The Linkage for May. 12th
Here’s a quick look at what I was reading online from Apr. 25th to May. 12th:
Amazon.com may owe Texas millions in uncollected sales taxes
Tags: business net_issues texas
Taxes… we don't need no stinkin' taxes. It looks like Amazon has operated a shipping center in Irving since 2006 and the state of Texas is just now hearing about it. D'oh!
Russians bust out the tanks and missles
Tags: cold_war russia
Moscow sends a message to the rest of the world… we've still got weapons and we know how to drive them through the middle of our capital.
Prospective juror in pot trial caught smoking marijuana
Tags: funny stupid texas
I guess she'd be an authority on the subject at hand.
Cereal prize offends an entire nation
Tags: armenia azerbaijan business history
Swiss-based multinational food company Nestle has apologized after a promotional CD-ROM featuring information about countries around the world contained inflammatory statements about Azerbaijian and a conflict with neighboring Armenia.
Chronicle shocked to learn that Texas profs are Democrats
Tags: 2008_election democrats media politics tamu texas
Academia a hotbed for liberalism? Even in Lil' Bush's Tex-utopia? Who knew?!? Everyone but two bored writers at the Chronicle apparently. I enjoy the knee-jerk reaction from the conservative strategist moron too.
Cuba lifts ban on home computers
Tags: censorship computer cuba technology
Hey, Cuba enters the late 20th Century! Well, kind of… They're still not allowing residents to have internet access and no one can actually afford the computers, but you know…
The plight of the older sibling
Tags: parenting society
A new study confirms what every oldest sibling already knows – we get more blame and less support than our little brothers and sisters.
Aggies build a robotic Guitar Hero
Tags: tamu technology video_games
Although I haven't been sucked into the whole Guitar Hero phenomenon, this project is pretty cool. It's good to know that a robot can now probably kick my butt on video games as well.
'Free Tibet' flags made in China
Tags: china funny tibet
Left hand, right hand… How do you say "irony" in Chinese?
Soviet domain registrations on the rise
Tags: cold_war history net_issues russia
Despite the fact that the Soviet Union hasn't existed for 16 years, you can still get a .su domain name for your web site. And it looks like plenty of people are doing it.
Fish species goes without sex for 70,000 years
Tags: animals nature science texas weird
It's not quite an entire planet ruled by women, but the science fiction notion of a male-free society appears to be reality for one particular species of fish.
Scrapbooking enters the underworld
Tags: society weird
So much for the old pine box. Can't anything just be simple and somber any more?
Four sound effects that made TV history
Tags: bbc doctor_who history music technology
It's sad to see that so little remains of the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop.
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