Fracked Over

The Holdouts, Why The British Are Better At Satire, Ever Just Want To Make Something Real?, VIDEO: Guy Goes From Total Novice Ping Pong Player To Expert In The Course Of One Year, The Computer Simulation That Almost Started World War III, The Hotels That Cater To The Dogs Of The Westminster Dog Show The Daily Digg Tuesday, February 17, 2015 LEFT BEHIND The Holdouts texasobserver.org Three families who took a pass on the fracking boom — and what it cost them COMEDY EASIER WITH STIFFENED LIPS Why The British Are Better At Satire theatlantic.com Political mockery thrives on a more cynical spirit than "Veep" and the "American House of Cards" can muster. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED Ever Just Want To Make Something Real? littlebits.cc Us too. Look, we love the Internet, but sometimes we just want make something with our own two hands. Luckily we've got littleBits to power our electronic projects. BUT DID HE GET TO CARNEGIE HALL? VIDEO: Guy Goes From Total Novice Ping Pong Player To Expert In The Course Of One Year digg.com That stuff you want to be good at? All it takes is practice, practice, practice. LET'S JUST STICK TO CHESS The Computer Simulation That Almost Started World War III gizmodo.com Remember the 1983 movie "WarGames? The film is about a computer "game" with the potential to start thermonuclear war. But strangely this scenario is more truth than fiction. Because in 1979 programmers at NORAD almost started World War III when they accidentally ran a computer simulation of a Soviet attack. COMPLETE WITH BUSHES TOO The Hotels That Cater To The Dogs Of The Westminster Dog Show wsj.com Midtown hotels use dog concierges, "relief areas" and other amenities to lure 4-legged guests during annual dog show. Get more stories on Digg.com → LIKE THE MACY'S PARADE, BUT TERRIFYING A float from the Sao Clemente samba school rides into the Sambadrome during the Carnival parade, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Credit: AP Photo/Felipe Dana 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

Needed More Cowbell

What ISIS Really Wants, Space Jam, And Other News, A Short History Of That Time George H.W. Bush Vomited In Japan, Why We Should Design Some Things To Be Difficult To Use, Watch: Jimmy Fallon And Justin Timberlake Kick Off 'SNL40' With A Medley Cold Open, LG Executives Indicted For Vandalizing Samsung Washing Machines The Daily Digg Monday, February 16, 2015 KNOW THY ENEMY What ISIS Really Wants theatlantic.com The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here's what that means for its strategy — and for how to stop it. WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND Space Jam, And Other News digg.com Apple is making an iCar, a Twitter bot made a death threat, and washing machine executives behaved badly. HAPPY PRESIDENTS DAY A Short History Of That Time George H.W. Bush Vomited In Japan digg.com On this Presidents Day, let's look back on the most famous state dinner in American history, when the original Bush hurled vomit on Japan, years before the second Bush hurled bombs on the Middle East. ALL ABOUT THE LEARNING CURVE Why We Should Design Some Things To Be Difficult To Use wired.com We should be wary of only designing for ease of use. There's a lot to be said for designing for difficulty of use. I'd like to say a few of those things here. 40 YEARS OF 'LIVE FROM NEW YORK' Watch: Jimmy Fallon And Justin Timberlake Kick Off 'SNL40' With A Medley Cold Open digg.com The piece was so frenetic and reference-filled that Fallon had to take a breather — until he was revived by the cowbell. IT'S A ROUGH AND TUMBLE WORLD LG Executives Indicted For Vandalizing Samsung Washing Machines theverge.com Jo Seong-jin, head of LG's home appliances division, is accused of deliberately damaging four Samsung Crystal Blue washing machines at a Berlin trade show in September. Two other LG execs have been indicted on similar charges. Get more stories on Digg.com → BETTER THAN YOUR HOMECOMING PARADE FLOAT Dancers from the Nene de Vila Matilde samba school perform on a float during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015. Credit: AP Photo/Andre Penner 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: A Skylight That's Not A Skylight, Every Best Picture Nominee In Under 4 Minutes And How To See Inside Your Hot Pocket

This Is Not A Skylight, The Fastest Way To See Every Single Best Picture Nominee, The Tale Of Mr. O, The 66-Year-Old Bodybuilder, This Guy Thought Of An Ingenious Improvement For Microwaves, Guy Gets Caught Smuggling An Entire Brewery Into The Stadium, The Effects Of Three Different Strong Acids On 'Skin' The Daily Digg Sunday, February 15, 2015 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. 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. 'I MARRIED A DUMBBELL' The Tale Of Mr. O, The 66-Year-Old Bodybuilder digg.com With the background of oiled bodies, bulging muscles, and wide mouthed smiles, there is Mr. O, at the ripe age of 66, who works as hard, as long, and as disciplined as any other bodybuilder at Muscle Beach in Venice, California. SEE INSIDE YOUR HOT POCKET This Guy Thought Of An Ingenious Improvement For Microwaves digg.com If you've ever burned popcorn (which is everyone) this soon-to-be product is for you. TAKE ONE DOWN PASS IT AROUND Guy Gets Caught Smuggling An Entire Brewery Into The Stadium digg.com We sincerely hope he was planning on sharing, because it looks like he strapped an entire 30-rack to his body. DRUMSTICK PLEASE The Effects Of Three Different Strong Acids On 'Skin' digg.com Periodic dunked chicken drumsticks in dreaded Hydrofluoric Acid, along with Hydrochloric Acid and Sulfuric Acid. The results are not quick or intuitive. Get more stories on Digg.com → A DISH BEST SERVED IN FLAMES This poor Rubik's cube... didn't stand a chance. Credit: 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

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