The irony of the internet. – Indexed

Sad, but kind of true.

http://thisisindexed.com/2015/04/the-irony-of-the-internet/

The Story of the Shopping Cart » Sociological Images

Interesting history!

http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2015/04/10/the-story-of-the-shopping-cart/

Without enormous carts, Big Box discounters and wholesale club stores couldn’t exist. You can’t carry a box of 50 packages of Ramen noodles, 36 rolls of toilet paper, a box of 3 gallons of milk, enough soup for the entire winter, and a DVD player you just found on sale around without a huge cart.

Tolls on the rise as highway funding dries up | Brookings Institution

Tolls are a regressive fee, but until taxes become palatable…

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/the-avenue/posts/2015/04/06-tolls-highway-funding-kane-sabol-puentes

Emily Calandrelli: Why America needs STEM literacy.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/04/07/emily_calandrelli_why_america_needs_stem_literacy.html

In N.C., sun-power fields are growing strong | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

It will be interesting to see where this goes…

http://hamptonroads.com/2015/04/nc-sunpower-fields-are-growing-strong

U.S. Smartphone Use in 2015 | Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project

http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/04/01/us-smartphone-use-in-2015/

10% of Americans own a smartphone but do not have broadband at home, and 15% own a smartphone but say that they have a limited number of options for going online other than their cell phone. Those with relatively low income and educational attainment levels, younger adults, and non-whites are especially likely to be “smartphone-dependent.”