The Command Line
A regularly published podcast by a self-described hacker, curmudgeon and hacktivist about the practice and profession of programming drawing on over a decade of professional experience and a lifetime spent hacking, the intersection of politics and society with technology and anything else clever, elegant or ...
A regularly published podcast by a self-described hacker, curmudgeon and hacktivist about the practice and profession of programming drawing on over a decade of professional experience and a lifetime spent hacking, the intersection of politics and society with technology and anything else clever, elegant or funny that catches my mind as a die hard technology geek.
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TCLP 2011-07-10 News (Comment Line 240-949-2638)
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This is a news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, a welcome to all new listeners. Also, a reminder I will be in New York this coming week. Email me if you are interested in grabbing a beer Wednesday, 7/13. Finally, I share a quick review of Evgeny Morozov’s The Net Delusion which I think served a similar purpose on a personal level as Cyberselfish but was much better written, warts and all. If you want a more comprehensive review, I recommend the one Cory Doctorow wrote for The Guardian back in January. This week’s security alerts are cracking DES faster with John the Ripper and a Firefox add on to help visualize how you are tacked as you surf. In this week’s news, an evolution machine that could speed up genetic engineering, seven successful projects that came from TechShop, unintended consequences of mood detecting goggles, and ISPs agree to six strikes proposal from big content. Following up this week law professors sign on to letter protesting the PROTECT IP Act and WIPO broadcast treaty returns from the grave. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can also grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
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TCLP 2011-07-06 Interview: Thomas Gideon (Comment Line 240-949-2638)
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This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. There is no hacker word of the week this week. The feature this week is what I thought might be a delightful surprise, where a frequent guest of the podcast over these past six years interviews me in honor of my recent podcast anniversary. In the interview, Data General’s mini-computers figured prominently in my early memories. In discussion of adversity and its role in pedagogy, I refer to Spolsky’s Law of Leaky Abstraction. In considering the future cost of technology choices, my interviewer referred to the Final Cut Pro X kerfuffle. The MC Chris hit, Fett’s Vette was suggested in response to my Dad’s ’63 Corvette which he has to this day. Robert Asprin’s Myth Adventures books were some of the earliest genre fiction in which my mom got me interested. All of my enjoyment of science fiction was inspired by her. Towards the end of the interview, we chatted about one of the higher profile projects, Commotion, at my new day job. I gave the example of AWMN as a mesh that did and still does do more than just share internet access. Turning to the state of podcasting, I cited Nathan Lowell as an excellent example of an author who both gets the power of different media and who has used newer media to incrementally build modest success. My other podcast, with which I am experiencing trouble getting into iTunes, is the Living Proof Brew Cast. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
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TCLP 2011-06-30 Monologue: Hack Your World (Comment Line 240-949-2638)
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This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. The hacker word of the week this week is flavor. The feature this week is a monologue, as suggested by Don, exploring the dictum with which I close every show: hack your world. I mention Oxblood Ruffin’s recent interview in which he so well defines hacktivism. I mention the book my reaction against which set my on this larger course. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
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TCLP 2011-06-26 News (Comment Line 240-949-2638)
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This is a news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, thanks to Charles and David for their recent, generous donations. This week’s feature cast will be a day late do to a crazy schedule this coming week. And AdBard is shutting down at the end of this month. This week’s security alerts are storing passwords in uncrackable form and Android NFC bug may be the first of many exploits of this new capability. In this week’s news, British Library encloses the public domain including a few more details from the announced digitization project, kind of screwed, building an AI guide to online content, and a neural prosthesis that could improve our memories. Following up this week BT’s and TalkTalk’s appeal of their failed judicial review of the Digital Economy Act is denied and the musician behind a clever sonification of Pi is embroiled in a copyright suit. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can also grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
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TCLP 2011-06-15 Inner Chapter: Presence (Comment Line 240-949-2638)
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This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, my thanks to Fred for his generous donation this past week. Listener feedback this week was an email from Jed asking about responsible disclosure for technicians, prompted by my interview with Tiffany Rad. The hacker word of the week this week is flat-file. The feature this week is an Inner Chapter on the subject of presence. The discussion complements my early Inner Chapter on effecting change. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
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TCLP 2011-06-12 News (Comment Line 240-949-2638)
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This is a news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, just a recommendation that you watch Jim Gilliam’s talk from PdF as a sample of what the event was like. This week’s security alerts are cheap GPUs rendering strong passwords useless and a brief Sony password analysis. In this week’s news,a web focused desktop replacement promoted by Mozilla, the good and bad of iTunes Match and iCloud along with some further details and additional risks, figuring out if there is a new geek anti-intellectualism, and an interview with an old school hacker and hacktivist. Following up this week a new bill that would limit GPS tracking without a warrant and location data sharing and the Supreme Court rules in favor if i4i in its patent case against Microsoft. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can also grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
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TCLP 2011-06-01 Copyright Panel at Balticon 45 (Comment Line 240-949-2638)
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This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, a warning about the rougher nature of the event audio in the feature, a heads up that there won’t be new podcasts on Sunday 6/5 or Wednesday 6/8, a welcom to any new listeners from Balticon, and a correction from Randal. There is no new hacker word of the week this week. The feature this week is the recording I capture of my copyright panel at Balticon 45 this past weekend. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
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TCLP 2011-05-22 News (Comment Line 240-949-2638)
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This is a news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, a call out on behalf of my friend Chris Miller to help make a port of vim to Android possible. This week’s security alerts are Android apps send unencrypted authentication token and new malware simulates hard drive failure. In this week’s news, obstacles to anonymization and recommendations, perspectives on the just released UK copyright review report, a graphical update to the terminal, and rebooting library privacy in the age of the network. Following up this week Bletchley Park is saved and key component for GNU Free Call, GNU SIP Witch, reaches 1.0. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can also grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
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TCLP 2011-05-18 Interview: Tiffany Rad (Comment Line 240-949-2638)
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This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, a heads up that there will be no shows on the 25th and the 29th because of Balticon. There is no new hacker word of the week this week. The feature this week is an interview with Tiffany Rad. We talk about her background in education, the law and hacking as well as the hacker space she co-founded, Reverse Space. ReverseSpace is just one hacker space in the DC area, like HacDC. You cand find hacker spaces near you on the site, Hacker Spaces. Tiffany has spoke and participated too at hacker cons like BlackHat and DEF CON. To learn more you can join the Google Group for ReverseSpace. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
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TCLP 2011-05-15 News (Comment Line 240-949-2638)
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This is a news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. This week’s security alerts are OpenID warns of remote bug and urges upgrades and security problems presented by WebGL and official thoughts from the standard’s maintainers. In this week’s news, high bandwidth buddies, Microsoft will buy Skype and some analysis of what that might mean, project to model the human brain seeks funding for next phase, and a glove that emulates musical instruments. Following up this week the successor to COICA is out including the full draft text. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can also grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
