Out of 26 million Texans, you may have an idea to change the world. You may have had several ideas to change the world. But only a tiny minority of you pushed through the U.S. Patent office from application to successful patent. We've seen Texans change the world many times over. Jack Kilby did it with Texas Instruments in 1958 with the integrated circuit, causing the start of the digital revolution, which, in part, is why you can read these words over your electronic device.
Over the last few years, Texas Business has brought its feature: Texas Business Patent of the Day. This list is of the ones that were either extremely clever, odd or strange. One thing becomes apparent from these patents and the patent that runs daily in Texas Business—Texans have a unique mind set.
Though the history of the Corn Dog is disputed, the State Fair of Texas claims to have introduced the Corny Dog sometime between 1938 and 1942. As a paean to that invention that now sits in the freezer section of every grocery store in the southwest, here are the fried foods the State Fair of Texas has introduced, or tried to introduce, in the last seven years.
Dead Texas musicians live on every time you hear their songs. Their songs play everywhere, so the dead Texas musicians appear to be immortal. Here's the short list.
Don't get caught up with John Wayne religion. For one thing, he's not Texan. He's in some fine movies involving Texas, most notably The Searchers, but none of his movies can make the best cut of Texas movies. Here's the short list.
Unsung Texas Business Journalists Mention that one is a reporter, and there's a spark of interest. Mention that one is a business news reporter, and watch the eyes glaze over. Except to the players, business and economic journalists are unappreciated. While many wish to become sports reporters when they grow up, most do not realize that business journalists cover the Real Game. Mention that reporter covers business, and watch the eyes glaze over. A toast to these below on the short list and the numerous unnamed ones slogging away. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com
Best Texas Mexican Food: The Short List No, we're not going to debate the difference between Tex-Mex, Mex-Tex, Mexican and Texican food. Just know these establishments are the pinnacle of Texas Mexican fare. No brag, just fact. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com
Best Texas Burgers Texas Burgers. . While a hamburger is merely sustenance and gratification for a meal, the memory a good Texas burger can give rise to Homeric odes. The short list. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com
The $100 Bill: Snarlups & Snafus Perhaps the spin to be put on the printing several billion dollars of useless $100 bills: A clever ruse by the government to stimulate the economy. Or not. Full Story » Alan Nelson
Aviation
Early Embraer Legacy 650 buyer puts new jet on the market Texas Business notes this story by R. Randall Padfield of AIN Online: MEBA attendees have two Embraer Legacy 650s to view here in Dubai. Business Air International (BAI) of Dallas, Texas, is displaying the first certified Embraer Legacy 650 to be shown at MEBA. Full Story »
Executives
Statesman's Vivio to head marketing firm Texas Business notes this story by Fred Zipp of the Austin American-Statesman: Michael Vivio, who led the American-Statesman through the uncertainty of a short-circuited sale and then presided over a flurry of expansion and innovation projects, is taking on a new challenge.Full Story »
Texas Business reports:Young Chefs Academy, the first cooking school for children franchise, has expanded their unique cooking academies in four different countries in the past six months.
Allen Stanford Too Drugged in Prison for Trial, Lawyer Says in Bail Bid Texas Business notes this story by Laurel Brubaker Calkins of Bloomberg: Jailed financier R. Allen Stanford is too heavily medicated to prepare for or testify at his January trial on charges he led a $7 billion investment fraud, his lawyer claimed in a bid for bail.Full Story »
Media
Football was fun for homegrown Texan on the field and off Texas Business recommends this story by David Barron of the Houston Chronicle: While his work on ABC’s Monday Night Football helped re-create the NFL as prime-time spectacle, Don Meredith, the rapier-witted rapscallion from Mount Vernon who died Sunday at age 72, will be remembered for a less-is-more style that has been overwhelmed — and not necessarily for the better — by today’s high-definition, high-detailed, multi-platform model.Full Story »
Statesman's Vivio to head marketing firm Texas Business notes this story by Fred Zipp of the Austin American-Statesman: Michael Vivio, who led the American-Statesman through the uncertainty of a short-circuited sale and then presided over a flurry of expansion and innovation projects, is taking on a new challenge.Full Story »
Texas Business reports: AppTech of The Woodlands entered into a marketing agreement to develop a "Members Only" website and Smartphone app for a major soccer development academy located in Parana, Brazil.
The Texas News Scrawl is a handy reference to stories Texas Business recommends from other news sources. Some of the stories that Texas Business currently suggests include: Chemical Safety Board shut out of West probe by ATF; America’s greatest threat: Unsafe work conditions; The West News proves the value of a great weekly newspaper in a community torn up with grief and chaos; Chinese investors checking out Texas, Austin; Texas makes bounce house operators carry liability coverage, but not plants like West Fertilizer; bSpaceX’s Grasshopper leaping to NM spaceport;American Airlines, US Airways to name post-merger leadership within weeks; and more.
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