The Linkage for Nov. 7th
Here’s a quick look at what I was reading online from Oct. 30th to Nov. 7th:
MLB to drop coin flips for tiebreakers
Tags: mlb
MLB is finally moving to eliminate one of the dumbest things it does in the postseason – using coin flips to determine home field advantage in tiebreaker games instead of the head-to-head records of the teams involved.
Monsoon rains linked to fall of Chinese dynasties
Tags: china history weather
A new study suggests that the demise of some of China's ruling dynasties may have been linked to changes in the strength of monsoon rains.
Nike marathon runner gets leg up from Reebok
Tags: business advertising
In a classic case of upsmanship, the elementary school teacher who won last month's Nike Women's Marathon but wasn't awarded first place because of her race grouping was given a trophy, free shoes and a hefty donation for her school by rival shoemaker Reebok.
A look back at past presidental pets
Tags: united_states history government
Now that the Obamas will be bringing a new puppy with them to Washington in January, now is a good a time as any to review some of the previous four-legged inhabitants of the White House – including one named Satan.
Airline apologizes for prosthetic limb fee
Tags: uk business stupid travel
There's a joke in here about charging an arm and a leg for an arm and a leg, but I'm not going to make it.
Astrologist predicts global crisis will destroy EU and NATO
Tags: russia media funny economics
If you're looking for expert analysis of the global economy, look no further than Pravda. According to them, a "well-known astrologist" predicts that the current economic crisis will cripple the United States, destroy the European Union and leave Mother Russia just peachy. Make preparations for the revolution!
General Zod for President
Tags: funny 2008_election politics movies
I can't believe I didn't find this until the day before the election. A truly inspired page that demonstrates the real purpose of the web – satire.
E-mail error ends up on road sign
Tags: uk funny
This is beyond awesome and a great example of the pitfalls of living in a multilingual society. Especially when one of those languages is as jacked up as Welsh.
‘Grotesque’ pizza ads dropped
Tags: advertising stupid new_zealand
Just in case you were wondering, you probably shouldn't advertise your company with a dancing animated Heath Ledger skeleton. It might be seen as being in bad form.
Six-man game thrives in rural towns
Tags: texas football
Perhaps the best introduction and brief explanation of six-man football that I've seen in a while.
Fact imitating fiction in Spock's neighborhood
Tags: space extrasolar_planets star_trek
Astronomers believe that Epsilon Eridani could be the home of a solar system very similar to our own, perhaps even including an Earth-like planet. Now that we've uncovered that, expect the Vulcans to emerge from hiding and make first contact any day now.
Tennant decides its finally time for a regeneration
Tags: doctor_who television
David Tennant has announced that he's leaving Doctor Who after the four hour-long specials planned for next year, meaning that the Eleventh Doctor will be mucking about time and space during the next full season in 2010. I've enjoyed Tennant's run in the series, but it will be good for the show to have a fresh Doctor to work with.
Pepsi unveils new look
Tags: business advertising food
On the one hand, I really like the clean, minimalistic retro-futuristic design. They look like bottles that Dave Bowman would have chugged in 2001. But the circular logo revamp is horrible, even with the tongue-in-cheek white band width variation between regular, diet and max varieties.
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