Afflictor: Thinking it's nice that Newt Gingrich's ex-wives get along so well.
- Old Print Articles: Men are growing taller (1890) + Monkey is terrible at shaving (1887) + Cow produces beer instead of milk (1892).
- Classic Photographs: Houdini, at Hippodrome, debunks spirtualists. (1925)
- Featured Videos: David Bowie and Marianne Faithfull sing Sonny & Cher (1973) + New exoskeleton suit for Japanese nuclear workers + Devo sells Honda Scooters (1984) + Smokin’ Joe Frazier in his heyday + Eerie robot likeness of Marlin Perkins + The miracle of call waiting (1977) + Fred Astaire dances for Dick Cavett (1970) + The World’s Fair goes bankrupt (1984) + Promotional trailer for release of Frost-Nixon videocassettes + 3-D short by Pixar founder Ed Catmull (1973) + Idiotic hi-tech dress + Asimo robot serves a beer + Make your clothing superhydrophobic.
- Recently Posted on Craigslist: Well, maybe not 100% legal + There aren’t quite enough people on Earth for me to hate + Why would someone throw away perfectly good cat food? + Proving he’s still a regular guy, Herman Cain takes the subway + I am a licensed psychologist in Nevada.
- My 5 favorite non-fiction articles so far this year.
- For some reason, I was thinking about Abbott & Costello the other day.
- Henry Hitchings wonders what is the lingua franca of the future.
- Frederick Seidl wonder if motorcycles are all but dead culturally.
- Bret Victor offers a philippic about the tyranny of touchscreens.
- Laurie Winer provides an inside look at the demise of the L.A. Times.
- Cop cars become part of a central swarm brain.
- Futurist Scott Smith argues that large-scale DIY warfare is upon us.
- Hunter S. Thompson fondly recalled J. Edgar Hoover in 1974.
- The emergence of Telexistence.
- What access to telephones was like just 16 years ago.
- Listen to Harry Houdini speak.
- Steve Jobs even fussed over what washing machine he would buy.
- Michael Lewis profiles psychologist Daniel Kahneman.
- Alex Pappademas profiles young rap producer Lex Luger.
- Elizabeth Dwoskin examines why Americans won’t do dirty work.
- Charles Babbage’s 1830s computer finally being built.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches.