#20yrsago — Public Fediverse posts

#25yrsago First aid for the dying dotcom http://modernhumorist.com/mh/0010/dotcom/

#20yrsago OpenStreetMap maps Isle of Wight, Manchester next https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mapchester_Mapping_Party_2006

#20yrsago Fueling model rockets with Oreo fillings https://web.archive.org/web/20060616192646/https://www.popsci.com/popsci/how20/600152d7d441b010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html

#20yrsago Legal guide for podcasters https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Welcome_To_The_Podcasting_Legal_Guide

#20yrsago Collection of 1100+ found grocery lists https://grocerylists.org/

#10yrsago Mayor of Jackson, MS: “I believe we can pray potholes away” https://www.wjtv.com/news/jackson-mayor-tony-yarber-we-can-pray-potholes-away/

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#25yrsago A dotcom founder's tale (funny) https://features.slashdot.org/story/01/05/04/1541239/the-worst-of-times

#20yrsago Shell UK abandons chip-and-pin after £1M fraud https://web.archive.org/web/20060508044110/https://www.snakeoillabs.com/2006/05/07/shell-stops-accepting-chip-and-pin-in-fraud-fiasco-bp-to-follow/

#15yrsago Typewriter bust: Grandfather https://web.archive.org/web/20110511033756/http://jemayer.tumblr.com/post/5260317696

#10yrsago Kobo “upgrade” deprives readers of hundreds of DRM-locked ebooks https://www.teleread.com/drm-nightmare-after-recent-upgrade-kobo-customers-report-losing-sony-books-from-their-libraries/

#10yrsago Venerable hacker zine Phrack publishes its first issue in four years https://phrack.org/issues/69/1

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#20yrsago Network neutrality – why it matters, and how do we fix it? https://web.archive.org/web/20060507215106/http://www.slate.com/id/2140850/

#15yrsago Federal judge: open WiFi doesn’t make you liable for your neighbors’ misdeeds https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/05/after-botched-child-porn-raid-judge-sees-the-light-on-ip-addresses/

#10yrsago Taliban condemn Pakistan city’s first McDonald’s: “we don’t even consider it as a food.” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/mcdonald-s-opens-quetta-pakistan-taliban-isn-t-lovin-it-n564651

#10yrsago Norway’s titanic sovereign wealth fund takes a stand against executive pay https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36185925

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#20yrsago Frank Zappa’s anti-censorship letter https://www.flickr.com/photos/mudshark/117551768/in/set-72057594090059726/

#15yrsago Chemistry kit with no chemicals https://web.archive.org/web/20110427212354/http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/04/chemistry-set-boasts-no-chemicals.html

#15yrsago Russian corruption: crooked officials steal multi-billion-dollar company, $230M tax refund, then murder campaigning lawyer https://web.archive.org/web/20110426045152/http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/04/20/russia_s_crime_of_the_century?

#15yrsago Golden-age short-change cons https://web.archive.org/web/20110429014539/https://blog.modernmechanix.com/2011/04/26/tricks-of-short-change-artists/

#10yrsago Campaigners search Londoners’ phones to help them understand the Snoopers Charter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szN7DlmMLYg

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#25yrsago Gloating NYT editorial about the dotcom crash https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/23/opinion/editorial-observer-after-the-fall-the-new-economy-goes-retro.html

#20yrsago RIAA sues family that doesn’t own a PC https://www.techshout.com/riaa-sues-local-family-without-computer-for-illegal-music-file-sharing/

#15yrsago Righthaven copyright troll loses domain https://web.archive.org/web/20110425035158/http://www.domainnamenews.com/legal-issues/righthavencom-invalid-whois/9232

#15yrsago Steampunk Venetian mask https://bob-basset.livejournal.com/160226.html

#5yrsago John Deere's dismal infosec https://pluralistic.net/2021/04/23/reputation-laundry/#deere-john

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#20yrsago Anti-trusted-computing video https://www.lafkon.net/tc/

#10yrsago Library offers Tor nodes; DHS tells them to stop https://www.propublica.org/article/library-support-anonymous-internet-browsing-effort-stops-after-dhs-email

#10yrsago Ashley Madison’s passwords were badly encrypted, 15 million+ passwords headed for the Web https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/09/ashley-madison-password-crack-could-spell-trouble-across-the-internet/

#10yrsago Heathrow security insists that ice is a liquid https://gizmodo.com/what-happens-if-you-take-frozen-liquids-through-airport-1729772148

#10yrago DoJ says it will consider jailing executives who order corporate crimes https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/10/us/politics/new-justice-dept-rules-aimed-at-prosecuting-corporate-executives.html

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#20yrsago First corporate sponsorship for an #MMORPG guild https://web.archive.org/web/20040426073811/https://www.warcry.com/scripts/columns/view_sectionalt.phtml?site=15&id=108&colid=1675

