1. 3D Ice Cubes Let Your Scotch Cool Down in Style – Finally, a practical use for 3D printers!
2. Lessons From the World’s Best Public School – Shanghai public schools trump the rest. Can America compete?
3. 2013 Was a Record Shattering Year for Solar – America now has enough installed solar to power 1.7 million homes.
4. Here’s Japan’s Latest Trend: Zentai – Charlie from Its Always Sunny in Philly was ahead of the curve.
5. Ray Kurzweil Does Not Understand the Brain – This guy always seemed nutty to me. But nutty optimism is better than pessimism.
6. The Cheapest House in Vancouver – Listed at $600k and it went over asking…
7. Americans Will Burn Less Oil 25 Years From Now – Natural resource pessimists are wrong again.
8. The Mystery of Go – Another article about the East Asian board game computers can’t figure out.
9. China Fact of the Day – China produced more cement in 2011 and 2012 than the US did in the entire 20th century.