We hate to do this to those rabid Two Percent Fans (you know who you are), but we'll be temporarily disabling subscription notifications and closing down comments this week. Notifications will be turned off this evening, and comments will be disabled sometime near the end of the week. The reason? Well, it's all very technical and exciting and has a lot to do with really neat spy vs. spy kind of stuff that would probably bore the simple folk to tears, so we won't bother you with the tedious details.

Just trust us: we're leading thrillingly entertaining lives. We'll tell you all about the thrilling part next week.

If all goes as planned, we should be up and running again by the end of the week. Keep your fingers, toes, and/or any extra digital appendages crossed or otherwise entangled for us. Thanks.

[It's not really all that exciting — Ed.]