#20yrsago More non-evil #SocialNetwork ideas https://web.archive.org/web/20040217043710/http://www.ambiguous.org/archive.php3/2004/01/30#quinn2004130.1

#20yrsago When #SpamFilters attack https://web.archive.org/web/20040529003653/https://www.oblomovka.com/entries/2004/01/30#1075490400

#20yrsago Mobile interface myths https://web.archive.org/web/20040205050015/https://www.acm.org/chapters/chi-sqrd/meetings/20040310.html

#20yrsago Totalitarian #TrustedComputing https://web.archive.org/web/20040205084716/http://costik.com/weblog/2004_01_01_blogchive.html#107547544736650899

#20yrsago Your customers don’t want #DRM, part MMMCCXI https://www.wired.com/2004/01/stores-nix-disposable-flicks/

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#20yrsago Get Your #StateOfTheUnion On https://web.archive.org/web/20040125025227/http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war31.html

#20yrsago Cambodian hybrid motorcycle/WiFi network https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/26/business/technology-e-mail-on-wheels.html

#10yrsago Study: French #ThreeStrikes law did not deter or reduce #piracy https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2380522

#10yrsago #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights will hear case about #GCHQ spying https://www.privacynotprism.org.uk/news/2014/01/24/british-government-to-answer-fast-track-spy-challenge/

#10yrsago Cthulhoid damask wallpaper (also fabric & wrapping paper) https://www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/2037672-i-love-craft-cthulhu-damask-by-rosalarian

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#20yrsago Vote absentee, avoid #Diebold machines http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2004/01/22/avoid_diebold_register_absentee.html

#20yrsago Air travel “security” as theater of the absurd https://web.archive.org/web/20040130200202/https://idlewords.com/2004/01/security_as_theater.htm

#20yrsago GOP electronically burgled Dems’ computers https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2004/01/3327-2/

#20yrsago #AAMilne heirs don’t own #WinneThePooh https://web.archive.org/web/20040211100427/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-01/22/11.45.film

#20yrsago DVD cartel backs off, #EFF wins, #DVDKeys aren’t “secret” https://www.eff.org/cases/dvdcca-v-bunner-and-dvdcca-v-pavlovich

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#20yrsago Developing nations shouldn’t respect US #copyright unless farm subsidies end https://www.wired.com/2004/01/a-taste-of-our-own-poison/

#20yrsago Self-parking #Prius https://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/look-no-hands-car-parks-itself-1134918.php

#20yrsago #Disney selling off #CelebrationFlorida https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/16/us/disney-is-selling-a-town-it-built-to-reflect-the-past.html

#15yrsago #Zimbabwean $100 trillion note https://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/16/zimbawe.currency/index.html

#15yrsago UK MPs to hide their expenses from #FreedomOfInformation requests https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/jan/15/freedom-of-information-expenses

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#20yrsago Hack your #Xbox, get illegally converged https://web.archive.org/web/20040204193548/http://news.com.com/2009-1043-5113192.html

#20yrsago @jwz on #RFID credit cards https://www.jwz.org/blog/2003/12/more-rfid-stupidity-on-the-horizon/

#20yrsago Flocking CGI orcs are too smart to stand and fight https://forums.cgsociety.org/t/smart-soldiers-decided-to-flee-the-rings-battle-article-about-lotr-massive/730366

#20yrsago Sf story about #Saddam’s #Frazetta-dealer http://www.infinitematrix.net/stories/shorts/script_doctoring_apocalypse.html

#15yrsago Australian court rules that Facebook “Wall” scribbles are legal notice https://www.smh.com.au/technology/lawyers-to-serve-notices-on-facebook-20081216-gdt6su.html

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#20yrsago Virtual casino added to #Everquest https://web.archive.org/web/20040121154511/http://eq.crgaming.com/viewarticle.asp?Article=5257

#20yrsago #LeftBehind deconstructed https://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/left_behind/index.html

#15yrsago WSJ invents fictional #NetNeutrality scandal https://isen.com/blog/2008/12/bogus-wsj-story-on-net-neutrality.html

#15yrsago Arab shoe-tossing isn’t a gesture of friendly affection http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/010871.html

#15yrsago No Limit Texas #Dreidel https://moderntribe.com/products/no_limit_texas_dreidel_standard

#10yrsago #Sassafrass: choral folks songs about space and Icelandic mythos https://memex.craphound.com/2013/12/14/sassafrass-choral-folks-songs-about-space-and-icelandic-mythos/

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#20yrsago #SCO sends IBM 1,000,000 pieces of paper https://memex.craphound.com/2003/12/10/sco-sends-ibm-1000000-pieces-of-paper/

#20yrsago #UrbanFarmers reclaim #Detroit https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/04/garden/in-the-capital-of-the-car-nature-stakes-a-claim.html

