Friday, April 20, 2012

Miss Cellania's Links

The Real-life Inspirations for 17 Simpsons Characters.

10 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Mad Max.

On Cost and Cancer in America.

Hey, Everyone — Stop Taking This Picture! (No, I Mean It.) (via Metafilter)

A gallery of celebrity prom pictures sounds like a chance to see stars in their high school awkwardness. However, these people were always beautiful -for the most part.

A Portuguese photographer interviews generically handsome Danish model Jesper Bruun, the world's most downloaded man. Even more interesting is the awkward comedy that comes from an interview conducted in the language they have in common, but in which neither is fluent.

Sea-Monkeys and X-Ray Spex: Collecting the Bizarre Stuff Sold in the Back of Comic Books. That didn't work.

How new inventions were explained in the old days. All technology is hard to fathom when you've never encountered anything like it before.

Learn the history of bubblegum music, which was born 45 years ago. And sing along with a collection of music videos!

All of NBC's Olympic video feeds will be streamed live on the internet this summer, meaning no more trying to avoid internet spoiler headlines until the prime-time broadcasts. And then you can watch it again!

The Magic of HDR Imaging. The easy way to turn a photograph into a work of art.

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