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links for October 21st from 15:10 to 19:16

These are my links for October 21st from 15:10 to 19:16:

Special Report: Vanishing Wetlands | Tampabay.com • St. Petersburg Times - Excellent package on the vanishing wetland hapbitats in Florida.
Installing Drupal 6 | drupal.org - Great summary video for installing Drupal 6, including creation of databases.
20 Easy Ways to Raise Your Student GPA in College [...]

Bookmarks for October 14th through October 17th

These are my links for October 14th through October 17th:

JMC Jobs and Internships: Study Multimedia in Italy or Northern Ireland - Opportunity to study abroad and earn credit over the summer in Northern Ireland.
TNTJ: What I want to do in journalism — Covering the environment as a journalist who cares | Jared Silfies - My [...]

Bookmarks for October 6th from 18:15 to 18:29

These are my links for October 6th from 18:15 to 18:29:

A Drop in the Starbucket | Grist | News | 06 Oct 2008 - Starbucks found to waste 6.2 million gallons of water each day through a constantly running tap at each STORE.
Poynter Online - How Columbia's Twitter Feed Was Set Up - Basic how-to [...]

Strong animation makes graphics effective

Do graphics make the story? Or do you still need to have good writing supplemented by the graphics?
I recently came across an infographic on the extinction of languages. It’s a simple graphic; easy to navigate, easy to read and effectively presents a lot of information. Since I’m new to the creation of graphics like that [...]