The Daily What

The Daily What

Car Crash of the Day

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 11:49 AM PDT


Jonathan Schipper enlisted hydraulics to crash a VW Golf into a wall at 7mm per hour over the course of a month.

[metafilter]


Tagged: Art Installation, car crash, jonathan schipper

This Is Important, You Should Know About It of the Day

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 11:01 AM PDT


The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act now has more than 105 co-sponsors, and some fear the bill could go further than SOPA and PIPA in threatening online privacy. SOPA and PIPA were finally discarded earlier this year after resounding online protest changed the debate, but the same doesn’t yet appear to be the case with CISPA.

According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, H.R. 3523 “would let companies spy on users and share private information with the federal government and other companies with near-total immunity from civil and criminal liability. It effectively creates a ‘cybersecurity’ exemption to all existing laws.”

The bill could sneak through Congress quickly once it’s back in session, so be sure to track its progress.

[digitaljournal]


Tagged: CISPA, PIPA, SOPA

Single-Serving Site of the Day

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 10:40 AM PDT

- Single-Serving Site of the Day


There is no world in which this is not awesome. Not as awesome as Yes, This is Dog, but still.

[buzzfeed]


Tagged: dog, texts, tumblr

Bus Ride of the Day

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 10:32 AM PDT


They’re no Katherine Heigl and James Marsden, but it’s a better time than most public transit.

[vvv]


Tagged: bus ride, Elton John

Augusta Fixes of the Day

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 09:40 AM PDT

- Augusta Fixes of the Day


Golfers at the Masters this weekend face an Augusta National that has undergone quite the upgrade since its opening in 1934. The legendary course has adapted for advances in equipment technology — including titanium and graphite clubs that allow even the worst golfers more distance off the tee — with faster greens and increased hazards, particularly bunkers.

But the most widespread, and controversial, changes occurred from 1999-2006, when Augusta was “Tiger-proofed”: tee shot landing areas were narrowed and a second cut of grass was added.

Bill Younker has detailed the redesign in this painstaking graphic, which can be had as a poster for $35.

[gizmodo]


Tagged: augusta, golf, masters

Skateboard Upgrade of the Day

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 09:08 AM PDT


Rockboard’s all-terrain Descender board swaps wheels for heavy rollers wrapped with treads. Flying down a grass hill has never been so exhilarating.

[neatorama]


Tagged: skateboarding

Smokable Book of the Day

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 08:49 AM PDT

- Smokable Book of the Day


Not to be outdone by an edible cookbook, Snoop Dogg has announced the release of Rolling Words, a hemp songbook whose pages multitask as rolling papers. It debuts at Coachella next weekend.

[cosbysweaters]


Tagged: smokable book, Snoop Dogg

Parody of the Day

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 08:33 AM PDT


The Google glasses parodies just get better.

[tastefullyoffensive]


Tagged: google glasses, parody

Weekend Read of the Day

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 07:48 AM PDT

- Weekend Read of the Day


How Angry Birds, Farmville, and their brethren took over the world of gaming.

Money quote: “I really like the Internet and what it’s done for games — it’s been amazing. But in so many ways it’s just terrible,” says indie game designer Zach Gage. “Arcade cabinets did a lot of things that were really smart that we never gave them credit for. There’s a lot of social psychology embedded in that structure. No one is designing games like that anymore.”

[nyt]


Tagged: angry birds, farmville, gaming

Knitted Gifts of the Day

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 07:32 AM PDT

- Knitted Gifts of the Day


More than a dozen Arizona state legislators are the lucky recipients of knitted uteruses, complete with creepy endearing googly eyes. They arrived Thursday in plastic bags, accompanied by personalized letters from women opposing a state measure that would limit birth control coverage. The legislation goes to a vote next week.

[newser]


Tagged: birth control, gifts