Silence the Crickets!

'Tis been a fair while since I've posted anything here.

Been interesting winter and plenty busy. Went to CarnageCon last fall, met up with the LANCLAN gang around Christmas, spent a fair chunk of late January into mid-March in various stages of being sick. Spent a fair chunk of change on unexpected car repairs, but a new oil pan and water-pump is far less expensive than a new engine. Visited a friend in Kentucky over a four day weekend and attended TechEd 2014. Had a quick visit from the female parental unit over the Fourth of July and the went with the male one to Lime Rock Park for HPDE sessions last Saturday.
Planning on attending Gencon this year (just over a week away, woohoo!)
Now that I have the mushy semi-personal stuff out of the way, here is some stuff for those of you that like clicking links.

A great list of Animes that are good for binge sessions, but not for kids

And some books I may try to pick up at some point when I actually have time to read.
The Color of Magic ; By Terry Pratchett
Joel on Software ; by Joel Spolsky
Big Book of Irony ; by Jon Winokur
The Shameless Liar's Guide ; by Duke Christoffersen
Global Frequency ; by Warren Ellis
Toilets of the Worl ; By Morna E Gregory and Sian James
Bringing Down the House ; by Ben Mezrich
In the Company of Ogres ; by A. Lee Martinez
Mortal Engines ; by Phillip Reeve

-edit: Dang comic leads to a lot of interesting sounding books
Furies of Calderon ; by Jim Butcher
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 ; by David Peterson
Rediscovery of Man ; by Cardwainer Smith
Pandora's Star , Judas Unchained ; by Peter F. Hamilton
-moar
How the States Got Their Shapes ; by Mark Stein
Skulduggery Pleasant ; by Derek Landy
Anathem ; by Neal Stephenson
Cubicle Warfare ; by John Austin
Shade's Children ; by Garth Nix
Visibility ; by Sarah Neufeld
The True Meaning of Smek Day ; by Adam Rex
There are No Shortcuts ; by Jorge Cham
The Unincorporated Man ; by Dani Kollin & Eytan Kollin
Hidden Empire ; by Kevin J Anderson
The City & The City ; by China Mieville
Mischief Makers Manual ; by Sir John Hargrave
Badass ; by Ben Thompson
Cat Burglar Black ; by Richard Sala
Boneshaker ; by Cherie Priest
The Big Necessity ; by Rose George
Usagi Yojimbo Yokai ; by Stan Sakai
The Magicians ; by Lev Grossman
Mad Science ; by Theodore Gray
ReWork ; by Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
Power Up ; by Doug Tennapel
Tom Strong ; by Alan Moore & Chris Sprouse
Chasm City ; by Alastair Reynolds
Foiled ; by Jame Yolen and Mike Cavallaro
Quantum ; by Manjit Kumar
The Year of Living Biblically ; by A.J. Jacobs
True Grit ; by Charles Portis