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A year or so on after Gary Gygax, Dave Arneson, coauthor of Dungeons & Dragons has died (Ars Technica: Between battles, the story: Dave Arneson has passed on).  Dungeons and Dragons (and subsequently several other roleplaying games) played a hugeand… Continue Reading →

The Register reports another of the original Star Trek cast has died: Majel Roddenberry, who must have had more roles in the Star Trek franchise than any other cast member: First officer in the pilot Nurse Christine Chapel  Lwaxana Troi… Continue Reading →

Very sad news- Oliver Postgate, the man responsible for many remarkably excellent childrens’ TV shows has died.  There’s a concise biography at wikipedia. My particular favorite show was Noggin the Nog, but I expect many of us of a certain… Continue Reading →

Seems to be a week for obituaries. Gary Gygax, who with Dave Arneson wrote the groud breaking tabletop role playing game Dungeons & Dragons, has died. The Register has an obituary, as does the New York Times. I spent a… Continue Reading →

I was saddened to read on www.timetriallingforum.co.uk that Sheldon Brown had died (see this obituary). Sheldon Brown’s website is a fabulous source of bike information, particularly related to fixed wheel and tandems. He’ll be missed worldwide.