new to Microsoft Office 2007?

Our school district has recently upgraded all computers to Microsoft Office 2007. For users unfamiliar with the "ribbon interface", Microsoft has a great resource:

Guides to the Ribbon: Use Office 2003 menus to learn the Office 2007 user interface

books

Some books that I've recently read (or in most cases listened to) and would like to recommend are:

Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist - Michael J. Fox

The Four Hour Work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich - Timothy Ferriss

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference - Malcolm Gladwell

Free: The Future of a Radical Price - Chris Anderson

Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future of the Future - Cory Doctorow

The Closing of the American Mind / How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students - Allan Bloom

Star Trek Movie Tie-In - Alan Dean Foster

Ask a Ninja Presents The Ninja Handbook: This Book Looks Forward to Killing You Soon - Douglas Sarine and Kent Nichols

All Creatures Great and Small - James Herriot

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The links on the left are audio versions, on the right are dead tree editions. Enjoy.

Canadian copyright law consultation

If you are a Canadian, now is the time to make your voice heard on the topic of copyright law. The government has set up a site for public consultation at copyright.econsultation.ca.

The site is a little awkward to use, but I think it's worth it.