This day in history
2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023.
TOMORROW (September 24th), I’ll be speaking in person at the Boston Public Library!
#20yrsago Lucas put malicious Xbox trojan on Star Wars DVD https://web.archive.org/web/20040925010419/http://www.xbox-scene.com/xbox1data/sep/EpAVlAVpuZDrYOIHtX.php
#20yrsago My Sunburst Award acceptance speech https://memex.craphound.com/2004/09/23/corys-sunburst-acceptance-speech/
#15yrsago London cops finally apologise for mugging geek — four years later https://gizmonaut.net/bits/suspect.html
#15yrsago Lily Allen’s copyright problem https://memex.craphound.com/2009/09/23/lily-allens-copyright-problem/
#15yrsago HOWTO reproduce a key from a distant, angled photo https://web.archive.org/web/20090927024433/http://vision.ucsd.edu/~blaxton/sneakey.html
#15yrsago Photos of Edward Gorey’s house https://www.flickr.com/photos/mychatham/sets/72157604189279962/
#10yrsago Photos from Stasiland https://www.wired.com/2014/09/eerie-architecture-east-germanys-secret-police/#slide-id-1566173
#10yrsago Australian PM trades freedom for security, deserves neither https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-delicate-balance-between-freedom-and-security-may-have-to-shift-tony-abbott-20140922-10kdz7.html
#10yrsago Cops who use Stingray surveillance must sign company nondisclosure first https://www.muckrock.com/foi/tacoma-72/cell-site-simulator-acquisition-and-use-tacoma-police-department-12243/#1303020-nda_redacted
#10yrsago Scott Westerfeld’s Afterworlds https://memex.craphound.com/2014/09/23/scott-westerfelds-afterworlds/
#5yrsago Bernie Sanders promises to zero out all US medical debt and end medical bankruptcies https://berniesanders.com/issues/eliminating-medical-debt/
#5yrsago Towards a “nerdocratic oath” https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=4292
#5yrsago Sarah Pinsker’s “Song for a New Day”: outstanding dystopian rock-and-roll novel of rebellion and redemption https://memex.craphound.com/2019/09/23/sarah-pinskers-song-for-a-new-day-outstanding-dystopian-rock-and-roll-novel-of-rebellion-and-redemption/
#1yrago Down in the (link)dumps https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/23/salmagundi/#dewey-102
