Commentary on the Portal 2 ARG: http://valvearg.com/wiki/Com-arg.wav (not actually an audio file).

Note in particular:
* Estimated time to 'solve': 7 hours
* Actual time to solve: 7 hours 16 minutes
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* Combined might of internets is terrifying


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Twice now I have lost all my data *while setting up or doing the backup*. I have never otherwise had a loss. Clearly, backups themselves are what cause the problem ( Read more... )

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where the fuck did xcalc go?

From Risks Digest: Boy falsely jailed because of DST changeover
In a nutshell: on 11 Mar 2007, a school received a bomb threat and through their phone logs traced the call back to a 15-year-old boy, who was arrested and incarcerated for twelve days despite the fact that the boy's voice sounded nothing like the voice on the tape ( Read more... )

For the record (well, for the search engines): I had a problem with a SONY STR-DA50ES, where shortly after power-up it'd start flashing "PROTECTOR (FAN)," and the relays would never click on. I'd had the problem twice in the past, when it cleared itself up after some hours or a day or two. But not this time ( Read more... )

A large fraction of SFPD descended on my neighborhood today. Seems they thought someone involved in a shooting in Hunter's Point had holed up in one of the houses across the street.

I had a great view from the window, so I took pictures.

It would seem that tomorrow (September 14th) is "World Hearing Voices Day." (Google knows all.) This may be more widespread than we'd thought.

I don't much do these quizzes, but this one amused me..

Triumph Speed Triple
You scored 7 moxie, 5 zeal, and -4 pomp! You, Sir, are a Hooligan. You have a bit of an attitude, and you don't ( Read more... )

I'm not much of a computer game player. However, there are a very few games that can captivate me ( Read more... )