312 Year Old Map of Canada found in Scottish Attic
A 312 year old map of Canada, discovered sitting next to a water heater in the attic of a Scottish Estate, fetches $380, 000 at auction. Now if there are maps of Canada in Scotland, perhaps there's one a little closer to home?
Links: Calgary Herald & Toronto Sun
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Shaw imposes bandwidth cap
And you could see it coming. On the off chance you have a working internet connection with Shaw, news has it that they'll be imposing a bandwidth cap and extra fees for those who exceed it. Remember, the trend in the information age (and computers by extension) is to bring you MORE for LESS, but there isn't so much profit in that. And before you think that this will only affect a few people, see it for what it is - a foot in the door to start charging even higher rates for less service. The internet relies on increasing bandwidth for it's evolution - more bandwidth does NOT cost Shaw more money, but it will be soon costing YOU more money.
Link: Heavy Internet users face extra charge (via CNEWS)
Or, if you'd like to protest (and it'll be a lot easier to PREVENT them capping bandwidth than to have any CRTC decision on the matter revoked) visit stopthemeter.ca.
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Best of Wikipedia
Having turned my eye to the worst of Wikipedia, now for the best: A blogged list of The Best Articles on Wikipedia.
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The Wikipedia Knowledge Dump
The Wikipedia Knowledge Dump (or WikiDumper.org) is that heaven for articles that don't meet Wikipedia's exacting standards. While they frequently conform to the syntax of an ideal Wiki article, they are often of an extenuating self promoting nature (note the number of porn star biographies) or simply don't meet Wikipedia's rigorous standards.
Link: http://wikidumper.blogspot.com/ use the archive links on the left (scroll down) to explore further.
Compare to: Wikipedia
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