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Saturday, June 18, 2011

Saturday Links

1. "Lemonade stands are supposed to come with lessons — about camaraderie, teamwork, entre­pre­neur­ship.  But sometimes the all-American rite of passage instead becomes a master class in government overreach," like near the U.S. Open as reported by the Washington Post (another story will appears on the front page the Sunday edition) and other media. 

2. Estimate: Google's Les Paul doodle guitar cost companies around the world $268 million in lost productivity.

3.  Hospitals Embrace Text Messaging of Emergency Room Wait Times 

4. To increase efficiency, Hewlett-Packard is planning to shift part of its notebook production from China to Japan in the next few months. The Californian company plans to eventually manufacture all computers for sale in Japan in factories near Tokyo.

5. Get your soon-to-be-extinct incandescent light bulbs on Ebay or Amazon while they're still legal.  (HT: Instapundit)

6. From Popular Mechanics: "101 gadgets that changed the world," from #1 (Mobile/Smartphone) to #101 (duct tape).  (HT: Instapundit)

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