Since you mention a few Urbanism channels, I’ll add a couple more that I like:

• City Beautiful
• About Here

Haha. I guess I never noticed.

Java was stagnating under Sun, unfortunately. I hate to say it, but Oracle probably saved Java.

Awesome. I was there in 2006 when this project got off the ground. If I remember correctly, it was a fork of TuxKart, since the author could not be reached in order to take over the project (or they didn’t want to hand over maintenance).

It was a part of the Linux Game Tome forums Game of the Month. I think there were really only ever two - SuperTux and SuperTuxKart. The idea behind GotM was to get devs and artists to all focus on one game to make some improvements. In reality, people got attached and never moved on the the next project. I still think it was a success, though!

Damn. That’s probably the last time I used it, too.

They’re moving to IRC?

Indeed. A marathon is 42 km.

Is Ben-Hur not a biblical epic?

I agree, but I think they are? I think every (traditional) western ally of the US are working back channels to no success. They’re moving on and finding more reliable trading partners.