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Monthly Archives: August 2007
Cool rocket video for a Friday
There’s something about watching the test-firing of a new rocket engine that really starts the day off right. Since it runs on compressed liquid methane, NASA designers are hoping that return-trip fuel might even be available at destination planets; Mars, … Continue reading
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Point, Click … Eavesdrop: How the FBI Wiretap Net Operates
An excellent article in Wired, by Ryan Singel The FBI has quietly built a sophisticated, point-and-click surveillance system that performs instant wiretaps on almost any communications device, according to nearly a thousand pages of restricted documents newly released under the … Continue reading
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U.S. domestic surveillance grid goes orbital
You’re seeing the cameras everywhere, right? On the corner, over the intersection, in stores and public places, and a lot of locations we’re just never going to know about, there are likely eyes on you for a chilling percentage of your … Continue reading
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Book signing/reading at Barnes & Noble!
I’ll be at Barnes & Noble in Wheaton, IL this weekend, where I’ll read some selections, talk a bit about the book and its background, chit chat with passers-by, and sign anything you put in front of me. Love to see you … Continue reading
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Gee, where’s Dennis Kucinich?
Note to maverick presidential candidates, unannointed by the mainstream media: always stand in the middle at photo-ops. Who knows if that would help, back-room Photoshop skillz being what they are. So Kucinich joins Ron Paul and other “long-shots” who are raising … Continue reading
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Life imitates art: Hacker uncovers nuke plant vulnerability
Security researcher Scott Lunsford recently found that hacking into the SCADA-linked control system of a nuclear power plant was disturbingly easy. It turned out to be one of the easiest penetration tests I’d ever done,” he says. “By the first … Continue reading
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Visit retro videogame heaven
If you like old-school video games, I mean really old-school, you have to visit this incredibly cool site. Pong Story is a wonderful collection of stories, graphics, vintage ads, and factoids about the hardware, software and programmers who started it … Continue reading
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Terror law puts Britons at risk of surveillance by US agents
from Jamie Doward, for The Observer A new law swept through Congress by the US government before the summer recess is to give American security agencies unprecedented powers to spy on British citizens without a warrant. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance … Continue reading
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Stroll through the DigiBarn
This is a fascinating site for anyone interested in computer history. In fact, I take that back. Anyone who has a cellphone, an MP3 player, a Blackberry, a MySpace/Facebook page, or a Web connection should be thrilled to take a look … Continue reading
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Chinese cyber-dissident jailed for four years
Oh, and his lawyer’s also been disbarred, supposedly for taking on one too many such cases… Despite China’s pledge to ease control over the media ahead of the 2008 Olympics, human and media rights groups say its leaders continue to … Continue reading
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Blows Against the Empire
A great article from Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker, on the amazing writer and reluctant futurist, Philip K. Dick. Of all American writers, none have got the genre-hack-to-hidden-genius treatment quite so fully as Philip K. Dick, the California-raised and based … Continue reading
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The Forbidden Library: Complete List of Banned and Challenged Books
The alphabetical list and details are excerpts taken from the Banned Books Resource Guide by the American Library Association, and the Ready Reference Censorship book. read more | digg story