Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Don't Drink Less, Just Drink Smarter

What Space Does To Our Bodies: An Interactive Guide, The Secret Second Lives Of Pizza Huts, The Drinking Man's Guide To Surviving the Morning After, You'll Wish This Was Just Pubic Hair, 9 Outrageously Extravagant Food And Drink Items You Can Buy At Costco
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
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RISKY BUSINESS
What Space Does To Our Bodies: An Interactive Guide
nasa.gov
You'll think twice about your dream of going to space after you play around on this website.
FROM HUT TO HOVEL
The Secret Second Lives Of Pizza Huts
theatlanticcities.com
The company has discontinued the design and changed its business model to emphasize delivery and other types of outlets. But the distinctive silhouettes of those buildings remain one of the most reliable and recognizable features of the suburban landscape, even if a lot of them are no longer Pizza Huts.
WELL-HUNGOVER
The Drinking Man's Guide To Surviving the Morning After
gq.com
Your resolution should not be to drink less — just smarter.
IF ONLY THEY WERE CRABS
You'll Wish This Was Just Pubic Hair
digg.com
You don't need to speak Spanish to understand what happens next.
GO FOR THE TP, STAY FOR THE CAVIAR
9 Outrageously Extravagant Food And Drink Items You Can Buy At Costco
foodbeast.com
Where do you go if you want to buy both high quality caviar and a one year supply of food in case of a zombie apocalypse? Costco, of course.
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INSIDE THE BALL
Image: A glimpse inside the Waterford Crystal Times Square Ball panel installation for New Years Eve 2014.
A glimpse inside the Waterford Crystal Times Square Ball panel installation for New Years Eve 2014. Credit: Matt Boster/Sipa USA/Newscom
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Monday, December 30, 2013

Al-Qaida Is Obsessed With Recording Its Most Minute Expenses

Al-Qaida Is Obsessed With Recording Its Most Minute Expenses, I Think I Had Dinner With A Cult, An illustrated Tribute To The Inventor Of The Etch A Sketch, The World Braces For Retirement Crisis, The Best Internet Hoaxes Of The Year
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Monday, December 30, 2013
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$0.60 FOR CAKE
Al-Qaida Is Obsessed With Recording Its Most Minute Expenses
bigstory.ap.org
The manager of the modest grocery store thought he was about to get robbed. He rushed to lock his till and cowered behind the counter. Instead, the al-Qaida commander gently opened the grocery's glass door and asked for a pot of mustard. Then he asked for a receipt.
NEVER TURN DOWN A FREE MEAL
I Think I Had Dinner With A Cult
xojane.com
At 17, I went to a bizarre dinner in rural Mexico with my boyfriend's family and one of their colleagues. It was ... weird. But was it a cult? I might never know.
MAY HE REST IN ETCH
An illustrated Tribute To The Inventor Of The Etch A Sketch
digg.com
Christoph Niemann creates an illustrated tribute to André Cassagnes, the Etch A Sketch inventor who died on January 16, 2013.
THE GLOBAL BOOMER BUST
The World Braces For Retirement Crisis
talkingpointsmemo.com
A global retirement crisis is bearing down on workers of all ages.
THIS IS PROBABLY A HOAX
The Best Internet Hoaxes Of The Year
npr.org
From fake tweets to feigned poverty, the Internet was ablaze with hoaxes in 2013.
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ALWAYS HAS CLEAN UTENSILS AT HIS PLACE
Image: Etibar Elchiyev poses with 53 metal spoons magnetized to his body during an attempt to break his own Guinness World Record for
Etibar Elchiyev poses with 53 metal spoons magnetized to his body during an attempt to break his own Guinness World Record for "Most spoons on a human body" in Tbilisi on December 28, 2013. Credit: VANO SHLAMOV/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom
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Friday, December 27, 2013

What We Buy

Does Reading Actually Change The Brain, The Police Car Of The Future, Surviving Life In A '70s Sex Commune, The Coolest Science Of 2013, In GIFs, Amazon's Best-Selling Holiday Items Reveal The American Id
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Friday, December 27, 2013
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HE DIDN'T HAVE A BEARD WHEN HE STARTED
Does Reading Actually Change The Brain
futurity.org
After reading a novel, actual changes linger in the brain, at least for a few days, report researchers.
IT'S WATCHING YOU
The Police Car Of The Future
online.wsj.com
To the untrained eye, it looks like almost any other New York Police Department cruiser combing the city's streets—but this squad car has just as much brains as it does brawn.
THANK GOD DISCO IS DEAD
Surviving Life In A '70s Sex Commune
thedailybeast.com
Three decades after growing up in a European free-love commune, Paul-Julien Robert plunged into the film archives to make the extraordinary documentary, "My Fathers, My Mother and Me."
IT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU'LL CLICK
The Coolest Science Of 2013, In GIFs
blogs.smithsonianmag.com
This year, we saw dissolving electronics, flying meteors, gravity-defying chains and rotting pineapples.
AMERICANS STILL BUY MIRACLE-GRO?
Amazon's Best-Selling Holiday Items Reveal The American Id
qz.com
Amazon just wrapped up a successful holiday shopping season. It sold 36.8 million items on Cyber Monday alone, or 426 items per second. The company also revealed the most popular holiday purchases in a range of categories. Some of the items are kind of surprising.
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#NOFILTER
Image: Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) stand at attention during morning colors as the ship is moored in Funchal, Portugal, for a port visit.
Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) stand at attention during morning colors as the ship is moored in Funchal, Portugal, for a port visit. Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Billy Ho/Released
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Thursday, December 26, 2013

