Links for 19-10-2007
Stephen King’s top writing tips, aromatic adverts, H. G. Giger’s bar, GCHQ recruiting through computer games …
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1 – WordPress Plugin: Better Comments Manager
“You can respond to all your comments directly from your admin console interface, rather than responding in the comments section below each post.”
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2 – Stephen King´s Top 7 Tips for Becoming a Better Writer
Cribbed from the man’s ‘On Writing’ opus, naturally; but no less useful for that.
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3 – NTT to test digital aromatic signs
“NTT Communications (NTT Com) has announced plans to begin testing its latest aroma-emitting digital sign technology, called “Kaoru Digital Signage,†in Tokyo.” Now advertising can stink in a totally different way!
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4 – Review: Ubuntu’s New ‘Gutsy Gibbon’ Brings Linux Out of the Jungle
“The familiar old script that Linux is only for geeks has been largely rewritten recently with the arrival of Ubuntu, a version of Linux for the average user.” I’ve see-sawed long enough – time to chuck this on the laptop and try it out.
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“The Giger-Bar which, today, exists in the Swiss city of Chur, was originally planned for New York City.” Blimey – looks just like you’d expect, really, but still pretty awesome.
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6 – Secret service turns to video games to recruit future spies
“GCHQ, the government’s electronic eavesdropping service will this month become the first intelligence agency to post recruitment adverts in the virtual worlds of online computer games.”
