links for what should be friday

Seriously…long week anyone?

I put up WebOSJournal on the PreCentral homebrew gallery. Still plenty of work to be done, of course…

What every programmer should know about memory – really long article (and it’s only Part 1!) but I learned a lot. (and remembered a lot from college classes 🙂 )

Apropos of net neutrality, How Robber Barons hijacked the “Victorian Internet” (i.e. the telegraph system). The short version is that there was no government regulation and Western Union/AP fixed an election and conspired to keep non-AP newspapers out of business. Less government regulation doesn’t always equal more open markets!

Drug-Makers Paying Off Competitors To Keep Cheap Generics Off Market – pretty much what the headline says. It sucks, but apparently it’s legal.

No one wants America to be the sole global superpower, but no one wants to share the load.