Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.63.0506022130380.10978@panix3.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: forgotten mode of hacking
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 21:30:50 -0400 (EDT)
forgotten mode of hacking http://www.asondheim.org/ - go to radio jpgs - from a 1922-1924 book on radio, the illustrations indicate that 'hacking' existed at least as early as 1920-21 - in relation to radio. the structures are similar - 'generation gap,' ad-hoc innovation, networking (there is a picture of an eleven-year-old teaching others; there are also prizes for the most innovative radio etc.), probing the radio spectrum as a form of exploration (and the spectrum as 'place'), free distribution of knowledge, etc. this is one of several books I've seen describing the 'boys' (and to some extent girls - Dorothea and Alice Hanna construct their own radio as well). given this, I wonder what other early technological communications 'hacking' existed - were 'boys' working with telegraphy for example? and for that matter, when did car mods begin?