Seems like it's lights out for Locast - at least for now.  This was a non-profit streaming service that offered web-based re-broadcasting of local over-the-air channels. This was a great service because I refuse to rent a cable box to access local channels (in the before times I was able to plug in the cable directly to my TV and watch the local channels, not any longer...), and digital antenna

It's amazing how much access to the internet is really woven into our daily lives.  For the past 2 weeks I've been away on vacation in Spain.  Before we left home I tried to be proactive, I scanned some of the book chapters that were due for my class while I was away, I got Assignment 1 done before I left, and I downloaded articles onto my Surface Pro so that I had reading material to