The Consumerist has a neat tip for figuring out how old a candy bar is:

For M&Ms and Mars candy, there’s usually a 10 digit code of numbers and letters, but you only need to worry about the first three. The first number is the last number in the year (8 means 2008, 7 [...]

I noticed that on some visits, Digg includes a JavaScript file hosted by Quantcast, which describes itself itself as “a new media measurement service that enables advertisers to view audience reports for millions of sites and services to build their brands with confidence.”

In other words, they track your usage of a site and try to [...]

After presidential candidate Chris Dodd came out of the Iowa caucus with approximately 0% of the votes, he abandoned his bid for the presidency.

His website, chrisdodd.com, is now displaying the following banner:

The URL for the above is http://chrisdodd.com/i/10wa/13A.jpg — note the cleverly obfuscated “iowa” directory name. 13 is presumably a reference to the date (January [...]

If you’ve ever played a Blizzard game, you might know that the data is stored in .mpq, or MoPaQ, files.

Over on Q & Stuff, Justin Olbrantz has posted a nice overview of how the MoPaQ format compares to standard filesystems and archive formats, assessing the pros and cons of each of its tricks. It’s a [...]