Robert Jordan passed away yesterday, 09/16/2007

Rest in peace, James Oliver Rigney, Jr. (October 17, 1948 – September 16, 2007).

RJ died after a protracted battle with a rare disease.

Of course, he did not finish his long running series. He was in the middle of writing the last book, Memories of Light, when he passed. Two people, his "brother/cousin" Wilson, and his wife, Harriet, were privy to the plot. Only time will tell if they allow it to be finished by someone else.

Read the sad tale HERE

KEK

Kek - v. - A word used by people with low IQs to denote that they have just beaten you to a pulp. This is almost always used when someone attacks you while you are already in the middle of a fight, low on health and mana, and the enemy has four or five friends along. The word is used to denote their supposed superiority over a fallen enemy - one they could not have beaten in a fair fight.

Game Fuel on Penny Arcade

COMIC

This made me laugh. If you click news below the comic, you'll see they also have the same high opinion of this drink that I do.

Anti-Spam laws challenged by Free Speech claims

STORY

It's already been established that there are limits to Free Speech. One is free to scream "Fire!" in their private residence until they are blue in the face. One is certainly not free to do the same in a crowded public place.

One is free to walk around spewing their personal opinion all day long. One is not free to walk around following somebody and spewing that same opinion at them over and over.

The lawyer in this case is basically trying to justify his client's actions by calling them anonymous free speech, a right protected by the Constitution. Unfortunately, his client's action are more akin to posting fliers with ads on other peoples' private property, using stolen supplies and driving a stolen vehicle.

Razer Tarantula review up at MMORPG.com

Razer Tarantula Review

SSD - Solid State Drive

I was excited today when I received an email from Alienware stating that they now have a laptop equipped with the new Solid State Drive.

For those who are unaware, this is basically the future of the Hard Disk Drive. Instead of using the old platters that spin at high speeds while being read, the SSD uses technology similar to what USB data drives (keychain drives) use. This is good, since it consumes a lot less power, and is a lot less likely to fail. (No moving parts to break down over time.) It's also quite a bit faster.

I had read about these a while ago, and was keeping track of the progress for a bit, and then I forgot about it. Until the email. Of course, I just bought a laptop from Dell, and I'm certainly not going to pay Alienware the premium they charge just for their name, but I figured I could head to Newegg.com and check to see if they had any.

And by God, they do have some SSDs!

FOR OVER $400 A PIECE! And we're talking 16 GB IDE drives for that price. Uh...I think I will pass for now, thanks. I guess I'll be waiting until the prices come way down on these before purchasing one, considering that for $400 I can buy almost a TB of storage with a SATA interface.

Oh well, the concept is still cool.

Vista Recycle Bin missing from desktop

If you're like me, you've probably deleted the Recycle Bin from your Windows Vista desktop by clicking delete instead of empty recycle bin. Don't panic! It's really easy to get it back.

1. Right click your desktop and select Personalize.
2. On the window that appears, you will see Change desktop icons on the top left. Click it.
3. At the top of the pop-up window, check Recycle Bin, and then click OK.

Tada! Now your pretty little Vista Recycle Bin is back on your desktop, where you can accidentally delete again in the future.