January 31, 2012: Afternoon
- Diplomats battle (against Russia) to demand Assad's resignation.
- Now's the time to reread Vogue's fluff profile of Assad's wife and family.
- Eurozone unemployment ends 2011 at 10.4%, up 751,000 from 2010.
- Hungary growing weary of ties to the EU and its empire-building.
- Scathing review of the new Hockney show doesn't vibe with "more people smiling in any gallery I’ve ever been in."
- In light of the Costa Concordia crash, remembering when a Berlin candy company bombed people with chocolates.
- Pictures of Antarctica (not really) taken from inside a plastic bag.
- Whether people were ever swallowed by whales and what happened to them if they were.
- Drought and growing demand for red meat in East Asia drive up American beef prices.
- "Booth Babes" at annual MacWorld Expo not doing much for the role of women in computer science.
- Robert McMillan traces the history of computer passwords, discovers they were useless from the start.
- How to pronounce words hilariously.
- New York Public Library animates stereoscopic images.
- The favorite books ("of all time") of DFW, Jennifer Egan, and other authors.
- Quiz: Recognize the film by its cover.