The Reset Button

Thanks a mil for bearing with the light posting this week. Was hoping to reward y'all with an entry about Olmec jaguar worship, but the brain ain't working like it should—the consequence of a horrendous JetBlue delay and general work-related exhaustion. Back at full strength after Hurricane Irene passes over Microkhan world headquarters this weekend; in the meantime, please check out the excellent podcast version of my latest Wired story. Major plaudits to the narrator for nailing all those tricky pronunciations, and for making the minutiae of slot-machine hacking seem every bit as sexy as the finest pulp vixens.