Headlines from April 16, 2012

New online dating sites embrace face-to-face singles events over scrolling through profiles.
Germans build a hand-cranked barrel organ out of Legos that plays the Star Wars theme.
Arguing that Tolstoy and Aristotle would consider meme culture an art form. #video
Ten years in, Andy Baio’s favorite Waxy.org posts.
Here’s a weird thing a computer left behind. It’s a good start. The New Aesthetic needs to get weirder. #opinions
Facebook might be making us lonely, but none of us are going to be the one to pull the plug.
Facebook is bad for the web, and it’s bad for people. I can’t keep ignoring that. Sean Bonner quits Facebook.
While dissecting the Social Media Exile essay genre, a language expert considers penning his own. #tmn
Cybercops on the rise as attention-seeking fugitives increasingly use social media to brag about their crimes.
How police used forensic software to reconstruct a blind woman’s “invisible manuscript.”
X-rays of the Prado’s version of the Mona Lisa show the painter was looking over Leonardo’s shoulder as he created the original.
Tupac performs at Coachella via hologram. #video
El Salvador marks its first murder-free day in almost three years.
For the first time, Kim Jong-un addresses the North Korean people—his father addressed the nation only once.
Uncovering new clues in the mystery surrounding the Bush National Guard story that ended Dan Rather’s career. #longreads
As more voter information becomes available to campaigns, microtargeting is replaced by nanotargeting.
Before diamond rings were status gestures, they were virginity insurance.
A former TSA head takes on airport security theater and proposes alternatives that might actually work.
Wealth psychologists help the super-rich deal with their guilt.
New York taxes bagels; Alabama taxes playing cards.
A fair and balanced guide to choosing between New York and San Francisco. #tmn
New York versus Paris, in graphic form.
Why more first-class males survived the Titanic may have more to do with their stewards, rather than nicer clothes.
Story of lost Indian boy who found his mother using Google Earth may become a new motion picture.
Create your own Philip Glass composition.
Long watch: Academic analysis of The Wire‘s visual style. #video