=== Things I've written === (TXT) Gopher on a Commodore 64 (TXT) "Smart" devices: Stop feeding the beast (TXT) telehack.com and Internet text-based hacking and system exploration simulations (TXT) LORD (TXT) 70 columns === Things I plan to write about === Computing in the timesharing era (circa 1960s-70s) Computation, network, and memory oscillations General Electric's MARK-III Timesharing service X.25, Tymnet, and Telenet Ideas on local non-Internet networks Local coffee shop bespoke network access kiosks The Public Switched Inter-Network (PSIN) PSTN vs ISDN vs PSIN Building ad hoc networks on the PSIN with VPNs Infinity and the importance of curation There will always be another network We've got to talk: A brief history of telecommunications Phone Trips The Mythical Man Month by Fred Brooks "Smartphone apps" vs. "real things" The Web and surveillance