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Bill Radke
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About Bill Radke
Bill is co-host of Seattle's Morning news, 5-9, on 97.3 KIRO FM. Bill is well known in the Northwest as a journalist, author, comedian, and talk show host. Radke started his career at KIRO as an intern in 1983. He recently returned home from Los Angeles.

In whatever font you want

It's summer driving season and I think I have a Thomas Guide in my car. I'm not sure. Because who uses maps?

This morning, we listened to a CBS News Money Watch piece about how -- thanks to GPS -- the map industry is folding. They're not alone. The Twebsite Life Hacker has a new piece called "Stuff You Don't Have to Buy Because You Can Print It Yourself for Free."

Some were obvious to me: did anyone EVER buy blank shopping lists or to-do checklists?

Some, though, I hadn't thought of: Why a wooden ruler? You can easily print your own paper one.

Graph paper.

Blank sheet music.

Board games -- you can print your own Scrabble game. Or deck of cards.

Christmas card tags. Hmmm … I think I actually bought some of those last year. What a chump.


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