January 17, 2014
By The Morning News
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- Egypt hires American PR firm to improve its image, then arrests its film crew within hours of setting foot in Cairo.
- Times editor discovers a new relationship with her father when her dad discovers the joy of texting about the news.
- Threats from Western countries to withdraw aid have slowed the progress of anti-gay bills, but homosexuality remains illegal in 37 African countries.
- Etymology of the word "brothel."
- Japanese soldier, who refused to believe that World War II had ended and remained at his post in a Philippine jungle until 1974, dies at 91.
- Long assessment of the appeal and tragedy of the Chicago Bears' Jay Cutler, "the ultimate mix of hope and frustration."
- New Coen brothers movie Inside Llewyn Davis critiqued in terms of how and when cats actually pee.
- Assessment of Marvin Gaye's soundtrack for Trouble Man, "halfway between social consciousness and eroticism."
- Preview of this year's Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes.
- Geekdom is not defined by historical entry points or even shared experiences. A geek must possess just two things: knowledge and enthusiasm.
- People who insist that learning to code is easy tend to be annoying and wrong; in the case of maps, they're right.
- Mathematicians explain why the sum of all natural numbers up to infinity is a small negative number.
- Writer uses YouTube tutorials—e.g., how to repair an electric hot water heater, tie a Windsor knot, clean a motorcycle carburetor—to make himself a better person.
- Rules to live longer from one of Steve Jobs' favorite doctors.
- Despite many innocents imprisoned and a little girl killed, The First 48 is still going strong on A&E.
- Famous movie quotes turned into charts.
- The Kama Sutra for couples who have been dating more than three years.
