Screw you, CSI, Jack Bauer, etc. etc.

from the currently running story regarding the missing c|net editor:

A cell phone tower received a signal from one of the family's cell phones at about 1:30 a.m. on Sunday near Glendale, but officials say the signal is only an indicator the family could have been within 26 miles of Glendale at that time.

(Yes, yes, I know. Urban vs. rural cell density, plus triangulation, plus hand-offs, plus live signal vs. historical, yadda yadda)

best last.fm feature EVAR

So I'm not sure which bush I was sleeping under when they launched this, but now that I've found it: you tell the site you're interested in gigs happening within an X mile radius of e.g. Dublin, Ireland, and you get a calendar that's populated with gigs based on your playlist (optionally also on your friends' playlists and music that last.fm thinks you might like). Now all they need to do is add this to the RSS feeds, or better still spout off an iCal feed for that hip factor, and I'll never again need to check the Event Guide for musical "happenings" in my area.