Thursday, March 22, 2018

Where The Streets Have No Fame

You want to go off the beaten path? Oh, this map will take you off the beaten path, all right.
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ESCAPE FROM REALITY
PAGING ROBERT FROST
The Least Traveled Road In Each State, Mapped
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You want to go off the beaten path? Oh, this map will take you off the beaten path, all right.
MAKING A LIVING
The Man Who Built His House Out Of Stuff He Bought On eBay
gizmodo.com
Frank Alsema describes himself as a "city maker." The retired TV producer lives in north Amsterdam, where his house has become a lab for more sustainable urban lifestyle.
TOURING LIKE THEY DID IN THE DARK AGES
On The Hunt For The Lost Wonders Of Medieval Britain
atlasobscura.com
Does a millennium-old manuscript hold the key to hidden, awe-inspiring places?
WEARABLES WE DIGG | SPONSORED
Your Heart Rate Curves During Sleep — Here's What They Mean
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Sleep is your body's greatest recovery, and your resting heart rate reveals how well you're recovering. The Oura Ring tracks your heart rate curve throughout the night. By looking at curve you can also see the effects of circadian misalignment, late meals, late workouts, alcohol and other general life things.
THEY'VE JUMPED THE SHARK
OUT OF GAS
What's The Deal With Jerry Seinfeld?
theoutline.com
Once a humble everyman, his popular show "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" reveals him as the least relatable comic alive.
STICK A FORK IN IT
Sharing Plates At A Restaurant Is Bad
nytimes.com
Sharing sounds like a fun and communal thing, but if you enjoy food then it's actually pretty terrible.
ROADBLOCK OR NECESSARY EVIL?
How The Safety Promise Of Self-Driving Cars Could Turn Into A Nightmare
citylab.com
What will happen if we just accept that a certain number of pedestrian deaths are an inevitable part of adopting autonomous vehicles?
VIDEO OF THE DAY
'OOOOH MY GOD'
Biplane Pilot's Engine Fails, Manages To Get It Working Again Moments Before Crashing
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How quickly can things go wrong in a propeller plane? Quite quickly, as this pilot found out, but he had just enough time to figure out how to get his engine jumpstarted again.
IN THE NEWS
Here's Mark Zuckerberg's Response To The Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Saudi Crown Prince Boasted That Jared Kushner Was 'In His Pocket'
Police Release Video Footage Of Self-Driving Uber Car In The Moments Before It Killed A Pedestrian
Senators Warn Of 'Urgent' Threat To US Elections
FROM THE DIGG STORE
This VPN Blocks Ads While Also Preventing Tracking Online
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Disconnect is an all-in-one tracker, ad blocker and VPN. It also just received nods from both The New York Times and the SXSW Interactive Conference as one of the best privacy and security tools out there.
Spring has sprung! Somewhere, probably.