======================================================= Order your signed copy of The BBook of Geek today directly from BBspot! http://www.bbspot.com/store/bbook-store.html ======================================================= Happy Halloween! Boo! NEW STUFF Features: Newly unemployed miss surfing the Internet at work most . . . http://www.bbspot.com/News/2008/10/internet-surfing-at-work.html Top 11 ways to scare a geek . . . http://www.bbspot.com/News/2008/10/top-11-scare-geek.html Seven tips for the recently laid-off geek . . . http://www.bbspot.com/News/2008/10/tips-for-recently-laid-off-geeks.html Seven tips for the recently laid geek . . . http://www.bbspot.com/News/2008/10/tips-for-recently-laid-geeks.html BBloopers: Surprise alarm clock . . . http://www.bbspot.com/News/BBloopers/2008/10/3577.php Dangerous USB . . . http://www.bbspot.com/News/BBloopers/2008/10/3578.php Comics: Refresh, refresh, refresh...OW! http://bbspot.com/comics/PC-Weenies/2008/10/3584.php ------------------------------ SITE NEWS - An in-depth look at the making of The BBook of Geek with pics in this week's BBlog . . . (http://www.bbspot.com/Log/index.html) - I set up a store where you can purchase signed copies of my new book, The BBook of Geek (recently voted the best book ever in an online poll somewhere: (http://www.bbspot.com/store/bbook-store.html) - 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) - The final poll of the election season "Vote for..." and you get more than two choices in my poll. Vote on that in this week's poll: (http://www.bbspot.com/polls/index.php) See the results of last week's poll The Best Book Ever! (http://www.bbspot.com/polls/2008/31-October-2008.html) ------------------------------ QUOTE OF THE WEEK Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics. - Fletcher Knebel ------------------------------ 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 Some Harry Potter vanity plates... http://www.mugglenet.com/plates.shtml Luke Skywalker is an idiot . . . http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/10/the_5_reasons_luke_skywalker_is_a_complete_idiot.php Top NASA photos of all time . . . http://www.airspacemag.com/space-exploration/Top_NASA_Photos_of_All_Time.html# Check to see if your user name is available . . . http://www.usernamecheck.com/ The election as a Dungeons and Dragons game . . . http://somehedgehog.livejournal.com/245807.html ------------------------------ 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