Wikileaks Keynote at HOPE 2010: No Assange, But Institutional Details Emerge
The part of scheduled keynote speaker Julian Assange, the Australian hacker US agents have made it clear they would like to question, was played by Jake Appelbaum today at HOPE. Appelbaum is increasingly the other public face of Wikileaks, while also being a spokesperson and developer for the Tor online anonymity project. Appelbaum led off…
Live@HOPE, Jeff Potter Cooks for Geeks
Jeff Potter plays with his food, and wants to get you to as well. He experiments with equipment, techniques, chemistry, even the psychology and genetics of flavor. Sometimes it’s delicious, and sometimes he blows up the kitchen. Sometimes both. When Potter wanted to make really good pizza, he went down to his local pizza joint…
Live@HOPE, Monochrom’s Grenzfurthner: “The future is like the Jetsons, plus rape”
The idea began over beers. Johannes Grenzfurthner (of Monochrom) and friends wondered if the notion that porn drives technology really was true or urban myth. So, they decided, why not organize a public event and find out? Arse Elektronika, a conference about technology and sex, came screaming into the world. “It was true,” says Grenzfurthner.…