Archive for February, 2007
ArtOfTravel.com - How to Get Cheap Flights
ARTOFTRAVEL.com contains a simple, no nonsense, one page site that has some good advice on how to get cheap fares and some of the best links to try out. The other 24 chapters written by an independent traveler of 35 countries contains a tips, commentary, and humor for travelers of every kind. No ads on [...]
The Financial Times - News from the European perspective
We don’t know why, but there is something refreshing about reading overseas newspapers. They just don’t seem to be trying to hard to please their readers with news that they think their readers want to hear. Rather they seem to be more blunt and to the point. U.S. news was once like that, but Walter [...]
Inexpensive drug fights cancer but no funds for tests
According to an article written by Denise Heckbert of the Columbia News Service, a new treatment for cancer could cost as little as $2 a dose and be as easy to administer as taking a pill or getting a shot. But scientists are struggling to find financing for further research because the drug can not [...]
Stumbleupon.com - Videos that you recommended
StubleUpon.com has a nice set of videos that viewers have recommended. Viewers vote on their favorites, and StumbleUpon categorizes and rates them. Be aware, that many of these videos are simply links to YouTube videos, but they are the ones that StumbleUpon users have rated the highest. We recommend that you simply go to your [...]
Safehaven.com - The case for preservation of capital
“No warning can save a people determined to grow suddenly rich.” - Lord Overstone. This is the quote that appears on the homepage of SafeHaven.com. Like Warren Buffet, the primary goal of SafeHaven.com and their wealth of articles, is to help investors “preserve capital”. The try to remind their readers that “Investing is not [...]
Gutenberg.org - Free electronic books aplenty
The Gutenberg electronic book and translation project, may be the largest collection of free electronic books on the Internet. The library boasts a catalog of over 20,000 electronic books that are free to download. There are more than 50 books available in each of these languages: Chinese, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and [...]
NASDAQ Heat Map - A visual view of the market
The NASDAQ Dynamic ETF Heat Map was decidedly red today, (02/27/07) on a day that the NASDAQ and DOW was down almost 4%. ETF are, of course, Exchange Traded Funds, which are baskets of stocks that can be traded on the stock exchange just like individual stocks. This heat map gives a real birds-eye view [...]
EFF.org - Defending freedom in the digital world
When our freedoms in the networked world come under attack, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is the first line of defense. EFF broke new ground when it was founded in 1990 to confront cutting-edge issues defending free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights today. Large corporations do what they can to suppress expression that might [...]
