people ask why i still live in the terminal. the answer is not nostalgia. the terminal is the only interface that has never been rewritten under me.

in 2010, aram bartholl began cementing USB ports into walls across five continents. each one was an invitation. plug in, take what you find, leave something behind. no server, no …

a password is a string you can type, which means a string you can leak. a yubikey is a secret you cannot type, cannot read, and cannot extract. it answers challenges without ever …

an agent should resolve missing request details before it acts.

a pull request sits approved, mergeable, and untouched. the reviewer said yes. the code passed its checks. nobody pushed the button.

BBS mail made the path visible. you could see who handled a message and when.

a mark that can be redrawn with a compass and straightedge survives format changes. oculus uses that constraint.

an edit button changes history. witness does not have one.

before the network had an API, it had a sound. 2600Hz was root. phreak is an archival emulator for that era. the tones, the trunks, the whole in-band signaling mistake.