Friday Link Love 8/14

Aug 14 2009

During these last few days I’ve been engaged in an experiment – I’ve given up caffeine. So far I’ve only noticed the headaches, which are easily treatable with a couple of Advil tablets. My energy remains about the same, except that now, I don’t experience the ‘crash’ that comes after drinking several cups of coffee. And my stomach has been noticeably calmer. It’ll be interesting to see the longer term effects of living caffeine free.

Experiments aside, probably the biggest news of the week is Sony adopting the ePub format for their ebooks. I hope others follow suit (ahem, Amazon). One of my fastest growing interests right now, however, is the use of digital publishing and the revival of the short story. There will be more on that to come!

Have a happy and safe weekend.

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