Once upon a time, in 1858, a Philadelphia-based tinsmith named John Landis Mason patented a glass-canning jar meant for…canning. Fast-forward about 150 years, and the Mason jar has gone viral beyond his wildest dreams. We admit it was kind of cute at first. But now: Enough already!

  • 2011's Most Popular Baby Names

    Sophia is the new top girls’ name in the U.S., unseating Isabella after a two-year reign, according to the Social Security Administration’s announcement of 2011’s popular baby names. Jacob remains the most popular name for boys for the 13th year in a row. An Old Testament name that means “supplanter” and a cousin of James, Jacob has been in the Top Ten for nearly two decades.

  • Texas Gun Safety Instructor Refuses To Teach Liberals And Muslims

    For Crockett Keller, the customer is always right -- or at least right-leaning. In a radio advertisement that could cost him his ability to teach concealed handgun safety classes, Keller made it clear that an Oct. 26 course at Keller's Riverside Store in Mason wouldn't be open to people who voted for President Obama and Muslims.

  • Ohio hotel to implement RFID room-key wriststraps

    Well, if RFID is good enough for passports and credit cards, then it must certainly be good enough for hotel rooms, right? Apparently that's the logic at the Great Wolf Lodge at Paramount King's Island in Mason, Ohio (that's just outside Cincinnati), which will be implementing RFID-enabled wristbands when the hotel opens on December 14. The wristband will open your hotel room door and pay for food and drinks at various locations while on the theme-park island. Of course, given all that we've heard about RFID being hacked left and right, we're not exactly convinced that making it easier for someone to gain access to your hotel room is a good idea. But perhaps those folks in Mason are too busy reading Blogging Ohio instead of Engadget to worry about such fussiness.[Via The Wireless Report]