Tagged as death

Gary Gygax is dead.

March 6, 2008 - 02:10 pm — News

I can’t say that I was ever that connected to him as anything other than a name on a book cover… Yeah, I played AD&D when I was a kid, but I branched out to other (and better, in my opinion) games quickly after getting introduced to role-playing games as a concept. I knew [...]

Malicious hackers can kill users of heart monitor implants

March 12, 2008 - 02:48 pm — News

Unencrypted signal = it’s only a matter of time.
UPDATE:  New Scientist has an article on it as well.

R.I.P. George Carlin

June 23, 2008 - 10:56 pm — News

He was one of my all-time favorite comedians.
You know who I pray to? Joe Pesci. Joe Pesci. Two reasons; first of all, I think he’s a good actor. Ok. To me, that counts. Second; he looks like a guy who can get things done. Joe Pesci doesn’t fuck around. Doesn’t fuck around. In fact, Joe [...]

Creepy Hans Digs Up Corpse

July 8, 2008 - 03:24 am — News

I’ve been following the Hans Reiser trial and conviction for the murder of his wife, via Wired.com’s Threat Level column.
I was a little bit shocked to read (very early this morning, thanks in part to the huge iced coffee I drank earlier combined with tummy trouble caused by a plate of tasty-but-damaging General Tso’s Chicken) [...]