sonic xl

A modification of Sonic The Hedgehog in which the rings are now fried food. Sonic eats them and gets fat. Eventually he gets so fat he can no longer move. I’m waiting for Sonic XL2: The Hoveround.

How moot “Won” the Time 100 Poll

Paul Lamere’s coverage of the Time 100 hack continues with this in-depth examination of the how-they-did-it variety. It includes a lot of Time-bashing, as evidenced by the following parenthetical:

(And if you have any doubt about Time’s incompetence, take a close look at the Poll. Notice that Oprah Winfrey and Ratan Tata have the exact same number of votes. That’s because they both shared the same ID in the poll. A vote for either one was a vote for the other. Same goes for Michael Bloomberg and Gustavo Dudamel. If you vote for one, you vote for the other.)

Previously: 4chan’s precision hack of the Time 100.