I am back on the Internet now. Yesterday was surprisingly relaxing. I ended up reading half of House of Leaves, which I had never read before (still haven’t finished it yet!).

Just to let everyone know, I’m going to disconnect tomorrow from the Internet and any kind of electronic communication as part of a class project. I won’t be dead (nor undead), just not connected. Hope this doesn’t cause any problems!

Obligatory xkcd reference (mostly so that I can preempt my friends who I know will end up posting this anyway): http://xkcd.com/597/

If you haven’t seen this (don’t worry, I hadn’t until yesterday), you need to. The best way I can describe it is “The Blair Witch Project” meets YouTube. The storyline is compelling, and it’s still active, as far as I can tell. It’s been going on for about six months; the last update (at time of blogging) was December 22 of last year. It’s not for the faint-hearted—there are parts that had me jumping out of my seat.

How to Experience Marble Hornets

Start at the Introduction (embedded below), and work your way through the entries in order. Also, starting with Entry 9, there are video responses that are attached to each entry. Watch them, too, they seem to be an integral part of the story (or at the very least, scare you more). The main character also updates a Twitter feed.

After spending the entire day on it, it’s amazing how joyful it is to get a program to accept keyboard input.

Our mysterious benefactor, Enoch, posted a new mini challenge on the slowhiterabbit.org forums on 2009-12-07. The text is a simple substitution cipher, telling how they’ve been facing delays in creating the next challenge.

Happy holidays, whoever you guys are. :)