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A few months ago, my house was broken into, and one of the items stolen was an Xbox 360. This morning, I got an interesting email in my inbox:
“Purchase confirmation for Xbox Live 3 mo. Gold Membership”
Obviously, since I no longer own an Xbox, this struck me as unusual. I called Microsoft right […]

Last year, I bought a pair of Vegan Paratrooper Boots from MooShoes, with nervous expectations. I was a little worried that the material would scratch or pull apart at the stitching. Fortunately, I’m happy to report that a year later (and through a trip to Burning Man) they still look shiny and new. […]

I’m working on a little browser simulation of pandemic virus outbreaks. The first thing I needed was a list of countries and their populations and locations, but while I could find all this data separately, I couldn’t find it compiled together anywhere. Just in case anybody else ever needs it, I figured I’d […]

I checked boingboing this afternoon, only to discover with absolute terror that Hollywood is working on an ElfQuest movie. Seeing as I spent most of my youth saving up my lunch money to pick up every book of this beloved series I could get my hands on, I’m officially a fanboy, which means I’ll […]