The Linkage for September 1st
Here’s a quick look at what I was reading online from Aug. 25th to Sep. 1st:
ESPN offers glimpse at the next thing it’ll beat to death
Remember when Will.I.Am randomly showed up as a hologram on CNN’s election night coverage? Hold on to your remotes because ESPN is about to roll out an improved version of that same technology. If you thought Dick Vitale was annoying before, wait until they can stick him virtually anywhere and everywhere they want.
Tags: technology television espn
Less room for tears in your beer at Texans games
After quietly reducing the size of their draft beers and then patting themselves on the back publicly for not raising prices, the Texans had to back track when fans noticed they weren’t getting as much pop for their $7.75. Then they backtracked again, switching back to the smaller cups, but lowering the price. Regardless of what they charge, you’re always getting screwed buying a beer at a sporting event.
Tags: stadiums reliant_stadium football houston texans business food beer
Dutch ‘moon rock’ revealed to be a fake
A treasured piece at the Dutch national museum – a supposed moon rock from the first manned lunar landing – is nothing more than petrified wood. The lump in question was given to the museum by the three Apollo 11 astronauts during a goodwill tour in 1969. Oops.
Tags: space moon nasa the_netherlands
‘Reading Rainbow’ reaches its final chapter
I can’t even begin to tell you how much I loved Reading Rainbow as a kid. It makes me incredibly sad that it won’t be around for my kids.
Tags: television pbs books education parenting
Unusual paintings of Obama naked with unicorns
No matter what your particular political leanings are, I think we can all agree that this artist is definitely a weirdo. I also enjoy the fact that the person who posted these labeled them as “unusual paintings,” as if there were normal, everyday paintings of a nude president cavorting with mythical beasts.
Tags: art weird funny politics presidents
Roy Oswalt gets on his angry tractor and rides
Astros pitcher Roy Oswalt is as mad as hell about most of his teammates just mailing it in each night and he’s not going to take it anymore. Of course, saying that on a night when he gave up three runs in the first inning probably wasn’t the best time, but his point is well taken. His “it starts at the top” comment is interesting. Is the next example of a star player running off an Astros manager?
Tags: baseball astros texas houston
t.u. will take JetBlue’s money, but they won’t fly with them
The University of Texas Athletics Department has signed a deal JetBlue Airways Corp. to make them their official airline sponsor, but they’re still sticking with Continental for their actual air travel service.
Tags: tu business travel football ncaa
Beijing loves IKEA – but not for shopping
The people of Beijing love to visit their ten-year old IKEA store. They just don’t ever buy anything.
Tags: china ikea business
Spain tries to remember its forgotten past
Seventy years after the end of the civil war in 1939 in which more than 350,000 people were killed, Spain is still divided over how to deal with what the country calls its “historical memory”.
Tags: eu spain history
In Galveston, dead trees see new life as art
An estimated 40,000 trees were destroyed in Galveston by Hurricane Ike last year, including some that had stood for nearly a century. Now, people are looking to turn this colossal loss into a new source of civic pride by commissioning sculptures carved out of the dead wood.
Tags: texas galveston hurricane_ike weather art
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