#20yrsago @stevenlevy on #TrustedComputing https://web.archive.org/web/20031212101452/http://www.msnbc.com/news/998345.asp

#20yrsago London #TubeMap, remixed https://memex.craphound.com/2003/12/11/london-tube-map-remixed/

#20yrsago Transformation from the Internet as a subset of telecom to telecom as a subset of the Internet https://web.archive.org/web/20040202211357/https://werbach.com/blog/2003/12/11.html#a1334

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#20yrsago Not to be read by Metafilter Matt https://web.archive.org/web/20031208053325/https://jonsullivan.com/thread.php?id=110&mat=8549

#20yrsago How many years does an #Azeri have to work to buy a copy of #WinXP? https://web.archive.org/web/20031204165358/https://firstmonday.org/issues/issue8_12/ghosh/index.html

#15yrsago How the Great Firewall of Britain works https://nock.co.uk/2008/12/08/great-firewall-of-britain/

#15yrsago Maker of squeezy arthritis-friendly handgun claims the FDA has classed it as a medical device https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16207-company-tries-to-get-gun-classed-as-medical-device/

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#20yrsago Dell won’t help customers remove #spyware https://yro.slashdot.org/story/03/12/03/0257238/dell-to-techs-dont-help-customers-remove-spyware

#15yrsago #SpiderRobinson reads #JohnVarley’s “The Persistence of Vision” https://web.archive.org/web/20111215214809/http://hw.libsyn.com/p/b/f/e/bfea9a6569a591aa/SOTW057.mp3?sid=669e18ee3a02e91b0ddc3bc71878673a&l_sid=21159&l_eid=&l_mid=1970776&expiration=1323992876&hwt=f3158434ea94dcfa536ce7d3b1a49107

#15yrsago #Atheism Song — #AdamSandler’s #HannukahSong, but for nonbelievers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFqSNpK9vm8

#15yrsago Interview with Harvard law prof who’s challenging the constitutionality of the #RIAA suits https://archive.blogs.harvard.edu/mediaberkman/2008/12/02/radio-berkman-the-pay-us-hotline-fines-and-the-riaa/

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#20yrsago San Francisco’s #homelessness quagmire https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/SHAME-OF-THE-CITY-HOMELESS-ISLAND-They-live-2510831.php

#20yrsago #RoyDisney resigns from Disney, slams #MichaelEisner https://craphound.com/roytoeisner.txt

#20yrago Bruce Sterling hits his stride on his blog https://web.archive.org/web/20040505163610/https://wiredblogs.tripod.com/sterling/index.blog?entry_id=154868

#20yrsago #HayesMicro: the moral is, take the money and run https://web.archive.org/web/20031205001612/https://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/1103/23hayes.html

#20yrsago Fan builds 11,000 sqft Haunted Mansion replica https://web.archive.org/web/20031203011208/https://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/gwinnett/1103/26haunted.html

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#20yrsago #BigMouthBillyBass runs #Linux, does impressions https://web.archive.org/web/20031123212606/http://bigmouth.here-n-there.com/

#15yrsago #TonyBenn’s War on Terror diaries — an inspirational look at the life of a princpled fighter https://memex.craphound.com/2008/11/26/tony-benns-war-on-terror-diaries-an-inspirational-look-at-the-life-of-a-princpled-fighter/

#15yrsago Passwords suck https://web.archive.org/web/20081220181358/http://www.links.org/?p=425

#10yrsago RIP, Richard “#Datamancer” Nagy https://web.archive.org/web/20131129114041/http://brassgoggles.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,41728.msg879191.html

#10yrsago #TerryPratchett’s “Raising Steam”: the magic of modernity https://memex.craphound.com/2013/11/27/pratchetts-raising-steam-the-magic-of-modernity/

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#20yrsago #Xbox #DRM adds insult to heartbreak https://www.gamegirladvance.com/2003/11/breaking-up-is-hard-to-do.html

#15yrsago Regulator to hear #BellCanada network #throttling case https://web.archive.org/web/20090123005142/http://saveournet.ca/content/media-advisory-crtc-make-landmark-decision-internet-freedom

#15yrsago Apple to Mac owners: throw away your monitor if Hollywood says so https://web.archive.org/web/20081204010203/http://www.tuaw.com/2008/11/19/macbook-pro-users-getting-bitten-by-hdcp/

#15yrsago Liberation: a magical road-novel about America in collapse, Bradbury meets Kerouac https://memex.craphound.com/2008/11/19/liberation-a-magical-road-novel-about-america-in-collapse-bradbury-meets-kerouac/

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#20yrsago Send back your MP3s https://web.archive.org/web/20031015045308/https://sendthemback.org/

#10yrsago UK Home Office suffers setback: can’t destroy family by deporting American head-teacher as his British wife begins cancer treatment https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/17/home-office-drops-us-teacher-deportation-threat

