The Command Line Podcast

This is a news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. The call for papers for the North East Linux Fest, to be held March 16 & 17 at Harvard University near Boston, is now open. Visit the site and register to submit your proposal. This week’s security alerts are a call to fix the trust mechanism for SSL and the German government advocates to put the control of trusted computing in users’ hands. In this week’s news, the history of the first British laptop, Google opens the plans for its book scanner thought not the first open book scanner design, an AI successfully pinpoints human reactions to abstract art, and a student is suspended for refusing to wear a school issued RFID enabled badge. Following up this week, appeals in both book scanning cases and an explanation of the deal for a Linux UEFI secure boot option. 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. As I explain in the intro, this podcast is the first produced entirely on my brand new system, from ZaReason. There is no hacker word of the week this week. The feature this week is a new installment in the How This Hacker Sees.. series (which still wants for a dedicate bumper and music) on the subject of ebooks. In it, I mention EPUBReader, O’Reilly Media, No Starch Press, Manning, Baen, Tor, HBR, and Story Bundle. 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. This week’s security alerts are yet another problem with SSL and malware that hides behind the mouse. In this week’s news, a bandwidth breakthrough though details are scant and there is cause for some skepticism, why coding style matters, Valve invites beta testers for Steam for Linux, and information around the upcoming new version of Enlightenment. Following up this week, how to protect from Amazon wiping your ebooks and a strong early indicator that Ouya is more than vaporware. 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 game I mention in the intro is “Nikki and the Robots” by Joyride Labs. You can read my more detailed review here. The hacker word of the week this week is Frankenputer. The feature this week is a monologue digging into the concerns arising from online censorship. In it I mention the Digital Due Process Coalition, “Consent of the Networked” by Rebecca MacKinnon, and Saudi Arabia’s call for international regulations on Internet speech. 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. There is no hacker word of the week this week. The feature this week is an interview with Cory Doctorow, catching up with him while he’s on tour for his latest book, Pirate Cinema. In the course of the conversation, we mentioned the PWC study commissioned by Martha Lane Fox, the leak of AT&T’s notice and takedown plans, David Isen’s Freedom to Connect conference, the just passed anti-downloading law in Japan, Jamie King’s BitTorrent based TV distribution project VODO, Matt Mason’s research on piracy, Simon Bradshaw, Peter Laurie’s book on underground spaces in London, and the Humble eBook Bundle. 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. Listener feedback is from Eric and Blaise. Eric wrote in with news that the Vivaldi, an open tablet, is not quite dead yet. Blaise wrote with recommendations for open and free RSS readers including Liferea, RSSOwl, Tiny Tiny RSS and NewsBlur. The hacker word of the week this week is fossil. The feature this week is a new Inner Chapter on the importance of cultivating a guiding ethos on several levels and contexts.. 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. I wanted to share some further reflections from friends of mine for anyone who enjoyed the discussion of Valerie Aurora’s post in the last news cast. The first is from Quinn Norton, the second from Dr. Pamela Gay. I also wanted to let folks know that the next podcast is not likely to hit the feeds until October 8th due to upcoming travel. Stay tuned to the site and my social network feeds for news of anything I manage to pull together before then. Next week I will be in Cambridge, MA and the week after I return to Brussels, Belgium. This week’s security alerts are an NFC token for Android smartphones and hiding a phish site in just a link. In this week’s news, discovering and understanding the “anternet”, six home truths about rock star developers, 1 million Apple UDID’s leaked by hacker group though claimed source and Apple deny involvement, and asking whether robots should get rights. Following up this week interactive cubes get touch screen and Mozilla retires Firefox Home app for iOS. 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. In the intro I thank Donnie for his very generous donation. He has also claimed the last custom nerd merit badge begging the question of what next; order more right now, order more on the next badge would be claimed, or explore a new premium to offer sustaining donors. There is no listener feedback this episode. The hacker word of the week this week is fortune cookie. The feature this week is a rant about the unconsidered and unexpressed value of privacy. In it I mention the arguably well known quote from MetaFilter about users and free services, Ars Technica’s experiments with the apparently free content model, an op-ed I co-wrote about the lack of full privacy control for users, and Facebook’s intentional monkeying with confusing user privacy controls. 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. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

