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Corrupt Winamp skin investigation leads to treasure trove of hidden content

Buried within the corrupted Winamp skins was a slew of hidden content that might have otherwise gone undiscovered had it not been for Eldredge's curiosity.

Down the rabbit hole: While collecting Winamp skins for an archival project a few years back, programmer Jordan Eldredge could not help but notice that some of them were corrupt. Rather than discard the broken skins, he took a closer look and ended up traversing a series of rabbit holes that led to all sorts of fun discoveries. Buried within the corrupted Winamp skins was a slew of hidden content that might have otherwise gone undiscovered had it not been for Eldredge's curiosity.

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