I can't be the only one with a sudden, fond memory of the Muppets. Which I find, indeed, hackerish. Jim Henson and crew hacked an entire presentation medium,

I can't be the only one with a sudden, fond memory of the Muppets. Which I find, indeed, hackerish. Jim Henson and crew hacked an entire presentation medium, mainstreaming an entire character type (the puppet, formerly relegated to kids shows and ventriloquists). I hope this combination of earnest endeavor and levity can escape our gravity well.