Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Dark Side Of The Moon

My Lovely Wife In The Psych Ward, Why Tipping Should Be Banned, There's Poop On The Moon, Inside A Guantanamo Bay Prison Riot, The Beauty Of Traditional Japanese Wood Joinery, BPA Alternative Might Be Even Worse
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015
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IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH
My Lovely Wife In The Psych Ward
psmag.com
We met at 18. We wed at 24. At 27, I checked my wife into a psych ward — for the first time. How mental illness reshapes a marriage.
NOT A SCENE FROM 'RESERVOIR DOGS'
Why Tipping Should Be Banned
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What's worse than the restaurant industry? The fact that tipping is actually a relatively recent (and stupid) development.
DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
There's Poop On The Moon
factually.gizmodo.com
It should come as no surprise that the Apollo astronauts left a few things behind after landing on the moon. Since the lunar module could only lift so much weight off the surface, they swapped out unwanted goods and gear for moon rocks. Among those unwanted goods were all kinds of weird things. What kinds of weird things? There were 96 bags of poop, pee, and puke.
EVIL SPONGE BOB AND SATAN
Inside A Guantanamo Bay Prison Riot
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In this excerpt from his book "Murder at Camp Delta," former Guantanamo guard Joseph Hickman describes putting down a prisoner riot — and how he earned the nickname "Satan."
FITS LIKE A GLOVE MADE OF WOOD
The Beauty Of Traditional Japanese Wood Joinery
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You know the old saying — measure twice, cut once. We don't want to think about how many times these traditional craftsmen had to measure in order to get this multi-part joint exactly right.
DRASTIC PLASTIC
BPA Alternative Might Be Even Worse
washingtonpost.com
In a groundbreaking study, researchers have shown why a chemical once thought to be a safe alternative to bisphenol-A, which was abandoned by manufacturers of baby bottles and sippy cups after a public outcry, might itself be more harmful than BPA.
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THE 'FLAT' IN 'SALT FLAT' IS ON EXAGGERATION
Image: Honda rider Jean de Azevedo of Brazil, right, leads Yamaha rider Michael Metge of France, as they race across the Uyuni salt flat during the eighth stage of the Dakar Rally 2015 between Uyuni, Bolivia, and Iquique, Chile, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. Chile's Pablo Quintanilla won the motorcycle eighth stage of the Rally, while Spain's Marc Coma took the overall lead.
Honda rider Jean de Azevedo of Brazil, right, leads Yamaha rider Michael Metge of France, as they race across the Uyuni salt flat during the eighth stage of the Dakar Rally 2015 between Uyuni, Bolivia, and Iquique, Chile, Monday, Jan. 12, 2015. Chile's Pablo Quintanilla won the motorcycle eighth stage of the Rally, while Spain's Marc Coma took the overall lead. Credit: AP Photo/Felipe Dana
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Monday, January 12, 2015

The Internet Always Finds A Way

All The Winners At The 2015 Golden Globes, Divided They Stand, In The Future, You're Going To Need New Clothes, What You Missed This Weekend, 'Silk Road Reloaded' Just Launched On A Network More Secret Than Tor, Finally, A Good Look At 'Better Call Saul'
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Monday, January 12, 2015
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AND THE LOSERS
All The Winners At The 2015 Golden Globes
buzzfeed.com
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have separated the wheat from the chaff.
TEMPORARY UNITY
Divided They Stand
politico.com
Even before the sanitation teams finish sweeping up the marchers' detritus, France will again be divided over the place of two powerful communities: some 5 million Muslim French citizens and the same number who voted in elections last year for the right-wing, anti-Muslim Front National.
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In The Future, You're Going To Need New Clothes
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Think your clothes are boring? Get some that tell a story.
DIGG PICKS
What You Missed This Weekend
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Millions marched in solidarity with France's terror victims, the tail of AirAsia Flight 8501 was lifted from the sea, and the Silk Road returned in style.
THE INTERNET ALWAYS FINDS A WAY
'Silk Road Reloaded' Just Launched On A Network More Secret Than Tor
motherboard.vice.com
A new anonymous online drug market has emerged, but instead of using the now infamous Tor network, it uses the little known "I2P" alternative.
CALL HIM...JAMES MCGILL
Finally, A Good Look At 'Better Call Saul'
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After a long wait, and a few teasers, we get a real trailer — and some real plot details — for AMC's highly anticipated "Breaking Bad" spinoff.
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THE PEN IS MIGHTIER
Image: A woman has taped her mouth displaying the word Freedom on the tape, as she gathers with several thousand people in solidarity with victims of two terrorist attacks in Paris, one at the office of weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo and another at a kosher market, front of the Brandenburg Gate near the French embassy in Berlin, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. in Berlin, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015.
A woman has taped her mouth displaying the word Freedom on the tape, as she gathers with several thousand people in solidarity with victims of two terrorist attacks in Paris, one at the office of weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo and another at a kosher market, front of the Brandenburg Gate near the French embassy in Berlin, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. in Berlin, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015. Credit: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber
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Sunday, January 11, 2015

This Week's Best Videos: Brazilians Fish For Piranhas, Cutting A Steak Really Fast, And Beating Tetris With Invisible Blocks

