Interesting Reads

As always, I like to leave some cool links and interesting reads for you to check out. Enjoy them, I sure did.

Pulling a Mamma Mia! has never been easier, thanks to the uber-strong dollar and the lower cost of living in European countries. [Money Scoop]

Smart-city planners are realizing that cars aren’t the most efficient way to transport people. Here’s what they’re looking toward instead. [Emerging Tech Brew]

How air travel got so bad, what you can do to make flying less annoying for yourself, and how to save money while doing so. [Business Casual]

Making the best of a bad system: Money with Katie takes you through the expensive open enrolment mistakes to avoid when choosing your company health insurance plan. [The Money with Katie Show]

The best thing we read this week: How the “Philadelphia Chicken Man” feels about his quest to eat 40 rotisserie chickens in 40 days. [New York Times]The Orchid Thief, but make it about illegal carnivorous plants that eat rats, because it’s 2022. That’s kind of what this real-life houseplant horror story goes down as. You’ll be grateful for your boring snake plant by the end. [Wired]

Take your time with this magical profile of Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe. [GQ]