Best of 2600 Magazine anthology

Emmanuel Goldstein will release The Best of 2600 at this year's Hackers on Planet Earth conference in NYC -- this is a three-decade-spanning, 900-page anthology of the best articles from the venerable hacker 'zine 2600. As a one-time contributor, I am stoked. Link (Thanks, Aestetix!)

[#1 posted by Brian Damage , June 12, 2008 9:27 AM]

I'm a one-time contributor to 2600 myself! I'll show you mine if you show me yours.

http://www.demodulated.com/crap/DRDoS-Spyrochaete.doc

My wife looks phenomenally sexy in the blue box blueprint t-shirt they sent me as payment (plus I got a free one-year subscription).

[#2 posted by shannonpatrick17 , June 12, 2008 9:28 AM]

The book looks really cool, a great way to reminisce. It's kinda eye opening to see that some things have changed quite drastically e.g. technology, computers,and the internet. Yet some things have not changed at all and reek of the same stanky funk they have always had e.g. freedom of speech, copyright issues, government/corporate malevolence.

I have some hard to find back issues of 2600 from the late 90's early 2k era, if there is any interest I could be convinced to put them up on ebay so they could find a happy new home...

[#3 posted by Enochrewt , June 12, 2008 9:31 AM]

This will be a must-purchase for me.

[#4 posted by Doran , June 12, 2008 9:40 AM]

I once wore my 2600 Blue Box T-shirt to the first day of COMDEX. Not a single vendor would talk to me. Instead I got interviewed myself by some Canadian news crew who wanted to know about the shirt.

[#5 posted by insect_hooves , June 12, 2008 10:05 AM]

Wowee, that's awesome. Getting those unmarked manila envelopes in the mail (no, not those) was like a wee monthly xmas.

[#6 posted by morcheeba , June 12, 2008 10:17 AM]

Glad it's a big book - there's lots of good stuff in 2600 & I wouldn't know what to cut! Hopefully they'll have one of my favorite articles describing computer virii that mutate themselves to avoid detection... and the escalating countermeasures this creates.

p.s. I got an article in there, too! Here's hoping... :-)

[#7 posted by Bonnie , June 12, 2008 11:17 AM]

Wow....phreakin' memories! I stumbled upon 2600 magazine when I was taken to one of the meetings on a first date in college. The guy didn't last, but my love for the magazine sure did.

[#8 posted by zuzu , June 12, 2008 11:17 AM]

Previously: The Last HOPE announces keynote speakers

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[#9 posted by Cowicide , June 12, 2008 11:25 AM]

It should come with a free cap'n crunch whistle replica.

[#10 posted by Jardine , June 12, 2008 11:37 AM]

Cory: do you have the issue number that the article you wrote appeared in? I have the complete set of back issues to check.

[#11 posted by Fnarf , June 12, 2008 12:18 PM]

"Contributor, 2600 Magazine" is almost as cool a resume item as "Supervisor: Vinton Cerf" would be.

[#12 posted by urinetrouble , June 12, 2008 1:43 PM]

Sup, aestetix?

[#13 posted by eustace , June 12, 2008 9:58 PM]

I've still got my whistle! It'll never be collectible I fear; not like a complete set of 2600.

[#14 posted by Sam , June 13, 2008 12:05 PM]

I'd also like to know where Cory's article is or at least what it was about.