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Lifehacker | Special: Lifehacker’s guide to weblog comments - Lifehacker

Lifehacker’s Gina Trapani provides an important reminder of commentiquette and lists several do’s and don’ts.

“Leaving a comment on someone’s weblog is like walking into their living room and joining in on a conversation.”

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Victorian Writers Centre

The VWC is a not-for-profit organisation which assists writers through the various stages of their development.
Victorian Writers Centre


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Final Draft Press Release

Final Draft, the renowned scriptwriting software available for oth Mac and Windows platforms, have released a new version of Final Draft AV
“CALABASAS, CA September 27, 2005 Final Draft, Inc., (http://www.finaldraft.com) today announced the release of Final Draft AV, version 2.5, a significant upgrade to their self-contained, full-featured word processor specifically designed for dual-column, audio-visual scriptwriting. […]


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Imaginary brothers

My 7yo was trying to get his 9yo sister to play a game with him but she said no.
“Ok then,” says he, “I’ll just play it with my imaginary friend.”
He then calls to his brother and asks him to play it with him.


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HomeOfficeVoice | Content Theft, Copyright & Plagiarism in the Blogosphere

The HomeOfficeVoice raise very valid concerns about uncredited use of blog material. I’ve posted my own thoughts there and will repeat them here:
Sadly, the internet has allowed the perpetuation of the myth that everything should be free. People nowadays have an expectation that if it’s on the internet it should be freely available for anyone […]


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Engadget | Labels hit back at Apple, now want share of iPod revenues

Engadget reports that Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman, is suggesting labels should get a cut of iPod revenue because revenue from the Tunes Music Store is not enough for them.
Is he implying that it is legal music downloads from iTMS that is selling iPods? Did he ask Sony for a cut of revenue from […]


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CNET News.com | Problems surfacing with iPod Nano screen

cnet reports that iPod nano buyers are less than impressed with the durability of the nano.
“The most widespread complaint about the otherwise highly praised device seems to be that the color display screen gets scratched extremely easily”

Having an iPod color, it’s screen is nothing to rave about either, and is becoming more difficult to read […]


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Cartoon: Stone Age Schooling

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Six Figure Blogger Interview - Manolo from ShoeBlogs: Blog Tips - ProBlogger

The ProBlogger provides an excellent and insightful interview with The Manolo a pro blogger also making a six figure income. He blogs about shoes and celebrities. The Manolo provides some good insights into what it takes to be a successful blogger. A must read.
“Do not be afraid to be different, in the fact, being different […]


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Apple updates .Mac

Apple has added or upgraded the following for .Mac users

Your .Mac account now has 1 GB of combined email and iDisk storage for you to use, any way you choose. The .Mac Family Pack now provides 2 GB of storage.

Now you can extend your .Mac experience to your team, club, class, or family. Create a […]


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