If it's Friday, these must be links

Been a while since I've done this. However, there were a bunch I wanted to share with bonniers, and it occurred to me others might also be interested.

Star Over London zeppelin

reports of the computer mouse's demise (Okay, mostly I love the picture.)

Air travel with large instruments (via jaylake)

space station as interplanetary transport

Antonio Joli -- Italian painter of veduta

Well, what would you do with a fake wife?

Media Bistro reports on the sale of opening paragraphs

51 things you can't see on Google Maps Most of these make sense. But I checked that last one, and it sure appears to be there to me.

Freelance Writers: How to Create Passive Income for Retirement

J. A. Konrath wrote a Newbie's Guide to Publishing I tried looking for the book on Konrath's Web site, but the site was busy and confusing, and I gave up.

GUD's pre-launch buzz contest

GUD is having a contest to spread the pre-launch buzz on issue 3 (the mechanical flight issue).

Go check out the rules, then blog to spread the word!