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Count these fluffy farm animals when you can’t sleep
Sheep
A sandbox construction game with “Redstone” circuits
Minecraft
Homer, Virgil, Dante
Poets
HTTP stands for this, the way messages are formatted and transmitted between browsers and servers
HyperText Transfer Protocol
The University of Texas at Austin’s sports teams are nicknamed this, famous for the “Hook ‘em Horns” hand signal
Longhorns
This toothy predator has been patrolling Earth’s oceans for over 400 million years—well before humans learned to swim
Shark
A Valve puzzle game series that uses physics and special teleportation gun
Portal
Sitar, Veena, Sarod
Indian string instruments
This Microsoft utility lets you view and manage running processes, applications, and system performance metrics
Task Manager
Every evening from March to November, visitors flock to the Congress Avenue Bridge to watch these nocturnal creatures emerge at sunset
Bats
This 1980 Stanley Kubrick film taught us not to trust haunted hotels or twin girls in hallways
The Shining
This 1998 first-person shooter from Valve features a scientist named Gordon Freeman
Half-Life
Connery, Dalton, Brosnan
James Bond actors
A common cybersecurity threat in which an attacker tricks users into revealing passwords or sensitive info
Phishing
Headliners like Paul McCartney, Billie Eilish, and Metallica have performed at this Texas festival named after a long-running music TV show
Austin City Limits
Say this magic word, and young Billy Batson transforms into a caped hero with powers rivaling Superman’s
Shazam
In this first-person shooter, players infiltrate counter-terrorist operations or play as terrorists in team-based maps like Dust and Nuke
Counter-Strike
Docker, Kubernetes, Helm
Container / Orchestration Tools
This port number is traditionally used for secure web traffic via HTTPS
Port 443
This hill in Austin gives a panoramic view of downtown — also a UT student hang and hiking spot
Mount Bonnell
Founded in 1783, this British soda brand became famous for its “Tonic Water” and sparkling mixers
Schweppes
In this 2006 game, players could terraform planets and manage civilizations in a sandbox universe with godlike powers
Spore
Pallet, Cerulean, Lavender
Pokemon towns
A type of attack in which a malicious actor floods a server or network with excessive requests, aiming to clog traffic
DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service)
This man-made reservoir, created by a dam on the Colorado River, borders downtown Austin and is popular for kayaking and paddleboarding
Lady Bird Lake