Another Party I Wasn’t Invited To

People who work at Bungie are happier than you. Somehow it seems wrong that 4×4 Halo 3 matches are being played somewhere in the world, and I am not at that place. All I can do is press my nose against those smeared-out .jpegs and whine like a whipped puppy.

Doonesbury Shows the Nerd Love

I don’t know if anybody but me followed this story arc in Doonesbury, or indeed whether anybody besides me under the age of 50 reads Doonesbury anymore. Anyway, Trudeau seems to be paying more attention lately to Mike’s nerdy daughter Alex, who goes to MIT. Granted, the whole Battlebots-esque scenario is about 9 years out [...]