Reference Shelf 6.7.05

Links, as useful as a mobile toilet.
Fun fonts for your blog or whatever else you have going on.
Also, you ad agency types will recognize this: Lorem Ipsum, the random text generator. Try turning in your writing assignment to your editor in this: I’m sure he’ll love it!
If your gig involves reading old material,s the National Archives provides a palaeography (that’s reading old handwriting) tutorial for free.
If you’re submitting to the Economist or an Economist-type publication, here are their style guides.
Learn how to argue.
Take writing prompts and turn them into “blogging ideas.” Whatever gets you going.

Create a social media strategy, launch your campaign, and track the results in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting February 16. The online event and workshop will feature speakers including The Onion's Baratunde Thurston (left), Facebook's Morin Oluwole, and bitly's Tim Devane. Register now.