The Linkage for Apr. 23rd

Here’s a quick look at what I was reading online from Apr. 14th to Apr. 23rd:

McDonald’s gives UK workers “mark of respect”
Tags: business mcdonalds uk
In an effort to boost morale, Ronald’s deep-fryer jockeys in the UK will have fancy new duds that make them look like 1960s flight attendants.

Driver sends Bond car into the drink
Tags: bond funny
007′s newest Aston Martin went for a swim in an Italian lake when a driver lost control of the vehicle while delivering it to the set.

Microsoft finally unveils Live Mesh
Tags: computer microsoft net_issues os technology
“Live Mesh” sounds more like a jungle disease than a online storage/synch service. This could be fantastic, but I’m sure Microsoft will find someway to disappoint.

Astros post roof status on lame “blog”
Tags: astros baseball stupid web_design
Is a blog actually necessary for this? Couldn’t they just have a “roof open/roof closed” graphic on their web site?

Stern, Sonics hell-bent to get out of Seattle
Tags: basketball business oklahoma stupid washington
I normally don’t care about basketball, but it’s hard to see a city get swindled out of a team after 40 years by duplicitous new owners. Stern is starting to look pretty bad too.

Lawmaker cut off in mid-speech after offensive remark
Tags: colorado government stupid
Remember the state legislator who kicked a photographer before he was even sworn-in to office? He’s back in action, this time hurling insults at an entire sub-section of the population.

Davey Dance Blog
Tags: video music travel funny
It’s a guy dancing to random songs in random locations around the globe.

McCain “family recipes” lifted from the Food Network
Tags: politics 2008_election republicans plagiarism
Look like the McCains have a lazy, lazy intern in the “family”.

Gator found in burglary suspect’s car
Tags: animals texas weird
An early entry for quote of the year: “I pulled him over and, lo and behold, he had a 6-foot alligator in the back seat.”

Rocket Racing League announces August takeoff
Tags: technology
The more I read this article, the more this all sounds like the plot of a really bad Japanese cartoon. It could be cool. Or it could be really dumb.

Russia tests monkeys for Mars trip
Tags: space mars russia animals
Insert obligatory ‘Planet of the Apes’ joke here. Mars project aside, an interesting look at Russia’s use of macaques for spaceflight testing.

Yankees tear up concrete to unearth buried hex jersey
Tags: baseball yankees red_sox stadiums funny
Stuff like this is why rivalries are awesome.