JaxxAttaxx is about the clear presentation of facts. Philosophers debate whether an unwitnessed tree fall produces sound. Any value in that debate rests in the skill of the arguments; the question apparently has no knowable "answer". A pundit might judge this debate and declare a winner, offering an opinion of an unknowable.

A specific fact of petrified wood, a rock, is witness of a once living tree, of tree fall (whether or not that fall produced sound), of the dimensions and contours of that specific tree, maybe even a record of rain and drought articulated thick and thin in the once-tree's rings. It is silent but not secret witness. It is knowable, common and available to all of us.

Clear and meaningful presentation of fact challenges reader and writer. Writers must extract and display fact (and maintain the trust of reader). Readers must challenge writers, give a skeptical ear, make writers earn the trust. Simple facts are simple only when understood. Understanding is elusive in the chase, exhilirating in the capture.

Fact and understanding are the currency of hope.

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hack₍₆₎

Dictionary.com lists 21 entries for hack. Mainstream definitions fall into three general categories; mutilation/mangling, drudgery, and coughing. The computer world picked the word up, assigned to it a similarly diverse range of meaning including —
6. To interact with a computer in a playful and exploratory rather than goal-directed way.
Yeah, that one.

Winning the Lottery haxx 24september2003

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Kim Cummings 2d/3d 31october2003

Start with part of a reprint of a black and white photo. Selectively fortify the illusion of depth, add dabs of color, explore the depths of flat.

Red Sox Haiku words 23october2003

So anyway, Red Sox fans unable to cope with the pain of the Curse of the Bambino turn to … Haiku? Apparently. They've set up a web site to solicit and display examples.