======================================================= Only 18 days until The BBook of Geek is on the shelves. You can preorder it at Amazon today, and be one of the first to have it. http://www.amazon.com/BBook-Geek-Brian-Briggs/dp/0806530022/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209152344&sr=8-3 ======================================================= NEW STUFF Features: Top 11 lies geeks tell their parents . . . http://www.bbspot.com/News/2008/10/top-11-lies-geeks-tell-their-parents.html Oh noes, the Large Hadron Collider is out of atoms . . . http://www.bbspot.com/News/2008/10/lhc-out-of-atoms.html Google using all their data to predict the winner of the election . . . http://www.bbspot.com/News/2008/10/google-predicts-2008-election-winner.html Can a movie based on a video game actually be good? I don't know, but I'll tell you if a trailer based on a movie based on a video game can be when I review Max Payne . . . http://www.bbspot.com/News/2008/10/review-max-payne.html BBloopers: Reaching goals . . . http://www.bbspot.com/News/BBloopers/2008/10/3564.php How dumb are you . . . http://www.bbspot.com/News/BBloopers/2008/10/3565.php ------------------------------ SITE NEWS - LEGO Agents arrived at my door in the BBlog . . . (http://www.bbspot.com/Log/index.html) - If you'd like to learn more about The BBook of Geek, I've set up a Web site that I've started updating. It has an RSS feed if you want to subscribe to the updates there as well: (http://www.thebbookofgeek.com) - Follow me on Twitter for my thoughts in 140 characters or less: (http://www.twitter.com/briggsb) or be my friend on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/people/Brian_Briggs/518065852) - Finally a new poll for you after Firefly/Serenity claimed victory in the Movie Marathon poll. This week, it's a cell phone smack down, Vote on that in this week's poll: (http://www.bbspot.com/polls/index.php) ------------------------------ QUOTE OF THE WEEK Do you realize if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight? -Al Boliska ------------------------------ LINKS OF THE WEEK Here are my favorite 5 links from the BBspot Daily Spot section (updated M-F) in case you missed them during the week. All the links during the week can be found here: http://www.bbspot.com/archives_links.html Blizzard answers Slashdotters questions... http://interviews.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/15/1639237&from=rss How well do you know your viral videos . . . http://www.collegehumor.com/viral-video-quiz/ Awesome pictures of the sun . . . http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/10/the_sun.html Some people have really strange hobbies . . . http://www.ripten.com/2008/10/10/wow-whore-has-36-accounts-raids-by-himself The Take on Me video from Aha sung literally . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HE9OQ4FnkQ ------------------------------ Do not reply to this e-mail. If you have any questions please direct them to briggsb@xxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to the list use the following link: mailto:bbspot-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe To unsubscribe at any time to the list use the following link: mailto:bbspot-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe OR Use the convenient form on http://www.bbspot.com OR If you have problems with any of these methods, please e-mail me at briggsb@xxxxxxxxxx Brian Briggs Stay Geeky! http://www.bbspot.com http://www.thebbookofgeek.com