Is it true that the South Street Seaport Museum has closed down Bowne & Co after 182 years? I very much hope not.

Mohamed El-Erian’s moving and heartfelt column on Egypt — FT

Did Ticketmaster really sell only 1,000 LCD Soundsystem seats on the on-sale date when there are 13,000 seats in total? — Lefsetz

Everybody link to the Content Farm! We need to boost its PageRank!

Iran opposition protests — Reuters

Battle of the credit-card concierge services, Valentine’s Day edition. You might be surprised by the winner — NerdWallet

President Obama will present Jasper Johns with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House — LA Times

Ivan Oransky reveals the name of the idiotic press officer: it’s the University of Manchester’s Aeron Haworth — Embargo Watch

Why small IPOs are important, and why they no longer exist — Urgent Speed

Mark Miller has a great column on Social Security scaremongering. It’s not in crisis, people! — Reuters

Mike Elgan: Why Nokia is toast — Computerworld

Bill O’Reilly is Internet Meme du Jour — Geekosystem