Archive for March, 2006

  • Cancer drugs

    Article.
    Of the 15 cancer drugs approved in Canada over the past decade, three-quarters cost more than $20,000 for a normal course of treatment.
    Some provinces, as well as private drug plans, are refusing to cover the increasingly expensive cost, leaving patients to either not get treatment that may extend life and reduce side effects or find [...]

    Friday, March 31st, 2006
  • QMO relaunch

    From old to new. As well, I (my blog) will be participating in CSS Reboot Spring 2006. Check back on May 1st for a new design!

    Wednesday, March 29th, 2006
  • Canada’s role in international development

    Since I attended SUNSIH’s global health and development research conference, I’ve been thinking a lot about these things, and what I can do with QMO. I have so many ideas that I’d like to see become a reality over the next year.
    Randomly googling “development research” I noticed that four of the top five hits are [...]

    Tuesday, March 21st, 2006
  • CBC Radio 3

    I have to give CBC props. I’m pretty sure they employ a bunch of nerds. Latest example: the CBC Radio 3 podcast is available as M4A, MP3, and OGG. The fact that they have ogg, to me, means they’re pretty intense nerds. Major props.
    Speaking of podcasts, did you know that Nature has one? I just [...]

    Wednesday, March 15th, 2006
  • WordPress reference

    Developing a new theme + templates for the relaunch of the QMO website, I found this to be indispensable. It’s just an nice, boring, cross-referenced WordPress 2 code browser.

    Tuesday, March 14th, 2006