Resources
Writing
- copyright and licensing
- William Strunk's The Elements of Style
- George Orwell's advice on effective writing
- alternative sources of reliable journalism
- compendium of useful sources for journalists
- Eigen’s Political & Historical Quotations
- Roget's Thesaurus
- rhyming dictionary
Information technology
- roll yer own PC for mo' betta performance and value
- terrific programs whose creators generously offer them without charge
- a fully featured office suite that's faster, more intuitive, cross-platform, multilingual, and far more secure than that other product
- some vastly superior web browsers
- firewall and other security applications for Windows
- many applications for the Palm OS
- more quality apps for Windows
- escape Windows altogether
- prevent and avoid spam
- website authoring
The big picture
- daily news and opinion concerning the campaign of armed plunder marketed as the War on Terror™
- notable acts of nominally democractic governments since World War 2
- recent corporate corruption exposed
- the electronic frontier in the battle for free speech
- modern industry's documented effects on the ecology
The legal system
- comprehensive Canadian legislation and freely accessible case law
- some known wrongful convictions of innocent people for the most serious of crimes, in Canada, the USA, the UK, other prominent countries, and worldwide
- Creative Commons licensing: using copyright to benefit us all
- the ongoing legal battle over free and open source software
- two courageous laypeople force McDonald's to abandon some of its more reprehensible behaviour
Recreation
- skeleton sliding - the most fun you can have with your skin suit on!
- motorcycling techniques and technologies
- online rock climbing game
- sailing links
- frivolous mind candy
- always good for a laugh
- the obvious next Olympic sport
