Happy Veterans Day – hope that at least some of you out there have the day off! More importantly, though, we want to take a moment to thank all of the veterans out there. We appreciate all of the hard work and sacrifice you’ve put in for your country.

Now, on to this week’s links:

85th level Orc Rogue wins election (ZDNet)

The advantages of IT on a shoestring budget (InfoWorld)

IT’s Future: Less Building, More Bundling (InformationWeek)

Twitter Issues Apology After Password Debacle (eWEEK)

CIA Director’s affair caught by FBI e-mail monitoring (Ars Technica)

For this week’s apropos of nothing image, we present you with a pearl of wisdom from one of the great scholars of our time:

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