Obama's view of Afghanistan is Wrong

This is a really interesting opinion piece on why Obama's "domino theory" of Afghanistan is wrong.  It basically draws parallel to the theories on communism in southeast asia, which always seemed overly simplistic (and even naive).  So now I'm all skeptical of the money we're spending in Afghanistan on fighting the "Taliban" and "al-Qaida".

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New company OnLive to stream next-gen games over the web

This is pretty interesting... A company called OnLive is looking to stream PS3/Xbox360 games online, so that users pay a subscription rather than buy a console.  The upfront console costs are a big barrier for game sales (that's the main reason I won my $100 of cheese from Stefan), so if you can remove the need for the hardware, then I suspect you allow millions more people to participate.

Of course, you need a minimum level of bandwidth and latency to make this work, but at 1.5 Mbps the requirements aren't so bad.  I'll have to see this to believe it, but if it turns out that it works as advertised, I'll be dropping my Gamefly subscription and scratching the PS3 off my I'll-probably-buy-it-someday list.

Suze Orman's Valentine Wish

You know you play too much WoW if...

This is from an older post from the WoW site WoW Insider, but it amuses me.  The longer list is pretty hilarious, but there were the ones that I either identified with or at least made me guffaw (PUGing iit when you can't find friends... bwah hahahahahah)...

"So here goes, you might play too much WoW if:

...words like gank, pwn, and aggro have made it into your regular vocabulary.
... you find yourself hitting your push-to-talk key to the person next to you, on the phone, or any other place that's not Vent.
... you think of gifts for your friends and family as rep turn-ins, and you're hoping for epic lootz under the Christmas tree.
... you secretly wish that playing the stock market was as easy as the auction house.
... when none of your friends want to do something IRL, you seriously consider PUGging it."

WoW Intervention!

Hahahhahaha this is awesome.

Scott Bateman does Hardball

I dunno if you've seen Scott Bateman's work, but it's pretty funny. You can see more on his site, but this should whet your appetite. I do love me some snarky commentary. ;)

Jordan's Queen Noor - so awesome

Here's a video of Jordan's Queen Noor... born and raised in the US, she's quite beloved in her country and abroad. I can really see why in listening to her speak. She's beautiful and articulate, and clearly very intelligent and principled. Awesome.