I'm back from my unannounced vacation!

And, no relation at all (probably), it turns out that, if you are clever, you can figure out how to make people do useful work while playing.

Also, a well-known and influential, not to mention bizarre, coder is accused of murdering his Russian mail-order bride, who apparently was having an affair with his bisexual, sado-masochistic (murderous?) buddy. Sounds like a bad movie.

This guy thinks we may soon have high-speed rail available in America (or at least, it would be possible and a good idea, which is new).

That's it for now.