If you’re running Windows XP and haven’t done so already, I suggest activating Cleartype. Be sure to use the online tune-up, too.

The Coanda Effect: if a stream of fluid is flowing along a solid surface which is curved slightly away from the stream, the fluid will tend to follow the surface. This behavior of fluid substances was discovered in the 1930s by Romanian aerodynamicist Henri-Marie Coanda.

A 3,200-year old pharoanic map has led to the discovery of gold reserves that could place Egypt among the top 10 gold-producing countries in the world.

Microsoft offers a “skeletal version” of a <driver for creating and using a ramdisk in Windows 2k and Windows XP. Since M$ appears to heartily discourage anyone from using it, you might try Superspeed’s RamDisk instead.

Say “yes” to crack.

Impressive resume-fodder: the ability to read, write, and speak in Elvish.

As suspected, I’m 101% evil. I add 1% because I lied for a few questions, just to get a perfect score.

The Dada Server: Please do not use this information for commercial purposes or for squelching the other parrots in the bathroom.

Jennifer Mauck won a contest and got her name listed in Metal Gear Solid 2.

Metal Gear Solid 2: 17 hours of lame cutscenes, 1 hour of gameplay.

Weird things are afoot on the mighty Unxmaal server. Every few days Perl apps [including Greymatter] appear to crash with a segmentation fault. The next day, these scripts work fine. In a fit of desperation, I attempted to install Moveabletype, only to have the base installer script segfault when it ran for the first time. Any ideas would be much appreciated.