Monday, November 1, 2010

10-31-2010 - Halloween Weekend News


An atheist responds to Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity



October 30 marked the date of Jon Stewart's 'Rally to Restore Sanity', which featured such themes as rationalism, anti-racism, and the priorities of journalism.  The approximate number of attendees at the event is 215,000.

Many videos and responses for the event are available online.

Arkansas School Board Member Resigns Over Anti-Gay Comments


I've been semi-following this story, and I think that Clint McCance did the only 'right thing' that he could do in this situation.  Apparently he didn't realize that things like Facebook are publicly available and could get him in serious trouble.

Lifehacker - October 2010's Most Popular Posts


Lifehacker puts forth it's most popular posts for October, which include some pretty fascinating subjects such as 'How to Boost Your BitTorrent Speed and Privacy', 'How to Break Into a Windows PC (And Prevent it from Happening to You)', 'What "Free Public WiFi" Is and Why You Should Avoid It', and more and more good stuff.  Great information as usual :)

Angra - New video released for 'Lease of Life'


http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/701/20329/Angra-post-new-video.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Thegauntletcom+(thegauntlet.com)

Brazilian Power Metal band Angra has released a new video for the song 'Lease of Life' which appears on Aqua (released in August).

Video provided by The Gauntlet



In Flames "Almost Done" with pre-production


http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/429/20333/In-Flames-andAlmost-Doneand-with-pre-production.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Thegauntletcom+(thegauntlet.com)


In Flames reported that they will be releasing some exclusive video clips to Jesterhead.com in the next week.


Glenn Danzig to host Headbanger's Ball


http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/639/20328/Glenn-Danzig-to-host-Headbangers-Ball.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Thegauntletcom+(thegauntlet.com)


The show will air on Monday, November 1 at 3am ET and will feature two Danzig videos - "Crawl Across Your Killing Floor" and "On A Wicked Night", as well as 6 other videos by Superjoint Ritual, Metallica, and others.



Netbook Game Review

It's a little odd that my first blog post is actually a plug for someone else's blog, but I sincerely dig the idea and I really like the information that has been presented so far.  If you own a netbook, or are considering purchasing one, Netbook Game Review might have some helpful info for you.