Random links
- The Times Announces Digital Subscription Plan
- It's scheduled to start March 28th in the US, but apparently begins immediately in Canada - for free you get 20 articles a month, plus five per day linked from various social networking sites and Google. Guess that'll mean that I'll be turning more regularly to other news sites instead. It's kind of unfortunate as I liked the New York Times.
- Thug rapes 30-year-old virgin on town centre pavement in full view of passing motorists
- I've seen it argued that the commission of these sorts of crimes in public is symptomatic of British actions limiting rights to self-defense or the aid of bystanders. Sounds to me like they might have a case.
- Why Preschool Shouldn't Be Like School
- "New research shows that teaching kids more and more, at ever-younger ages, may backfire." Given the recent story of a mom who sued her daughter's preschool for ruining her chances at an Ivy League education after her four year old daughter had been allowed to play with 2 year olds (oh the horror), this seems like something that people really need to hear.
- The Pareto Principle and the True Cunning of HarperCollins
- The economic impact of selling expiring ebooks - "A library would have to relicense the ebook after the 26 checkouts if it want to keep the ebook in its circulating collection." A few books count for most of the circulations, so this seems to be a great way for Harper-Collins to boost its profits.