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Almost as soon as the Boston Marathon bombs exploded, the news media gave wall-to-wall updates on the blasts and the ensuing manhunt for the suspects. Douglas Rushkoff, technology and media commentator for CNN, talks about how we’re adapting -- or not -- to such an immediate, crushing flow of information. Rushkoff is the author of Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now.  

Science historian and author George Dyson discusses his most recent book “Turing’s Cathedral,” a national bestseller about the origins of the digital universe. 

Governor O'Malley's proposed 2013 budget is due on Friday.  Revenue forecasts are higher this year, but the state transportation fund is in need of money for new projects.  We talk with UMBC political science professor Roy Meyers about what will get funded--and what might get ignored.

Every month, we bring you a wrap up of the latest in Baltimore tech news. This month, Nathan talks with Andrew Zaleski of the tech news site, Technically Baltimore.

From monuments with smart phone apps to flameless cremation and video-streaming services, a look at trends in funeral practices in the 21st Century.

About two hundred years ago, the Romantic poet Lord Byron wrote a few lines about his young, estranged daughter, Ada Lovelace:

Is thy face like thy mother's, my fair child! 

Ada! sole daughter of my house and heart? 

When last I saw thy young blue eyes they smil'd, 

We live in an information age. Massive amounts of data are produced each day and stored in vast databases. In recent years, a movement has sprung up to put that data to good use. This weekend, a group of hackers and non-hackers alike will convene to figure out ways to use this data to solve problems in Baltimore. The conference is called "Groundwork".

In July, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake chose Chris Tonjes to be Baltimore’s new Chief Information Officer. He was CIO of Washington DC’s public library system before starting here six weeks ago. He takes the position after a tumultuous six months for the Mayor’s Office of Information Technology. 

Web Extra: Chris Tonjes on his ideas for bridging the digital divide.

The differences between how girls and boys are treated when inside Maryland’s Department of Juvenile Services.

Nathan Sterner talks with Baltimore Sun technology reporter Gus Sentementes.

A review of the play “A Fierce Longing,” now at the Theatre Project in Baltimore.

The writer Dudley Clendinen died last week at age 67. We speak with people who knew him, and hear from Dudley both before and after his diagnosis of ALS.

A new report from the Brookings Institute examines how Baltimore could encourage growth in certain sectors to help low-earning residents find better-paying jobs.  Galloping gadgets and gizmos!