- US Healthcare vs. the Rest of the World – To the people who think that healthcare in the US isn't broken… or #ilovethenhs.
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My delicious.com bookmarks for February 26th through March 7th
- Sinclair ZX81: 30 years old tomorrow – "Tomorrow, 5 March 2011, marks the 30th anniversary of the arrival of the machine that did more to awaken ordinary Britons to the possibilities offered by home computing: the Sinclair ZX81." Given my domain name, I had to link to this.
- Bill Gates Says Anti-Vaccine Autism Groups “Kill Children” — And He’s Right – "And it is dangerously idiotic when the bad choice in question kills children."
My delicious.com bookmarks for December 29th through January 10th
- Google Android Personal Thoughts – "Uniformity is not a word you’ll find in Android’s dictionary. How about the fact that the application icons aren’t the same size. Uh, why? Since there’s no transparent padding around the icons … there’s no uniformity in the touch areas when you go to tap on an icon." These things probably don't seem important to Google but the attention to detail is what makes the iPhone (usually) a pleasure to use. I've not used an Android handset but these things would bug me pretty quickly.
- Japanese Photographer Bends Electricity to His Will – Beautiful.
- The Cost of Care – Nice graphic showing the relationship between the cost of healthcare and life-expectancy.
My delicious.com bookmarks for December 4th through December 9th
- US switch to new lethal injection scrutinised – However you do it, killing people is a cruel and unusual punishment.
- Rudiments of Language Discovered in Monkeys – "Lemasson … suspects that a dense jungle environment drove the evolution of syntax. Since the monkeys had trouble seeing each other, they compensated by talking."
- Google DNS – Why would Google make their own DNS service if there's no direct way to sell advertising from it?
My delicious.com bookmarks for September 8th through September 10th
- "The Government" – "Try something. Every time somebody complains about the evils or failings of 'the government,' strike out 'the government' and see what results." (via @marcoarment)
- People get red-dy – "The idea of a ginger festival may sound like little more than a bit of fun, but when 3,000 redheads came together for a recent gathering it became a bonding experience."
- Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know Why. – "It's not that the old meds are getting weaker, drug developers say. It's as if the placebo effect is somehow getting stronger."
My delicious.com bookmarks for August 7th through August 15th
- Mind the staff – A photo of a member of staff at every London Underground station. Neat idea.
- The Pain of Being a Redhead – Green is not the only colour that it's not easy being…
- Government rubbishes ID card hack report – "This story is rubbish." A not very reassuring response to yesterdays story that it was possible to both clone and change the details on the new ID cards.