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A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources. Read more posts on our blog.

1. Ah, Fall in an election year, when young partisans' fancies turn to how to craft the most deceitful email. If an acquaintance forwards you some digital BS, look it up on Snopes.com, where the editors pick apart the truthiness of almost every junk email. Then, "Reply to All", paste in the Snopes debunking URL, and expect never to hear from that acquaintance again. To maintain our nonpartisan stance, here's an example from a search on "Bill Gates": did he really pose for Teen Beat magazine?
2. The Talking Book from Literacy Bridge.
3. Proof that a single blog post can make a difference. Heidi Swanson, creator of recipe site 101 Cookbooks, turned her increasing web traffic into near-instant success as a Kiva Lending Team.
4. UsableLogin's single password for multiple websites: better than OpenID? Vidoop?
5. One NTEN staffer could survive for 1 minute, 35 seconds chained to bunk bed with a velociraptor. You? This is a great example of how to build a simple, interactive web application.
6. The Publius Project from the Berkman Center aims to create a record of how the rules of the Internet -- in relation to constitutional law -- are formed over time. We're glad that references to the Federalist Papers are good for more than just justifying a history major at trivia night.
7. Delicious pie charts!
8. An Italian town is going to create a database of dog DNA so they can test abandoned excrement and fine the offending owners. Said the mayor, "If signs and invitations aren't enough, we'll try genetics. I want a clean city."
9. Does your audience like you? REALLY like you? Calculate your NetPromoter Score.
10. Network for Good's partnership with Capital One. Now nonprofits can receive the full amount of a donation, without credit card processing fees -- and we can contemplate the differences between marketing for charity and selling a credit card. Yep: children, puppies, and the environment vs. a Visigoth attack.
11. Ever wanted to write your own bill? Now you can, sort of. The Public Markup Project from the Sunlight Foundation lets you comment on legislation. Now that's a participatory democracy!
12. DonorsResource.org hopes to become the Craigslist of nonprofit giving (presumably without the personals).