Let Me See Your War Balls

Things Are Looking Up For Planespotters, The World's Most Obsessive Aviation Geeks, The Plot To Kill The Slam Dunk, How To Spy On Your Friends And Neighbors, The Marines Are Building Robotic War Balls, This Is Not A Skylight, How The Military Waged A Graphic-Design War On Venereal Disease The Daily Digg Friday, February 13, 2015 A HOBBY THAT IS PLANE AND SIMPLE Things Are Looking Up For Planespotters, The World's Most Obsessive Aviation Geeks buzzfeed.com Nearly 8 million people have watched a single YouTube video of airplanes taking off and landing. Welcome to the world of planespotters — or "jetrosexuals," or "cloud bunnies" — air travel's biggest fans. RAISING THE RIM The Plot To Kill The Slam Dunk sports.vice.com The first thing you need to know is that the inventor of basketball never intended for the rim to be set at 10 feet. DRONES WE DIGG SPONSORED How To Spy On Your Friends And Neighbors stacksocial.com Just kidding. Or are we? Anyway, if you've ever thought that getting a drone might be fun, not only would you be right, but now's the time to actually make the leap. There's a lot of rooftops and backyards just waiting to be explored. LEMME SEE YOUR WAR BALLS The Marines Are Building Robotic War Balls defenseone.com The future of amphibious assault looks like kind of like an explosive inner tube. CECI N'EST PAS UN PUITS DE LUMIÉRE This Is Not A Skylight digg.com It looks like the sun... but it isn't. It's a brand new type of artificial skylight called CoeLux which recreates the scientific process that makes the sky appear blue and also creates an illusion of depth to make the "sun" appear to be far above. V-DAY OVER VD How The Military Waged A Graphic-Design War On Venereal Disease collectorsweekly.com In order to prevent a repeat of the venereal disease (VD) epidemic of World War I, the U.S. government teamed up with artists, designers, and ad-men to set the story straight, plastering public-health warnings on walls at bases and training facilities just as military ranks were growing exponentially. Get more stories on Digg.com → NOW THAT'S HOW YOU BREAK THE ICE Assistant harbormaster Isaac Perry uses a boat to break through a fresh layer of ice covering Marion Harbor, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, in Marion, Mass. Credit: AP Photo/Standard Times 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

Snap Judgment

The Fastest Way To See Every Single Best Picture Nominee, Snapchat Discover Could Be The Biggest Thing In News Since Twitter, Everyone Loves A Surprise, DSCOVR Space Weather Satellite Launched By SpaceX Successfully, A Lesson In Entrepreneurship, From A Doll, CBS News Correspondent Bob Simon Dies In NYC Car Accident The Daily Digg Thursday, February 12, 2015 SPOILERS AHEAD, WE'RE NOT KIDDING The Fastest Way To See Every Single Best Picture Nominee digg.com The Best Picture category has gotten more bloated over the years, and movies aren't getting any shorter. You're going to watch the Oscars anyway, so now you can have an opinion on the nominees 982 minutes faster than watching the actual films. 5-SECOND NEWS CYCLE Snapchat Discover Could Be The Biggest Thing In News Since Twitter fusion.net There's a ton of chatter in the media world about Snapchat's foray into news. And the media is right to gossip: Snapchat Discover is huge. BOXES WE DIGG SPONSORED Everyone Loves A Surprise lootcrate.com You work hard. It's time to treat yourself to all the things you never knew you needed with Loot Crate. WE HAVE LIFTOFF DSCOVR Space Weather Satellite Launched By SpaceX Successfully arstechnica.com DSCOVR's mission is to travel toward the Sun, taking measurements of solar storms and magnetic conditions, and relaying that information back to Earth within 15 to 60 minutes. BUYS AND DOLLS A Lesson In Entrepreneurship, From A Doll wsj.com Grace Thomas is a budding bakery owner. The nine-year-old with a passion for baking is a lot like your typical entrepreneur, dealing with obstacles as they arise — except Grace is a doll. R.I.P. CBS News Correspondent Bob Simon Dies In NYC Car Accident cbsnews.com Simon's five-decade career took him through most major overseas conflicts spanning from the late 1960s to the present. He was 73. Get more stories on Digg.com → KEEP YOUR VISION SENSOR ON THE BALL A humanoid robot designed and developed by Honda and named Asimo plays football for the audience at the end of the company's presentation during the last day of the Government Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. Credit: AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili 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

