The Conscience of a Hacker

The Conscience of a Hacker by The Mentor in 1986 is the hardest hitting, true-to-form piece of writing to describe the hacker mindset. I remember reading it for the first time when it came out in Phrack and putting a dot matrix print-out of it on my wall to remind me that there were others just like me. I felt deeply connected to a community mostly comprised of people I'd never met in person (and many to this day I never have). This single work helped shape my life and, more than 20 years later, still ...

Looking for the BSODomizer?

Looking for the BSODomizer? I'm not selling them through this store, only using this site's contact form to make it easy for people to contact me for payment information. Go to www.bsodomizer.com for details (NSFW). Fully open source - schematics, firmware, and technical design documentation available there if you want to build your own instead of buying an assembled and tested unit.

Actions Speak Louder

A common question I get is why would a hacker care about supporting health-related charities? The answer is this: Health issues affect us all, whether now or later, whether personally or with someone we know, whether you're young, old, rich, poor, it doesn't matter. We're all human, and humans are susceptible to diseases and problems that are unfortunately not in our control (yet). Kingpin Empire's mission is to try and better our lives and support future generations of hackers and free thinkers. This means doing something instead of just talking about it.

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness ...