Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Comcast Confessions

Comcast Confessions, The X-Rated History Of 'Boom-Chicka-Wah-Wah', This Guy Plays Techno On A Toy Trumpet And It's Actually Really Good, The First Map Of The Ocean Floor, This Is, Without A Doubt, The Worst Way To Teach Kids Math, Welcome To Williston, North Dakota: America's New Gold Rush City
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014
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WHEN EVERY CALL IS A SALES CALL
Comcast Confessions
theverge.com
More than 100 Comcast employees spoke to The Verge about life inside the nation's largest cable and broadband company.
HOW SEX GOT ITS SOUNDTRACK
The X-Rated History Of 'Boom-Chicka-Wah-Wah'
salon.com
From "Deep Throat" to "Cafe Flesh," the stories behind the sultry tunes that define our famous sex scenes.
TECHNO SANS TECHNOLOGY
This Guy Plays Techno On A Toy Trumpet And It's Actually Really Good
digg.com
If you know one techno song, it's this one. You've just never heard it played like this before.
DEEP SEA HISTORY
The First Map Of The Ocean Floor
moreintelligentlife.com
More than a pretty picture, this hand-drawn map of the ocean floor changed a way of thinking.
DOESN'T ADD UP
This Is, Without A Doubt, The Worst Way To Teach Kids Math
digg.com
Memorizing a multiplication table seems like the worst possible experience when you're in third grade. But leave your kid in a room with this rambling lunatic and they'll be begging to get placed into high school trigonometry.
'JUST LIKE THE KLONDIKE'
Welcome To Williston, North Dakota: America's New Gold Rush City
theguardian.com
The most expensive place to rent new housing in the U.S. isn't Miami, LA or even New York. Thanks to the fracking boom, it's Williston, North Dakota, where Walmart pays $20/hour and new arrivals sleep in shipping containers. How does a city cope with a modern-day gold rush?
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UP SH*T'S CREEK
Image: Small boats sit on the shore of Guanabara Bay across the bay from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio dumps almost 70 percent of its untreated sewage into its surrounding waters, which fouls the bay with human waste and floating debris.
Small boats sit on the shore of Guanabara Bay across the bay from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio dumps almost 70 percent of its untreated sewage into its surrounding waters, which fouls the bay with human waste and floating debris. Credit: AP Image: Felipe Dana
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