Reference Shelf 2.28.06

How to get permission (to reprint something. Everything else, you’ll probably just have to say ‘please.’
Hey kiddies: wanna win $100 and be published in The Nation?
Need to use Office documents but don’t have all the applications? Get ‘em with ThinkFree.
An extremely brief guide to writing a critical commentary.
In old-timey writing, why doef an s look like an f?
The Weirdwriter blog, for those of you who enjoy “fantasy, SF, horror and all the stuff that won’t fit neatly into slots.”
Via Lifehacker: Need to look things up on the go? You can put the Wikipedia on your Ipod.

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