From LLRX.com, a primer on researching medical literature on the Internet.

Microsoft offers free Excel templates to do personal finance.

At Pokernomics.com, University of Chicago Economist Steven Levitt, the co-author of the bestselling Freakonomics, wants volunteers to send in their "hand histories" so he can do the "first large scale analysis of poker." "Our goal is to understand the factors that make players successful at poker," the site says. "Many people have written books on poker theory, but there has yet to be a systematic analysis using actual data on what works and what doesn't." Participants who send enough hands will get a free hand analysis, an autographed copy of his book or a t-shirt.

I've been meaning to highlight this story a week ago by the St. Paul Pioneer Press (free registration required), where the reporter, Paul Tosto, debunked a report that Minnesota has "has more young children taking care of themselves after school than any state in the country." Tosto did what reporters don't do often enough: questioned the numbers and traced them to their source.