As with the last several major revisions, WP2.8 failed to upgrade properly for me. I’m starting to learn that it doesn’t pay to be an early adopter with WordPress. From now on, no upgrades until the first point release.
Lost ARG clues…
Sadly it seems this ARG is unofficial. That’s not to say it’s not worth playing. I’ve enjoyed the creativity shown by the writer(s). Just don’t expect this ARG to have any bearing on the next season.
I’m slowly getting into the new Lost alternate reality game currently running on Twitter and various sites around the internet. This is what I’ve learned so far. I’ll continue to update as I learn more…
@FleurDeNoir = Jacob?
- Jacob’s Bio is simply: “Genesis 27:41”
- Genesis 27:41 reads: So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing that his father had given him. Esau said to himself, “The time to mourn for my father is near. Then I’ll kill my brother Jacob.”
- Jacob seems to be hinting at his return or rebirth
@elliotgraves = Elliot Graves
- an overworked Ajira Air employee whose brother recently disappeared (like his father and grandfather before him…)
- Simeon Hobbes is somehow linked to the disappearance of all 3
- all 3 Graves men appear to have joined a secretive group (dharma?) related to Widmore Industries
@simeonhobbes = Simeon Hobbes (follower of Jacob?)
- involved in the recruitment of members of the secretive group mentioned above
- exceptionally long-lived (dharma life extension program? or gift of Jacob?)
@epithetalpha = Aidoneus (Jacob’s nemesis)
- Aidoneus is a pseudonym for Hades
Links gathered so far:
Memory leak in Safari 3.2.x?
I recently wrote about an issue with the “Fraudulent Sites” feature in Safari 3.2 that causes excessive CPU utilization. I didn’t bother to speculate about the cause in that article. However, as I was thinking about the issue it occured to me that this was probably a memory leak introduced in the Safari 3.2.2 release. (the timeframe seems to fit the release schedule) one of the last few releases. I honestly don’t use Safari that much, certainly not for casual browsing, so I can’t say for sure. (I just don’t trust anything outside of the Firefox/NoScript combo for that.) However, the bug is definitely there in 3.2.2 and 3.2.3. (I just confirmed the bug is present in Safari 3.2.1 on Tiger as well) If you’ve got a copy of Safari 3.2.0, I’d be interested to see if the bug is there as well. It’s simple to reproduce:
- open Safari, go to the preferences menu, click the security tab and check the box next to “Fraudulent Sites”
- Visit any website and wait.
After a minute or two, your CPU utilization should jump to around 100%. At this point Safari should still be usable, but will no longer respond to the quit command requiring a force-quit. Don’t let it run too long in this state as Safari will eventually consume enough resources to lock the system down entirely.
I had stopped using Safari entirely due to this issue, but knowing there’s a workaround is good. I typically used Safari for remote management of devices where its speed and small memory footprint could be an advantage. Now that Apple is beta testing Safari 4, I don’t see this issue getting much attention. If you’re affected by it, just turn off the Fraudulent Sites security feature. However, I wouldn’t recommend using it as your primary browser in that configuration.