Here Are Some Things: A Pre-Holiday Linkdump

I'm back-ish after working my way through what felt like a small scale nervous breakdown. Although I realize that the US economy is in utter disarray and IT, my unfortunate area, is in worse shape than I think it's ever been, this past month was especially soul eroding. I'm not completely sure that I'll ever work in the IT sector again which is unfortunate because a) I appreciate interesting…