That Soft White Underbelly

Why Do Animals Have Soft White Underbellies?, The Best Apps For All Your New Devices, Did Dinosaurs Get The Flu?, The Tricorder Is Real (Kinda), Google Punishes Rap Genius By Making Site Unsearchable
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Thursday, December 26, 2013
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SO YOU KNOW WHERE TO RUB
Why Do Animals Have Soft White Underbellies?
slate.com
The phrase "soft white underbelly" describes the anatomy of a broad spectrum of animals ranging from sharks to amphibians to birds and even some mammals. Why is the most notorious biological vulnerability on Earth so ubiquitous?
HOW TO GET FULLY-LOADED
The Best Apps For All Your New Devices
theverge.com
Maybe it's a new PlayStation 4, or an iPhone 5C, or the Windows tablet you've been not-so-subtly asking for all year. You've unwrapped it, torn the box to shreds, and turned it on. Now what?
DINO-SORE
Did Dinosaurs Get The Flu?
popsci.com
Investigating diseases of prehistory.
WE'RE STUNNED
The Tricorder Is Real (Kinda)
bits.blogs.nytimes.com
When Walter De Brouwer puts his head to something, he can produce single-handedly what usually takes several hospital machines and labs. His single hand, it should be said, holds a small and promising device with which Mr. De Brouwer, the co-founder and chief executive of Scanadu, hopes to remake medicine.
HATE THE PLAYERS AND THE GAME?
Google Punishes Rap Genius By Making Site Unsearchable
searchengineland.com
If you go to Google and search for "rap genius," rapgenius.com will not be found on the first page. Instead you will find links to their Twitter account, Facebook page, Wikipedia profile and stories like this about them being penalized by Google. But you won't find rapgenius.com on the first page.
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THAT OTHER SAVIOR
Image: A giant balloon with the shape of Superman participates in the Christmas parade in Acapulco, Guerrero state , Mexico, on December 25, 2013.
A giant balloon with the shape of Superman participates in the Christmas parade in Acapulco, Guerrero state , Mexico, on December 25, 2013. Credit: PEDRO PARDO/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom
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Friday, December 20, 2013

The Year In Digg

The Year In Digg, The Ten Most Confusing Car Buttons And Symbols — And What They Mean, What Happens When One Of Your Coworkers Dies, Facebook's Two Faces, Yes, You Can Die From Laughing Too Hard
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Friday, December 20, 2013
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The Year In Digg
digg.com
In the last year, we here at Digg have posted 21,303 stories, tweeted 25,088 times, and drank over 1,000 beers. But these numbers only tell part of the tale. That's why we've compiled the most noteworthy stats and stories from 2013 into something we like to call, "The Year In Digg."
'CHECK ENGINE' MEANS CHECK THE ENGINE
The Ten Most Confusing Car Buttons And Symbols — And What They Mean
jalopnik.com
Every driver has seen a strange dashboard symbol or found an unfamiliar button in their car and wondered, "What the hell is that?" Luckily, we're here to help.
A DIFFERENT SORT OF GRIEF
What Happens When One Of Your Coworkers Dies
thebillfold.com
"Mike don't open your e-mails," he says. That's when I notice that our office has a candle in it too. "You need to know," he says, trails off, starts again, "that Colin has passed away."
HARD WIRING
Facebook's Two Faces
technologyreview.com
The company says it wants to wire the world. But will it do more than make its own app better?
THE LAST LAUGH
Yes, You Can Die From Laughing Too Hard
theweek.com
It's all fun and games until someone ruptures a blood vessel.
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THE ROCKETTES LOOK TERRIBLE THIS YEAR
Image: Indonesian and Vietnamese sepak takraw players compete in the double team sepak takraw event during the 27th Southeast Asian SEA Games in Naypyidaw on December 19, 2013.
Indonesian and Vietnamese sepak takraw players compete in the double team sepak takraw event during the 27th Southeast Asian SEA Games in Naypyidaw on December 19, 2013. Credit: YE AUNG THU/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom
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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Your Life Is Boring

Google's Location History Browser Is A Minute-By-Minute Map Of Your Life, OED Birthday Word Generator: Which Words Originated In Your Birth Year?, The Elaborate Journey Of A Cronut, This Full-Sized Lego Car Is Powered By Air, This Is Why You Should Never Lose Your Lottery Ticket
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Thursday, December 19, 2013
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YOUR LIFE IS BORING
Google's Location History Browser Is A Minute-By-Minute Map Of Your Life
techcrunch.com
Quick! Where were you last Tuesday at 6:35 PM? You probably have no idea. Most people's brains just don't work that way. But odds are, Google knows.
FUTURE BABY, YOUR WORD IS TWERK
OED Birthday Word Generator: Which Words Originated In Your Birth Year?
blog.oxforddictionaries.com
Do you know which words entered the English language around the same time you entered the world?
DRAWING THE NEWS
The Elaborate Journey Of A Cronut
readtapestry.com
A delicious trip.
PLEASE DON'T BE A HOAX
This Full-Sized Lego Car Is Powered By Air
digg.com
Granted it doesn't go very fast, and it's probably the most unsafe vehicle since the Hindenburg, but we really, really want one.
THE LOTTERY BASICALLY WINS THE LOTTERY
This Is Why You Should Never Lose Your Lottery Ticket
usnews.nbcnews.com
More than a half a billion dollars went missing last year — in glove compartments, washing machines, desk drawers and sometimes even literally in the trash.
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FLYING IS FASTER THAN SKIING
Image: Bode Miller of the USA competes during the FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Downhill training, on December 18, 2013 in Val Gardena.
Bode Miller of the USA competes during the FIS Alpine World Cup Men's Downhill training, on December 18, 2013 in Val Gardena. Credit: OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom
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