Raps advance to the playoffs for the first time since ‘02. I was there at the last playoff game, a win against Detroit, with my sis. Here’s to hoping they get either a banged-up and inconsistent Washington or Miami team in the first round. Go Raps!

Starting in May you can purchase music from EMI without any DRM from iTunes. The content will be at a higher-quality and a higher price point ($1.29 vs $0.99). If EMI can garner enough sales, which I think they will, I’m sure the other major labels will follow. (thx Kottke!)

The NY Times is reporting that shot codes, a method to transmit media to your mobile phone by scanning them, may be taking off in the Americas soon.
UPDATE: More information via Qode, the main provider of this technology.