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Really good Fred Wilson post on how the financial crisis is just speeding up the massive business changes the Internet has been causing anyway. Effecting newspapers, cars, retail, banking and other areas.

A Canadian writers job site — localised, but might still have some chances.

A major freelance writing site that major players advertise on. A resource to watch.

A massive page of writers help and information.

Site that sells quite cheaply old and oldish Windows games. Some good stuff here that hopefully I can buy online with no restrictions. Good stuff for Netbook gaming.

Interview with Steven Moffatt about much of his work — looks very detailed, need to read it all.

Story about a site that deals with building your own physical objects from submitted designs. Interesting idea, will see more of this soon enough.

Decent list of returning US TV in the next month.

Good list of upcoming movies — not all good or worth watching, but some definitely are. It's a good spread of genres too. Watch for "Public Enemies" especially… Heat in the 1930s!

Keep note of this, look out for activities, try to actually participate!

Looks like a good article, haven't read this one yet.

Interview with interesting chef and "molecular gastronomist", Homaro Cantu.

Really good post on 37Signals design tips and techniques, an extension of Getting Real techniques.

Good advice about sleeping late, just wish I had a way of putting it into practice and convincing other people!

Really good list of upcoming movies for 2009. Comprehensive, but mostly for geek/sci-fi types.

Definitely the plot for the next Rebus book, or the next Siobhan Clarke book, depending on what Rankin does. Still, a creepy case straight out of Rebus's Edinburgh.

Good interview with Chris McQuarrie about Valkyrie and The Usual Suspects. Good insights on his work with Bryan Singer.

Interesting info on the original book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and the influence it has had on storytelling, including its various versions and adaptations. Quite different to the famous musical movie, and with many many sequels. Interesting links off it too.

Why bookmark this? Interesting research inspired by watching "Tin Man" and other similar works… some good books here, and going parallel into other (public domain) media and stories could be an interesting story angle to take. Is there a YA angle to any classic Australian literature?

Good article on Pixar University and their attitude to employee education and development. Really interesting stuff.

Interesting list of crimes and capers from the last year. Could be some fiction ideas here.

Famed Scalzi post about writers and money. Excellent advice and excellent to keep note of.

Interesting news that should see the Wii become a video distribution device like other consoles. Finally!

Really good post on changing our business models, producing more lasting and user friendly tech. Great stuff.

Good post on Long Tail retail, focusing on retail site blogs and their place in building community, that leads to trust and sales.

New video platform thing that sounds useful. They do plugins for Wordpress and Drupal.

Interesting news on a major eReader iPhone app that has support from major publishers. Could be a major development for eBooks.

Interesting short profile on Obama's speechwriter. Not the movie director!

Interesting article on the issues facing youth literature in Australia, and especially the Children's Book Council. How things can be improved.