# Links
Organizations
The Electronic Frontier Foundation
eff.org
Steve Jackson Games vs. the Secret Service
Hacks, Phreaks, Exploits
Homograph Attack
allows an attacker to spoof a domain name through the use of extended character sets.
ResExcellence
macosx hacking
Hackers
phrack
classic phreaking/hacking zine
2600 Magazine
another classic phreaking/hacking zine.
> HOPE (Hacker On Planet Earth) Conference
Core Wars
Virus code combat
Artists
®™ark
®™ark.com
ReamWeaver(website mirroring tool)
The Yes Men
theyesmen.org
www.dowethics.com
Mash-ups
mash-ups.co.uk | RIAA Killed Mashuptown |
web2.0 mashups (wikipedia) | programmableweb
Adrian Ward (AutoShop, AutoIllustrator)
0100101110101101.org
plagiarist.org
BlinkenLights
office building -> raster pixel display
Hardware Hacks
The SWIPE Toolkit
barcode decoder software
Game Controller Theory
how console controllers work, how to modify them, use them for other purposes, and make your own.
Dali's Lobster Telephone
Semi truck chopper, from Monster Garage
Case Mods, from Wired
Mini-ITX Mods
Portable Atari 2600
Mac+ to Athlon 64
Traffic Light to Information Visualizer
Optical Mouse to Turntable interface
RFID Tag to MP3 Player
Amstrad Shuffle
Aibo hacks
Palm display to computer LCD
Pringles Can WiFi Antenna | nocat.net
Linux On ...
Intellectual Property
Lawrence Lessig's Blog
Lawrence Lessig is a professor at stanfard law school who writes extensively on digital culture,
particularly in intellectual property. He's the originator of the Creative Commons License, an alternative
to the existing copyright/patent structure.
Stanford Law School Center for the Internet and Society
Stanford law professors and students taking on internet law cases.
groklaw.net
Pamela Jones' blog, particularly dedicated to following issues in open-source and open-standards software,
as well as Google Print and related projects.
The Economist 10/20/05: Patents
legaltorrents.com, Creative-Commons Licensed Music, Video, Games, Writing, etc.
Open Source / Free Software
The Free Software Foundation, one of the longest-standing advocacy groups for the free software movement.
Reverse-engineering, free speech, and thought-crimes
DeCSS is homebrewed code to allow DVD's to be played on Linux. This innocuous hobbyist project ignited a firestorm of litigation, legislation and continuing controversy. The implications of these court battles and the DMCA are broad, from small throught-crimes to the outcome of the 2004 presidential election.