Here's something that was also posted in LiveJournal, which I like, but hardly ever use. Will this one get more use? Time will tell...
Wikipedia, you never fail to entertain me...
So I'm watching the VH1 show "I Love The 80's" (OK, not so much watching, it was playing in the background as I did other stuff. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.) (and really - who DOESN'T love the 80's?!?). Anyway, they had a brief thing on about Max Headroom. Damn! Hadn't thought about him for *years*. So, off to Wikipedia I go! In the article, the "Max Headroom Pirating Incident" is mentioned. Never one to turn down an interesting sounding link, I followed it. Anyway, I won't spoil it for you, but do yourself a favor - go and be creeped out by this successful TV signal hijacking. The actual video can be watched via some of the links in the "External Links" area of the article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_pirating_incident
Not linked from Wikipedia, but this article is my favorite: http://xmbill.wordpress.com/2007/02/11/wttw-chicago-max-headroom-pirating-incident-11-22-87/
The coolest part about it? The guy and his apparent cohorts were never caught! Also interesting to note is that there hasn't been another incident of signal hijacking since.
Just wanted to share. Oh, and I'm a big ol' geek for the Art of Noise, whom have a Max Headroom connection as well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEPq0FvFm3g
That's all for this completely random update. What can I say - I'm feeling creative!
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