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A book on a particular aspect of culture and events in the history of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
It glimpses into one aspect of “playful hacking“, pranks and practical jokes.
Combines The Journal of the Institute for Hacks, TomFoolery, and Pranks at MIT (J. IHTFP) with “Is This The Way To Baker House?”
This may take me quite some time to read through.
 Not the cover of my edition
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A classic work combining classic works.
I bought this because it’s considered one of the great works of literature and has survived into common culture. Though I can see why this would have been popular at the time, especially thanks to the forward saying that the brief writing style was rare, I don’t yet see why this would appeal to today’s person. Perhaps it’s just me, but so far I find the writing style rather insulting.
Unabridged:
ISBN 0-517-43614-2 (lib. ed.)
TODO – import more of its archived text
This is on my list of books to re-read.
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www.freax.hu [ 1 ] on archive.org
http://www.maz-sound.com/FREAX/en/Intro/
A book on the history of the demoscene.
This is on history and itself has become a collectable piece of it. I bought and read this years ago.. probably in 2007 or thereabouts.
Footnotes
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014GMBUR4
A sort of “Art of War” on the the topic of the more recent so-called “Social Justice Warriors”.
Highly recommended, though not necessarily because of its topic. With history and opinion, and descriptions of tactics and rhetoric, it’s a fascinating set of opinions, positions and stories. I didn’t understand half of its references, but this sort of book reveals a kind of contemporary philosophic writing that I find fascinating.
I read this just after Free Speech Isn’t Free – (2016 book), by Roosh V, which I think helped a lot.
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https://www.newegg.ca/intel-320-series-160gb/p/N82E16820167391
An fast, moderate-sized and extraordinarily cheap drive.
Refurbished, but these seem to be in good shape. Don’t expect the intel manufacturer’s warranty to have much, if any, time left. You’re leaning on newegg, and then perhaps your credit card’s insurance policy, if it has one.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/products/microphones.html
A stereo microphone just shy of being studio-quality. Very high quality and very highly recommended.
With no drivers needed, this thing has been tested and works on various Linux distributions, Windows XP, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. I’ve also tested it as an audio output device (a “sound card”) and it works great.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0452273331
A famous work of philosophy, especially because it’s told using a story.
A terrible work of storytelling that entirely shrouds any philosophy it may have. From the first sentence I rolled my eyes and couldn’t make it through the first half-page before setting it down in disgust. I still haven’t been more than a handful of pages in.. it’s just so god damned bad.
This’ll sit on my shelf, among its betters, probably for years before I get around to trying to read more of it. Just as books in ancient Greek need translating, I think this needs a real writer to re-tell the story.
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https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01GMQZ5ZA
https://www.rooshv.com/free-speech-isnt-free
Free Speech Isn’t Free – How 90 Men Stood Up Against The Establishment And Won, by Roosh Valizadeh
I like free speech, and already know the phrase “free speech isn’t free”, so this caught my attention.
It was cheap, and I’ve been making a habit of getting some more books in dead-tree format. I was bumbling around on Amazon when I found this. I have neither an idea who the author is nor do I know anything about this topic. I like that it’s “recent”.
After reading: It’s good storytelling, and even after its lengthy description of events I have definitely not heard of any of it. It describes the sorts of things people are willing to do once they succumb to an ideology, and the “two minutes of hate” they participate in. Even politicians must follow suit, if only with hollow rhetoric. Media are wholly in on it, as they are at best ambulance-chasers for entertainment-news, and at worst willing to start and stoke a fire to have any sort of relevancy.
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www.dx.com/p/inteo-bv20bk-bnc-to-vga-video-converter-adapter-black-2065702.html
I got this for Connecting a PlayStation 2 to a contemporary monitor. It works great.
I also got a Round to Flat Power Plug Convertor – Black to use with a two-prong flat plug.
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World of Warcraft: Legion
The expansion with Gul’dan, Sargeras and Illidan Stormrage. I think there’s more of the legion and the black gate and suchlike.
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