I only post this non-gaming issue because it seems so many of us have been deeply affected by the death of CNet's James Kim.

The San Francisco Chronicle's website, SFGate.com, has posted an online condolence book for well-wishers to post their thoughts about the man who, in an effort to save his family, lost his life. It also allows an option to send a sypmathy gift -- ostenesibly to the family, but it's pretty unclear.

You can find the book and the sympathy-gift link here.

If you would like further information on what exactly happened to James Kim and why he died, the Chron also posted an excellent graphic and several very good stories to show in detail how a Thanksgiving trip to Oregon could go so wrong.

I only post this, firstly, for those who really feel they need to understand what happened to the Kim family.

Secondly, this is excellent information for all of you who travel to snow states in winter. This was avoidable at so many levels, and it was a series of miscalculations, misinformation, bad decisions and bad luck that led to James' death. Please learn from his mistakes so we lose no more of the Geek Community in such a sad and preventable way.

Here are the links, including a map of where he was lost and where he walked and a story on the hinkey nature of internet maps.