In addition to my last article, Best Countries to Start a Business, here’s a list of the best states for startups which is also from Fortune Small Business. You can read the full article here, but I have provided summaries for the top 5 below:

1. South Dakota

No tax on personal income, capital gains or corporate income. Little crime and low energy costs.

2. Nevada

No tax on personal income, capital gains or corporate income and low property taxes. However, consumption and gas taxes are one of the highest in the nation.

3. Wyoming

No tax on personal income, capital gains, corporate income or capital gains. Cheap electric utility costs and gas taxes, but high in property and consumption-based taxes.

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According to Fortune Small Business, New Zealand is the most friendly country to start a business, quickly followed by the United States (duh) and Canada (wuh?).

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Maybe I haven’t been playing enough games, wait…I don’t play games anymore except only on rare occasions, but I just played WarioWare: Smooth Moves on my brother’s Wii and it is FUUUUUN. It’s been a while since I have played a game that leaves me feeling excited and absorbed.

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I just arrived in Taiwan and checked Facebook to see this ad:

What this means is that the kind of ads displayed is determined by the IP of the viewer. Now, I’m not sure whether the ads are contexual or not, but it sure doesn’t seem like it!

- Peter Kao

I never thought there would be a day year that I would actually make new year’s resolutions, but I’m doing them now. For next year - 2008, with hopes that I will actually follow them through.

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