Interesting links for 2009-06-12

'Whether you’re a blogger, journalist, or writer, you know that the days of pen and paper alone are long gone. These days, you have a huge arsenal of tools at your disposal, from word processors, to content management systems, organization, and more, many of them open source and even free.'

'Mr. Luce's mag does satanism, porn, crack, Pokemon, and more!'

'I don't think there's anything in these steps you haven't heard before. It's just a moment of accumulated knowledge that I hope will be one more argument against the wrong-headed media mogul teeth gnashing that has led to legal threats against Google and aggregators as well as the monolithic push for pay walls.'

'For me, the most important gadgets have been those that allow me to get online anywhere and everywhere.'

'Bang-yao Liu, a student at Savannah College of Art and Design, has created a 90 second long stop motion video using some 6000+ pieces of colored post-it notes – just brilliant.'

'Today we bring you a detailed report on BitBlinder – a brand new open source project which promises to cloak your torrents, hide your browsing and get round many obstructive filters.'

'With backpacking season upon us, the Survival Skills series on the Backpacker site caught my eye. Their newest skill is how to start a fire in the backcountry with your cellphone battery, some steel wool, and tinder.'

'Robert Scoble and Rackspace have just launched the long anticipated Building43 in an effort Scoble describes as, "helping usher businesses into 2010." Said teammate Rocky Barbanica, "Companies can gain so much insight through the people on Twitter, Friendfeed and Facebook. We're hoping to help them talk and listen to their customers." '