How a Band of Geeks Survived a Lynch Mob Assault in Egypt
For three days, geeks, online activists, and D.I.Y. filmmakers protested peacefully in Tahrir Square. For three nights, they slept in tents with laptops and cellphones charged by hacked street lights. On the fourth day, the lynch mob came. Thousands of people supporting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak laid siege to the central plaza, pressing themselves into…