Just Joking Around

A Lesson In Failure — The Rise Of The Mars Candy Company, The Infuriating Thing About Jon Stewart Is Also Why He'll Be Missed, Why Are Mattresses So Expensive?, VIDEO: The Evolution Of Batman In Film, I, Tituba: Working as a Historical Reenactor in Salem, House Of Squirrels The Daily Digg Wednesday, February 11, 2015 CANDY CRUSHED A Lesson In Failure — The Rise Of The Mars Candy Company todayifoundout.com Unlike Willy Wonka, in a real life candy empire there are a lot more failures, hard work, father/son disputes and an unfortunate lack of oompa-loompas. What follows is the tale of how the Mars candy company went from a small candy business started by a polio stricken teen to one of the largest candy companies in the world. JUST JOKING AROUND The Infuriating Thing About Jon Stewart Is Also Why He'll Be Missed bloomberg.com Jon Stewart would take some strong political stance on his show, or as a guest on someone else's show, and then when he was challenged on it, he wouldn't cede exactly, but he would immediately defend himself with some variation on, "Hey, I'm just a comedian!" STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED Why Are Mattresses So Expensive? tuftandneedle.com Mattresses are marked up 6-12 times from manufacture to point of sale. That means you're mostly paying for bad TV commercials, retail markups, sales commissions, and wholesaler's profits. Sounds like a waste of money to us. Luckily Tuft & Needle is here to fix the problem. BAT TO THE FUTURE VIDEO: The Evolution Of Batman In Film digg.com From corny and cute to a macho brute, here's how The Caped Crusader has kept up with the times. WHICH WITCH? I, Tituba: Working as a Historical Reenactor in Salem the-toast.net For them, it was a logical conclusion: they assumed that because I was Black, I had to be Tituba. Most of the time it was middle-aged dads or teachers leading a group of students on a field trip. "Hey, Tituba! Can we get a picture with you?" they'd shout, waving their arms for me to come closer. The first time this happened, I rolled my eyes before explaining that I was Zipporah, a servant girl, not a witch. But they remained unconvinced. WORSE THAN A HAUNTED HOUSE House Of Squirrels thebillfold.com I could hear a scratching sound as I moved some of my things into my bedroom from the living room. Matthea nodded. "Yeah, there are squirrels that live in the storage closets. Just don't ever open those doors because then they'll run out." It was my first apartment and I didn't know anything about squirrels yet. Get more stories on Digg.com → TRULY STEAMY ROMANCE A worker walks past a garden shed set in the display garden "The Romance of Steampunk" while preparing it for the Northwest Flower and Garden Show Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, in Seattle. The 27th annual show, themed "Romance Blossoms" this year, opens Wednesday with 23 display gardens, dozens of product exhibitors and more than 100 seminars. Highlights include ideas for urban farming and people living in condos and apartments. The show runs through Sunday. Credit: AP Photo/Elaine Thompson 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

