The man who rebuilt the Gopher program Brick by Brick is stepping down due to unassailable health concerns. This led to some cinema-inspired thoughts.
I usually don't look at Twitter. But for some reason, as my work computer was booting up and I was settling into my cube at the old day job on October 28th, 2015, my fingers drifted to the bird-shaped app on my mobile device. Just checking on the sports landscape for a moment, I thought to myself. When I scrolled just a bit upwards, a bizarre combination of words ran across the small screen that had me double-checking my calendar in case it was already October 31st or somehow April 1st.