You know, SlashDot could try to make the world a better place by drawing the line here and taking a public stand. Boycott forbes.com articles until they allow ad blockers. It's an issue of public safety, after all. The fact that Forbes had a high profile incident illustrating why ad blockers are required for safe(r) web browsing makes them all the better of a target. Even better if they boycotted all sites which block ad-blocking viewers, but Forbes can be the public face of what we stand against.

Since I moved to St. Louis, I've had several recruiters reach out to me for local development/management positions over LinkedIn and Stack Overflow. I was surprised how many companies there are in the area doing interesting things. Not to mention that St. Louis is home to one of the premier software development conferences (Strange Loop, which pulls in international attendees and speakers), and one of the biggest gaming cons (Geekway to the West). It's very affordable, and tons of family-friendly attractions in the area, including the incredibly awesome City Museum.