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For the Dorks

by John Cole|  December 16, 20096:22 pm| 35 Comments

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Via TNC, Sebastian at ObWi talks about what it is like to learn that someone you have known only through online gaming has died, and wonders if it is odd.

All I can think about is the WoW Guild that crashed an online funeral for one of their guild mates who had died:

For those of you who have no idea what you are watching, you are watching one guild slaughter another guild on a pvp server as they had gathered to hold a remembrance for a lost friend.

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View From the Couch

by John Cole|  December 16, 20092:08 pm| 76 Comments

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We need an open thread:

10-10-09_1451

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Out of this World

by John Cole|  December 15, 20094:09 pm| 38 Comments

This post is in: Excellent Links, Science & Technology

This is pretty awesome stuff- the top ten astronomy pictures of the year.

My favorite is this one:

hubbles

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Open Thread

by John Cole|  December 15, 200912:05 pm| 93 Comments

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For reasons that remain a mystery to me, I had no internet this morning. Awesome.

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Let the Force Be With You, Luke

by John Cole|  December 14, 20098:05 pm| 41 Comments

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I used that twitter thing to mention this, but if you missed Hardball tonight, you missed a gem when Chris Matthews credited Luke Russert with digging up the Lieberman video from three months ago in which he supported the medicare buy-in.

That, of course, was the product of Greg Sargent’s labors, and not Luke Russert. In fairness to Luke, he actually credited Sargent.

Also, new tag.

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The View From Your Couch

by John Cole|  December 13, 20096:53 pm| 92 Comments

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couch

I seem to have solved my firefox problem- now my desktop will not connect to the internet.

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On Your Own

by John Cole|  December 13, 200912:21 pm| 114 Comments

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Completely out of things to write about.

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