May 2006 Archives

Apparently DJ Dan has decided to take a little time off from his conspiracy ranting.

When we were first introduced to his site he had one podcast posted and promised another on 5/26. Well, now that it is May 26, he has changed the date of the next podcast to 6/1.

He must be on his way to Roswell, Graceland, or maybe Disney World for a little well deserved R&R over the long Memorial Day weekend. Afterall, it is hard work to manage a website that is updated once a month. Here's to you, buddy!

But there has been an interesting tweak:
At the bottom of the podcast page, take a look at the graphics, notice anything?

He's no Adam Carolla! Thanks for nothing, Jimbo!

First, the "Hugh" on Jimmy Kimmel does not look like the photo online. He claims that the image was actually of his predecessor.

This looked like a lame Saturday Night Live skit. Like a pathetic publicity stunt to help Jimmy Kimmel in his nightly battle vs. Letterman and Leno.

Need a job?

Tonight's Hanso ad came via Monster.com and pointed us to the Hanso Careers website. You can also see a link on the bottom of the main Hanso Foundation page.

There are five job openings right now:

Personal Assistant to Thomas Mittelwerk

Organ Courier

Art Therapist/Psychologist

Simian Veterinarian

Anger Management Director

There is a hidden link at the bottom of each job description. Just click Edit, Select All in your toolbar to reveal the link or click here.

Back on the job postings, did you notice anything interesting? How about some text in a slightly different font?

Well, as always we are here to save you a little time if you would like. Here are the letters:

At long last, the Hanso Foundation will have a chance to publiclly address the charges asserted in Bad Twin. None other than our boy, Hugh McIntyre will be on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday night. This will be a chance for Hugh aka The Mouth Piece to set the record straight about the Foundation's attempts to save the earth and expose the "lies" in Bad Twin. Beyond the Hanso commercials it is proabably the first mass media attempt to promote the Lost Experience as we head into the summer.

Eraserhead

Of course, we all remember that, "a mouse does not rely on just one hole". And now we also know that, "2". Um, whatever that means...

Turns out, what it means is that we should all start relying on hole number 2 as in http://hole2.thehansofoundation.org. If you look there now you'll see a weird picture that looks kind of like what might have happened if JFK Jr. got in a fight with a giant eraser and the eraser won.

The name of the picture file is "q9als2002.gif". Perhaps the filename is a clue?

As always, we welcome your thoughts on the matter.

The rest of this article contains our analysis of the image.

"2", what a terrific number!

The message at http://persephone.thehansofoundation.org, now reads simply: "2". At least there doesn't seem to be any message to decode this time, but perhaps it is a clue of some sort. Let us know if you have any ideas.

Thanks to "warthog" for notifying us of this change.

They've even got t-shirts!

SaveJoop.com has launched and they're on a mission to save Joop the Orangutan! This is definitely NOT an official TLE site. But it definitely IS a very clever idea. So, pay them a visit and sign their petition to...save Joop!

And when you're done there, why not hop on over to Greeniture, for great information about green living in the real world.

I'm a survivor!

Well, it looks like our buddy Peter Thompson decided to hide a little something on this management bio too. You will note a series of semi-transparent letters flashing across the screen. It is yet another anagram puzzle. This one yields: Survivor Guilt

I guess this might have something to do with his brush with cancer in his pre-Hanso days. In addition to the flashing letters, there is one of those handy login boxes we all love, but if you input Survivor Guilt you only get the “Sorry, unknown user” message.

The trick is to…

Hey, Mike!

Hey, here's something you all might enjoy. Mr. Steele has started a new Lost comic called 815 (hey those numbers seem familiar). You can find it over at Mr. Steele's blog. You may also enjoy the picture of some guy french kissing a dog, if you're into that kind of thing, further down the page.

(Now I remember where I've seen those numbers, they're the last three digits in the Hansoland Hotline number! Of course!)

Namaste,

The Voice of Hansoland

Here's the new message from Persephone:

106 103 157 162 235 45 122 202 39 122 26 39 162 218 222 151 42 39 142 87 168 186

We believe this is possibly an anagram encoded in Base64. It decodes to read, "a mouse does not rely on just one hole". You have to force it a little bit by changing one "g" to an "s". But I think that's the best we're gonna get.

