The article describes the author's investigation into the claim that "zork" was MIT jargon for an unfinished program, a factoid long listed on Wikipedia without a clear source. After mining Wikipedia'…
The article recounts the author's experience running a "Cheat vs Cheat" Counter Strike 1.6 server in 2006, where cheaters were countered by the server operators using their own cheats, eventually rebr…
This article, published on March 26, 2025, is a personal account of the author's experience installing and playing the classic MMORPG *Star Wars Galaxies* through the free, open-source SWGemu server. …
The article argues that *Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace* is a good film, defending it against common criticisms by explaining that its depiction of the Force and the Jedi aligns with the mo…
The article discusses the "Y292B bug," a future overflow issue in Unix time where a signed 64-bit integer used in Linux will roll over in approximately 292 billion years, causing the date to jump back…
The article describes a reproduction of a Windows 95 login bypass hack, which uses the printer settings dialog to circumvent the network login screen. It explains that Windows 95 lacks file-level perm…
The article describes the author's decision to play the classic text-based adventure game *Zork* after being reminded of it by an episode of *The Big Bang Theory*. It provides instructions for obtaini…