Houston 2600 — Computer security, hacking, coding and mayhem

We’ve joined the 1990s errr 2000s err 2010s by now having a social networking presence:

• http://twitter.com/houston2600
• http://www.myspace.com/houston2600
• http://www.facebook.com/pages/Houston-2600/335911515174

I know you’re well and truly fascinated.

Is this too cute?

Come join a hacker-oriented computer cultist community where we like to make things work in unconventional ways. All knowledge levels accepted; what’s needed is an open mind and a desire to learn, even when you know too much already.

http://www.hou2600.org/

Voting enabled. Just kidding — post your comments below.

Some ideas Lord Phatal and I were kicking around in email.

It was good to see all of you. Thanks to all who showed up. We had a large turnout and some good discussions, although as usual chaos seemed to be a major player as we tried to stay coordinated.

The meeting had four discernible parts:

I. Food and gabbing at Ninfa’s Express (the non-express part, where you sit down)
II. 2600 continuation at Border’s
III. Cigarette break behind Border’s
IV. HAQR meeting among the nu-metal (40% off!!1!)

We also got our hands on some tshirt designs. First, altalp’s submission:

And, based on that, a new submission of some ideas we kicked around at dinner:

And then T-900 helped me come up with another design:

LordPhatal submitted another based on the above:

And a late mod on that one, excuse the bad photoshop skills:

See if that kickstarts any imaginations out there. If you have any great ideas, create a mockup using the tshirt form and email the list maintainer.

Ah… we’re thinking of having a tshirt. First proposed design is below. I don’t know much about visual art or design, so it’s just kind of a guess as to what we should do. Feedback appreciated.

Finally we’ve got all our systems up and running – blog, wiki, BBS & mailing list! Send an email to admin<a.t>hou2600.org to be added to the mailing list.

The June meeting was a success with around 20 people showing up to practice lock picking and discuss some interesting technology. After Ninfa’s kicked us out, we went down to Borders books for more treats and social engineering.. More information on some projects soon…