Okay, so assuming we've solved it...what is the significance of the decoded message?

Opinions? Please post your suggested solutions as comments or e-mail to tips@hansoland.com.

Thanks and Namaste,

The Voice of Hansoland

Why is the smoking fish helping us?

Right, so you saw last night's episode and found out that you should go to letyourcompassguideyou.com.

NOTE: If you had been good little children and listened to the Voice of Hansoland, then you would have gotten that clue hours ahead of the broadcast.

And now, let us proceed with the brainwa...I mean uh, looking at the new clues.

As usual, we will try to keep this spoiler free for those of you who have not seen the episode yet, but if you have seen it and want to add some specific thoughts feel free to post to the comments section.

First off, what is the deal with everyone keeping secrets? Let’s take a look at some of key facts. It has obly been a few weeks since they crashed on this mysterious island. The folks in the tail section were picked-off by the Others over a couple of days. Roughly 20% have either been abducted or killed since the the crash, yet everyone wants to keep any discovery secret. Come on Locke & Eko; tell them about “The Pearl”! Just before they found Michael in The Hunting Party, Kate finally told Jack about the costumes and glue.

Hey Folks,

There has been a lot of activity in the world of "The Lost Experience" today. We're still in the process of analyzing all of it, and Mr. Fisk will bring you a full report later...but here is a quick summary.

There have been some changes at the Hanso Foundation. Poke around the different projects and see if you find something new. Be sure to "Let Your Compass Guide You".

If you need some help, you might find a clue (or even 2) on our main page somewhere...

Or just watch tonight's lost, maybe it will help you find your bearings.

Persephone to the World: "standby"

Persephone is back with an exciting message :
"115 116 97 110 100 98 121" which decodes to read "standby". Wow!

This signals that the creative team behind The Lost Experience is currently experiencing writer's block. So, creative team, here's my advice: try to relax, go for a walk, have some herbal tea. Then, fly to Vegas and blow all your money. When you come back, you'll be bursting with new ideas. I guarantee it, or my name's not Mr. Fisk.

Another possibility is that Ryan "Master of Suspense" Seacrest is the brains behind all of this. Read that last sentence again out loud.

Get yer ice cold Hanso!

So, the aforementioned DJ Dan, claims that Alvar Hanso is cryogenically frozen in a Hanso Foundation lab in Arizona.

Reference to djdan.am hidden in page source

There is a new clue in the Lost Experience. Today a reference to the DJ Dan Web site was added to the Hanso Foundation Web site. The DJ Dan site contains a podcast with commentary about the whereabouts of Alvar Hanso, among other things. The statements in the podcast appear to be just "conspiracy theories". But, everything happens for a reason, right Locke?

Consider this as your orientation. There will be a test!

Just in case you're new to The Lost Experience and have no idea what we're on about (sometimes we don't even know) here are some links to some great introductory information:

The shocking true identity of Alvar Hanso is revealed!

Relax...Concentrate on nothing but Peter Thompson...You are getting very sleepy...

As noted earlier some readers believe that they have received an e-mail from Peter Thompson via gmail. The e-mail arrived after they visited a site purportedly for Paik Heavy Industries (www.paik-heavy.com/namaste.htm). A closer look at this site's WHOIS info reveals that it is indeed a fake.

The registrant is Thomas Callahan (the same name as the author of what became known as the Pelican Brief in John Grishom’s novel by the same name.) Tom Callahan was also the name of Chris Farley's character in Tommy Boy (he was Tommy Boy and his father was Big Tom).

The address given is actually the info for the Brookings Institution, a Washington DC think-tank. And they do not have any employees with the last name Callahan, so please don’t bother calling.

The phone number is a DC area code, but the rest is obviously fake: 202-111-2222.

In conclusion, the site was probably created by someone in the DC area that may have just picked a random Massachusetts Avenue address. We would not recommend joining their mailing list or following their linking instructions.

Order & Progress

A few days ago, we reported on a reply we got from Hugh McIntyre of the Hanso Foundation. Now a blogger in Brazil has posted a reply that he got from McIntyre as well.

Namaste,

Mr. Fisk

This post is about The Lost Experience, a virtual reality game based on the Lost television series.

