This day in history
2004, 2009, 2014, 2019.
On October 23 at 7PM, I’ll be in Decatur, presenting my novel The Bezzle at Eagle Eye Books.
#20yrsago How the NSA broke crypto, and created civilian crypto industry https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2004/10/the_legacy_of_d.html
#20yrsago Brewster Kahle: Universal access to all human knowledge is possible https://craphound.com/kahleweb20.txt
#15yrsago The criticism that Ralph Lauren doesn’t want you to see! https://memex.craphound.com/2009/10/06/the-criticism-that-ralph-lauren-doesnt-want-you-to-see/
#15yrsago Scott Westerfeld’s Leviathan: kick-ass young adult steampunk series starts with a bang, a hiss and a clank https://memex.craphound.com/2009/10/06/scott-westerfelds-leviathan-kick-ass-young-adult-steampunk-series-starts-with-a-bang-a-hiss-and-a-clank/
#10yrsago Profile of Daniel Pinkwater, “Pynchon for kids” https://forward.com/culture/206667/how-daniel-pinkwater-became-my-own-personal-guru/
#5yrsago How this fine gentleman convinced me to donate $300 to Elizabeth Warren https://memex.craphound.com/2019/10/06/how-this-fine-gentleman-convinced-me-to-donate-300-to-elizabeth-warren/
#5yrsago The corrupt Brazilian prosecutors who locked up Lula now want to release him, to make him less sympathetic https://memex.craphound.com/2019/10/06/the-corrupt-brazilian-prosecutors-who-locked-up-lula-now-want-to-release-him-to-make-him-less-sympathetic/
#5yrsago Hi-rez, open-licensed recreation of the 1968 Disneyland souvenir map https://ia803109.us.archive.org/7/items/disneylandmap1968_201910/DisneylandMap1968Full.jpg