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I like technology. I have a BlackBerry - often times called a "CrackBerry" because it's so addictive - but I don't think I'll ever need to go this far.

One has to wonder whether or not we are coddling our kids too much with a dependence on technology. In my radio days, I often came across part-time workers who had no clue what to do if the computer ever shut down or didn't work correctly...my response was cold, crisp, and to the point..."See that microphone? Turn it on and say something!"

Besides, I thought all college kids brought their laundry home to their mommies to do...

Iowa Students Get Laundry E-Mail Alerts

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Ding! Time to throw your drawers in the dryer. That's the message University of Iowa students can now receive by e-mail. Thanks to software installed along with new high-efficiency washers last fall, the school's dormitory residents can receive e-mail alerts when their laundry cycles have finished.

The school also has a new Web-based service, called LaundryView, that lets residents look online for open washers and dryers.

It's much too difficult to have our fat-obese-American children walk down the hall to check, of course.

The school paid for the $13,000 annual software fee in part by raising the cost of a load of laundry by about 50 cents, according to Fitzgerald. The company, LaundryView Monitoring Service, has been providing the software to colleges and universities since 2004.

No doubt a reason college tuition costs keep going up. $13,000 yearly fee for this software? Aren't we suing Bill Gates for scamming us into buying a new Windows operating system every 4-years or so?

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