Links Roundup

From Freakonomics:

• Apparently, even I should be able to sing. Cool, there's still hope.


• Speaking of singing, they are Asking for your favorite lyrics of this century. I don't know all of the ones in the comments section.


• Bumpter stickers = aggressive drivers. I love the two examples. Heh heh.

Fun stuff from around the web:

• 50 productivity blogs to read while you're ignoring that work on your desk


• I can only assume that Amanda felt the same way when she bought her overpriced AC adapter from Best Buy.


• the link said something about "how your house will look if you get a divorce" but I feel like there's got to be at least one body in there somewhere


• Roads for people with a death wish The most dangerous roads in the world. There's more than one page but I got dizzy after looking at the first few.


• A creepy television tower in the Czek Republic. I don't like the statues either. Is that a European art thing?

From the world of science:

• Is your milk getting sour too fast? and the follow up piece, My organic milk isn't sour yet looser.


• Kids are active, teenagers are vegetables. The article blames a lot of stuff on video games and computers. I think those can't be ignored. But I had a gazillion hours of homework every night that required me to be sedentary. Not sure how they account for that.


• A little genetics game for Amanda. Hope microbiology is going well.


• Speaking of genetics, scientists have just found a genetic risk for HIV as well. It's still an STD, the genetic variant just means people who are exposed are more prone to actually contracting the virus.

And finally, from the world of health and well being:

• So you want to be 100? Personally I can't wait. Here's what you have to do.


• And who really is vengeful? The answers were half obvious and half surprising.