Amusing excerpt article about Steve Jobs, Woz and their phone phreak days

http://www.salon.com/2013/02/16/from_phreaks_to_apple_steve_jobs_and_steve_wozniaks_eureka_moment/

My Uncle Steve shared this with me. I thought it was pretty amusing.

-D

That was a fun read! thanks for the link!

thanks dave!

here’s a great book (that’s already published) about phreak pranks and turf wars: http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Deception-Gang-Ruled-Cyberspace/dp/0060926945/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1361150041&sr=8-1&keywords=masters+of+deception+the+gang+that+ruled+cyberspace

and here’s an interesting HOPE talk about pranks that phreaks pull, and the conf scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNDfIOo8WNc

The Hive13 library has a copy of Masters of Deception. I’m currently borrowing it but I might not get through it anytime soon, so if anyone wants to borrow it I’ll bring it back for you.

I would also recommend The Hacker Crackdown by Bruce Sterling. I don’t think the Hive has a copy of that one, but you can find it freely online: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/101

~Dave

Who knew Bruce McCulloch was in the phreaking scene?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_McCulloch

i forgot to mention that i have a dead tree copy of MOD if anyone is interested.