Even though I’m not doing BBAs on a regular basis any more, I did say that anything “particularly clever” might receive an award in the future. This week’s prize, Bubbling Beaker Award® #32, certainly qualifies and is presented to @Draconis. In his award-winning post, he demonstrates a method for effectively deploying free-standing conditions within an I7 table by embedding those conditions within I7 texts.
It’s a terrible hack but beautiful in its effect. There’s not much to explain that isn’t immediately obvious from looking at the example; the genius is in spotting this potential for productive abuse in the first place.
This is Draconis’s fifth BBA, putting him just behind Zed for the title of Maddest Scientist. Congratulations, Draconis!