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The UN Wants to Quantify Global Happiness
Is such a thing even possible, or worthwhile?
Mat McDermott
3.20.13
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This Is the Most Detailed Picture of the Internet Ever (and Making it Was Very Illegal)
"I saw the chance to... command hundreds of thousands of devices with a click of my mouse," said the anonymous cartographer behind the map.
Adam Clark Estes
3.20.13
Motherboard Blog

The Long Eye of the Law: So Who's Ready for a 'Minority Report'-Style Future?
So-called "predictive policing" isn't an exact science. But what if it could be?
Austin Considine
3.20.13
Motherboard Blog

Five Things You Can Do On the Internet to Make Yourself Feel Better About Iraq
All this Iraq war brooding got you down? The Internet is here to help.
Brian Merchant
3.20.13
Music

Irrelevant Interviews: Greer McGettrick of the Mallard
We met up at a park. The sun was out, and Greer McGettrick squinted into it as I circled her, taking photos. She lamented wearing sunglasses. “I hate pictures of musicians in sunglasses,” she said. I suggested we stand in front of a brick wall, or...
Kat Gardiner
3.20.13
SXSW 2013

The Noisey Guide to Getting a Tattoo from Black Lips at SXSW
My friend got a tattoo with real significance, and Jared Swilley got to carve a snake with a doobie for a tail onto an oddly misshapen man’s arm.
Dave Schilling
3.20.13
the worst things of all time

Cake's Former Drummer Was Just Found Guilty of Child Molestation
Happy International Day of Happiness! Everything is terrible!
Sasha Hecht
3.20.13
Motherboard Blog

Transcript from an e-Chat with Online Mormon Missionaries
I spent an afternoon online with Mormon missionaries.
Brian Merchant
3.20.13
Motherboard Blog

This Tiny Computer Tells You When You're About to Have a Heart Attack
In the future, heart attacks won't attack. They'll just intimidate.
Adam Clark Estes
3.20.13
Film

The ATL Twins Take Us Behind the Scenes of the 'Spring Breakers' Premiere in LA
Our friends the ATL Twins, who you might recognize from the cover of VICE's March issue and Harmony Korine's 'Spring Breakers,' sent us a bunch of photos from the 'Spring Breakers' premiere after-party in LA last week. There's not much more to say...
VICE Staff
3.20.13
Katie Got Bookz

Barf: "I am my own betrayal"
In this edition of Katie Got Bookz, I will be reviewing a book of short stories and poems that I received from one of our nation’s most romanticized destinations: Montreal. It’s called "I am my own betrayal" and it was written by a dude named Guillaume...
KATIE HEINDL
3.20.13
Motherboard Blog

Google's Super Fast Broadband Service Is Growing, But Not Everyone is Happy
Everybody wants high-speed internet, but should Google have the final say in how we get it?
Brian Merchant
3.20.13
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