Hello. Todd. The most sacred week of our calendar approaches.

With the eleventh of November nearly upon us, the studio is preparing its annual observance. This year's cake, I am told, is structurally ambitious: Janet from HR is attempting a scale model of the blank second whiteboard, rendered in icing, which is to say a large white cake that says nothing. It may be her finest work. It may be the game.

To mark the occasion we are releasing a Commemorative Countdown to the Countdown — a smaller timer that counts down to the moment you may begin looking at the main timer. Immersion. As always — it just works.