Don’t know much about billionaire Paul Allen? You do now. Also, why you always should be careful on blind dates, Lady Gaga for V Magazine, and the Gilt Groupe for foodies. Plus, cloud drives are on everyone’s mind, the Dada-inspired apartment, and the right way to ask a girl to the prom.
1. A round up from Bahrain, the Ivory Coast, Jordan, Syria, Yemen, and Tunisia. [Soup]
2. Everything you need to know about President Obama’s Speech on Libya (including full video) [Atlantic]
3. Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, is becoming Bill Gates’ worst nightmare. A new memoir from the billionaire talks about how Gates schemed to take shares in the company from Allen during the early days of the software company following Allen’s treatment for cancer. The book goes on sale April 17th. I love this photo from it of the founding employees of Microsoft from 1978. (Paul Allen is on far bottom right): [WSJ]
And, for a preview excerpt from the book, go here: [VF]
4. Today, Lady Gaga announced that she was V Magazine’s newest columnist. And, for her head-shot, she wants one of her little monsters to illustrate her. Go here for your chance to be the winning artist: [Vmag]
5. 5 important people that were screwed out of history. Like the female Paul Revere. [Cracked]
6. USC Frat Boy caught having sex on the roof of a building. Entire campus gets notified via photos from their school newspaper. People are shocked by this and photo makes headline news around the country. [NYDN]
7. Gotham Gal writes a post about the Bloomberg Empowered Entrepreneur Summit. It is spot on. [GothamGal]
8. Jacob Barnett, left, is only 12 but has a higher IQ than Albert Einstein. He taught himself Calculus, algebra, geometry, trigonometry in a week and is ow in line for a PHD from Indiana University. Oh yeah, he’s also has his own “expanded” version of Einstein’s theory of relativity. [DailyMail]
9. First there was an average penis size around the world map, and now there’s the map of the average breast cup size by country. [Geekologie]
10. Skype in the Classroom. Today Skype launched a free international community site designed to help teachers find each other and relevant projects according to search criteria such as the age groups they teach, location and subjects of interest. Cool Magool! [TC]
11. Why you should always be cautious on a blind date, especially one that you have found online. Sarah Kemp, a cleaner from Edinburgh, and George Bentley, a builder from London, met on forgetdinner.co.uk. After several months of emailing they met for a blind date when, after a few hours, they found out they were actually siblings! [AOL]
12. The Most Successful Digital Media Companies in the U.S. Here are the Top 10 in order: Google, Yahoo, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, IAC, AOL, NewsCorp., AT&T, Facebook. [PaidContent]
13. “To Daddy.” Some clever inmates and their friends on the outside found a way to turn the prescription drug Suboxone into a paste that they could then paint onto children’s pictures (Disney-character coloring books) and sent through inmate mail. The sheriff’s response: “In my 38 years of law enforcement, I’ve never seen anything like this.” You’ve gotta hand it to them for being creative: [PressofAC]
14. Exploring the 2010 census data. Newsrooms across America have fired up their mapping tools to explain the changes in demographics from the newly released census data. [WaPo]
15. I’m in the process of reading a book of the best stories by John Cheever. So, I was excited to read about his real life relationship with his daughter, Susan, here: [TheFix]
16. Co-founder of Twitter, Evan Williams, isn’t ready to talk about what’s next for him, but assures us it will be BIGGER and BETTER. [EVHead]
17. The 10 Greatest Salespeople of all time. From David Ogilvy to Mary Kay Ash. [BI]
18. This is both sad and really disturbing. A 43-year old man in Ohio was transferred to the hospital after police had to cut him out of his chair that he had been sitting in for two years. His skin was attached to the fabric. [WTRF]
19. As David Letterman put it last night: “We can’t wait for Charlie Sheen to go away but we also can’t wait for more.” Well, Charlie Sheen is now recording music with Snoop Dogg. More! More! More! [BB]
20. “Make no mistake” is President Obama’s favorite catchphrase. “Win the Future” is his number two and “Here’s the deal” is three. Check out the rest here: [Daily]
21. Fun with Facebook Stickers of the Day. heh. [DailyWhat]
22. Giving your parents the pink slip. There are a number of stars (Beyonce, Leighton Meester, Usher, etc) that have fired mom and dad. Check out the gallery here: [TDB]
23. This isn’t good. The Grand Canyon, one of America’s greatest treasures, is threatened by a huge wave of Uranium mining – and the deadline for public comment is almost over. Go Sign the Petition here: [Krispayne]
24. How the Girl Scouts built their $700 million cookie empire. [Today]
25. I am completely obsessed with this roundup of wonderfully strange fonts. I was a Science student for 15 some years, and this Petri dish “Bacteria Font” (left) is making me squeal with delight! [Flavorwire]
26. Former Gourmet editor in chief Ruth Reichl is going to be launching a food spin-off of Gilt Groupe. [Observer]
27. Study finds that just by showing someone an older avatar version of themselves inspires them to save more money. [TheWeek]
28. A Dada Inspired loft in Toronto? Um, dream apartment idea. [Atelier 688 via Sweethomestyle]
29. Outdoor bike trips in every direction from NYC. Maps! [Awl]
30. The most influential news organizations according to Google. Measured by how often their reporting is cited on Google News and Google Blogs. Complied by Nate Silver. [Forbes]
31. How to ask a girl to prom:
32. Everyone is talking about Cloud Drives today. Get started with Amazon’s: [Amazon]
33. Finally, on the heels of my own Lady Gaga concert adventure from last week (in Omaha, NE), check out the 25 best baked Lady Gaga’s. Dad, you totally need to bake something the next time you invite us to Gaga! [BuzzFeed]
Well, that’s all for me today. Do you have something for tomorrow’s list? Email me: Rachelle@guestofaguest.com!
