Pwning Tomorrow: An Anthology of Short Fiction from the Electronic Frontier

This book, published by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and released on their 25th anniversary, is a collection of short stories from several authors including Neil Gaiman, Bruce Sterling, Cory Doctorow, and tons more. The stories chronicle many different adventures about the future of “technology over the next 25 years and beyond, imagining the consequences of everything from abusive intellectual property lawsuits to out-of-control viral marketing; from over-protective intelligent fridges to violently loyal cyber-pets.” (Maass, 2015)

You can donate to the EFF and download the book from here: https://supporters.eff.org/donate/pwning-tomorrow. The book is also available for free download.

Maass, D. (personal communication, December 17, 2015)

Because sysadmin

There was this book I read once and it got me even more interested about being a sysadmin. I don’t exactly remember what book it was but I’m pretty sure it was written by Cory Doctorow. Although, it is also possible that it is a short story from one of his collections. (If anyone can tell me what short story or book it was, please feel free to leave a comment and I will thank you a lot.)

Anyway, that’s not the point of this whole thing. Way before reading that book, I’ve been more than interested about being a sysadmin. I just don’t know why I never found the time to work on it.

Now, though, that I’m over all my criminology courses for my BS in Criminology and I’m also over all my CS courses for my BS in Computer Science, I’ve a bunch of time in my hands.

This, I say, is a very good time for me to stop being a mere user of Linux and diving way deeper into it than I have ever before. The point of this blog is to keep myself updated about my progress. Perhaps even share a bit of knowledge or two to anyone who might care about these things.

Also, I hope that I will be able to keep up with both this blog and the rest of the learning. Hey, maybe I could get certified, too!