#10yrsago #RobFord gives staff $5,000 taxpayer dollars each to stay on https://torontosun.com/2013/11/16/mayor-rob-fords-week-one-for-the-books

#5yrsago Exec who oversaw Google’s failed babykiller projects and cozied up to Saudis quits after employee uprising https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/16/technology/diane-greene-google-cloud.html

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#20yrsago #OwnerOverride: a proposal to fix #TrustedComputing https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7055

#10yrsago #RobFord stripped of powers https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/city-hall/rob-ford-councillors-strip-mayor-of-certain-powers/article_c531a981-ab9a-5818-abef-83dc0ba6cf89.html

#5yrsago #GildedAge watch: America’s firefighting is turning into a two-tier system, with private services for the 1% https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/11/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-history-private-firefighting/575887/

#5yrsago One year later: kids #SmartWatches are still a privacy and security dumpster fire https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/consumer-advice-kids-gps-tracker-watch-security/

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#20yrsago CVS as a means of keeping track of your life https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.5555/566949.566953

#15yrsago #AlJaffee’s Tall Tales: skinny comics with snappy humor https://memex.craphound.com/2008/11/11/al-jaffees-tall-tales-skinny-comics-with-snappy-humor/

#10yrsago #G4S forged documents used to return #AsylumSeeker who claims he was tortured after UK deportation https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/nov/10/g4s-officials-accused-forgery

#5yrsago Security chips have not reduced US #CreditCardFraud https://geminiadvisory.io/card-fraud-on-the-rise/

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#20yrsago CVS as a means of keeping track of your life https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.5555/566949.566953

#15yrsago #AlJaffee’s Tall Tales: skinny comics with snappy humor https://memex.craphound.com/2008/11/11/al-jaffees-tall-tales-skinny-comics-with-snappy-humor/

#10yrsago #G4S forged documents used to return #AsylumSeeker who claims he was tortured after UK deportation https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/nov/10/g4s-officials-accused-forgery

#5yrsago Security chips have not reduced US #CreditCardFraud https://geminiadvisory.io/card-fraud-on-the-rise/

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#20yrsago CVS as a means of keeping track of your life https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.5555/566949.566953

#15yrsago #AlJaffee’s Tall Tales: skinny comics with snappy humor https://memex.craphound.com/2008/11/11/al-jaffees-tall-tales-skinny-comics-with-snappy-humor/

#10yrsago #G4S forged documents used to return #AsylumSeeker who claims he was tortured after UK deportation https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/nov/10/g4s-officials-accused-forgery

#5yrsago Security chips have not reduced US #CreditCardFraud https://geminiadvisory.io/card-fraud-on-the-rise/

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#20yrsago CVS as a means of keeping track of your life https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.5555/566949.566953

#15yrsago #AlJaffee’s Tall Tales: skinny comics with snappy humor https://memex.craphound.com/2008/11/11/al-jaffees-tall-tales-skinny-comics-with-snappy-humor/

#10yrsago #G4S forged documents used to return #AsylumSeeker who claims he was tortured after UK deportation https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/nov/10/g4s-officials-accused-forgery

#5yrsago Security chips have not reduced US #CreditCardFraud https://geminiadvisory.io/card-fraud-on-the-rise/

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#20yrsago CVS as a means of keeping track of your life https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.5555/566949.566953

#15yrsago #AlJaffee’s Tall Tales: skinny comics with snappy humor https://memex.craphound.com/2008/11/11/al-jaffees-tall-tales-skinny-comics-with-snappy-humor/

#10yrsago #G4S forged documents used to return #AsylumSeeker who claims he was tortured after UK deportation https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/nov/10/g4s-officials-accused-forgery

#5yrsago Security chips have not reduced US #CreditCardFraud https://geminiadvisory.io/card-fraud-on-the-rise/

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#20yrsago Economist replies to #JackValenti on #BroadcastFlag http://arnoldkling.com/~arnoldsk/aimst5/valenti.html

#10yrsago New #RobFord video: Laughable Fumblebuck drops a gigaton of F-bombs https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/rob-ford-caught-on-video-in-violent-rant/article_67244e8f-8561-5d4b-8054-c30750f36779.html

#10yrsago Google security engineer on #NSA: “Fuck these guys” https://memex.craphound.com/2013/11/07/google-security-engineer-on-nsa-fuck-these-guys/

#5yrsago AT&T disconnects whole families from the internet because someone in their house is accused of copyright infringement https://memex.craphound.com/2018/11/07/att-disconnects-whole-families-from-the-internet-because-someone-in-their-house-is-accused-of-copyright-infringement/

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#20yrsago #FCC screws America, adopts #BroadcastFlag, doom, gloom, armageddon https://web.archive.org/web/20040611171815/https://www.eff.org/IP/Video/HDTV/20031104_eff_pr.php

