The Economics Of Busking

The Economics Of Busking, CNN Made A 'Too Many Cooks' 2016 Election Promo, Get What Your Heroes Had, The Joy Of Hating, Who Is Mason Reese And Why Is He Crying?, The Price Of Pastrami In New York Is Too Damn High The Daily Digg Friday, March 20, 2015 A STREETLIGHT MANIFESTO The Economics Of Busking priceonomics.com "I'd be lying if I told you it's not about the money — it's San Francisco and I have to make rent — but it's not all about the money. It's also about lifting people's heads up from their phones, and opening their eyes and ears to the physical space around them." DELETE THIS CNN Made A 'Too Many Cooks' 2016 Election Promo digg.com Because the best way to hype up an election that's more than a year and a half away is to use the song from a six-month-old viral video. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED Get What Your Heroes Had huckberry.com Steve McQueen's sweatshirt, Mick Jagger's watch, MacGyver's jet ski (just kidding) — Huckberry sells it all, along with enough knives to garner a lifetime ban from the TSA. Today only, Digg readers get 23% off their first order with Huckberry with code DIGG23 (apply at checkout). AND HATING DUKE, MAINLY The Joy Of Hating newyorker.com Few modern hatreds are as widespread, superfluous, and pleasurable as those held by sports fans. NOT A SOB STORY Who Is Mason Reese And Why Is He Crying? digg.com On this week's episode of "Reply All," Jonathan Goldstein, the host of the CBC show "Wiretap," falls down a rabbit hole of YouTube nostalgia, and ends up staring down a figure from from his early childhood. BEEF GRIEF The Price Of Pastrami In New York Is Too Damn High nytimes.com Last year, the average price of brisket — an embryonic form of pastrami — increased 47 percent over 2013. This year it is up 14 percent, according to Gary Morrison, who follows beef prices for Urner Barry, a food trade publisher. Get more stories on Digg.com → TOO MANY MERKELS German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during her speech as part of a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 19, 2015. The reflections are caused by windows at the visitors tribune. Credit: AP Photo/Michael Sohn Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Shock To The System

What Was Lee Harvey Oswald Doing In Mexico?, DARPA Thinks It Has A Solution To Ebola (And All Other Infectious Diseases), Face Facts: You Deserve A Better Shave, Google Filed A Patent For A Wearable To Zap Cancer, Capturing The Night In Digital Photos, Spectacularly, Every Disney/Pixar Female Character From the Past Decade Basically Has The Same Face The Daily Digg Thursday, March 19, 2015 THE MEXICAN CONNECTION What Was Lee Harvey Oswald Doing In Mexico? politico.com Much about his trip — weeks before JFK's assassination — remains unexamined. A SHOT TO THE SYSTEM DARPA Thinks It Has A Solution To Ebola (And All Other Infectious Diseases) fusion.net We're going to take the genetic code and put it into a format where you go to your drug store or doctor and get a shot in the arm." STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED Face Facts: You Deserve A Better Shave harrys.com Let's cut to the chase: you're either overpaying for your razor or using a cheap crappy one. With Harry's you'll get a great shave without taking a haircut. It's the best of both worlds. A PARTICLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY Google Filed A Patent For A Wearable To Zap Cancer buzzfeed.com The magnetic particles, activated by a smart wristband, would attack cancer cells and pathogens linked to other diseases. NIGHT LIGHTS Capturing The Night In Digital Photos, Spectacularly nytimes.com Notwithstanding improvements in image sensors and software, photographing a city from a helicopter at night isn't a trivial thing. U REMIND ME OF A GIRL THAT I ONCE DREW Every Disney/Pixar Female Character From the Past Decade Basically Has The Same Face magazine.good.is It turns out that Disney's bizarre tendency to animate female characters with minor variations of the same doe-eyed, button nosed template extends far beyond "Frozen." Get more stories on Digg.com → SKY'S THE LIMIT Texas' Tarale Murry shoots from the 3-point line during practice at the NCAA college basketball tournament in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Texas plays Butler in the second round on Thursday. Credit: AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Fart Attack

How Seinfeld's Theme Song Was Created, Are Beans Actually Good For Your Heart?, How To Fix Your Cracked Screen Without Leaving The House, The Stories Behind The 68 March Madness Mascots, VIDEO: In One Shot, Ping Pong Player Wins, Then Loses, Then Wins Again, This Florida Man Escaped From North Korea In A MiG-15 Fighter Jet The Daily Digg Wednesday, March 18, 2015 THE WOLFF OF 116TH STREET How Seinfeld's Theme Song Was Created noisey.vice.com Before writing the most iconic theme song in the history of TV sitcoms, Jonathan Wolff was playing in studios during the day and jazz clubs at night as a young professional musician in Los Angeles. THE BENEFITS OF TOOTING YOUR OWN HORN Are Beans Actually Good For Your Heart? digg.com Relatedly: is there a correlation between the amount you eat and the amount you fart? STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED How To Fix Your Cracked Screen Without Leaving The House icracked.com So you dropped your phone and now you're carrying around a pocketful of shattered glass. That sucks. But wait, you're in luck! iCracked will meet you wherever you are and fix that screen in practically no time. Get repairs right before your eyes and be on your merry way. WHAT'S A SOONER? The Stories Behind The 68 March Madness Mascots mentalfloss.com There are 68 colleges and universities in the NCAA men's basketball tournament, all with their own ambassadors roaming the sidelines and the stands — and each mascot has its own story. WHERE'D THE BALL GO? VIDEO: In One Shot, Ping Pong Player Wins, Then Loses, Then Wins Again digg.com There's that saying about shooting for the moon. It doesn't apply to ping pong, because it usually leads to clowning yourself. FINALLY A GOOD 'FLORIDA MAN' This Florida Man Escaped From North Korea In A MiG-15 Fighter Jet pri.org Plenty of American families have wild stories about how their ancestors came to settle in the United States. But few of them involve someone defecting from an enemy nation in a fighter plane. Get more stories on Digg.com → CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS The 'Frecce Tricolori' Italian Air Force acrobatic squad fly over Rome, Tuesday, March 17, 2015 to mark the 154th anniversary of the Italian Unification in 1861. Credit: AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Monster Mush

