While trying to explain to Nick and Sarah where the Tourist Club was in Marin, I brought up Google’s excellent map of Alpine Dam. Excellent directions on how to hide a car from the authorities, I mean.

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Aye Mak Sicur

Found this on YouTube—a video of someone (badly) playing through the opening level in Marathon Infinity. I made this level and the accompanying textures in 1996 while drinking way too much Coke and listening to Portishead. The music definitely influenced the textures.

Update: Yes! Portishead’s new album!

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Companies Claim Right to Interfere with eBay Auctions for Charging Too Little

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Although interference with eBay sales is nothing new (see here and here), companies in two recently filed federal cases explicitly invoke Leegin as a justification for terminating the eBay auctions of competitors that charge lower prices online. These cases not only show Leegin’s likely effect on...

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Because I'm a sucker for memes, I've visited 45 states (88%) and 16 countries (16%) with a woeful lack of Southern Hemisphere.

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