Webtacular World Issue #15 March 16, 2014

Crimea is Russia and we lost a plane. What is this, the 1950’s?

STORY OF THE WEEK (10 min. read)
What: Dude, Where’s My Plane?
Why: Because this story started off as a tragedy and has only gotten weirder now it still has not been found. Speaking of which, how does someone lose a plane?

ECONOMIC THING OF THE WEEK (10 min. read)
What: How To Succeed In Someone Else’s Failing
Why: Because one man’s crusade to bring down a giant company shows that anything is possible as long as you have one billion dollars to do it.

LAW THING OF THE WEEK (5 min. read)
What: Crimea U̶k̶r̶a̶i̶n̶e̶ Russia
Why: Because Crimea just voted to secede from Ukraine, so you might as well know the legal theory behind the decision.

SCIENCE THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: Football Physics
Why: Because a round soccer ball is actually a terrible thing.

SPORTS THING OF THE WEEK (5 min. read)
What: Going Back To Its Roots
Why: Because lacrosse is a great sport, and it is way more important than whatever that ball in the circle game that everyone’s starting to get excited about.

LEXICON THING OF THE WEEK (10 min. explore)
What: Where And When English Came From
Why: Because you might as well know why you say the things you say.

MUSIC THING OF THE WEEK (3.5 min. watch NSFWish)
What: You Actually Might Want To Turn This Down…
Why: Because this is probably one of the craziest music videos I have ever seen, and I’m kind of surprised I can still be surprised by music videos in this day and age.

PHOTOGRAPHY THING OF THE WEEK (4 min. watch)
What: SF Timelapse
Why: Because the Bay Area is beautiful.

LITERATURE THING OF THE WEEK (4 min. read)
What: The California Aggie Is No More
Why: Because it’s rare enough that a school decides to kill its largest student media outlet, and even rarer when that school is your alma mater.

VIDEO GAME THING OF THE WEEK (5 min. read)
What: What Ever Happened To The IPhone’s Promise Of Being the Gaming Machine Of The Future?
Why: Because people apparently are apparently happier tapping their phone to make something flap than playing a full version of Grand Theft Auto (you need to scroll down to #40 at the time of this writing in order to find it).

INTERNET THINGS OF THE WEEK
What: Goat Baaaaaath; Trains Good People Bad
Why: Because Internet.

THING YOU SHOULD GET BRIAN OF THE WEEK
What: Bacon In The Morning
Why: Because Brian deserves it.

Webtacularly yours,

Brian
Managing Editor, Webtacular World
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