These are my links for May 10th through June 4th:

• AOJ Outdoors Tip – Eliminate Yellow Jackets With This Non-Toxic Homemade Yellow Jacket Trap! –
• Regrets of the Dying –
• The "How-to" for making an Arduino controlled smoker –
• Zuckerberg goes on a diet: Only meat he eats is what he kills – San Jose Mercury News – They all want to learn how to do it; they want to come in and watch us cut it up, because I think these days people who have the means to kill their own food want to see exactly what they're eating
• China used prisoners in lucrative internet gaming work –
• Confirmed: Google Wallet NFC payment system launches tomorrow, retail partners in tow –
• Banks launch clearXchange transfer system to rival PayPal –
• The Highly Sensitive Person –
• Roll a D6 – This is a spoof music video of ;Like a G6" by Far East Movement.
• Eternal Earth-Bound Pets –
• Everyday, No Days Off – Gun Blog –
• Linux Commando: How to disable SSH host key checking –
• KnifeKits.com Designer Knife Kits – Knife Making Supplies – Sheath and Holster Making Supplies –
• Grinder – getting started –
• Far Horizon Traders Home Page –

• For the DeLorean, it’s back to the present – Los Angeles Times » The iconic gull-winged sports car is once again hot, and there are plans afoot to place it back in production.
• XUL Tutorial »
• Your First Firefox Extension »
• How to create Firefox extensions » Tutorial for creating Firefox extensions by the creator if the BugMeNot extension
• The Origin of meh? »
• Massive Lego Aircraft Carrier » This massive Lego aircraft carrier took Malle Hawking almost a year to build. It is about 5m long, 1.40m wide and 1.2m tall, contains over 200,000 Bricks and weighs over 160 Kilos. The model has electrical lights on deck, a hangar,aircraft, movable elevat
• Can’t Bust This » Tips for potheads looking to avoid the po-po, breezily narrated by the man formerly tasked with putting them behind bars
• Senator is a WOW gamer »
• Panic – Coda – One-Window Web Development for Mac OS X »
• Beyond the Red Line »
• Free Website Templates »
• The Peculiar Sci-fi Costumes of Dave T. Smith » Death Star, Wizard of Oz, and others in costume form

I wonder if kids in high school, or even college, that play World of Warcraft would have any idea what’s going on here.

I know what’s going on: AWESOMENESS!

At least, according to Gamespy.

They have posted a preview shortly after the game being demoed for them by Tom Chilton, World of Warcraft‘s Lead Designer. Of course, everyone knows the basics: level cap raised to 70, some new areas, World PVP to be introduced, two new races, and home cities to accompany them. But now the specifics are rolling in.

All new raids will be for 25 or less members. Instances can be chosen normal or as “Elite”, which increased the booty, for group leaders at level 70. All the new dungeons will have wings, ala Scarlet Monastery.

PVP is to be totally revamped. Rank system? Scrapped. Now you use honor points to purchase rewards. For those not interested in PvE, there will be Gladiatorial Arenas for PVP, in which even Horde and alliance members can join the same team. The world will have new zones that have persistent PVP goals. All that can enter the zone can take part in battles for these goals.

Sounds great, as the PVP system as it is now is not working well. Several hours long waits for limited PVP battles was hardly satisfying. As all MMORPGs, they needed to borrow from what worked in the past. And WoW has been the greatest borrower from the start. Not that it’s necessarily bad, I feel they took many things that worked for other MMORPGs and refined them to their own goals. Their new PVP system seems to mimic Dark Age of Camelot, albeit without a third faction. And DAoC has had arguably one of the best PVP systems to date. Their Gladiatorial combat system is obviously a stab at Guild Wars.

It can only get better, as they are definitely targeting the game areas that need work, while throwing in new content to keep things fresh.