November, November...

    Reibo and I spent Halloween quietly at home. No trick-or-treaters last night, as the neighbors with kids took them to the mall, rather than walk them through the neighborhood. We watched the Predator spin-off Predators, with Adrian Brody. Some clever plot twists to be sure, but it just wasn't my cup of tea. And I still don't buy Adrian Brody as a badass commando... Much better fare followed as we watched the South Park Spooktacular collection and then finished the evening with a trio of classic Wallace and Gromit clay-mation shorts.     I spent a few hours chatting on Facebook with friends, Jessie who used to work with me at Philips/NXP, old buddy Matt, and my new friend Effie. I had a very nice time chatting, and I generally dislike the whole chat thing... I'll be going online for a return visit tonight.     Still in a holding pattern on the dating front, tho I did make a new email contact. Someone I'd emailed on the sites weeks and weeks ago finally responded to my email, and I replied. I'm still waiting to have a face-to-face with anyone, tho.     Today is the First of November; today is the festival of All Saints, too. Today, I have my return visit with Dr. Anti-House to review my blood test results from last week. We'll see how things have developed since the last one about 6 months ago. Certainly, I feel better and have lost a ton of weight. Moving on...

• [Spoiler warning!] You won't believe who is killing zombies in Call of Duty: Black Ops.

• Battlestar Galactica 'Diaspora' mod has a new trailer. 
• Duke Nukem Forever preview: IncGamers. (Thanks, Blues News.) 
• EuroGamer video of the Xbox Live dashboard update.
• Nvidia GPUs power world's fastest supercomputer.
• Top 10 'Retro' PC Games.
• Gaming's greatest Halloween costumes.

• Scientists discuss what would happen if an asteroid were on a collision course with Earth. The expression 'Adios, muchachos!' springs to mind.
• Space shuttle faces its final mission.
• Marking ten years aboard the ISS.
• How the brain forms habits.
• How Google refuses to let you conceal your location. I'm over here!
• Texas Supreme Court cites Spock - Mister Spock. 
• Wasn't 3D supposed to be cooler than this? Only if it was pr0n. 
• Avatar made only $22 million - if this was 1939.
• The Dead Walk!! Toronto Zombie Walk pics.