February 28, 2012: Afternoon
- Obama administration more prone than any in history to silence and prosecute federal workers.
- Chart: Where not to be a toddler.
- DC-area plastic surgeon developing procedures for people concerned about their appearance during video calls.
- Pictures of the nearly forgotten mailbox.
- For those seeking to learn a second language after English, consider the most useful: French.
- Profile of French alpine photographers.
- Day in the life of an Athens bookstore/cafe that can neither sell books nor make coffee.
- Beautiful bookstores dumbly make their setup—not products—the focus.
- One southern magazine editor doth trash-eth another (too much?) for mirepresenting the South.
- Ally Sheedy's life examined through her literary career.
- Pictures of Berndnaut Smilde's sculptures, installations, and stunning clouds briefly formed in rooms.
- Examples of mechanical jewelry with wings.
- Guide to making McDonalds's fries at home, calipers optional.
- Related nerd alert: The recommended viewing sequence for Star Wars virgins is "Machete Order."