#20yrsago #HumanGenome online https://web.archive.org/web/20031129191516/http://www.ensembl.org/

#15yrsago @SpiderRobinson’s “Very Hard Choices” — rigorous, science fictional look at #telepathy’s problems https://memex.craphound.com/2008/11/04/spider-robinsons-very-hard-choices-rigorous-science-fictional-look-at-telepathys-problems/

#10yrsago Fighting #PatentTrolls and corruption with the Magnificent Seven business-model https://locusmag.com/2013/11/cory-doctorow-collective-action/

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#20yrsago #ChinaMieville on #Tolkien https://web.archive.org/web/20031025054631/https://www.panmacmillan.com/features/china/debate.htm

#15yrsago The Essential #Groucho https://memex.craphound.com/2008/11/03/the-essential-groucho/

#10yrsago Toronto Mayor #RobFord’s polls go up after he’s caught lying about crack-smoking video https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/city-hall/mayor-rob-fords-approval-rating-ticks-upward-with-news-of-crack-video/article_a70fbaa2-eb4c-53ac-b732-d1ed3ab14002.html

#10yrsago Inspired by #Snowden, more #NSA insiders are blowing the whistle https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/10/more-nsa-leakers-followed-snowdens-footsteps-whistleblower-lawyer-says/

#10yrsago #RIAA, #BPI websites infringe copyright https://torrentfreak.com/riaa-and-bpi-use-pirated-code-on-their-websites-131102

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#20yrsago Web #archiving legal in the UK http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3231483.stm

#15yrsago #JonathanCarroll’s The Ghost in Love: magical and wonderful fantasy novel about ghosts and love and nostalgia https://memex.craphound.com/2008/10/31/jonathan-carrolls-the-ghost-in-love-magical-and-wonderful-fantasy-novel-about-ghosts-and-love-and-nostalgia/

#10yrsago badBIOS: airgap-jumping malware that may use ultrasonic networking to communicate https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/meet-badbios-the-mysterious-mac-and-pc-malware-that-jumps-airgaps/

#10yrsago Edward #Snowden gets a job in Russia https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/31/world/europe/russia-snowden-job/index.html

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#20yrsago Google to create searchable archive of 60,000 books https://web.archive.org/web/20031203032926/http://rss.com.com/2110-1032_3-5098683.html

#20yrsago RIP, #HalClement https://web.archive.org/web/20041028024514/http://www.livejournal.com/users/redbird/341244.html

#15yrsago Alan’s War: extraordinary graphic novel memoir of a US GI who arrived in Europe at the end of WWII and stayed https://memex.craphound.com/2008/10/28/alans-war-extraordinary-graphic-novel-memoir-of-a-us-gi-who-arrived-in-europe-at-the-end-of-wwii-and-stayed/

#10yrsago Dead Set: a supernatural punk YA novel from Richard “Sandman Slim” Kadrey https://memex.craphound.com/2013/10/29/dead-set-a-supernatural-punk-ya-novel-from-richard-sandman-slim-kadrey/

#10yrsago #WebLiteracy Standard 1.0 from @mozilla https://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2013/10/28/announcing-the-web-literacy-standard-specification/

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#20yrsago Google to create searchable archive of 60,000 books https://web.archive.org/web/20031203032926/http://rss.com.com/2110-1032_3-5098683.html

#20yrsago RIP, #HalClement https://web.archive.org/web/20041028024514/http://www.livejournal.com/users/redbird/341244.html

#15yrsago Alan’s War: extraordinary graphic novel memoir of a US GI who arrived in Europe at the end of WWII and stayed https://memex.craphound.com/2008/10/28/alans-war-extraordinary-graphic-novel-memoir-of-a-us-gi-who-arrived-in-europe-at-the-end-of-wwii-and-stayed/

#10yrsago Dead Set: a supernatural punk YA novel from Richard “Sandman Slim” Kadrey https://memex.craphound.com/2013/10/29/dead-set-a-supernatural-punk-ya-novel-from-richard-sandman-slim-kadrey/

#10yrsago #WebLiteracy Standard 1.0 from @mozilla https://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2013/10/28/announcing-the-web-literacy-standard-specification/

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#20yrsago Google to create searchable archive of 60,000 books https://web.archive.org/web/20031203032926/http://rss.com.com/2110-1032_3-5098683.html

#20yrsago RIP, #HalClement https://web.archive.org/web/20041028024514/http://www.livejournal.com/users/redbird/341244.html

#15yrsago Alan’s War: extraordinary graphic novel memoir of a US GI who arrived in Europe at the end of WWII and stayed https://memex.craphound.com/2008/10/28/alans-war-extraordinary-graphic-novel-memoir-of-a-us-gi-who-arrived-in-europe-at-the-end-of-wwii-and-stayed/