This is a news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, sharing the news that MC Frontalot will be playing the wrap party at Ohio Linux Fest and dedicating a few moments of silence to the memory of Neil Armstrong. This week’s security alerts are mind-control gaming device found to leak partial private info and looking at the security of built-in password managers in the most popular browsers. In this week’s news, new statistical method for sharing private data in bulk while keeping it safe, examining whether sexual harassment is part of hacker culture, creating truly random numbers faster than before, and Google is building a privacy red team. Following up this week project to turn classical scores into copyright-free recordings is complete and the verdict is in on the Apple-Samsung suit and it has already been appealed, possibly with substantial procedural grounds. 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. In the intro I thank Michael E. for his very generous donation, the amount for which was inspired by Gematria. Listener feedback this week is from Kevin, Chris and Samuel all in response to my feature on upgrading Android. The alternate OS install Chris mentions can be found here. The hacker word of the week this week is forked. The feature this week is an interview with Kevin O’Brien, one of the organizers behind the Ohio Linux Fest. We talked specifically about this year’s event as well as the fest in general. The various folks we mentioned include Beth Lynn Eicher, Jon “maddog” Hall, Scott Merrill, Door to Door Geek, Mel Chua, Doug McIlroy, and Jonathan Nadeau. 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. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

This is a news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. This week’s security alerts are a new Android app scans for system vulnerabilities and new tool from Moxie Marlinspike cracks certain kinds of crypto passwords. In this week’s news, 3D printing technology could let you print pharmaceuticals at home, Google opens code for programming interactive experiences in physical spaces, information overload from the 19th century, and software helps print action figures from video games. Following up this week a leaked content industry report admits SOPA ineffective and a new patent law that holds some hope of computer specific reform. 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. In the intro I note that the registration for Ohio Linux Fest is now open, with an experiment in new ways for enthusiasts to support the event. Listener feedback this week is from Hank who recommended/reminded me of tiny tiny rss and Ken who has a Hacker Public Radio on his feed reading alternative to Google Reader, both in response to my discussion about my podcast production process. Rob sent along his notes from HOPE9 in response to my call for reports from listeners who made it to that event. There is no new hacker word of the week this week. The feature this week is a my experiences upgrading to a couple of new Android devices, after a less than stellar start with this mobile platform. 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. 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. In the intro, good news about the enhanced/AAC version of the show. As reported earlier on the blog, thanks to my friend Jay I now have a tool to continue to add chapter marks to the AAC audio files. The hacker word of the week this week is finn. The feature this week is a review, from a hacker point of view, of one of my very favorite films, Brazil. 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. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

This is news cast 225, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, thanks to Steve for his latest donation which also means he gets the signed copies of Wizzywig 1 & 2. Also, an announcement of audio and feed changes to go in effect on October 3rd. This week’s security alert is a more in-depth look at the Stuxnet worm. In this week’s news Intel to use DRM to charge for processor features and why that is problematic, an Ubuntu designer shares his thoughts on a context aware UI, a course on the anthropology of hackers (one I wish UMD’s MITH would offer), and the FCC finalizes rules for white space devices (including details on those rules) prompting one commissioner to speculate we no longer need net neutrality rules. Following up this week the MPAA wants to know if it can use ACTA to block WikiLeaks and one judge quashes a US Copyright Group subpoena. 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. In the intro, a heads up that changes are coming on two to three weeks as I complete the migration of my podcast production to Linux. A will announce a firm date once I have one and give a better run down of the potential impacts to the listener, hopefully minimal. Also, a clarification on the giveaway of the CD Randy gave me. All you need to do is email me between now and the end of the month and say you’d like the CD. If I get more than one response, I’ll pick one at random. Lastly, I have signed copies of the first two volumes of Ed’s graphic novel, WIZZYWIG. The next person to qualify for a custom nerd merit badge, whether they have one already or not, gets the books. There is no new hacker word of the week this week. The feature this week is the interview I recorded with Ed Piskor at the Small Press Expo. In the interview we mention Nedroid (that’s the beartato), 2600, Off the Hook, Ed’s talk at HOPE, the documentary “Freedom Downtime“, Chris Ware, Daniel Clowes, Charles Burns, and Tommy Blacha creator and write of Metalocalypse. 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. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.