Issue #38 of Mongoose Publishing's Signs & Portents pdf magazine is available for download. Here's an overview of the issue, which is divided into Wargamer and RPG sections:

SIGNS & PORTENTS 38 - WARGAMER
We have random event cards for Mighty Armies, new Drakh vs. EarthForce in A Call to Arms, and the Gorith Campaign for Starship Troopers. If that is not enough to get you going, we have new official ships for A Call to Arms (including the all new Sagittarius and some new Drazi hulls), the Rebel Colony Army List for Starship Troopers, and the Transdime speciailist for Gangs of Mega-City One. This is on top of all the usual terrain and tournament articles, making this issue jam-packed with new things to try out!

I recently had a request from one of the librarian's at work to come up with a way to display a librarian's current AOL status (online, offline, away) via a Web page. I spent some time digging around online, but didn't find anything particularly useful. Then I mentioned it to a co-worker, who said he had a snippet of code on his site that did exactly that.

A little digging turned up AOL's AIM Presence, a quick-and-easy utility that allows you to display an icon on your web site indicating your current status. This did the trick nicely, and worked even when logged in via iChat or Trillian (though in both cases, we were using AOL available accounts).

Yes, now is the time to be jealous. 1UP.com (companion web site to print magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly) is offering three weeks of features and inside looks at Halo 3. It includes first-looks at multiplayer maps, Bungie's responses to fan complaints, hands-on impressions of multiplayer play, and even an H3 podcast with Bungie.

I consider my Xbox 360 to be a down payment on Halo 3, so the more I can learn about what the game will feature (and more importantly, when we'll get to see it) the happier I'll be.