• I, Robot (Cory Doctorow)
  Very good story and a nice homage.
  (tags: scifi book book2008)
• Little Brother
  (tags: reading)

• I, Robot (Cory Doctorow)
  (tags: reading)
• Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / Long Excited Cables
  Anticipation.
  (tags: watchmen comic superhero movies)

• By Ken Levine: Favorite American Expression
  Ichiro!
  (tags: mariners)

• Watchmen (again)
  Immediately started rereading after watching the stunning movie trailer.
  (tags: reading)
• The Monkey Cage: Perceptions of Racial Traits
  (tags: politics)
• Galcon
  Looks interesting
  (tags: iphone videogame)

• War for War’s Sake
  Man!
  (tags: politics)
• HHS Moves to Define Contraception as Abortion | Reproductive Health | RHRealityCheck.org
  (tags: politics)
• Tom Friedman doesn’t understand why America is unpopular in the world - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
  (tags: politics)

• MTV Multiplayer » Activision: ‘Guitar Hero: World Tour’ Is Compatible With ‘Rock Band’ Instruments
  Thanks you Activision! Saves me $100!
  (tags: guitarhero rockband videogame music)

• Monster Planet: A Zombie Novel
  Very good and a good wrap up to the Monster trilogy. There is good closure - he stuck the landing. I highly recommend the Monster trilogy for any horror fans.
  (tags: zombies horror book book2008)
• DEFENDER of the favicon
  Holy shit!!! Only work in Firefox but check it out.
  (tags: videogame programming)

The database update for the Eventide expansion is ready to go. Pick it up on the database download page.

Also, I have a testing version of MagicTrak 2.5 that fixes the statistics problems of the hybrid colorless mana cards. I haven’t tested it enough to release generally but if any MagicTrak users are interested in trying it out please send me an email at mike at casdra dot com.

• Twilight Struggle Solitaire
  Here’s where I’m writing up the results of my solitaire Twilight Struggle plays. GEEK!!
  (tags: boardgame twilightstruggle)

• Batman: Hush, Vol. 1
  (tags: comic batman superhero book book2008)
• Batman: Hush, Vol. 2
  Very good Batman story. Just what I needed to get ready for The Dark Knight this weekend.
  (tags: comic batman superhero book book2008)

• Max Bergmann: The Week That Should Have Ended McCain’s Presidential Hopes - Politics on The Huffington Post
  (tags: politics)
• McCain’s broken marriage and fractured Reagan friendship - Los Angeles Times
  (tags: politics)
• Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made
  Fun book but reminded me about when I used to be a semi-expert programmer instead of a scripter/hacker.
  (tags: nonfiction computers macintosh book book2008)
• Halting State
  (tags: reading)
• Batman: Hush, Vol. 1
  (tags: reading)

• iPhone Gems: Launch day App Store software worth seeing | iLounge News
  (tags: iphone)
• Revolution in The Valley: The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made
  (tags: reading)

• Bob Schieffer tries to get John Kerry to pull a Wesley Clark - 236 - The Feed
  (tags: politics)
• Cognitive Daily: Will video games solve sex-discrimination in science?
  (tags: videogame science)
• YouTube - John McCain on Social Security: “It’s An Absolute Disgrace”
  (tags: socialsecurity politics mccain)
• Congress votes to immunize lawbreaking telecoms, legalize warrantless eavesdropping - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
  Noted.
  (tags: politics)
• Titan board game: how to play, what strategy, setup, instructions and rules. Online
  (tags: boardgame)
• Avalon Hill — Titan, the boardgame - Torrent Reactor NET
  (tags: boardgame)

• Is Iran Currently an Existential Threat to the United States? A Side-By-Side Comparison of Military Capabilities
  (tags: politics)
• Saving Social Security
  (tags: politics socialsecurity)
• Where Darwin Meets the Bible: Creationists and Evolutionists in America
  (tags: reading)
• Bloggingheads.tv - diavlogs
  Matt Y
  (tags: politics)
• Fairway Solitaire Game Download | Big Fish Games
  (tags: videogame cardgame)

• McCain promises to balance budget - Mike Allen - Politico.com
  Wow!
  (tags: politics)
• readexcel - simple class for extracting data from an Excel File
  (tags: programming python Excel)
• THE DEMOCRATS AND RACE - EzraKlein Archive | The American Prospect
  (tags: politics)

• Penny Arcade Volume 5: The Case Of The Mummy’s Gold
  Fun.
  (tags: pennyarcade comic book book2008)
• Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
  (tags: reading)

• The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief
  I really enjoyed this book. A great book after reading The Reason for God. Both frequently reference C.S. Lewis. I guess I’ll have to read this guy.
  (tags: religion christianity nonfiction book book2008)
• Genesis (CEV)
  Well, I certainly have some questions and problems about this text and I think the Old Testament in general. Some very odd and creepy stuff in here.
  (tags: religion book book2008)

• 3-second Men | MetaFilter
  Quite a post.
  (tags: civilwar)
• Believe Me, It’s Torture: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com
  (tags: politics torture)
• An Expert Reveals Chinese Origins of Interrogation Techniques at Guantánamo - NYTimes.com
  (tags: torture politics)
• Star Wars Galaxies - Take Part in a Thriving Star Wars Community
  Uh oh!
  (tags: starwars ccg boardgame cardgame)
• McCain rejects his own admissions, denies ignorance on the economy - The Carpetbagger Report
  I was going to write a screed to the vanpool about this but - eh.
  (tags: politics)

• Penny Arcade Volume 5: The Case Of The Mummy’s Gold
  (tags: reading)

• Luke (CEV)
  (tags: religion book book2008)