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Joe Mac

Arch Winning (36)
Post interesting articles of any topic here. Should help pass the time until Super XV kicks off. Here are a few crackers I have come across recently;

Pat Dollard's War on Hollywood (highly recommended)
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/03/dollard200703

The Killer Cadets;
http://www.texasmonthly.com/cms/printthis.php?file=feature.php&issue=1996-12-01

The body at Somerton Beach;
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2011/08/the-body-on-somerton-beach/

An American Drug Lord in Acapulco;
http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/an-american-drug-lord-in-acapulco-20110825?print=true

The King of Human Error;
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2011/12/michael-lewis-201112.print
 

Jnor

Peter Fenwicke (45)
Readin the rolling stone drug lord story now, I really enjoy a lot of their longer features - thanks for posting!
 

bryce

Darby Loudon (17)
Joe Mac, having read that article on hackers, my already high level of internet paranoia has skyrocketed. I'll be recommending that to plenty of people I know.

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Not exactly 'articles', but I'm a huge fan of Late Night Live on ABC radio national. I download plenty of the podcasts from iTunes and listen to them when I'm on the go. There are few radio shows that I know of with such a broad array of interesting topics and guests. At the moment there is a selection of the best interviews conducted over the past 20 years -

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/features/inbedwithphillip/
 

Joe Mac

Arch Winning (36)
Thanks Bryce, Ill have to have a look at that.

I put tape over the camera on my laptop out of paranoia last night!
 
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spooony

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Joe Mac, having read that article on hackers, my already high level of internet paranoia has skyrocketed. I'll be recommending that to plenty of people I know.

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Not exactly 'articles', but I'm a huge fan of Late Night Live on ABC radio national. I download plenty of the podcasts from iTunes and listen to them when I'm on the go. There are few radio shows that I know of with such a broad array of interesting topics and guests. At the moment there is a selection of the best interviews conducted over the past 20 years -

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/features/inbedwithphillip/
Read this
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...aks-the-inside-story-of-the-hbgary-hack.ars/1

How hackers hacked HBGary and disgrace its CEO. HBGary is a security company doing lots of jobs for the FBI. Just read what those hackers did. Especially the reverse social engineering part on page 3. Was quiet funny
 
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