march hard on geeks

i'm a bit late blogging about this. all i can say in my defense is that i'm lazy.

march saw the deaths of two of my childhood heros, gary gygax and sir arthur c. clarke. gygax, besides having an awesome last name, was most notable for creating dungeons & dragons and sir clarke was an amazing visionary who wrote 2001: A Space Odyssey and thought up geo-synchronus orbits and satellite communications.

there are numerous (better written) articles out there in the tubes for you to read, so all i'm going to do is point you towards a few of my favorites.

gygax:

nytimes op
blog.wired
playthisthing.com

clarke:

bbc.co.uk
teahouse on the tracks - alastair reynold's blog

my life is richer because of you two, thanks.