Friday Fun

• How to sharpen a knife
  
• A history of computing, in postage stamps
  
• 10 Things Teenage Writers Should Know About Writing. A couple of great quotes:

  People who write books where the main character is a young, questioning writer should be shot out of a cannon into a pit filled with leeches. Don't make us do that to you.
  
  *snip*
  
  Read writers who are new to you. Don't just stick to the few writers you know you like. Take a few chances. You don't have to spend money to do this: Most towns have this wonderful thing called a library. We're talking free reading here, and the publishing industry won't crack down on you for it. Heck, we like it when you visit the library.

  
  
• Sir Tim Berners-Lee on the Future of the Web
  
• Public perception of reference librarians
  
• Working at Microsoft, the Inside Scoop
  
• The Mathematical Cartoons of Larry Gonnick
  
• Sexy Scientists
  
• Captain Habanero Debut Comic
  
• You CAN judge a book by its cover