Jupiter Ascending

The trailer for the new sci-fi movie Jupiter Ascending looks pretty good:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOvITFK98gg&w=450]

Secret Cryptogram Notes

There have been Secret Cryptogram Notes found in D.B. Weldon Library Stacks, which I have just discovered via one of the RSS feeds I follow, and I am quite intrigued. I haven't had a chance to really dig in to any of them (yet), but I wonder if anyone has done a number analysis to see how many times each symbol occurs in each note. I know that there are more symbols than letters in the alphabet, but this seems like it should be the first step in any cryptanalysis attempt. If no one beats me to it, I may just try that to see what the results are.

Cyberspace

Does anyone remember an old door game back in the BBS days called Cyberspace? It was almost more of an engine than an actual door, because once you set it up, it was up to you and your users to /dig new rooms, /describe them, define exits, create objects to populate them, etc. There were commands to make objects move from room to room, give them classic RPG character attributes, etc, so you could, essentially, create a game within the door of Cyberspace. I was considering finding the user docs for this door and recreating it in PHP. What does everyone think? Could be kind of interesting?

lonelygirl15: We will not be stopped.

From webseriestoday.com, lonelygirl15: We will not be stopped.

lg15chat: Knock knock.
lg15chat: We are here..
lg15chat: We are everyhere.
lg15chat: We will not be stopped. lg15chat: 6/9/14

Wonder what time, and what timezone? Regardless, very exciting stuff :)

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Broken Links

I have started using a plugin to clean up some of the broken links on the site. Many of the links that were found are quite old, and some merely needed updated from http to https. Others had .com when they should have had .org. Still others are long gone from the internet. And some were just fine, and I have no idea why they were marked as broken. Once I complete this cleanup of broken links, I will likely point the ones that are gone forever to the Wayback Machine, if available, or turn the plugin's CSS back on so that broken links are apparent.

On a related note, I removed the Links page, as all it was getting was the occasional spam that needed moderated. I originally set the page up as part of doing strictly "Ghosts of Ohio" with the site, when it sorta made a good idea.

Cleaning up the sidebar is my next priority. What should go? What should stay? Should any of it be moved to the footer instead? Let me know in comments!

Analytics

Pro-tip: when playing around with Wordpress plugins, trying to decide on whether or not to change which Google Analytics plugin to use, don't forget to re-install the one you started with if you don't find one you like better ;)

On a (somewhat) related note, this:



https://analyticsacademy.withgoogle.com/platform-principles

Abuse of Authority

You may have noticed the new page on the site called "Abuse of Authority." This page will link to my posts on the many abuses of authority which occur daily, many focused on the TSA. Some other TSA-related posts may wind up there as well, because, when talking about the TSA, it usually is about their abuses, or their lack of actual security, or some such. Easier just to keep everything in one place ;)