The Command Line Podcast

This is a news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, I note that Balticon is coming up again soon and discuss a project in which I’ve been invited to participate. This week’s security alerts are Twitter now has two factor authentication and understanding the empirical evidence around security and programming best practices. In this week’s news, an AI that solves Super Mario, an opinion about ending standardization of HTML, neuro-mimetic processors finally give traditional super computers some real competition, and re-creating the first web page on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of opening the web. Following up this week, CISPA dies in the Senate and amazing 3D browser game now available for play. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can also grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. The hacker word of the week this week is fritterware. The feature this week is a rant digging into the risks of a proposal to the W3C for inclusion in the HTML standard, EME, which would bring DRM and all its problems to the core technology underpinning the web. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. Share

This is a news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, a couple of shout outs. First, friend of the podcast Ed Piskor has a new book coming out in the fall, Hip Hop Family Tree, the comics collected therein he has been syndicating freely thus far. Also an event series that may answer some of what I addressed in my NELF 2013 talk. This week’s security alerts are smashing your old phone may be the best way to destroy its data and researchers looking to replace passwords with passthoughts. In this week’s news, Mozilla and Epic port Unreal 3 engine to the browser, an interview with Alan Kay, Mozilla introduces an open API for mobile and web payments, and the hacker lifecycle. Following up this week, CISPA debate occurred behind closed doors and Project Gutenberg surpasses 25,000 book milestone. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can also grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. There is no hacker word of the week this week. Listener feedback came from Paul who pointed out that something similar to camouflaged links is already possible and asked again if the legitimate uses outweigh or at least change the feasibility of warning users when scripting alters link behaviors on web pages. The feature this week is an event recording of the talk I have a couple weekends back at NELF 2013. I mentioned Aaron Swartz talk from Freedom to Connect last year and Darcy Burner’s from the same event this year. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. Share

This is a news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. Thanks to Jonathan for inviting me to North East Linux Fest and all the friends, acquaintances and listeners I got to spend time with. In a Linux fest state of mind, I’ve been asked to let you all know the call for submissions is now open for Ohio Linux Fest. This week’s security alerts are two new attacks on SSL/TLS and camouflaging links. In this week’s news, why a geek dad hacked Donkey Kong so his daughter could play Pauline, Google ending Reader as well as the Chrome extension for reading RSS, a card game about white hack hacking, and the next great copyright act. Following up this week, a project launches to reform the DMCA and 3DDC is returning. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can also grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. There is now hacker word of the week this week. The feature this week is an event recording of Cory Doctorow from his recent book tour for “Homeland”, the sequel to “Little Brother”. Special thanks to Busboys and Poets and Teaching for Change for setting up a space in DC for his talk. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. Share

This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, I include a quick review for a couple of gadgets I am trying in a laptop-less experiment: a mini keyboard and an external battery with a solar panel. The former was recommended in The Secret Lair’s gift guide from last year. The hacker word of the week this week is frink. The feature this week is a contemplation of the definition of the term and experience of being a hacker. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. Share

This is a news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. Just a reminder of a couple of events coming up: Shmoocon, SoCal Linux Expo, and NorthEast Linux Fest. This week’s security alerts are Mozilla to enable click to play for Firefox plugins and Lucky Thirteen attack on SSL yields contents of some encrypted cookies. In this week’s news, privacy visor block facial recognition software, researchers set record with million core computation, geeks as the new guardians of civil liberties, and Edward Tufte was a phone phreak. Following up this week, what little can be done now that the DMCA exemption for carrier unlocking has expired and Ouya game console to be carried by big retailers. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can also grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. I have booked my travel for North East Linux Fest. If you are interested, the list of speakers has gone up, including myself. The organizer, Jonathan Nadeau, has a project he is trying to fund you should consider, Sonar. The hacker word of the week this week is fried. The feature this week is a contemplation of the experience and phenomenon of history. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. Share

This is a news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, I talked about an idea proposed by Marvin Ammori, Internet Freedom Day, met with no small success. As part of the celebration, Marvin also released a preview of his forthcoming book. This week’s security alerts are Nokia found decrypting proxied web data and Mozilla’s new security testing framework, Minion. In this week’s news, Ubuntu for phones revealed, programming literacy done right, the future of programming, and finding the beauty in Doom 3′s source code. Following up this week, JSTOR’s initially limited but free offering and the five next battles likely after defeat of SOPA. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can also grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. This episode is a bit different, really all I could muster after a weekend coming to grips with the news that Aaron Swartz took his own life on Friday at the age of 26. Please understand that this is all a bit raw for me and I will be back next week with a normal episode. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. Share

This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. Thank you to Sarah for her very generous year end donation. There is no hacker word of the week this week. The feature this week is an interview with Randy Chertkow, co-founder of Beatnik Turtle, to discuss the new 2nd edition of the book he co-authored, the Indie Band Survival Guide. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. Share

This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. A final reminder that you are invited, as am I, to join the Hacker Public Radio online new year’s celebration. The hacker word of the week this week is freeze. The feature this week is a reflection on how I am trying to view a major milestone, that turning forty isn’t about a particular time in my life but the overall functioning of my life for which time is just an input. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. Share

This is a news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. Here are the details of the Hacker Public Radio new year’s party. This week’s security alerts are researcher owns network when victim simply opens email and new possible SHA1 weakness. In this week’s news, Cambridge to open a center to study long term risks of AI, MIT’s latest re-configurable robot, kickstarting a more realistic movie about hackers, and a new tool for running Os X binaries on Linux. Following up this week, six strikes regime delayed until next year and UK ISPs block and then unblock The Pirate Bay’s perfectly legal promo site. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can also grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. Listener feedback this week is from Kevin, who I also had on the show in August to talk about Ohio Linux Fest. He wrote to share a post he made on the topic of ebooks that is well worth the read. The hacker word of the week this week is fred. The feature this week is a new installment in the How This Hacker Sees.. series on the subject of parenting. More news, commentary, and alternate feeds available at http://thecommandline.net/. View the detailed show notes online. You can grab the flac encoded audio from the Internet Archive. Share