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Literary Persuits:

CheapTruth: The 80's future of Sci-Fi. Thank you, Mr. Sterling.

The Model 66 Scenario: At the Dawn of Time there was UseNet. And there was collaborative cyberpunk fiction on UseNet in alt.cyberpunk.chatsubo. Both have been largely forgotten, but here's 867k of text to attest to their existence. A good read to slog through. Zipped for your reading pleasure.

Bruce Sterling's The Hacker Crackdown: Back in the bygone days of analog phone systems there were groups like the Legion of Doom and the Chaos Computer Club (although the latter is still around, still interesting). When the proverbial shit hit the fan in the dawn of the 90's Sterling turned it into this novel, ranging from the hacker underground to exposés on the feds and police involved. A great look back at hacker and law culture at the beginning of the current tech cycle.

Cory Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom: Go back to the 22nd century of 2003 where an egalitarian utopia has replaced your miserable struggle for survival. Or something. With the .com boom behind us I think everyone's put paid to the /. government model.

NESIT:

NESIT main site
NESIT wiki

And some WebComics:

Something Positive
Questionable Content
Least I Could Do
XKCD
Girl Genius
Penny Arcade
Freak Angels

Internet Curios:

April 1st RFCs: It's come to my attention that some of you haven't read the April 1st RFCs from the IETF. Every year someone submits a frivolous RFC on April first on topics ranging from the Coffee Pot over IP protocol to the Evil Bit. Wikipedia then collates them a bit afer the fact.

IIRG: There's a story behind this link. Ask me about it sometime. In any case, it's good to see the IIRG site back up.. and who knows, maybe even publishing.

Principia Discordia: Apparently still alive and well after all these years. Also check out postergasm for laughs, ideas, etc. all.

-- Inhibit