March 5, 2012: Afternoon
- The only unexpected aspect of Putin's Sunday victory was the tear in his eye.
- America's moral "decline" includes decreased crime, divorce, teenage pregnancy rates.
- Question dividing the GOP: Is the end of defeating radical Islam worth the means of big government nation-building?
- Remnick: Netanyahu feels that "the fervor of the few offers him more than the disillusion and drift of the many."
- Iceland officially to adopt the Euro someday, but it's also looking at the Loonie.
- The Saints' bounty-hunting purse is exactly assault and battery.
- Brief fashion critique of LeBron's very small bag and Wade's shirt, pre-Lakers loss.
- Tribute by Tony Judt's wife.
- Elevator prank by Rémi Gaillard.
- Joshua Bell look-a-like steals watch by impersonating violinist, using towel to trick staff into opening locked safe.
- Researcher spins violin strings out of spider silk.
- BBC documentary on the history of Vox guitar amps
- Reading the privacy policies encountered in one year on the web would take 76 work days.
- In a world without Helvetica, it's difficult to do laundry, browse the internet, or eat.
- Comic: "...Dot Tumblr dot com" is gradually replacing "...Would be a good name for a band."