Whirlwind links
Once again, taking some time off while trying to get some work done this weekend to go through the pile of links I have collected over the last little while. Here they are in no particular order:
- Open Medicine – a made in Canada, free, publicly accessible medical journal begins! They even have an RSS feed, which I have added to my Bloglines subscription… (via Michael Geist)
- Lots of blame has been thrown around in the Virginia Tech shooting this past week, from blaming Bill Gates to vaccines. Unfortunately, it seems, nobody is blaming the shooter. I’m reminded of that movie where these two russians come to the US, and one of them states the great thing about the US is that “nobody is responsible for their own actions”. (Anybody remember what movie this is?) It is also pointed out that horrible things like this happened even a long time ago… (via Respectful Insolence)
- I think I found the digital camera I want: The Lumix FX07. Word of mouth advertising? Works great!
- Rogers traffic shaping causing more problems – like degrading VPN and e-mail access. I have been ranting for a long time that an ISP who has a bandwidth cap has no business telling you what you use that bandwidth for. That’s why I’m glad my ISP is Teksavvy – unlimited bandwidth, great service. I have only great things to say about them!
- A wonderful Forbes article [ local cache ] on an alternative strategy to deal with crime in on-line social networking sites… (via TLF).
- The Automobile Protective Association is an interesting idea — make some deals with car dealerships for a no-nonsense, haggle free purchase of an automobile. They also list common problems with most models of cars. I’ll have to go back there when looking to buy a vehicle…
- Canadian High Interest Savings Accounts – a nice, comprehensive review.
- It seems drug companies aren’t the only ones being sleazy with drug prices — pharmacies (at least in the states) are also inflating drug prices. (via Get Rich Slowly)
- A passionate account (that’s becoming all too common) of how the music industry is comitting suicide.
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