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11/4/02 - Back from PhreakNIC
by Stowbari at 8:58 pm EST, Nov 4, 2002 |
I got back home from Nashville late last night and now I have to tell everyone about it! In case you didn't already know, I went to the PhreakNIC hacker convention. There were some great talks and plenty of computer stuff to look at, but the best part was the people. I met the following Meme Streams members: Decius (the founder of Meme Streams), Dolemite (who led PhreakNIC this year), JonnyX (the founder of PhreakNIC), Maverick, Nanochick, NotLarry, Rattle, and Virgil. I'm sure I met more users and didn't even realize it. Decius' talk on Meme Streams was well received, so the system should see more users in the near future. Jason Scott of textfiles.com spoke about the history of phreaking on Friday night. I participated in Dolemite's hacker hookup and got turned down by the BSD chick from girlvinyl.com. Her questions were really hard. I don't really feel any sense of loss because whe was rather bitter and expected way too much from Dolemite's silly little version of the dating game. Sara made a great breakfast Saturday morning. (That girl can cook!) HugMe had some great insight on how to protect your wireless network from all those wardriving punks. The DashPC cars were truly wonderful. I was amazed at the clean installation and seamless integration of the Jetta. The other car looked like it was done more for show. It wasn't as practical, but it was still cool and had loads of performance. Unfortunately, Laughing Boy's 2.5 watt laser caught on fire, the collection to rebuild his laser was stolen, his computer was stolen, and he got a flat tire on the way home. :-( Over all, I had a great time.
Thanks to everyone who gave their time, money, and hard work to make this great convention come together. |
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RE: 11/4/02 - Back from PhreakNIC
by Decius at 12:58 am EST, Nov 5, 2002 |
Stowbari wrote:
] I got back home from Nashville late last night and now I have
] to tell everyone about it! In case you didn't already know, I
] went to the PhreakNIC hacker convention. There were some great
] talks and plenty of computer stuff to look at, but the best
] part was the people. Phreaknic was really great. Its so awesome to have so many friends in the same place at the same time. It was quite cool to walk into the con on Saturday morning and see Tron playing silently on the big screen behind someone giving a talk. Mad style points for that, whoever is responsible. There was some drama and theft lameness, but overall I had a blast. Old-school Memestreams people will note that there are a lot of new users. I gave a talk on the site at the con and passed out 200 buttons. I hope that the new people find the site interesting. Its a little much for the existing community to get a major code update and a large influx of new people at the same time, but hopefully the chaos here will subside in a week or so. I'm very busy, but I will post details about the new features as soon as I can. |
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RE: 11/4/02 - Back from PhreakNIC
by Rattle at 6:14 am EST, Nov 5, 2002 |
Decius wrote:
] Stowbari wrote:
] ] I got back home from Nashville late last night and now I
] have
] ] to tell everyone about it! In case you didn't already know,
] I
] ] went to the PhreakNIC hacker convention. There were some
] great
] ] talks and plenty of computer stuff to look at, but the best
] ] part was the people.
]
] Phreaknic was really great. Its so awesome to have so many
] friends in the same place at the same time. It was quite cool
] to walk into the con on Saturday morning and see Tron playing
] silently on the big screen behind someone giving a talk. Mad
] style points for that, whoever is responsible. There was some
] drama and theft lameness, but overall I had a blast. I needed PhreakNIC. It was wonderful spending some time with so many friends that I had not seen in quite awhile. People from my past that I have lived with, worked with, hung out with, and even dated where present. Much fun was had by all. I intend to write up a detailed review of PhreakNIC which will appear on my blog at some point. ] Old-school Memestreams people will note that there are a lot
] of new users. I gave a talk on the site at the con and passed
] out 200 buttons. I hope that the new people find the site
] interesting. Its a little much for the existing community to
] get a major code update and a large influx of new people at
] the same time, but hopefully the chaos here will subside in a
] week or so. I'm very busy, but I will post details about the
] new features as soon as I can. This is so exciting! Decius, kudos.. I still have not digested all the changes yet. Its great! I am so damn happy that now I can use MemeStreams to have a discussion, post rants to my blog, etc. With every new user and every new feature, MemeStreams becomes a more compelling and powerful resource. I think its growth in the next year is going to suprise everyone involved in making it happen. The future is going to bring good things. - nick |
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