That Could Have Gone Better

Two years tracking down the surviving members of the Beat Generation.

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TRUE STORIES ALL GINSBERG'S FRIENDS Driving The Beat Road washingtonpost.com Two years tracking down the surviving members of the Beat Generation. THE BALD TRUTH A Brief History Of Lego Hair racked.com How Lego hair became the go-to politician burn. WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT? WATCH: In 1986, Cleveland Released 1,500,000 Helium Balloons Into The Air. It Didn't End Well. digg.com The event was aimed at getting recognition in the Guinness Book of World Records, but ultimately all the city had to show for it was a few hundred thousand balloons floating in Lake Erie. MATTRESSES WE DIGG | SPONSORED Get More Sleep And Less Hassle With Lull lull.com Here's the deal. Most mattress retailers charge you 6-12x their manufacturing costs, plus you only get to try the mattress out for a few minutes in the store. Cue Lull, the mattress that will ship with free shipping to your door and let you try it for 100 nights, risk-free. WEEK IN REVIEW 'JOVEY MCJUPITERFACE' The Week's Coolest Space Photos digg.com Every day satellites are zooming through space, snapping incredible pictures of Earth, the solar system, and outer space. Here are the highlights from this week. PATRIOTIC AF American Flag Ice Cream Cake, And Other Recipes To Cook This Holiday Weekend digg.com THE BEST LONG READS OF THE WEEK Facebook's Censorship Rules, A Dentist Accused Of Murder And Messages To Aliens digg.com CURATED BY VIEWFIND The Fading Glamor Of Hong Kong, And More Of The Best Photography Of The Week digg.com SO HOT RIGHT NOW MAN, IT'S ALWAYS A HOT ONE Eerie Scenes From America's Hottest Town vice.com Timelessness and nothingness in Death Valley. THE SLAB OF OUR DREAMS The Beautiful, Impossible Dream Of A Simpler Smartphone wired.com Why is it so hard to build a smartphone that doesn't drive us crazy? AMERICA'S HEADPHONES Strange Brew: The Weirdest Canadian Pop Music From the '90s and '00s theringer.com The cringeworthy artists who thrived up North thanks to Canada's radio quota, like b4–4, Prozzäk, and the Moffatts. VIDEO OF THE DAY BOOM GOES THE WOOD PILE And That's Why You Don't Put Accelerant On A Bonfire digg.com We thought this one was obvious, but apparently some people still need to learn their lesson. MATTRESSES WE DIGG | SPONSORED 3 Ways Mattress Retailers Are Screwing You lull.com You spend 1/3 of your life on a mattress. So why would you let a salesperson pressure you into buying one you've only spent a few minutes laying on in the store? Lull lets you order mattresses online (with free shipping) and try them for 100 nights to see if you really love it. Check out what three secrets Lull exposed about mattress stores. Rejoice, it's the longest weekend. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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