I am surprised to note that it's now been eight years now that I've been on the hardware accelerated bandwagon (I guess it's safe to assume the trend is here to stay). It was right about now in 1996 that I got my Vérité-based Rendition Reactor with which to play Quake. In these days when my current video card has more RAM than NASA did back then, it's fun to recall the joys of first pounding out the polygons with that sort of horsepower... I have to confess I still check out my framerates in Quake II after big upgrades to recreate those moments. Yeah, I'm a geek.

Link of the Day:	Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature. Thanks Ant.
Stories of the Day:	George Lucas to Receive 33rd AFI Life Achievement Award. Sunday Halloween Irks Some in Bible Belt.
Science!:	Japan 2005 Expo to Display Frozen Mammoth. Global amphibians in deep trouble. Maybe soon it'll be frozen frogs?
Media of the Day:	Barney - Rap Dragon at Kontraband. Thanks Dan K. Adult Lyric Advisory.
	Thanks Mike Martinez.