Today I felt healthy enough to where the prospect of eating food seemed appealing rather than off-putting for the first time in several days. Let’s hear it for antibiotics, easily humanity’s best totally accidental discovery since fire (I’m actually taking regular old penicillin). I went grocery shopping and discovered that while you can get Campbell’s […]
Entries Tagged as 'Hacker culture'
In which I start to feel like a “real” blogger
January 24th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Denmark, Hacker culture
I’ve been invited to be a guest blogger at hackerspaces.org. They’re a cool bunch of people, based out of Vienna, where I met some of them. The site is an attempt to maintain an up-to-date database of hackerspaces worldwide and provide resources for those running hackerspaces or interested in starting their own hackerspaces. It’s a […]
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*facepalm*
February 16th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Hacker culture
I’ve been generally trying not to just comment on news stories like every other blogger on the planet. And by this point, I’m pretty much used to reading stupid, sensationalist stories about hacking/hackers in the mainstream media, so those barely even register. I should also be accustomed to the fact that Fox News is going […]
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The Austrians are coming!
March 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Austria, Hacker culture, Shameless link-bait, United States
So I’m here to shamelessly plug Monochrom’s USA tour. As previously discussed in this blog, Monochrom are awesome. Anyone in America these days should make an effort to see them. I sincerely doubt it will cost much, if anything, since Monochom’s relationship with capitalism could generously be described as ‘conflicted’. I was also thinking it […]
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Hacktivism in Madrid
March 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Hacker culture, Spain, Travel
I’m in Madrid right now. I’m surprised by how much I like the city. The weather is nice, and there’s a fantastic variety of outdoor cafes and bars. It’s also way less overrun by tourists than Barcelona. Yesterday, I met with some cool Spanish hackers at Hamlab. Later, I’ll try to write more about that […]
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