The Command Line Podcast

This is a news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. This week’s security alerts are smart meters reveal TV viewing habits and first solutions to new, critical SSL/TLS vulnerability. In this week’s news, the troubled history of UNIVAC America’s first commercial computer, how Microsoft might lock Linux of Windows 8 computers including Microsoft’s own response to the suggestion, Dawkins’ weasels beat British Museum monkeys at producing Shakespeare, and the future of the silicon chip. Following up this week modern replica of Babbage’s unfinished machine moves forward and Canadian DMCA expected to pass. 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. Update: A listener brought to my attention a couple of spots in this episode’s audio that were very problematic. I have fixed the original audio and reposted for anyone who hasn’t yet listened to the episode. The hacker word of the week this week is Flyspeck 3. The feature this week is a discussion of some of my recent experiences with communities and the questions they raise. 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 Intel demos new hardware assisted security and the return of BIOS trojans. In this week’s news, consequences of the recent certificate authority hacks including browser maker responses and constructive and not so constructive alternatives, full duplex wireless could double bandwidth, a new game to learn coding through game play, and considering whether a robot could be conscious. Following up this week authors guild sues universities over book digitization and Sony’s response to troubling breaches is to use terms of service to forestall suits while suggesting it is for the customers best interest. 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 reminder that I will be at the Ohio Linux Fest this weekend. If you are going to be there, come and find me! The hacker word of the week this week is flush. The feature this week is a discussion of my experiences traveling to Budapest, Hungary for Transfabric, focusing on the event itself. If you want to hear my personal impressions, in rough form, I recorded about ten minutes each night I was there. 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, my thanks to James C. for his generous donation and Jed wrote in to share the title of the short story he mentioned in his feedback in the last episode: Risk. The hacker word of the week this week is flowchart. The feature this week is an Inner Chapter on the subject of travel. 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, I announce the shift of this podcast to a once weekly schedule from twice weekly and my reasons for making this change. Listener feedback this week was all in response to the science fiction monologue on AI, from Eric and from Jed who also mentioned “For Want of a Nail” on Escape Pod. The hacker word of the week this week is flood. The feature this week is an Inner Chapter on the subject of adjustment. It continues the trajectory of my personal career discussions from work-life balance through personal growth and my rant on having nowhere to go. 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, my thanks to Craig for another donation, a particularly generous one this time. Also a heads up on some upcoming travel, to Transfabric in Budapest and Ohio Linux Fest. This week’s security alerts are child finds a flaw in mobile games and a clear illustration of why the common wisdom about secure passwords may be bad advice. In this week’s news, UCLA is the latest school to offer a digital humanities program (similar to MITH at UMD with its great speaker series), a stone-like optical disc that might last forever, breakthrough in portal and high resolution 3D scanning, and IBM CTO argues the PC is in decline. Following up this week Google aids Bletchley Park again and Google brings Android App Inventor to an end. 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. The feature this week is a recording, made by Paul Fischer of the Balticon Podcast, of the EFF panel at DEF CON. 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, a recommendation for the Humble Indie Bundle #3. This week’s security alerts are using science fiction to teach computer security and Android trojan records calls. In this week’s news, nano-circuits that adhere to any substrate, 800Mbps wirelss network made using LED light bulbs, escaping from inifinite loops, and Mozilla’s vision of an internet life plartform. Following up this week FOI requests reveal passage of the Digital Economy Act was a foregone conclusion and ripping CDs set to be legalized in the UK. 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. The feature this week is a monologue examining the treatment of artificial intelligence in science fiction. 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. There is no hacker word of the week this week. The feature this week is a monologue re-visiting the topic of social spaces. 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, thanks to Kevin for his donation and for Scott for donating again. Also I share a quick, spoiler free review of Captain America. This week’s security alerts are Google introduces malware detection in search results and Apple laptop batteries can be bricked, firmware hacked. In this week’s news, study shows programmers get better with age, an anti-censorship tool that works with the Internet’s infrastructure, Internet activist charged with data theft, and neural network from DNA strands. Following up this week more on six-strike deal and what might have happened had users been at the table and judge calls $1.5M file-sharing judgment “appalling,” slashes to $54,000. 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 news cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, a welcome to all new listeners. Also, a reminder I will be in New York this coming week. Email me if you are interested in grabbing a beer Wednesday, 7/13. Finally, I share a quick review of Evgeny Morozov’s The Net Delusion which I think served a similar purpose on a personal level as Cyberselfish but was much better written, warts and all. If you want a more comprehensive review, I recommend the one Cory Doctorow wrote for The Guardian back in January. This week’s security alerts are cracking DES faster with John the Ripper and a Firefox add on to help visualize how you are tacked as you surf. In this week’s news, an evolution machine that could speed up genetic engineering, seven successful projects that came from TechShop, unintended consequences of mood detecting goggles, and ISPs agree to six strikes proposal from big content. Following up this week law professors sign on to letter protesting the PROTECT IP Act and WIPO broadcast treaty returns from the grave. 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. The feature this week is what I thought might be a delightful surprise, where a frequent guest of the podcast over these past six years interviews me in honor of my recent podcast anniversary. In the interview, Data General’s mini-computers figured prominently in my early memories. In discussion of adversity and its role in pedagogy, I refer to Spolsky’s Law of Leaky Abstraction. In considering the future cost of technology choices, my interviewer referred to the Final Cut Pro X kerfuffle. The MC Chris hit, Fett’s Vette was suggested in response to my Dad’s ’63 Corvette which he has to this day. Robert Asprin’s Myth Adventures books were some of the earliest genre fiction in which my mom got me interested. All of my enjoyment of science fiction was inspired by her. Towards the end of the interview, we chatted about one of the higher profile projects, Commotion, at my new day job. I gave the example of AWMN as a mesh that did and still does do more than just share internet access. Turning to the state of podcasting, I cited Nathan Lowell as an excellent example of an author who both gets the power of different media and who has used newer media to incrementally build modest success. My other podcast, with which I am experiencing trouble getting into iTunes, is the Living Proof Brew Cast. 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. The hacker word of the week this week is flavor. The feature this week is a monologue, as suggested by Don, exploring the dictum with which I close every show: hack your world. I mention Oxblood Ruffin’s recent interview in which he so well defines hacktivism. I mention the book my reaction against which set my on this larger course. 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.