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Caleb Navidson: Has this been discussed?
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Wolf
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 		Caleb Navidson: Has this been discussed?
Did a quick search, didn't find it:

http://calebnavidson.livejournal.com/
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:03 pm
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 		A bit of info....

It's a short story by Bryan Alexander that leads up to or will be used by his presentations on ARGs at a conference in San Diego next week.

PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:35 pm
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 		Navidson is the main character in The House of Leaves
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:57 pm
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SirQuady wrote:
I was going to point out two random things.
One: My name is Caleb...so weird coincidences are now...here...perhaps (as you can see, my lack of sleep is here as well)

and Two: Navidson is the main character in The House of Leaves
GOtta say dude, love your quote (Same time next week everybody)
And your Location(Corn is no place for a Mighty Warrior! I love Homestar Runner!)
You picked well.

Just had to say.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 11:23 pm
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imbri wrote:
A bit of info....

It's a short story by Bryan Alexander that leads up to or will be used by his presentations on ARGs at a conference in San Diego next week.


So, I attended Bryan Alexander's presentation and have begun the Caleb Navidson ARG. Is there a forum already set up? How do I find it? How do forums begin?

Thanks for a newbie.

jf

PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 5:28 pm
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 		Re: Where Next?
farquhj wrote:
So, I attended Bryan Alexander's presentation and have begun the Caleb Navidson ARG. Is there a forum already set up? How do I find it? How do forums begin?
You're already in it. Right now, this thread is where you can discuss anything you want in the game. If it continues to grow, it'll eventually be moved to Potential ARGs and then possible to it's own forum.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2006 5:48 pm
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 		Re: Where Next?
rowan72 wrote:
farquhj wrote:
So, I attended Bryan Alexander's presentation and have begun the Caleb Navidson ARG. Is there a forum already set up? How do I find it? How do forums begin?
You're already in it. Right now, this thread is where you can discuss anything you want in the game. If it continues to grow, it'll eventually be moved to Potential ARGs and then possible to it's own forum.


I've started my own blog where I am documenting puzzles solved and unsolved. Among the unsolved I've notice a few references to "<3" including in the signature from the post by rowan72. Can you explain?

jf

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 		Re: Where Next?
farquhj wrote:
rowan72 wrote:
farquhj wrote:
So, I attended Bryan Alexander's presentation and have begun the Caleb Navidson ARG. Is there a forum already set up? How do I find it? How do forums begin?
You're already in it. Right now, this thread is where you can discuss anything you want in the game. If it continues to grow, it'll eventually be moved to Potential ARGs and then possible to it's own forum.


I've started my own blog where I am documenting puzzles solved and unsolved. Among the unsolved I've notice a few references to "<3" including in the signature from the post by rowan72. Can you explain?

jf


farquhj the "<3" is part of a public encryption scheme known as ASCII ART. If you are trying to crack this advanced puzzle, it may help to have some of the other pieces, see below:

<3
-`-,-<@
()___)_____)#~~~
( .)( .)

Also, some clues that may help with this puzzle:
!H8
by any other name...
not as cool as it used to be
why boys go to college



Hope this helps with your puzzle :)

PostPosted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 9:16 pm
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farquhj
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 		Re: Where Next?
Ethernull wrote:


farquhj the "<3" is part of a public encryption scheme known as ASCII ART. If you are trying to crack this advanced puzzle, it may help to have some of the other pieces, see below:

<3
-`-,-<@
()___)_____)#~~~
( .)( .)

Also, some clues that may help with this puzzle:
!H8
by any other name...
not as cool as it used to be
why boys go to college



Hope this helps with your puzzle Smile


Yes, that did help. I _think_ hearts are being used throughout the game which brings me to another question from a newbie. Once you start playing these games, is it common to be caught up in conspiracy thinking? I've been in a shop recently that had Valentine's stuff displayed and I immediately began thinking that they might be in on this game.

PostPosted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 12:19 pm
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imbri
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 		Re: Where Next?
farquhj wrote:
I _think_ hearts are being used throughout the game which brings me to another question from a newbie. Once you start playing these games, is it common to be caught up in conspiracy thinking? I've been in a shop recently that had Valentine's stuff displayed and I immediately began thinking that they might be in on this game.


What do you mean? They are in on it. Everyone is in on it! Smile

Yeah, I think it's somewhat typical to engage in some conspiracy thinking. Especially during your first game or one where you're highly immersed and looking for patterns. But, it still happens to me occasionally and I've been around for almost 5 years now.

Last fall, I was pretty active in the Last Call Poker game. In fact, I enjoyed it so much that I travelled to a couple different Tombstone Poker Tournaments. When I arrived in New York, as I passed the line up of drivers holding out name cards, I noticed that one had the last name of an in game character. I'll admit it, I did a double take and, for a brief second, wondered if someone could have known my flight info. I love that. It was just some completely random driver with a completely random name on a card, yet I was so much more aware of my surroundings that it made me think.

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 		All the literary references means I can't help but give this whirl...

Working from the records kept on farquhj's blog (which was very helpful) I figured out what was going on with the strange line breaks on main.html(which have since been replaced).
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
OBJECT H leads to http://schedoni.info/object/
So far, on that page, I've tracked references to the French Revolutionary Calender http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Calendar, Thomas Carlyle (The French Revolution : Chapter 3.6.III.The Tumbrils), Act 3, scene 3 of Macbeth (the conversation between the 3 murderers), and the preface to the first edition of Castle of Otranto.


Where to go from there, I'll think some more about after dinner.

PostPosted: Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:15 pm
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farquhj
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 		Background Image
The background image on the page found by Dr. Jinx has the following:

752f2123 622f7273 702f6e69 206c7265
3070732d 69373737 642b583c 4c4d6c2a
6c2a5e61 5d30254e 78587364 4d6c2b2b
642f4e6c 3c304d73 73645d6a 2f240a6a
706e753d 286b6361 272a4827 295f242c
3d5f243b 68636560 3631206f 5c6f6964
226b2455 2f244b53 6e244d53 4e73455c
6c5b7030 0a312a4e 645b4b6c 61532532
30642f32 78495e24 647c2270 733b6063
2c272a48 2e28282f 292a292e 0a292f24

Looks like hexadecimal. But how do I convert it?

Thanks,

jf

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