The Linkage for Apr. 9th
Here’s a quick look at what I was reading online from Apr. 5th to Apr. 9th:
Stonehenge breakthrough might reveal what it’s all about
Tags: history uk
Archaeologists carrying out an excavation at Stonehenge say they have broken through to a layer that may finally explain why the site was built.
Fast food, German-style
Tags: technology germany food
Sure, the Japanese may have their grocery-stores-in-a-vending-machine, but they can’t touch this.
Venezuelans kids to see more Baywatch, less Krusty
Tags: television venezuela simpsons stupid
“The Simpsons” has been dropped from morning TV in Venezuela after being deemed unsuitable for children – and has been replaced by that wholesome family show “Baywatch”.
Lucas, studio go to court over Stormtroopers
Tags: star_wars law uk
A legal battle has begun at the High Court in London over who owns the copyright for the distinctive look of Imperial Stormtroopers from the Star Wars films.
Flickr finally adds (heavily regulated) video
Tags: flickr video technology
The world’s best photo sharing site has finally jumped on the video wagon as well. With their 90-second time limit and promise to be stringent on copyrights, however, I don’t think YouTube has any reason to sweat just yet.
Tiny temblor a big deal in Texas
Tags: texas weather geology
Yes, we do have earthquakes in Texas. No, they’re not worth getting excited about.
Fenway gets a few upgrades for a home-field advantage
Tags: baseball stadiums red_sox
The amount of effort, money, consideration and forethought that the new Red Sox ownership group has poured into renovating and enhancing Fenway Park should be a prime example for whoever ends up buying the Cubs.
Long history of Olympics protests
Tags: history olympics
This year’s demonstrations and calls for boycotts of the summer games in China are just the latest in a very long line of protest movements for or against one thing or another involving the Olympics.
For once, protesters put out a fire instead of starting one
Tags: paris france china olympics
Pro-Tibet protesters managed to douse to Olympic torch three times during a jaunt through Paris that ultimately had to be canceled. News flash to the IOC: these protests are only going to get stronger as August approaches.
Gates says Vista successor could come ‘in the next year or so’
Tags: technology computer microsoft business
Another distressing sign that Microsoft is more about selling software licenses than actually innovating. Shouldn’t they be more worried about getting Vista up to snuff and really phasing out XP?
New Zealand man ‘used hedgehog as weapon’
Tags: animals weird new_zealand
Hedgehogs don’t kill people; people using hedgehogs do. (Or at least try to).
The low-down on the racing sausages
Tags: baseball brewers funny
Quite possibly the best in-game event at a baseball game today. (Although the copy-cat presidents’ races in Washington D.C. are pretty good too.)
Scrabble fights back on Facebook… kind of…
Tags: facebook business net_issues
The forces behind Scrabble have launched an official version of the game on Facebook to counter the rip-off Scrabulous, but it’s not available to users in the U.S. and Canada. D’oh!
Man gets $2.6m for domain name
Tags: business funny net_issues
Ah, another example of how just a little bit of foresight 10-15 years ago could have made us all very rich.
UTSA students apparently plagiarized honor code
Tags: utsa texas stupid
When they needed to draft an honor code, the resourceful students at UTSA found the best one they could steal.
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