PowerPoint punishment sent users into an infinite loop after lunch
A reader named Marcus recounts a workplace prank from the early 2000s where colleagues trapped Windows NT and Windows 95 users in an infinite PowerPoint loop by disabling the screensaver and requiring an ESC keypress to exit. The prank involved pasting screenshots into a presentation set to loop, effectively freezing the victim's computer and causing panic when they attempted to interact with the frozen interface. While the pranksters occasionally spared victims facing deadlines, they also simulated Blue Screen of Death errors to maximize confusion without causing data loss. This incident highlights the specific vulnerabilities of legacy operating systems and the social engineering tactics used to exploit them before modern security protocols existed.
Notepad++ for Mac
Notepad++ has been released as a native macOS application, eliminating the need for emulation layers like Wine or Porting Kit. This independent community port, launched on March 10, 2026, utilizes Objective C++ and the Scintilla editing component to deliver high execution speed and a minimal footprint on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. The software is distributed as an Apple Developer ID-signed Universal Binary that contains no telemetry, advertising, or data collection. Full source code is publicly available on GitHub under the GNU General Public License.