A Police Gadget Tracks Phones? Shhh! It's Secret, Is It Time For The Jews To Leave Europe?, How To Sweat Less This Summer, The Bleak Future Of Streaming Music Services, And Other News, The Rise, Fall, And Future Of Monster Erotica, VIDEO: Formula 1 Spectator Captures Up-Close, Slow-Motion Footage Of Crash, Doesn't Even Flinch The Daily Digg Monday, March 16, 2015 TRACK NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL A Police Gadget Tracks Phones? Shhh! It's Secret nytimes.com A powerful new surveillance tool being adopted by police departments across the country comes with an unusual requirement: To buy it, law enforcement officials must sign a nondisclosure agreement preventing them from saying almost anything about the technology. BROKEN PROMISE LAND Is It Time For The Jews To Leave Europe? theatlantic.com For half a century, memories of the Holocaust inoculated the Continent against overt anti-Semitism. That period has ended — the recent fatal attacks in Paris and Copenhagen are merely the latest in a mounting tide. Today, right-wing fascist strains of Jew-hatred are merging with a new threat from radicalized Islamists, confronting Europe with a crisis, and its Jews with an agonizing choice. CLOTHING WE DIGG SPONSORED How To Sweat Less This Summer ministryofsupply.com Welcome to the future, where clothes fit right, feel good, and are full of hi-tech advancements. WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND The Bleak Future Of Streaming Music Services, And Other News digg.com Spotify is in for a fight, advertisers catfished Tinder users, and airlines are evil. NOPE, WE'RE GOOD The Rise, Fall, And Future Of Monster Erotica vice.com Many say "Cum For Bigfoot" by Virginia Wade is the origin text (or at least the pacemaker) for the relatively new subgenre of "monster erotica." DRIVING ON THE GRASS SLOWS YOU DOWN VIDEO: Formula 1 Spectator Captures Up-Close, Slow-Motion Footage Of Crash, Doesn't Even Flinch digg.com A spectator at Sunday's Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix was perfectly placed (and filming with good enough camera equipment) to capture driver Pastor Maldonado's crash. Best part? The cameraman doesn't even flinch with a ton and half of metal hurtling in his direction. Get more stories on Digg.com → YOU CAN SEE IT ON HER EYES A make-up artist blows glitter towards a model's face as she works backstage during the ModaLisboa fashion week, in Lisbon, Portugal, Sunday, March 15, 2015. Credit: AP Photo/Francisco Seco Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

This Week's Best Videos: Flying, Lobs, And Michael Bolton

Japanese Snowboarder Yuki Kadono Pulls Off Back To Back 1620s, 'Office Space,' With The Real Michael Bolton, Introducing Nautilus Prime, Gak Stands Up To A Red Hot Ball Of Nickel, Little Kid Schools Roger Federer With Flawless Lob, Mike Cohen Recorded His Parents Nagging Him 30 Years Ago, Now A Friend Animated It The Daily Digg Sunday, March 15, 2015 FOUR AND A HALF ROTATIONS EACH Japanese Snowboarder Yuki Kadono Pulls Off Back To Back 1620s digg.com Unsurprisingly, after making history with these two 1620s, Kadono took home the gold in U.S. Open slopestyle. 'IT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE' 'Office Space,' With The Real Michael Bolton digg.com Today we saw an aging pop singer do unspeakable things to a printer, and it was glorious. MAGAZINES WE DIGG SPONSORED Introducing Nautilus Prime nautil.us Nautilus Prime is a new way to take in our favorite science magazine. Read provocative science stories on your phone while riding the subway, or on your iPad on a flight. Get all the content and design of the print magazine, digitally. The only magazine ever to win two National Magazine Awards in its first year is yours for just over a buck a month. WE DOUBT FLOAM WOULD FARE SO WELL Gak Stands Up To A Red Hot Ball Of Nickel digg.com In all seriousness, what on earth is Gak made out of? It seems functionally unmeltable. SHOULN'T HAVE GONE EASY ON HIM Little Kid Schools Roger Federer With Flawless Lob digg.com Federer accepted a challenge from the stands during an exhibition match. What he didn't realize was that the kid challenging him was the time-traveling child version of Pete Sampras. SOUNDS FAMILIAR Mike Cohen Recorded His Parents Nagging Him 30 Years Ago, Now A Friend Animated It digg.com A young man's love of rock and roll told through secretly recorded conversations with his parents. Get more stories on Digg.com → WINDOW TO A BLEAK FUTURE Internet cafes have existed in Japan for over a decade, but in the mid-2000s, customers began using these spaces as living quarters. Internet cafe refugees are mostly temporary employees; their salary too low to rent their own apartments. Credit: MediaStorm Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014