Thursday, May 02, 2013

Miss Cellania's Links

Snail Data Transport Is Faster Than ADSL. Yes, that's a real snail delivering the goods.

The Pampered World of Congressional Air Travel.

Shake Hands with Danger. A 1970 industrial safety film filled with gore and country music. (via Metafilter)

The Surprising Science Behind Hoarding.

Times were tough in early Jamestown, Virginia, especially the winter of 1609 in which almost 90% of the colony died. And now we have evidence in the skeleton of a 14-year-old girl that some colonists resorted to cannibalism

Inner child vs. outer adult: The A.V. club's conflicted guide to the summer movie season. The movies will be like they are every summer, but we'll still go watch them.

Imagine your job is to pave a highway through the Himalayan Mountains, with no equipments besides trucks and shovels. Now see the guys who do it.

The weird world of amateur YouTube moon videos. Backyard astronomers and lunatics fill a strange niche you didn't even know existed.

18 Hilariously Polite Warning Signs. Guaranteed to get your attention better than the usual terse announcements.

How much maternity and paternity leave should employees get? Anything would be a step up from the days when women were automatically fired for getting pregnant.

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