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Saturday 10 September 2016

Bah Gawd, That's Kim Jong-il's Music!

The team at SI shares some of the best sportswriting and video from around the web.
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SPORTS ILLUSTRATED + DIGG
It's Football Season So We Let The Editors From Sports Illustrated Run Digg For The Day
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The team at SI shares some of the best sportswriting and video from around the web.
HARD KNOCKS
'WE CANNOT GUARANTEE YOUR SAFETY'
Oral History: Pro Wrestling In North Korea
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Twenty years ago, an unlikely group of Americans visited North Korea against all advice as invited guests of the government: a troupe of major professional wrestlers, a pair of wrestling officials, Muhammad Ali's photographer and Ali himself.
HERE'S THE CATCH
Googling His Way From The Patriots To Prison
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Here's how Reche Caldwell transitioned from being the best receiver in New England to the worst drug kingpin in Tampa.
YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD IT BAD...
WATCH: The Frozen Tundra
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The Barrow Whalers, a high school football team, play 300 miles inside the Arctic Circle, and must contend with frigid temperatures and long road trips just to play the game they love.
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The Mattress Industry Doesn't Want You To Learn These 3 Secrets (So Here They Are)
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Here's the deal, most mattress retailers charge you 6-12x their manufacturing costs, plus you have to deal with a cheesy salesman pressuring you to buy. Cue Lull, the smarter way to buy a mattress — online with free shipping to your doorstep and a 100-night trial.
RISING AND FALLING
THE DEADLY DIVE
Rapture Of The Deep
si.com
Carried away by love — for risk and for each other — two of the world's best freedivers went to the limits of their sport. Only one came back.
NOTHING TO SNOOK AT
Follow The White Ball
newyorker.com
The torments of Ronnie O'Sullivan, snooker's greatest player.
A FALL FROM GRACE
The Secret History Of Tiger Woods
espn.com
The death of his father set a battle raging inside the world's greatest golfer. How he waged that war — through an obsession with the Navy SEALs — is the tale of how Tiger lost his way.
WHITE MEN CAN DUNK
Learning To Dunk
si.com
"I was 42, 6'1'', with small hands — and one huge obsession: throwing it down. I had no idea what I was in for."
VIDEO OF THE DAY
WHERE THERE'S SMOKE
Taking The High Road
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Former NFL All-Pro running back Ricky Williams is embracing a stoner image and finding wisdom along the way.
That's all for this dispatch. Check out more of SI's picks on Digg.com and get your weekend on.

Friday 9 September 2016

Let's All Use Android Now

Removing The Headphone Jack Could Have Consequences Far Beyond Which Headphones We Use. By switching from an analog signal to a digital one, Apple has potentially given itself more control than ever over what people can do with music or other audio content on an iPhone. And in the past, the company has given in to pressures from major media companies, like with iTunes DRM.
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ANOTHER BITE OF THE APPLE
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
It's The Beginning Of The End For The Headphone Jack, And Other Facts
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Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Why Apple killed the headphone jack, how to raise a genius and when the sea will reclaim New York City.
THE RETURN OF DRM
Removing The Headphone Jack Could Have Consequences Far Beyond Which Headphones We Use
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By switching from an analog signal to a digital one, Apple has potentially given itself more control than ever over what people can do with music or other audio content on an iPhone. And in the past, the company has given in to pressures from major media companies, like with iTunes DRM.
IT'S BETTER, PROBABLY
What The Early, Hands-On Reviews Say About The iPhone 7 (And The AirPods)
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​It will be several days before the full reviews for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus drop, so in the meantime we rounded up the first impressions from tech bloggers who had a chance to play around with the devices at Apple's event on Wednesday.
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LOST TO THE SANDS OF TIME
YOU CAN LOGIN BUT YOU CAN NEVER LOGOUT
The Facebook Of The Dead
theringer.com
Inside Legacy.com, America's online obituary warehouse
IPO, RETIRE AT 39
It's Tough Being Over 40 In Silicon Valley
bloomberg.com
Older workers are trying lawsuits, classes, makeovers — even surgery — to keep working.
NO MATTER HOW YOU SLICE IT
WATCH: Watching Kinetic Sand Get Cut With A Knife Will Bring You Eternal Bliss
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Had a rough week of catch up after Labor Day? Looking to carve out your moment of zen for the day? A fan of anything "oddly satisfying?" Well, we've got just the thing for you!
WHO'S IN CHARGE HERE?
FIRE YOUR BOSS
Excess Management Is Costing The US $3 Trillion Per Year
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More people are working in big, bureaucratic organizations than ever before. Yet there's compelling evidence that bureaucracy creates a significant drag on productivity and organizational resilience and innovation.
TRUTH IS ALL RELATIVE THESE DAYS, RIGHT?
How We Arrived At The Era Of Post-Truth Politics
economist.com
Dishonesty in politics is nothing new; but the manner in which some politicians now lie, and the havoc they may wreak by doing so, are worrying.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
HIT THE ROAD, JACK
Parody Apple Ad For The iPhone 7 Hits The Nail On The Head
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People don't understand that Apple has released a completely innovative product, in that it is not innovative at all. They've done something that seems counterintuitive: They made it worse.
IN THE NEWS
North Korea Claims Successful Test Of 10 Kiloton Nuclear Warhead
NASA Space Probe To Collect Asteroid Samples, Possible Clues to Life
Dozens Of People Stuck Overnight On Cable Cars In French Alps
Giraffes Are Actually Four Different Species
Phew! It's Friday! Listen to some good tunes and enjoy that headphone jack while you got it.