#10yrsago Dead Set: a supernatural punk YA novel from Richard “Sandman Slim” Kadrey https://memex.craphound.com/2013/10/29/dead-set-a-supernatural-punk-ya-novel-from-richard-sandman-slim-kadrey/

#10yrsago #WebLiteracy Standard 1.0 from @mozilla https://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2013/10/28/announcing-the-web-literacy-standard-specification/

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#20yrsago Google to create searchable archive of 60,000 books https://web.archive.org/web/20031203032926/http://rss.com.com/2110-1032_3-5098683.html

#20yrsago RIP, #HalClement https://web.archive.org/web/20041028024514/http://www.livejournal.com/users/redbird/341244.html

#15yrsago Alan’s War: extraordinary graphic novel memoir of a US GI who arrived in Europe at the end of WWII and stayed https://memex.craphound.com/2008/10/28/alans-war-extraordinary-graphic-novel-memoir-of-a-us-gi-who-arrived-in-europe-at-the-end-of-wwii-and-stayed/

#10yrsago Dead Set: a supernatural punk YA novel from Richard “Sandman Slim” Kadrey https://memex.craphound.com/2013/10/29/dead-set-a-supernatural-punk-ya-novel-from-richard-sandman-slim-kadrey/

#10yrsago #WebLiteracy Standard 1.0 from @mozilla https://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2013/10/28/announcing-the-web-literacy-standard-specification/

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#20yrsago Google to create searchable archive of 60,000 books https://web.archive.org/web/20031203032926/http://rss.com.com/2110-1032_3-5098683.html

#20yrsago RIP, #HalClement https://web.archive.org/web/20041028024514/http://www.livejournal.com/users/redbird/341244.html

#15yrsago Alan’s War: extraordinary graphic novel memoir of a US GI who arrived in Europe at the end of WWII and stayed https://memex.craphound.com/2008/10/28/alans-war-extraordinary-graphic-novel-memoir-of-a-us-gi-who-arrived-in-europe-at-the-end-of-wwii-and-stayed/

#10yrsago Dead Set: a supernatural punk YA novel from Richard “Sandman Slim” Kadrey https://memex.craphound.com/2013/10/29/dead-set-a-supernatural-punk-ya-novel-from-richard-sandman-slim-kadrey/

#10yrsago #WebLiteracy Standard 1.0 from @mozilla https://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2013/10/28/announcing-the-web-literacy-standard-specification/

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#20yrsago Wired runs a balanced #BroadcastFlag story — last week to fight the proposal https://www.wired.com/2003/11/fcc-moves-to-stifle-tv-piracy/

#20yrsago 20,000 #libertarians to move to #NewHampshire https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/27/us/libertarians-pursue-new-political-goal-state-of-their-own.html

#10yrsago HOWTO protect yourself from #InternetSurveillance, EFF edition https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/10/ten-steps-against-surveillance

#10yrsago #DAndD with toddlers https://web.archive.org/web/20131107181349/http://gygaxmagazine.com/selected-content/dming-for-your-toddler/

#5yrsago #SteveMnuchin stole #CesarSayoc’s house https://theintercept.com/2018/10/26/cesar-sayoc-foreclosure-steven-mnuchin/

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#20yrsago #Swarthmore and #Diebold team up to undermine integrity of elections https://web.archive.org/web/20031018102354/https://importance.typepad.com/the_importance_of/

#15yrsago #TimeManagement for #Anarchists — the free comic https://nomediakings.org/time_management_for_anarchists/free_anarchomic_released.html

#15yrsago Why #FreeRiding doesn’t apply to some online collaboration https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2008/10/24/trouble-free-riding/

#10yrsago UC Davis’s #OfficerPepperSpray gets a $38K payout for mental trauma of being hated by the entire world https://www.sfgate.com/politics/joegarofoli/article/UC-Davis-pepper-spray-officer-awarded-38-000-4920773.php

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#20yrsago Wired News publishes ridiculous story on #BroadcastFlag https://web.archive.org/web/20031204225933/http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,60924,00.html

#10yrsago Explaining America’s massive, untenable #WealthGap with video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPKKQnijnsM

#10yrsago #Experian sold consumer data to #IdentityThieves’ service https://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/10/experian-sold-consumer-data-to-id-theft-service/

#10yrsago Zombie Baseball Beatdown: little-leaguers versus the zompocalypse https://memex.craphound.com/2013/10/21/zombie-baseball-beatdown-little-leaguers-versus-the-zompocalypse/

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#20yrsago #Enron’s email laid bare https://www.salon.com/2001/11/09/enron/

#20yrsago #IdentityThief steals sex-offender’s name https://web.archive.org/web/20031002192428/http://www.sexcriminals.com/news/15382/

#15yrsago #Librivox free audiobook library now has 365 days’ worth of continuous listening material https://librivox.org/2008/10/15/365-days-of-librivox-audio/