As Long As It's Not RoboCop

What's Driving The Next Detroit, Here's The Short Film Miley Cyrus Entered Into The NYC Porn Film Festival, We're All Bad With Money, The Other Vaccine Controversy, Why The CIA Killed Imad Mughniyeh, What Nobody Told Me About Small Farming: I Can't Make A Living The Daily Digg Tuesday, February 10, 2015 REBOUND AND REBUILD What's Driving The Next Detroit recode.net Even after bankruptcy, bailouts, massive population and job loss, nightly arson and widespread decay, Detroit still has plenty going for it. Sparking this rebirth: Tech startups that draw from the region's engineering heritage and promise to help restore Detroit's long-lost claim as a capital of innovation. NSFW Here's The Short Film Miley Cyrus Entered Into The NYC Porn Film Festival digg.com The short is called "Tongue Tied," and features Cyrus, well, tied up (and/or blindfolded) in a variety of poses. It's not quite shibari, but it's definitely explicit. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED We're All Bad With Money digit.co Mo' money mo' problems? Yeah, less money mo' problems, too. That's why we use Digit to help us save cash automatically. It's a stress-free way of dealing with a stressful problem. ANTI-SCIENCE ON THE FRONT PAGE The Other Vaccine Controversy thewalrus.ca Last Thursday, the Toronto Star's front page was awash with claims that the HPV vaccine had grievously injured young girl after young girl in Canada. Three photos of the reportedly injured girls were presented along with a photo of a mother holding a photo of her deceased daughter. A LONG-AWAITED REVENGE Why The CIA Killed Imad Mughniyeh politico.com Long before ISIL's current kidnapping and hostage spree has swept up a media frenzy, Hezbollah originated the high-profile Middle East hostage crisis. Hezbollah's kidnapping spree in Lebanon lasted almost a decade, and it was not always a straightforward business. SUB-SUBSISTANCE FARMING What Nobody Told Me About Small Farming: I Can't Make A Living salon.com People say we're "rich in other ways," but that doesn't fix the ugly fact that most farms are unsustainable Get more stories on Digg.com → REVOKED An Egyptian looks at a vehicle lit on fire during a riot outside the Air Defense Stadium in a suburb east of Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's Cabinet has indefinitely suspended the national soccer league after more than 20 fans were killed in a stampede and clashes with police outside the Cairo stadium. Credit: AP Photo/Ahmed Abd El-Gwad, El Shorouk Newspaper 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

Kanye Stands Down

The Rich Man's Dropout Club, Sorry, But Google Glass Isn't Anywhere Close To Dead, What You Missed This Weekend, Kanye Came Very, Very Close To Interrupting Beck Winning Best Album Of The Year, Lost And Found In 'Majora's Mask', Owls Dance For A Go Pro The Daily Digg Monday, February 9, 2015 THE SCHOOL OF LIFE The Rich Man's Dropout Club chronicle.com Whatever happened to the teenage entrepreneurs whom Peter Thiel paid to forgo college? GLASS NOT SHATTERED YET Sorry, But Google Glass Isn't Anywhere Close To Dead wired.com Yes, Glass is the tech world's favorite punching bag — particularly in the popular press. But for those running companies developing Glass software for medical, industrial, and other sectors, Google's eyewear is far from dead. DIGG PICKS What You Missed This Weekend digg.com Millenials are subsisting on 7-11 taquitos, Adnan gets his day in court, and Kanye nearly Kanye'd again at the Grammys. WHAT WOULD NORI THINK? Kanye Came Very, Very Close To Interrupting Beck Winning Best Album Of The Year digg.com Fatherhood really has changed him. HYRULE STATE OF MIND Lost And Found In 'Majora's Mask' buzzfeed.com I've struggled with anxiety for years. So when I replayed my very favorite game, this time I decided to let go. WHAT A HOOT Owls Dance For A Go Pro digg.com It would appear that wildlife photographer Megan Lopez has a pair of burrowing owls in her front yard, and when she leaves they enjoy dancing for a strategically-placed GoPro. Get more stories on Digg.com → PRANCING THROUGH THE SNOW Winner Anthony Lecordier on Vicomte Alco competes during the "1. Preis von Arosa" on the frozen Lake St. Moritz, on the first weekend of the White Turf races in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. Credit: (AP Photo/Keystone,Gian Ehrenzeller) 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