How Brazilians Fish For Piranhas, Kids Learn Where Babies Come From For The First Time, Waiter Cuts A Steak With Astonishing Speed, Delivering Beer Has Never Been This Fun, Think Country Music Sounds The Same? You're Absolutely Right, Watch One Of The Fastest Tetris Players Beat A Round With Invisible Blocks
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Sunday, January 11, 2015
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CAREFULLY
How Brazilians Fish For Piranhas
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Got some entrails laying around and a river full of piranhas? You're halfway there: fetch a bucket and a lot of courage.
WELCOME TO ADULTHOOD
Kids Learn Where Babies Come From For The First Time
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Nope, it's not quite like an igloo, but you're onto something there.
MEAT YOUR MAKER
Waiter Cuts A Steak With Astonishing Speed
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He even grabbed the juices. How thoughtful!
WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER
Delivering Beer Has Never Been This Fun
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The beer train is running on time, and making stops at all mouths along the way.
KEEP ON TRUCKIN'
Think Country Music Sounds The Same? You're Absolutely Right
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It's easy to make fun of pop country music for only being about trucks, beer and ogling women. Unfortunately, it's also completely accurate, as this mashup proves.
'INSTANT GRAVITY' IS NOT A PHRASE WE LIKE HEARING
Watch One Of The Fastest Tetris Players Beat A Round With Invisible Blocks
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The credits sequence of "Tetris: The Grand Master" is, in fact, Tetris. Just incredibly fast and with invisible blocks. Watch runner KevinDDR pull off the unthinkable. (We start the video a little early to show you just how good he is.)
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HOT MOVES
Image: Watch a breakdancer strap fireworks to his legs and bust a move.
Watch a breakdancer strap fireworks to his legs and bust a move. Credit:
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Friday, January 9, 2015

God In The Cheese

This Is The Unofficial Brothel Of CES, What Ruth Bader Ginsburg Taught Me About Being a Stay-At-Home Dad, What We Learned This Week, Life Without Police, Delivering Beer Has Never Been This Fun, The Cheesemaking Monk Of Manitoba
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Friday, January 9, 2015
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WHERE THE TECH WORLD GETS TURNED ON
This Is The Unofficial Brothel Of CES
recode.net
When new women arrive to work at Sheri's Ranch, a legal brothel about 65 miles west of Las Vegas, they have to be taught a lot of new techniques. Social media is one of the most important of them.
NOTORIOUS R.B.G.
What Ruth Bader Ginsburg Taught Me About Being a Stay-At-Home Dad
theatlantic.com
A young lawyer puts his former boss's ideals into practice.
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What We Learned This Week
digg.com
This week we learned that free speech cannot be killed, why we hate pictures of ourselves and how CNN will mark the end of the world.
'WE FEEL SAFE'
Life Without Police
themarshallproject.org
With the NYPD unofficially protesting Mayor de Blasio, police presence in Bedford-Stuyvesant has dwindled. Only now do its residents feel safe
WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER
Delivering Beer Has Never Been This Fun
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The beer train is running on time, and making stops at all mouths along the way.
DEUS EX MANCHEGO
The Cheesemaking Monk Of Manitoba
modernfarmer.com
If you want to keep to yourself, Holland, Manitoba, is a good place to do it.
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ALABAMA DISCOVERS CHILLWAVE
Image: Ice forms on an depiction of Skip Baumhower standing behind a camera on a tripod on the front lawn of Baumhower's home in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015.
Ice forms on an depiction of Skip Baumhower standing behind a camera on a tripod on the front lawn of Baumhower's home in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015. Credit: AP Photo/The Tuscaloosa News, Michelle Lepianka Carter
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Thursday, January 8, 2015

Je Suis Charlie

The Danger Of Calling Uber A 'Tech Company', Hair-Raising Knife Throwing Performance Nearly Ends In Death On Live TV, These Are The Amazing 'Free-Form' Displays That Nintendo May Be Using, Kids Learn Where Babies Come From For The First Time, Photos Of New York's Chinatown In The 80s, Has Technology Killed The Jewelry Industry?
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Thursday, January 8, 2015
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FARE OR FOUL
The Danger Of Calling Uber A 'Tech Company'
buzzfeed.com
"Move fast and break things" doesn't work when the "things" are real people.
TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT
Hair-Raising Knife Throwing Performance Nearly Ends In Death On Live TV
digg.com
Here are the highlights: 1:17 — slightly cuts a finger, 1:30 — almost hits another one, 3:15 — 1-2cm from death, 4:45 — trying to clean blood with shoe.
ONE SIZE PLAYS ALL
These Are The Amazing 'Free-Form' Displays That Nintendo May Be Using
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Sharp first showed off its unique Free-Form Displays last year, and the technology took on a whole other level of intrigue when it was reported that Nintendo would be the first customer — possibly for a new portable games console, or the company's mysterious sleep-tracking device.
WELCOME TO ADULTHOOD
Kids Learn Where Babies Come From For The First Time
digg.com
Nope, it's not quite like an igloo, but you're onto something there.
FORGET IT JAKE, IT'S...
Photos Of New York's Chinatown In The 80s
theatlantic.com
From 1981 to 1984, photographer Bud Glick worked on a photography project as part of the New York Chinatown History Project, now the Museum of Chinese in America. Now, three decades later, Glick has scanned his Chinatown negatives and made large prints.
YOU SHOULDA PUT AN IPHONE ON IT
Has Technology Killed The Jewelry Industry?
psmag.com
Jewelry sales continue to plummet. Are iPhones and Kindles to blame?
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JE SUIS CHARLIE
Image: Masked gunmen shouting
Masked gunmen shouting "Allahu akbar!" stormed the Paris offices of a satirical newspaper Wednesday, killing 12 people, including the paper's editor, before escaping in a getaway car. It was France's deadliest terror attack in living memory. Credit: Charlie Hebdo
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