Pretty Spore Scenery Among my favorite threads in our forums: Users posting in-game screenshots of the things they've seen on their travels.

What Does Well Done Mean? The Food Whore recounts a conversation with a customer confused about the meaning of well done. Or, you know, not.

Why Do People Pirate? A game developer asks the community why people pirate games and then distills the results.

The Origins of Arrr? Language Log investigates the source of the "pirates say arrr" cultural archetype.

A Rule Of Thumb I Like A friend of mine once said, "The only thing that should be on page 2 of your resume is the Nobel Prize you won." I couldn't agree more.

RIP Robert Steinberg David Lebovitz writes a moving eulogy for Robert Steinberg, co-founder of Scharffen Berger Chocolate.

Ashley On Casasugar Our friend Ashley gets a shout-out from casasugar after she retools two found chairs into a new bench.

Buffy MMO Coming Let the Buffyverse live on in an MMO!