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Goonology 101
As I roamed the halls of the DefCon hacker convention, the men in the red shirts with gear packs on their backs were everywhere. Two were talking near me. One responded to a beep on his hand-held device. Security, I thought. They looked serious. A third joined and to my surprise, moments later they were
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Technorazzi Magazine started as a little blog where I wrote about my friends, coworkers and favorite geeks in Geeksville. The response from the nerd-loving public was enthusiastic beyond my expectations. Write more, they said. After all, It's time the tech industry got it's own "paparazzi." Why not give celebrity treatment to software engineers and digital creators and hackers and geeks? They're stars but for different reasons. Amazingly, they often care more about having a breakthrough or finishing a production or improving quality than they care about fighting to get paid. There's something pure about that.
So here we are, evolving. At Technorazzi, we find the passion, determination and eccentricity of software developers, out-of-the-box thinkers and creative geniuses to be both fascinating and inspiring, and we celebrate that. We focus on the brains, not the beauty; the people, not the gadgets. We write about the colorful, complicated and human side of people who use their brains in original ways. Welcome to Technorazzi: Paparazzi for tech stars, geniuses, hackers, geeks, eccentrics, creatives & savants.
Christine Marie, Founder - Technorazzi
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Hacker Hair Updated
This is hacker hair. His name is CP. He’s from DC949. When I saw this, I stopped the car and dashed out to take a picture on my cell. It’s a hair sword, a hair fin, a hair skyscraper that did not tip or bend, but stood tall and proud like tallest building in the
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The Hackbus; New Community Forming
The Hackbus, owned by EvilMoFo and Fpenguin, is a 1956 GM bus that has been converted to a living room on wheels. It’s mission: to transport hackers to conferences and other events. “While the sole purpose is just transportation, the bus is loaded with technological features and creature comforts such as air conditioning, a navigation
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Hackers at DefCon Toxic BBQ
I went to my first “Toxic BBQ” which takes place on DefCon Eve. There are all kinds of characters at DefCon 18 – every shape, color, size, hairstyle, and skill. Some hackers cook on the grill. Others juggle. And still others drive the big old jalopy of a vehicle now known as the beloved HackBus.
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HP and Woz Party
At the gorgeous Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, HP and Fusion-io had a party, but rather than have this party hosted by female Hollywood starlets, it was hosted by the world-famous co-founder of Apple and pioneer of personal computers – Steve Wozniak. How ubercool is that? Tolga and I attended, with the legendary John Draper
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Mitnick’s Hackermobile For Sale
Word on the street is that the world’s most famous hacker, Kevin Mitnick, is selling his hackermobile – a 2005 Lexus SC 430 with only 36,000 miles on it – for $32,810 or best offer. That’s less than $1 per mile. A conversation with the legend himself confirmed what Technorazzi has long suspected. Mitnick stated,
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Innovators
Meet the Techno-Shaman with his Video Dragon and Pickled Electronics So while I was walking around looking for creative hair, I saw a mop of dreadlocks swinging down way down the hall. Off I went running after them. “Excuse me sir,” I said huffing and puffing. “May I take a picture of your hair from the back?” As if that was a perfectly normal request,
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Life With Tolga
Tolga Tries to be Bob Villa I’ve been encouraging Tolga to take a diversion from computer work every once in a while and do something physical. To my surprise, Tolga watched a DIY video, and then this morning he announced he was going to Home Depot “all by himself.” This was a first for him. He came home and said, “I
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People We Love
Facebook Cofounder Has Fans Sean Parker, aka “one of the Seans of Silicon Valley,” showed up at a Burbank tech company and won some new fans, including myself. Parker who co-founded Napster, Facebook, and Plaxo is also the founder of Facebook Causes and the Managing Partner at the Founders Fund. Sean was sharp, funny, generous and charming. And young.
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Smart Women
Tawnya Bhattacharya, Giselle Achecar Write TV Series Optioned by Fox FOX TV recently optioned a one-hour television pilot GRAND COULEE written by screenwriters Giselle Achecar and Tawnya Bhattacharya. A supernatural family drama steeped in Native American mysticism, GRAND COULEE is one of six scripts accepted into the 2009/10 FOX Diversity Writers Initiative as run by Ron Taylor, the current Vice President of Diverse Programming and
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Good Deeds
Woz and Clark Teammates Steve Wozniak and George Clark assess their situation in a Segway polo match. Incidentally, the warm-hearted George Clark, a tech genius in his own right, was recently spotted using his math brain at a Smith’s grocery store in Las Vegas. The human calculator helped a damsel-in-distress evaluate which brand of toilet paper would give
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