wikipedia Interactive 3D visualization of Wikipedia Rob Beschizza

linux A nice video introduction to the Linux terminal Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets 15 eLearning bundles on sale for 60% off for Black Friday Boing Boing's Shop

History alt.interoperability.adversarial Cory Doctorow

happy mutants SAMBA versus SMB: Adversarial interoperability is judo for network effects Cory Doctorow

security An 14-year-old's Internet-of-Things worm is bricking shitty devices by the thousands Cory Doctorow

web theory Remembering the pre-Netscape browsers Cory Doctorow

law Germany demands an end to working cryptography Cory Doctorow

surveillance Oh for fuck's sake, not this fucking bullshit again (cryptography edition) Cory Doctorow

meltdown What Ken Thompson's seminal (terrifying!) "On Trusting Trust" tells us about the Spectre and Meltdown bugs Cory Doctorow

spooks Australia announces plan to ban working cryptography at home and in the US, UK, New Zealand, and Canada Cory Doctorow

christ what an asshole Theresa May wants to ban crypto: here's what that would cost, and here's why it won't work anyway Cory Doctorow

podcasts Tim O'Reilly shares his favorite books, running shoes, and a cure for colds Mark Frauenfelder

politics What David Cameron just proposed would endanger every Briton and destroy the IT industry Cory Doctorow

Technology Security cruft means every exploit lives forever Glenn Fleishman