Links for 24th November 2008
Fresh from the clogged tubes of teh intarwubs…
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12 Killer Ways to Make Extra Income On the Web
"None of these ideas will likely net you a full time income on their own — though there are certainly people who have managed to do so with each — but a couple of them in tandem, or in addition to your usual freelance work or day job, can make you some much needed extra cash."
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Hostile Takeovers or Good Corporate Governance?
"The origins of Somali piracy are not found in the southern half of the country, where a “transitional government” is dueling the Union of Islamic Courts with the half-hearted assistance of the Ethiopian military. Somali piracy originates in Puntland, a self-declared autonomous region of Somalia at the horn, hailed for years by policymakers as a model of a stable Somali state."
Tagged with: Somalia • piracy • economics • culture • politics • stability •
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"It's hard to imagine how one could write something that 100% of the recipients will understood as written. If you overwrite to satisfy the last 1%, you're going to bore the rest to tears."
Tagged with: communication • writing • brevity •
