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.

Creative Pro has New Year's resolutions for creative professionals. And in line with resolutions 4 and 5: thank you all.

How about a round-up of word-related links? From the Chicago Tribune. I keep forgetting about Language Hat, so this was a good reminder. My only quibble is that the URLs aren't actual links. :-P

Looking for some future trends? Check out now-defunct Google Answer's insight into business trends.

If you need more for your TBR pile, check out Nancy Pearl's picks (from this past July).

And of course, time wasters. I would be tempted to check out RuneScape, but honestly, I know it would kill my productivity. So I pass it on to you instead. Mean, aren't I?

Because I'm too lazy to actually work today. ;-)

First of all, Val is looking for recipe testers. Check it out.

Plot bunnies and such for your perusal:

• Biology of B-Movie Monsters


• Ultrathin fingerprint sensor


• fossilized spiders and vampire sea spiders


• quantum computing


• Freedom Ship


• NEPTUNE

Other cool stuff:

• Scientific American on the expert mind. Ten years to master something? Interesting ideas. If you have the print edition, it's Full article: Philip E. Ross, "The Expert Mind," Scientific American, August 2006, pp. 69-70.
  
  Oh, and they have these special editions you can buy online. I want this one.


• From anghara, a visited-states map.
  Mind you, many of these are ones I've just driven through. Looks good, though. I haven't visited enough countries to make the country map worth doing.


• Via matociquala, the word count meter.

Random links for toys:

• What the boy got from his grandparents for his birthday


• Or perhaps you prefer Vikings or pirates?