http://www.internetunderbelly.com/blog From the deepest, darkest recesses of the internet Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:21:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just published a new website - www.farmvillestats.com. It basically mines the FarmVille data files and displays the data in an easy-to-reference format. http://www.internetunderbelly.com/blog/archives/farmville-stats Apparently, FarmVille is planning on adding a new feature in the very near future that will allow people to "fertilize" their neighbor's chickens. I found the following line while poking around in one of their data files: Feeding the chickens in your friends' coops increases their chance of getting Mystery ... http://www.internetunderbelly.com/blog/archives/farmville-chicken-feed-feature I'd like to thank my leet hacking skills for finding this information out. Basically it involved locating Farmville's XML file that contains all of their settings, scanning through it, and looking for interesting tidbits. By doing this, I found a few remarked out achievements, which I'll list below. ... http://www.internetunderbelly.com/blog/archives/new-farmville-achievements My wife and I saw this rather disturbing image on the menu at our local Mexican restaurant: http://www.internetunderbelly.com/blog/archives/go-frijole-yourself I lolled. http://www.internetunderbelly.com/blog/archives/the-dangers-of-wow UnderPligg! UnderPligg! Does whatever an UnderPligg does! I've added a new feature to my site - UnderPligg. It's basically a Digg rip-off that kind of self-moderates. I'll probably wind up paying as much attention to it as I do to the UnderBlog and the UnderWiki, but it's there ... http://www.internetunderbelly.com/blog/archives/underpligg Every once in a blue moon I'll hear from a friend or family member who complains that I don't update my blog on a regular basis. I have a few reasons for that: My life is pretty boring, for the most part. Unless you find an endless barrage of ... http://www.internetunderbelly.com/blog/archives/why-i-dont-update-my-blog I'm sorry. I truly am. I don't know who reads these things, if anybody. But I feel kind of like an idiot filling out a blog, when I don't have anything to say. Anyway, life is good I suppose. http://www.internetunderbelly.com/blog/archives/yes-yes-i-know-im-lazy Today is the day after NBC aired the Heroes episode Homecoming. I've heard several naysayers claiming that, okay, we saved the cheerleader... what's this "save the world" crap? Here's my analysis on why saving Claire really DID save humanity: 1. Go to a major metropolitan area 2. Blow your ass up in ... http://www.internetunderbelly.com/blog/archives/saving-the-cheerleader-really-does-save-the-world I've just completed a set of Fark cliche icons, suitable for framing (or at least for replacing your My Computer icon with). These icons are all in Windows icon format; currently there's no support for Macintosh, but if demand is high enough it wouldn't be a big deal to ... http://www.internetunderbelly.com/blog/archives/fark-cliche-icons