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1. If you missed it, I announced a new art contest, and the prize is four t-shirts from Last Exit to Nowhere.

2. Amanda Hocking, the author who got a lot of attention last week for making good money selling ebooks of her novels talks about the years of work that have led to her success. Via.

3. Dustin Harbin has been posting one great (cheap) commission after another.

4. Another difficult contest with a great prize from Mike Allred.

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1. Penelope Trunk on getting married:

You will attract who you deserve. If you don’t like who you are getting, change yourself. If you can’t change yourself, get a reality check.

2. The Dalai Lama:

In general I think that anger is a sign of weakness and tolerance a sign of strength.

3. Brilliant: Dim your alarm clock's display by taping a binder divider over it.

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1. Rose George:

We have always used the sea for transport. But shipping has changed dramatically in half a century, and not always for the better. With containerisation, the days of romantic shore leave are long gone. In the dizzying pace of a highly competitive industry, a vast container ship can be loaded and unloaded in 24 hours. Before, an officer told me, he would wonder whether he had time for dinner. Now he doesn’t know if he has time to get a newspaper.

2. Lewis & Clark Law School has a job board that's password protected so only its alumni can make use of its listings. The school changes its password regularly. Alumni weren't amused when the most recent password was "fail8ure."

3. How to use humor to defuse difficult situations.

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1. Rose George:

We have always used the sea for transport. But shipping has changed dramatically in half a century, and not always for the better. With containerisation, the days of romantic shore leave are long gone. In the dizzying pace of a highly competitive industry, a vast container ship can be loaded and unloaded in 24 hours. Before, an officer told me, he would wonder whether he had time for dinner. Now he doesn’t know if he has time to get a newspaper.

2. Lewis & Clark Law School has a job board that's password protected so only its alumni can make use of its listings. The school changes its password regularly. Alumni weren't amused when the most recent password was "fail8ure."

3. How to use humor to defuse difficult situations.

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1. This is one heck of an advertisement for Brooks Brothers non-iron shirts.

2. Is the price of chocolate about to shoot up due to trouble in the Ivory Coast?

3. A report that Erin Andrews bashed Nike during a telecast, and is now a pitchwoman for Reebok. Via.

Link roundup

1. This is one heck of an advertisement for Brooks Brothers non-iron shirts.

2. Is the price of chocolate about to shoot up due to trouble in the Ivory Coast?

3. A report that Erin Andrews bashed Nike during a telecast, and is now a pitchwoman for Reebok. Via.