Heads and tales: Techno remix

Save our silicon: If you raked in a new Xbox 360 or Razr or Vaio, you may be planning to junk the old device. Don’t. Take it to Vulcan on Wednesday between noon and 6 p.m., and TechBirmingham will either refurbish it or take it apart. Just throwing it in a landfill means those toxic parts go straight into the soil and water. Every bit/byte counts.
• Ecycling Event @ Vulcan Park … December 28th [Ecycling Day]

Building a legacy: The late Samuel Mockbee made this state a little prettier through passion, education and generosity. He created the Rural Studio, in which Auburn architecture students worked on designing and building beautiful homes and churches and other structures for those folks often overlooked. They used simple materials, clever design and young minds.
• In Alabama, a Poor County Is Rich in Modern Architecture [New York Times]

Lead, follow, or get in the way: In this state, we like our tea achingly sweet and our governors colorful. OK, so maybe Bob Riley didn’t stand in any schoolhouse doors or embezzle or … well, go out of his way to embarrass Alabamians. But the 2006 governor’s race is going to be a nail-biter. Who will win: crazy Commandments crusader, indicted politico, the ill-fated office-holder (no incumbent has won in the past three elections), or the chick?
• Alabama race for governor shaping up as must-see political event [Associated Press]

Also:

• Warrior dad redeems gift card from Christmas to kill time at mall
• Alabama, Auburn head to bowl cities for practice, curfew violations
• Hey, tubby: Four days remaining for unfulfilled '05 resolutions

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Posted: Tuesday, December 27, 2005, 11:37 pm, in Headlines.
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