Here are a few new links to keep up with the raging battle between the anarchist physicist and the establisment.
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/dn12891-is-mathematical-pattern-the-theory-of-everything.html
http://arxiv.org/abs/0711.0770
I joined the inner circle on his web site and have found it to be fascinating. A lot of fun to be had.
Some of the most interesting opposing forces seem to be those familiar with Kac-Moody algebras.
http://matpitka.blogspot.com/2007/11/comments-about-e-8-theory-of-garrett.html
It is interesting that this blog went from a total rant against the "obvious wrongness" to a more reasoned critique in the past few months.
http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/~distler/blog/archives/001505.html
This is another sample of the soap opera nature of science. It is fun to watch. My only regret is that I can just barely get a glimpse of the math... just enough to make me frustrated. It must be much the same as what the boneheadSpur73.0021 feels when he can't find anything to copy and paste.