Weekly Links 20081019

Miscellaneous

The US National Debt ‘clock’ had to be revamped recently.  The device wasn’t built to handle the numbers it’s currently showing.

Some people just have way too much time on their hands.  This guy modified his computer case to make it look like Battlestar Galactica

And what can I say about this one.  It’s a comic, and it just tickled me the right way… I laughed.

Software

OpenOffice released version 3.0 of their free Office suite.  It’s looking pretty good.

Writing

Paul Citlik has 8 things you need to remember when writing science fiction.

Fox 2000 has acquired rights to Joe Haldeman’s 1974 novel “The Forever War,” and Ridley Scott is planning to make it into his first science fiction film since he delivered back-to-back classics with “Blade Runner” and “Alien.”

John Joseph Adams lists 21 blogs writers should be reading.

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