#15yrsago Canada elects 34 #copyfighters to Parliament https://web.archive.org/web/20081018165923/https://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/3450/125/

#15yrsago #BART directors to management: stop using terrorism “fearmongering” https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/bart-debates-allowing-drinks-on-trains-3266010.php

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#20yrsago #Usability movement hijacks, improves Parliament’s website https://memex.craphound.com/2003/10/10/usability-movment-hijacks-improves-parliaments-website/

#20yrsago #MattHaughey's Long Now project https://web.archive.org/web/20031012122142/http://tenyearsofmylife.com/

#20yrsago Tell the #FCC to say no to the #BroadcastFlag https://web.archive.org/web/20031101143533/https://action.eff.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2801

#15yrsago @neilhimself's #GraveyardBook — spooky, magical retelling of The Jungle Book in a graveyard https://memex.craphound.com/2008/10/10/gaimans-graveyard-book-spooky-magical-retelling-of-the-jungle-book-in-a-graveyard/

#15yrsago Entertainment industry made up $250 billion/750,000 jobs losses due to #piracy https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/10/dodgy-digits-behind-the-war-on-piracy/

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#20yrsago SF writers on #Schwarzenegger http://www.infinitematrix.net/faq/editorials/index.html

#20yrsago #eMusic turns into a steaming pile https://memex.craphound.com/2003/10/09/emusic-turns-into-a-steaming-pile/

#15yrsago WalMart now says they’ll keep the #DRM servers on forever https://memex.craphound.com/2008/10/09/walmart-now-says-theyll-keep-the-drm-servers-on-forever/

#15yrsago New Zealand’s copyright minister starts screaming when asked whether it’s fair to cut people off from the Internet on the basis of three unsubstantiated accusations of copyright infringement https://web.archive.org/web/20081009013140/http://it.gen.nz/2008/10/07/ministers-why-we-changed-the-copyright-act/

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#20yrsago #BBCi director’s stunning speech on #FileSharing and TV https://web.archive.org/web/20031018142323/http://www.paidcontent.org/stories/ashleyrts.shtml

#20yrsago SF writers on #Schwarzenegger http://www.infinitematrix.net/faq/editorials/index.html

#20yrsago #eMusic turns into a steaming pile https://memex.craphound.com/2003/10/09/emusic-turns-into-a-steaming-pile/

#15yrsago #WalMart now says they’ll keep the #DRM servers on forever https://memex.craphound.com/2008/10/09/walmart-now-says-theyll-keep-the-drm-servers-on-forever/

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#20yrsago #FCC releases #NumberPortability guidelines https://www.zdnet.com/article/fcc-issues-cell-swapping-guidelines/

#15yrsago US Customs: Sketching an SUV makes you a copyright infringer https://www.pressrepublican.com/news/local_news/keene-artist-had-hard-time-getting-back-into-us/article_57fca386-b99e-5b24-92c1-4358eb4d74ff.html

#15yrsago Canadian Conservative Party pledge to reintroduce the DMCA if elected https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2008/10/conservatives-to-reintroduce-c-61/

#15yrsago Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China — amazing memoir by American-born Chinese journalist https://memex.craphound.com/2008/10/07/factory-girls-from-village-to-city-in-a-changing-china-amazing-memoir-by-american-born-chinese-journalist/

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#20yrsago #FCC releases #NumberPortability guidelines https://www.zdnet.com/article/fcc-issues-cell-swapping-guidelines/

#15yrsago US Customs: Sketching an SUV makes you a copyright infringer https://www.pressrepublican.com/news/local_news/keene-artist-had-hard-time-getting-back-into-us/article_57fca386-b99e-5b24-92c1-4358eb4d74ff.html

#15yrsago #CanadianConservativeParty pledge to reintroduce the #DMCA if elected https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2008/10/conservatives-to-reintroduce-c-61/

#15yrsago Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China — amazing memoir by American-born Chinese journalist https://memex.craphound.com/2008/10/07/factory-girls-from-village-to-city-in-a-changing-china-amazing-memoir-by-american-born-chinese-journalist/

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#20yrsago @eff's #TrustedComputing white-paper https://web.archive.org/web/20031004073707/https://www.eff.org/Infra/trusted_computing/20031001_tc.php

#10yrsago Toronto cops bust Mayor #RobFord’s fixer/muscle/driver/dealer https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/city-hall/mayor-rob-ford-s-friend-sandro-lisi-who-sought-video-one-of-two-arrested-in/article_845c0feb-b9a0-5d1f-a411-aa18a6ddf58e.html

#10yrsago Porno #CopyrightTroll #JohnSteele accused of identity theft — by his mother-in-law https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/prendas-john-steele-accused-of-identity-theft-by-his-own-mother-in-law/

#10yrsago Asteroid named after Randall “#XKCD” Munroe https://blog.xkcd.com/2013/09/30/asteroid-4942-munroe/

