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• An end to stupidity - the solution to the Crimson Room puzzle

  I have been enlightened. Herewith is the solution to the Crimson Room puzzle , but it's been “rot13”ized. (What's that, you say? rot-13? That means each letter has been replaced with the letter 13 characters later in the alphabet. A is replaced Read More... Posted Friday, February 13, 2004 5:43 PM by jdzions | 130 Comments Filed under: Other

• How to feel stupider than everyone else, part 2

  So I posted a pointer to a really cool flash-based puzzle which had stumped me for an hour. An hour later (admittedly, only intermittent attention paid to puzzle), four people have already commented that they've solved it. I like to think I'm a smart Read More... Posted Friday, February 13, 2004 4:58 PM by jdzions | 13 Comments Filed under: Other

• How do you keep a web surfer busy for hours?

  Send them here . Don't blame me if their weekend disappears. Read More... Posted Friday, February 13, 2004 3:25 PM by jdzions | 86 Comments Filed under: Other

• Verbal vs. written style

  Betsy Aoki , the manager of this community site (amongst others), writes that people are surprised that her verbal style is different from the written style of her blog . Oddly enough, I am often told that my conversational style and written style are Read More... Posted Friday, February 06, 2004 4:55 PM by jdzions | 3 Comments Filed under: Other

• Microsoft Research releases source code to "Allegiance" MORPG game

  A couple of years back, Microsoft Research built a game called “Allegiance”. It was a multiplayer on-line RPG set in a rather complex space/colonies/races milieu. Pretty cool, but never really caught on. A hard-core user base evolved, but Read More... Posted Friday, February 06, 2004 12:12 PM by jdzions | 8 Comments Filed under: Other

• OSnews likes SFU 3.5! Bush & Clinton kiss and make up! Details and film at Eleven!

  The folks at OSnews are not exactly known for being Microsoft-friendly. Some of my colleagues have gone so far as to call them hostile. I wouldn't go that far; they just never, never give MS the benefit of the doubt. That's cool, though. Then I read this Read More... Posted Sunday, January 25, 2004 11:21 PM by jdzions | 1 Comments Filed under: Other

• Another techno toy to buy - gotta getta SPOT watch

  On Friday I sat through a one-hour internal talk on the SPOT technology, the new MSN Direct service the company just rolled out, and the first products built to use it - the SPOT watches from Abacus, Fossil and Suunto. Based on specs, I figured I'd need Read More... Posted Saturday, January 17, 2004 10:42 PM by jdzions | 1 Comments Filed under: Other

• SFU 3.5 Announcement Causes Epidemic Of Rampant Paranoia

  Like most technogeeks, I have a lot of pride in the work I do. So much pride that I like to listen in on other people talking about what I've built. Sure, I'm looking for praise; I've got the outsized ego that long-time Unix guys get. But I'm also looking Read More... Posted Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:36 AM by jdzions | 5 Comments Filed under: Other

• Xbox can play Media Center PC content? Now I gotta buy a Media Center PC...

  Stan Spotts turned me on to the Xbox Media Center Extender Kit. This sucker will let you use an Xbox (up to five of them!) to watch video content recorded on a Media Center PC. Now, I've avoided the Media Center PC until now. I rolled my own PVR at home; Read More... Posted Friday, January 09, 2004 6:25 PM by jdzions | 4 Comments Filed under: Other

• Unixfolks Anonymous

  Unix? At Microsoft? Who could possibly do that? Read More... Posted Friday, January 09, 2004 5:00 PM by jdzions | 5 Comments Filed under: Other