In this instructive seminar, Leeroy Jenkins shows us all how not to make friends in a MMORPG. (Caution: If you’re a gamer, don’t watch this with any food in your mouth.)

The Leeroy Video

Why should we hear about body bags, and deaths, and how many, what day it’s gonna happen, and how many this or what do you suppose? Oh, I mean, it’s not relevant. So why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that? — Barbara Bush, 2003

There’s a new talkshow out now that takes place completely within Halo. It’s nuts. Basically, the guests are players in a game that anyone can join, and while they are in the middle of doing real interviews and content, random players can see that they’re standing still and unload on them. :)

They even have dancers and a DJ — all in-game.

Here’s the first episode: http://www.thisspartanlife.com/1001_mod1.html

I was just in CompUSA earlier today and while handing my credit card to the guy behind the register, it fell and landed near something that looked like a de-magnitizer.

“That’s not a de-magnitizer is it?”, I half-joked.

The guy responds with:

“Yeah, but don’t worry — it’s for magnets, not for credit cards.”

Canada. I’m moving to Canada. Maybe Sweden.

http://crawfordupdate.blogspot.com/

I link to her site not because I’m some kind of hardcore activist, but because I think the fundamental question she’s asking needs to be discussed on a national scale.

We in the blogsphere should apply pressure via hypertext. Link to her site and say a few words if you think Bush should answer some questions about why we are still in Iraq.

Well, it looks like GIAC has come up with their solution to the backlash to dropping the practical requirement for their certifications.

They’ve started a new Gold program — a premier version of their certifications that requires that a report be written above and beyond just passing the tests.

Basically, when you just take the tests and pass, you get the Silver certification. At that point you can elect to go forward and try for the Gold. All cert holders who did their certification when the paper was required have been granted Gold status automatically.

I think this is better than simply dumping the additional project altogether, but having two levels of a single certification is not ideal. It’s confusing and will ultimately detract from the value of the GIAC program as a whole.

I predict that Jeremy Horn will win by submission. He’s my favorite fighter and I’m pulling for him. My buddy knows Chuck personally, and I hear he’s a totally cool guy, it’s just that Jeremy’s been my favorite fighter for years now — ever since seeing him fight Frank Shamrock.

So yeah, Jeremy by submission. I see Chuck trying to dominate with strikes and failing miserably. In fact, I think Jeremy may even score with some decent strikes of his own. Either way, they’re going to the ground before the end of the first round, and I simply don’t think Chuck can handle Jeremy’s submissions.

Willfull Barrenness

This blog is one of the coolest I’ve seen in a long while. It’s got some weirdness going on in terms of displaying in Firefox, for some reason. And I hate the fact that a lot of the articles don’t have content in the RSS feed, but the site is excellent.

Hopefully the author will get this stuff sorted shortly. Anyway, it’s worth adding to your list even given the technical issues.

Check it.

I’ve decided to start a new part of the site where I’m going to document everything I read. I’m deathly afraid of forgetting what I learned in a book (neurotic, I know). Anyway, that’s the gist of it.