Here are links I found interesting on December 7, 2011:

• ‘Mythbusters’ cannonball hits Dublin home, minivan – Oops.
• Jetman Flight at Grand Canyon West – In May 2011, Jetman achieved a beautiful and memorable flight in the Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA… and here's the official souvenir video.
• Eating Fish May Ward Off Dementia – "Many studies have suggested that a diet rich in fish is good for the heart. Now there is new evidence that such a diet may ward off dementia as well." I like fish.
• Study: Funding Progressive Domestic Priorities Creates At Least 50 Percent More Jobs Than Military Spending – "…a new study (PDF) from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, highlighted by economist Dean Baker shows that, contra the conservative talking point, non-military spending can create more jobs than money going to defense programs." Read more on ThingProgress.org
• How E-books Have Become a New Literary Form – "E-books are more than a publishing platform—they’re a ­whole new literary form.""
• How to Share Amazon Kindle Ebooks – "Want to share one of your Amazon Kindle ebooks with a colleague, friend, family member or other reader? Check out this quick and easy Kindle-sharing tutorial, and you'll be loaning out your digital books in no time." Of course, there are limits to this.
• What It Looks Like Inside Amazon.com – Whoa.
• Fire Will Kindle Interest in iPad – "Amazon’s new Kindle Fire tablet isn’t a threat to the iPad. It’s a benefactor. That’s the new theory being put forth by J.P. Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz, who believes the Fire will end up being a catalyst for additional iPad sales." Time will tell.
• Why Internet Commenters Will Eventually End The World – Justin Halpern's dad gets it.
• The Rhetorical Journey: 5 Basic Laws of Human Stupidity – "These laws were identified and developed by Carlo M. Cipolla who was Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley up his death in the year 2000. The full description and implication of these 5 basic laws can be read in his article The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity." Interesting stuff, especially if taken from an economics point of view.
• Richard Branson: Time To Rethink ‘Business As Usual’ – Richard Branson has built a global business empire around the philosophy "have fun and the money will come." There's something to this.
• How Doctors Die – Unlike most of us, doctors don't throw away thousands of dollars on treatments that are more likely to destroy the quality of life than cure a terminal disease. They die with dignity; I hope when my time comes that I'm strong enough to do the same.
• Mitt Romney’s Aides Spent 6 Figures to Wipe Out State Records – "The plot thickens in the case of GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's missing emails from his time as Massachusetts governor." Skeletons in the closet? What's Romney hiding?