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Fight for Freedom Logs On A new class of freedom fighter has emerged in Cuba - the computer hacker. In a country where high prices and government censorship restrict access to the internet, an increasing number of Cubans are using creative methods to explore the internet unhindered. These "informaticos" acquire laptops from friends in foreign countries and modify the hardware and software to get around government censorship. Once online, they can explore websites dubbed subversive by the government and blocked even to academics and politicians. They can access unfiltered news from the out...

A story of trains, computers, and two images. This is at the same time a continuation to what may become a loose series, namely, “Things on the Web that aren’t what they seem to be”, and the beginning of an entirely new one. Anyway, this is the story of two photos that are rather well known in the context of computer history. You may even have seen one or the other popping up on a website. Since you are reading this blog, you may be even familiar with the broader context. Context In 1961, the MIT recieved a DEC PDP-1 computer from Digital Equipment Corporation as a donation. It was one...