• Derren Brown’s Tricks of the Mind video — baffling mentalism – Boing Boing
  Need to see if this is available on Netflix.
  (tags: movies)
• Whats That Have to Do With the Price of Beer in Germany? – Freakonomics – Opinion – New York Times Blog
  Yikes! Beerflation.
  (tags: economics)
• The Social Science of Raising Happy Kids – Freakonomics – Opinion – New York Times Blog
  Freakonomics on parenting.
  (tags: health family)

• Cool Tool: Halo Headband
  I’ve always avoided headbands because even though I’m an uber-sweater they just aren’t worth the trouble. They are overwhelmed so quickly that I would need to have two or three of them to make it worth my while. This sounds like a nice solution.
  (tags: coolstuff sports)
• Cool Tool: SOLE Ultra SOFTEC Insoles
  Custom insoles at mass-produced price.
  (tags: sports health)

• Medical myths — Vreeman and Carroll 335 (7633): 1288 — BMJ
  Common medical myths debunked.
  (tags: science)
• Nostalgia sublime: The Right Profile « Blog on the Run: Reloaded
  Lex writes nostalgically about some 80s bands. Cool thing is he links to a song in which Stephen Dubner, he of Freakonomics fame, sings lead. Dubner also went to App State in Boone and you’ll notice the song is hosted by Boonemusicarchive.org
  (tags: music)

• Basement Remodeling Ideas
  DIY basement remodeling.
  (tags: diy)
• North Carolina Counties Birth Certificate, Death Record, Marriage License and More (R-Y)
  Stanly county vital records
  (tags: geneology)
• Stanly County, North Carolina Genealogical Records Information
  Genealogy site for NC
  (tags: genealogy)
• North Carolina Office of Archives and History
  NC State archives.
  (tags: genealogy)

• Overtreated by Shannon Brownlee
  Site for book about America’s broken healthcare system.
  (tags: healthcare economics)
• McMaster-Carr
  Great DIY building supply catalog.
  (tags: tools diy catalog)
• GEMPLER’S – Official Site – Your Source for Outdoor Work Supplies
  Outdoor catalog.
  (tags: catalog diy gardening)
• Nonprofit turns donated properties into space for small businesses | ajc.com
  Great nonprofit idea: corporations donate buildings, the buildings are then rented out to small businesses at an affordable rate, the rent funds an endowment for business schools that offer sales and entrepreneur training.
  (tags: business nonprofit)
• How to Install Suspended Drop-in Ceiling Panels
  Installing drop ceilings.
  (tags: diy)
• Drop Ceiling Grid And Materials Calculator
  Calculator for determining supplies needed for drop ceiling
  (tags: diy)
• CeilingLink Direct Mount Ceiling Grid System
  Alternative to drop ceiling.
  (tags: diy)

• MagMyPic – Fake Magazine Covers with your Photo!
  Magazine covers with your own picture.
  (tags: funny)
• Google Gets Ready to Rumble With Microsoft – New York Times
  Google vs. Microsoft
  (tags: computer)

• Fed Shrugged as Subprime Crisis Spread – New York Times
  More on the subprime mess. Article focuses on regulatory inaction or delayed action.
  (tags: economics)

• Static on the Dream Phone – New York Times
  Implications of the future “open” mobile phone networks in the US.
  (tags: mobile)
• WebMD Meets Facebook (and Wikipedia): A Medical Revolution or a Nightmare? – Freakonomics – Opinion – New York Times Blog
  iMedix. New web-based health info something or other.
  (tags: healthcare web2.0)
• Is Today Mark McGwires Best Day in Years? – Freakonomics – Opinion – New York Times Blog
  Should MLB juicers be forgiven?
  (tags: sports)
• What Do You Do With Your Pennies? – Freakonomics – Opinion – New York Times Blog
  Tossing pennies.
  (tags: freakonomics)
• Inside the CIA’s notorious “black sites” | Salon News
  Allegations of torture at the hands of the CIA. A look at extraordinary rendition from someone who was supposedly rendered. This is part of a civil lawsuit against a company that supposedly provided the flights for the CIA’s program.
  (tags: government)
• http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=40160
  eContent100
  (tags: business competitiveintelligence)

We’re in Charleston SC and it is 80 degrees outside. Less than two weeks until Christmas and it’s 80?

I’m dreamin’ of a white Christmas… Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

• Should John McEnroe Be Our Third Co-Author? – Freakonomics – Opinion – New York Times Blog
  Johnny Mac on how irrational it would be for a top player to throw a match for gamblers. He says it makes much more sense for lower ranked players. In Davydenko’s case it would make more sense that he was being threatened by the Russian mob, and thus ma
  (tags: sports)
• ABC News: Christ Spectacle: $1.3M Christmas Show
  Church puts on $1 million Christmas pageant. Sheesh.
  (tags: religion)
• mental_floss Blog » 14 Offbeat Clauses in Baseball Contracts
  Strange contract clauses for Major League Baseball players.
  (tags: sports)
• Cruxlux
  Why football teams should punt less.
  (tags: sports)
• Make Fireplace Logs Out of Old Newspaper – Boing Boing Gadgets
  Gadget to make fireplace logs out of damp newspaper.
  (tags: coolstuff)
• Wireless Energy – New York Times
  Transmitting energy without wires. Cool.
  (tags: science)
• Interface: Neal Stephenson’s underappreciated masterpiece – Boing Boing
  Positive review of one of Neal Stephenson’s early books. I really enjoyed his Cryptonomicon but couldn’t get into his Quicksilver-ish work. Those books have me begging someone to get him an editor or at least someone that can talk him into reducing the
  (tags: books)
• bookofjoe: TigerTaco — ‘Just bend down a box flap and slide on a taco’
  From the “why the hell didn’t I think of this” files, comes this handy gadget that gets box flaps out of your way.
  (tags: coolstuff)
• Cool Tool: Scotch Restickable Adhesive Glue Stick
  Glue stick that let’s you creat DIY post-its.
  (tags: coolstuff)