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That was fantastic. Thanks both Wil and Shane. I think I pulled something I was laughing so hard.
warning: contains satire, commentary, potty mouth.
My friend @ShaneNickerson wins at the internet. If you don't see video, try this link-o-matic click-ro-trocker right here.
I picked up the Cuckoo's Egg on a Friday night in 1990. I read it in one sitting. I was in and out of school at the time, bouncing back in forth between studying journalism and computer science.
Cliff Stoll included his email addresses in the back of the book and I had a discussion with him via CompuServe about the book, astronomy, computer science and a bunch of other stuff. Cliff is a really neat guy and I appreciated the fact that he was willing to answer a lot of questions from a college kid he had never met.
For me the fascinating aspect of the book was the concept of all these systems networked together and the ability to store and access these vast amounts of information. I was using bulletin board systems in 1990 (Anchorage Alaska had a very active BBS community in the late 80's and early 90's) but had not yet discovered the internet.
It really was this book that helped seal my career choice and I have been working as a professional developer since 1993. I still have that very copy of the book sitting on my shelf. It's a keeper - and every once in a while I pull it down and read it again.
Books I Love: The Hacker Crackdown
Now that we've figured out which one is Pink, allow me to welcome you to the machine... In the late 80s, I kind of knew a bunch of people who were involved in what we called The Computer Underground. They weren't my friends, and I couldn't even tell you what their handles were (well, I could, bu...
As always - an excellent post. I just started reading the blog a few months ago after a friend referred me to it. Truly great stuff.
I read Roy Blount Jr's article and I also thought he was way off base. Machine read text is no comparison to a well done audio book. It's a quixotic venture and unlikely to net the Author's Guild any value - and more likely will hurt them in the long run. Next thing you know these guys will be staking out the library trying to extort a fee everytime someone checks out their book.
So - when can we expect an audio version of Sunken Treasure? These are great stories and but I think having you read them adds a whole other dimension.
Also - I just listened to the D&D podcast (parts 1 and 2). You guys are a riot. Looking forward to hearing the rest of the game.
wil wheaton vs. text 2 speech
There's quite a dustup at the moment about an editorial the president of the Author's Guild wrote in the New York Times, railing against Amazon's Kindle 2, which has a text to speech feature that he claims creates unauthorized derivative works and should be stopped at all costs. I'm not the only...
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