Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Miss Cellania's Links

IKEA developed a kit that enables people to use their smart phones, iPads, and other touch screens while wearing cold weather gloves. Norwegians bought up 12,000 kits in just two weeks!

Author Bret Easton Ellis sent a series of Tweets detailing what his American Psycho character Patrick Bateman would be like in 2012. He might be free-associating himself into a sequel.

The Fearless Wonders. Read the story of the Canadian Mohawks who built New York’s skyscrapers.

Congratulations to the website Criggo on reaching the milestone of 3500 posts! That's a lot to look through.

Improv Everywhere Crashes TED Conference. The Spinning Beach Ball of Death indicated a loading error, but ended up entertaining the crowd.

You've never really heard the Isaac Hayes song "Shaft" played to its full potential, until you've heard it performed by the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.

Parents are willing to risk jail time to send their kids to good schools in good districts. But why is there such a difference between nearby U.S. public schools?

George Takei raised $158,000 to produce Allegiance, a Broadway production about the Japanese internment of World war II. He's so happy about it that the 75-year-old actor danced to express his appreciation!

Should we use LSD to treat alcoholism? A look back at research from the '60s shows it can work, so so it might be at least worth another round of testing.

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