NOTE: In my opinion, there is no reason to believe that this anything other than an attempt by some viral marketers to gather e-mail addresses and boost the rankings of their pages in search engines. I definitely think this has nothing to do with the official Lost Experience alternate reality game. But, you're free to see for yourself.

We've been getting reports for the past few days about Peter Thompson secretly communicating through a Gmail address. Apparently, this communication is related to a certain Web site, supposedly having something to do with Paik Heavy Industries.

Who needs Valenzetti, when you've got Valens?

Check out the Wiki’s take on the Valenzetti Equation. It is part of the Lost Expereience, but I don’t know much more at this point other than Gary Troup's first book was The Valenzetti Equation.

If anyone out there has received e-mails from hugh.mcintyre@thehansofoundation.org we would love to see them. Please forward your e-mails (preferably as an attachment to preserve the headers) to tips@hansoland.com. We will analyze the replies we get and hopefully post a story with our findings.

Also, feel free to bcc: tips@hansoland.com on any e-mails you send to hugh.mcintyre@thehansofoundation.org

Thanks and Namaste!

Dr. Burnsides, I presume

Dr. Burnsides has been kind enough to keep us in the loop concerning his ongoing communication with Hugh McIntyre of the Hanso Foundation. As you may recall, last week Dr. Burnsides invited Mr. McIntyre to a barbecue. Mr. McIntyre replied that he was too busy to make it. Now Dr. Burnsides (who appears to hate Dr. Mittelwerk) has replied back to Mr. McIntyre...who killed Col. Mustard in the library with the candlestick!

Okay, here is the new message from Dr. Robert T. Burnsides to Mr. Hugh McIntyre:

Enter the Hansoland slogan contest and win a fabulous (or otherwise) prize!

Are you interested in sustainable living through organic products and recycling? Then hop on over to our sister site Greeniture.com for the latest trends.

Here's the latest from The Hanso Foundation:

Go here and see what you can find. Note: Mr. McIntyre is putting out sloppy work, doesn't he even proofread his angry letters before he sends them out?

Did anyone else get a reply from Hugh McIntyre? If you've gotten a reply, leave a comment and let us know!

The Hanso Foundation supports open source software!

From examining the headers of the e-mail "Hugh McIntyre" sent to "Dr. RT" we can see that The Hanso Foundation has a Webmail server running at the following address: http://webmail.thehansofoundation.org.

It's still unclear if this server is meant to be a part of The Lost Experience. We'll keep you posted.

Just look at what you're missing, Hugh!

Last Saturday, I invited Hugh McIntyre of The Hanso Foundation to a barbecue:

------------------------------ Original Message ------------------------------

Subject: Barbeque
From: "Dr. Robert T. Burnsides"
Date: Sat, May 6, 2006 7:24 pm
To: Hugh.McIntyre@thehansofoundation.org
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Hi Hugh,

We're having a barbeque next weekend at our place to celebrate my team's
recent breakthrough. We would love it if you could join us. Let me know if you
can make it. We're looking forward to seeing you!

Best regards,

Robert

Today, he replied:

Vaya con dios!

Since some of our readers might not have seen the show yet we will save the full recap for another day, but without giving away too much, here are a few quick thoughts:

I don't think I like the idea of the island passing info along via dreams. While it advances the story and keeps things mysterious it also adds a fairly high cheese factor. Everything has been quasi-realistic and could be explained by a Man of Science, but the whole dream thing really only works for a Man of Faith. What's next, identity masks ala Alias and Mission Impossible?

I loved the location of Sawyer's secret stash. Maybe between reading Judy Bloom and The Bad Twin he snuck in a little Sun Tzu.

Love her or hate her, Ana Lucia will be missed. I know she got popped during Two for the Road, but the end of the scene was replayed last night. For a serial drama to work you must have characters like her that divide the audience. Take Terry on Survivor: Exile Island, you know, a divider and not a uniter. Anyway, Ana Lucia had the skills and personality to be a real asset to the group. In the coming episodes they will really miss her.

The Walt Disney Company, the parent of ABC and Touchtone (Lost’s producer), reported is earnings per share increased 19% for the second quarter chiefly driven by ABC which reported a 28% jump in revenue during the period.

Earlier this year, Disney’s CFO said that Lost could generate $1 billion in profits for the company.