#10yrsago HOWTO make $200,000 off of the above-inflation USPS postage hike https://qz.com/128329/a-step-by-step-guide-to-profiting-off-the-3-cent-hike-on-us-postage-stamps

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#20yrsago #Accenture puts #Verisign in charge of US Internet #voting https://web.archive.org/web/20031008122745/http://rss.com.com/2100-1029_3-5083772.html

#15yrsago #Olympics reach a new low: trademarking the Canadian national anthem and threatening lawsuits over competing uses https://web.archive.org/web/20080928162742/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/09/25/bc-vancouver-olympics-trademark-o-canada.html

#15yrsago #PhilipPullman on the futility and evil of #BanningBooks https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/sep/29/philip.pullman.amber.spyglass.golden.compass.banned

#10yrsago No one harmed in Whac-a-Mole/#RockAFireBand warehouse explosion https://web.archive.org/web/20130930154953/https://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2013/09/the_guy_who_invented_the_whac-.php

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#20yrsago #DeweyDecimal bullies go after theme hotel https://web.archive.org/web/20030901000000*/http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--deweydecimaldefen0920sep20,0,3455241.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire</a.

#15yrsago #Publishing’s crises (incompletely) explained https://nymag.com/news/media/50279/

#10yrsago #DragonCon cosplayers who dressed up as Marriott carpet get a cease-and-desist for their fabric offering https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/fandom/marriott-hotel-carpet-cosplay-legal-action/

#5yrsago Search the databases of Trump political appointees’ resumes and discover their undisclosed #ConflictsOfInterest https://projects.propublica.org/trump-town/staffers/category/resumes

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#20yrsago Fed cop slams #Verisign https://web.archive.org/web/20030923083005/http://dnm.sieve.net/tdw/2003_09_01_entry.html

#15yrsago #Cybersquatters register domains for potential bank-mergers https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/sep/21/technology.banking

#10yrsago Implementing a #TuringMachine in #Excel https://www.felienne.com/archives/2974

#10yrsago #Ryanair vows to reduce fewer customers to tears https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24171384

#10yrsago #JungleBoat skipper gives a tour of the wall around the construction site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DakW1GtyTVA

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#20yrsago #Verisign is damage: route around it https://web.archive.org/web/20030924211055/https://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,60473,00.html

#20yrsago #AlFranken’s Supply-Side Jesus https://web.archive.org/web/20030923212204/https://buzzflash.com/contributors/03/09/17_franken.html

#20yrsago @kwerb’s kick-ass #spectrum paper https://werbach.com/research/supercommons.pdf

#20yrsago Fashion is a #commons: copying is the sincerest form of flattery https://www.npr.org/2003/09/18/1434815/fashion-industry-copes-with-designer-knockoffs

#20yrsago We all pay Hollywood’s price for DVD https://memex.craphound.com/2003/09/18/we-all-pay-hollywoods-price-for-dvd/

#15yrsago California’s #Prop8 would end #SameSexMarriage https://www.youtube.com/user/NoOnProp8dotcom

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#20yrsago Help pay back the #RIAA’s 12-year-old victim https://web.archive.org/web/20040215051659/http://funkbunny.com/datatype/archives/000076.html

#20yrsago 'Amnesty' for Music #FileSharing Is a Sham https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-sep-10-oe-vonlohmann10-story.html

#15yrsago Canadian man changes name to beat #NoFlyList https://web.archive.org/web/20080917202919/https://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2008/09/11/nofly-name.html

#15yrsago Michigan GOP attacks #RightToVote for the recently foreclosed https://web.archive.org/web/20080911193036/https://michiganmessenger.com/4076/lose-your-house-lose-your-vote

#15yrsago North Texas house burns because local authorities switched off hydrants “to fight #terrorism” https://web.archive.org/web/20080913150058/https://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa080827_lj_hawes.1983f2d0.html

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#20yrsago US goverment trying to sink #WIPO #OpenContent talks https://archives.lessig.org/indexcd0e.html?p=2321

#20yrsago #GilbertoGil supports CD-burning automats https://web.archive.org/web/20031001111038/https://www.estadao.com.br/divirtase/noticias/2003/ago/19/30.htm

#20yrsago Out of Blue Six: a lost gem https://memex.craphound.com/2003/08/21/out-of-blue-six-a-lost-gem/

#20yrsago Paramilitary wing of the #usability movement https://web.archive.org/web/20030823183246/http://www.oblomovka.com/entries/2003/08/19#1061283840

#20yrsago #AnalFissures in a nutshell http://www.ambiguous.org/quinn/medical/fissure.html

#20yrsago Beyond Fear: Required reading for #AshcroftsAmerica https://memex.craphound.com/2003/08/21/beyond-fear-required-reading-for-ashcrofts-america/

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