links for 2010-05-29
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I also discovered today that publishing on Kindle is now open to folks outside the US. Time to create a bundled edition of my novellas.
P.U.M.A. (Personal Urban Mobility & Accessibility). I can see the offspring of these zipping around futuristic cities in Mongrels.
How to write dialogue – a link sent to me by Alan.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6335899.stm
Norway’s planned "Doomsday" seed bank in the Svalbard Islands. The problem with a truly catastrophic event is that some of the seeds will last no more than a decade. By the time it was rediscovered, many of the vault’s contents could be long decayed.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6343189.stm
There are plans to create a training scheme for "digital plumbers" so technicians will have the skills to handle home entertainment and automation systems.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/politicspast/story/0,,2006099,00.html
Inside Corsham bunker, the post apocalypse planning centre of the British government.
http://education.guardian.co.uk/secondaries/story/0,,2006314,00.html
Teachers to get greater flexibility in how they teach the curriculum.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/ian_williams/2007/01/the_heat_is_on.html
Bush’s secret plan to combat Global Warming- invade Canada. I must check out Little Mosque on the Prairie, which kept being mentioned in the comments.
http://environment.guardian.co.uk/ethicalliving/story/0,,2003270,00.html
Children’s pester power is turning Green.