This day in history

2001, 2011, 2016, 2020.

#20yrsago Busting the WSJ’s FUD on open 802.11 networks https://web.archive.org/web/20020111221354/80211b.weblogger.com/discuss/msgReader$178

#20yrsago The post-PC interface https://web.archive.org/web/20020118162540/http://www.nooface.net/

#10yrsago Petition to get a pardon for Turing’s “gross indecency” conviction https://web.archive.org/web/20120110183548/https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/23526

#10yrsago Derek Kirk Kim’s Same Difference: slacker Korean-American kids come of age in the Bay Area https://memex.craphound.com/2011/12/07/derek-kirk-kims-same-difference-slacker-korean-american-kids-come-of-age-in-the-bay-area/

#10yrsago On Jan 1, awesome stuff will enter the public domain: HG Wells, Gertrude Stein, Buster Keaton, Walt Disney, Lenny Bruce (but not in the USA) https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/class-of-2017

#10yrsago AT&T is the worst carrier in America. Again. https://www.ibtimes.com/verizon-wireless-trumps-att-again-consumer-reports-survey-379522

#5yrsago Mr Robot has driven a stake through the Hollywood hacker, and not a moment too soon https://www.technologyreview.com/2016/12/07/155284/mr-robot-killed-the-hollywood-hacker/