artOfDeception/Intrusion
IM a dork. To make money im going to hack a well known site and then become a security analyst for them and make even more money. This is what every dork/geek aspires to do. Mitnick did exactly that. He dropped these two books as well which cover some essential techniques for crime/business/security. Its one of those documents that kind of labels itself as information for security experts to know so they can avoid getting scammed. in reality it acts as a how to in scamming people. The art of decpetion and the art of intrusion are essentially the same book. Except one is hyperthetical and the other is based on actual things that happend eg. LeonardoDiCaprios character Frank Abagnale jr from catch me if you can gets a few paragraphs. Catch me if you can is a great movie. Another example of a man who used to like being naughty and then became legit. Alot of important aspects of social engineering are covered which can help not only in crime but also in everyday life. Dumpster diving. Default passwords. Blagging. Uniforms.
Its worth a read like. gets a bit samey and kind of boring at some points but then some of the stuff inside is pure gold dust. he does have an incredible business card like!
ultraMan
I first found out about Dean ‘ultraMarathonMan’ Karnazes in an issue of wired. In fact it was this thing right here. Read it. After I read that I got his book ultramarathon man. I think it was a pretty big seller and fucking loved it.
Ive always hated running and thought of it as a pretty boring past time. Big Dean changed all that because he is probably the most punk rock man on earth. Not in a mohawk on his head and a load of crap tattoos kind of way. He started running the night of his 30th birthday when he was shitfaced and thought about cheating on his wife. Before he did cheat he stripped off, hit the road and before he knew it he was 30miles away. his feats include stuff like ringing up for a pizza and a cheesecake to pound it while hes running a ridiculous distance through the night. He has too pound the calories because he burns so many on each run. He also ran so much he sent himself blind but he kept running regardless. I think this was during a race that was originally ran by horses through the mountains. He then snapped out of the blindness when someone gave him a cake with whole coffee beans in. Im not sure if that is a metaphor or not and in reality he got given a space cake. it wouldnt suprise me. hes also clocked a marathon through death valley and the arctic. he cuts back on sleep so he can run all night. Holds down a high powered big business job. even though hes a incredible athlete he isnt gay about it and still pounds coffee and things like that. fixes blisters with super glue. runs with his heart. read this book
supplemental
steve informed me of this old farmer dude called cliff young who is amazing. read his story here.
