Ow! This Is Gonna Smart!

Nov. 5, 2009

Walt Boyes has been taking time away, but I guess it was too much to expect that he'd back away from the computer completely. This just popped up in my inbox as a Twitter link. (If you're not following Walt at @waltboyes, why aren't you?) Finding a flaw like this is one of those things that could just ruin your entire day.

Walt Boyes has been taking time away, but I guess it was too much to expect that he'd back away from the computer completely. This just popped up in my inbox as a Twitter link. (If you're not following Walt at @waltboyes, why aren't you?) Finding a flaw like this is one of those things that could just ruin your entire day.

The episode also reveals one of those unintended consequences that haunt human endeavor so frequently. We all love the openness of the Internet, but when it's a game everyone can play, keeping a secret--even those that should be kept--is darn near impossible.