Archive for May, 2005

Friday foibles.

Friday, May 27th, 2005

Good morning - just a quick update on this Friday. The sentinel has added a few articles since I last wrote to you…. Looks like the new key hardware isn’t as unbreakable as initially thought. Also, a warning from the Academy that there is still no way to transfer things to and from [...]

Recon problems

Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

On this wonderful Wednesday, there are a few updates to report. First of all, Violet has once again updated her blog. This time, discussing a meeting of the historical society.
Also of note, the Sentinel has been updated with an article about Jessica Holyoke, the missing wife of murdered bar owner Bernardo Holyoke. [...]

Coming back after a break….

Tuesday, May 24th, 2005

Sorry about the long weekend without posts…. but I was away from my computer for most of the weekend. Let’s see what happened since the last post.
Let’s start with the Sentinel. There have been a couple new articles. First of all, there’s a new season of a hit reality show starting up [...]

Interview: Aiko Entrescore

Wednesday, May 18th, 2005

The Sentinel interviewed Aiko Entrescore, a puzzle scribe from the Academy’s Cube Retrieval team. Aiko talks about her work, Zen, and, most importantly, the fact that her key-integrated sculpture was on display at the Academy the night the Cube was stolen (you may remember that the thieves managed to disable parts of the [...]

Ruth Coralhouse’ last wish

Tuesday, May 17th, 2005

Recently passed Earthologist Ruth Coralhouse left a clause in her will - PCL45 million to go to the Academy and the Centre for Reality Research for the purposes of developing a “method for transporting physical matter between Perplex City and Earth, with the aim that her ashes be transported to Greece and scattered over the [...]

Money makes the world go round.

Friday, May 13th, 2005

The Sentinel has been updated today with a new View from the Earth column. This one tackling PC to earth money issues. I’m a little confused about how David had his picture rendered in PC art…. isn’t VftE supposed to be a column written by one of us? David? Step [...]

Thursday, May 12th, 2005

Eeep….. Thursday updates….. quite the long list. I apologize if I keep them short.
Important: remember to watch the Culture Show on the BBC if you are home tonight….. and have access to the ‘beeb.
In game changes:
Scarlett has updated to remind us about the Culture Show… and give us an idea of what a [...]

Suspects and Specials

Wednesday, May 11th, 2005

Have you seen Jessica Holyoke? The Sentinel is reporting today that recently murdered bar owner Bernardo Holyoke was storing a ton of Academy high tech equipment in his bar. More reasons for murder appear… and possibly one suspect? Hmmm.
Also, Scarlett has written to us again, this time to remind us of the [...]

Death in the Academy family.

Tuesday, May 10th, 2005

The academy has lost a strong member. Academy member Ruth Coralhouse has passed away at the age of 108. Also updated today, the letters section of the sentinel.
In other non-sentinel news, Adrian Hon has been interviewed by Unfiction. Read the article for more information on timelines (sortof), points, scoreboards and money.

Monday, May 9th, 2005

Good Monday morning,
There is a new issue of the sentinel - with an article about the games year option for students at the academy. Madame Bianca doesn’t disappoint with another set of futures for this week. Also, there is a new way to reach all the old articles. An archives section has [...]