links for 2008-05-04

• The Castro family playground | FP Passport
  So much for democracy in Cuba, this is called nepotism.
  (tags: democracy Cuba Castro)
• Featured Windows Download: AVG Free Anti-Virus 2008 Released, Much Improved
  Another antivirus to try.
  (tags: antivirus free lifehacks software tips)
• Cuba lifts ban on home computers
  Cuba Libre.
  (tags: Cuba technology communism computers)
• Windows XP: Slipstream Service Pack 3 into Your Windows XP Installation CD
  Very useful instructions.
  (tags: administration backup computers dvd windows slipstream xp)
• Diario de América / America's Daily > Huracán en Bolivia por Diario de América
  (tags: Bolivia Autonomy)
• Book Excerpt: Grab a Free Chapter of Google Apps Hacks
  Very useful
  (tags: google apps hacks presentation lifehacker)
• El Independent: El apoyo hispano a los Republicanos (1860)
  Not always republicans were as scary as they are today to hispanics.
  (tags: Republican party hispanics)
• "Alliance With Chavez Turning Against Morales at Home" By Marcela Sanchez
  WASHINGTON -- When Bolivia's Evo Morales was elected the Western Hemisphere's first indigenous president of a country with an indigenous majority, Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez wasted no time proclaiming himself an ally.
  (tags: Bolivia Chavez)
• Breaking: Microsoft Withdraws Yahoo Bid; Walks Away From Deal (Updated)
  The deal fell off. Although I was not a big fan of the deal Yahoo stockholders are loosing a lot.
  (tags: ballmer microsoft news web yahoo)
• El Independent: La ciudad más contaminada de EE.UU.
  Pittsburgh is the first one.
  (tags: Pittsburgh environment Los Angeles)
• doublepicillusion.jpg (JPEG Image, 805x1138 pixels)
  See the image carefully then read the explanation.
  (tags: image interesting psychology)
• El Independent: El cuarto poder
  Mario Vargas Llosa about the newseum. Too bad that is one of the few museums you pay for in Washington and it is very, very expensive.
  (tags: Newseum Mario Vargas Llosa)