These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/09/08 … please enjoy:
Colorful new names for eight crayons | The Morning Call
Gone is wild watermelon. Now it will be called awesome. That’s just one of the name changes of eight colors in the Crayola 64 box that was announced earlier today at the Toys R Us in Times Square in New York City.
Olympic Torch Inflicts Environmental Toll | ABC News
Angry protesters, riot police, mass demonstrations, arrests for disorderly conduct, it hasn’t exactly been smooth sailing for the Olympic-torch relay. By the time this pyro parade is over, it will have produced about 11 million pounds of carbon emissions.
Devo censorship? Lyric changes by MTV and Disney | Destinyland
It’s no accident. They have a page listing every track on all of Devo’s albums ? and each of the 11 times “Jocko Homo” was included in a new compilation, MTV changed its name to “Jocko H***”, and that’s not all.
The Dangers of Being a Television News Reporter | Gawker
Here is a compilation video that was made of everything tragic that could possibly happen to a television news reporter. Some of these clips have become internet classics, and some you may have never seen before.
Though Microsoft bowed to a gamer backlash and gave 3-year warranty protection for the widespread Xbox hardware failure known as “The Red Ring of Death,” it seems another debilitating malfunction, “The Red Light of Death,” hasn’t been included.
Come back for more links tomorrow!!
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