March 27, 2012: Afternoon
- Chart shows gas price increases around the world; Italians fork out 18% more than they did 12 months ago.
- Among three reasons to remain calm about gas prices: Europeans have it worse.
- Bureaucracy stalls cholera-vaccination program in Haiti amidst ongoing epidemic.
- British college student jailed for 56 days after tweeting racist remarks about soccer player.
- Newcastle law student charged for trolling a celebrity on Twitter, attempting to "snare a reaction."
- New to us: Wikipaintings.
- Case made with animated GIFs for 1995 as a great movie year.
- Oldie but goodie gallery of animated GIFs inspired by Carl Sagan.
- Round-up of fanciful hats worn by Pope Benedict XVI.
- Clips of film scores done by rock musicians.
- Brief history (in French) of the French song used for striptease in latest Mad Men.
- Radio piece on Turing's imaginary "universal machine" meets video footage of a real one.
- Today in the Tournament of Books: The Sisters Brothers and Open City, and video footage depicting how the Zombie Round was determined.