Randomness for 4/9

1) Which is nerdier: Dr. Who or the X-Men? From the Extremely Bad Advice column.

2) Barack Obama looking at awesome things. via @Scalzi

3) Tricks for better Google searches.

4) Lawrence Watt-Evans tells how he became a published author without contacts, classes, networking, or family support.

5) How MMORPG designers keep you playing, even when you're not having fun. More about this later, I think. via Kate Nepvue

6) An instance of Nerd Rage examined. –although this isn't relegated to nerds (...