14 February 2007: Evening
By The Morning News
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Almost 25 percent of new military recruits require waivers--e.g., moral waivers for felony convictions--to join.
Al Franken waves family background while announcing run for Senate.
The story of Betty Crocker's chiffon cake and the secret about its inventor.
When California citrus freezes, Europe, Florida, and Texas are happy to fill the shelf gaps.
Large reward offered for Maltese Falcon, absent once again.
No folded crane: The origami of Robert Lang, as described by Susan Orlean in this week's New Yorker, including crease patterns, e.g., the Goliath Beatle [PDF].
How hard is it to make a latte, fuckers? / I love you, coffee. Valentine's Day poetry. See also, favorite love lines.
MIT's "One Laptop Per Child" project begins, sending 2,500 computers to eight countries, with 5 million planned for July.
Evolution and Dr. Leakey vs. evangelical outrage as Kenyan National Museum prepares to display Turkana Boy.
Llew Hinkes in today's Digest rages against the weather with appropriate background music.
Vaclav Havel: Once a president, now a solitary writer again.
Leave a message at (718) 371-1016 to let us know how you're doing currently, solitary VD or not.
Ghanian movie posters from the 1980s, some you may have seen and some you certainly haven't.
Video: How to build your own spaceship.
