Reference Shelf 9.21.06

Helpful, timely, and sometimes silly links to help the writer or editor:
Freeware & Online Tools for Writers, courtesy of the Paperback Writer.
Journalist’s Toolbox has a whole bunch of links related to Food Safety for those of you covering tainted spinach and its ilk.
Sent to me by Susan Kirkland: “want to find out who sent you those irritating slabs of SPAM? This is a nifty tool that will track them down no matter what the header says is the last server to dish it up.”
5 Simple Ways to Open Your Blog Post With a Bang at Copyblogger.
How to explain RSS the Oprah way at the Back in Skinny Jeans blog. I cannot endorse skinny jeans but anything that makes Real Simple Syndication simpler is good by me.

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