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POPSThe NYT On Avastin The New York Times has a long takeout in the Sunday paper on the conundrum raised by Genentech's Avastin: How much can society afford to pay for a treatment that, while beneficial, only extends median survival by a little bit? An interesting bit of new information comes out in between the analysis and stirring narrative. Genentech and Roche have spent more than $2.25 billion to develop Avastin. That's an interesting figure -- about as much as the drug made in sales last year. It does serve as a reminder that it is drug companies, not the government, that really pay for developing new medicines. What makes the Avastin conundrum difficult is that it is one of the biggest sellers introduced in recent memory. If Avastin's not worth the money, there are some hard questions that need to be asked about the incentives currently at work in drug development.
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POPSHypnotising rotating Flash objects Absolutely fantastic - the desinger has experimented with increasing the rotation speed of various objects including the yin yang symbol - that gets very interesting when the rotation speed gets up to around 180 and the yin yang dots move back to just two dots again...
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POPSFeatured Freeware: Evernore Functional, useful, and always on, the note-taking application Evernote goes beyond mere cool program architecture and is also interesting. It’s a true three-platform play: it works very well, and somewhat differently, on desktop computers, mobile phones, and over the Web.
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POPSArthur C. Clarke's Alien Monolith I do not claim the veracity of this story... I always repeat my Mantra: "I am a Collector of Curiosities..." Well, this struck me as few things could as definitively Curious. If anyone has seen hard evidence (like NASA site photos) then let me know right now I will say it is interesting..
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POPSTwentieth Century War Death Toll During the second quarter the death toll increased exponentially. Notice the dramatic change coinciding with dropping of the first atomic weapons! I thought this was very interesting when I heard the fact on the History Channel. I went right to Google to see it for myself.
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POPSStudy shows people really can read your personality from your profile Despite all the media reports that your Facebook profile is giving the wrong impression, a psychological study shows people really can understand your personality from your online profile. Turns out you’re not giving the wrong impression with your profile; you’re giving the right impression to the wrong people.
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