Battle Angel Alita is a 1993 cyberpunk anime film with a persistent, eloquent presence on “Most Underrated” lists. It’s due for a James Cameron-directed live action update next year, and we at Cryptosphere Global HQ sincerely join hands and bow… Read More ›
We’ve featured many different kinds of movies here on The Cryptosphere’s Film Friday. We’ve served up earnest. We’ve served up tragic. We’ve served up happy. We’ve served up sad. And now, my friends, clear the table; it’s time for the… Read More ›
This is it, kittens. The real thing. Not the first, but the biggest (though at the time a box office failure), baddest, and possibly the best of the 90’s cyberpunk genre, Hackers is nothing less than a great movie. As… Read More ›
The year was 1999. The dotcom boom had begun to go bust. The Euro was born. Everyone was in love with Shakespeare in Love. The Melissa worm was launched. Bill Gates becomes the richest man in the world. And David… Read More ›
America gets the $10 bill it deserves! Pool party po-po emails a no-go…unless you cross their palms with silver. Unstoppable cyberspies that CANNOT BE UNPLUGGED! Cyberpunk lessons from South America of the 70’s. And more in hyperbolic yet shockingly true… Read More ›
Thank you, kittens! As of today your clickety-clicks have brought The Cryptosphere to 2000 Likes on Fedbook, 1724 Followers on Twitter (where we are, counterintuitively, @_cryptosphere), three or four retweets from WikiLeaks (swoon!), 260,000 views, mentions in Time, PC Week,… Read More ›
TGIF, kittens! All ready for Friday the 13th? Rabbit’s foot at the ready? Crucifix firmly affixed? Four leafed clovers all over? Excellent. Now you’re ready for today’s news links. Military approves hormone therapy for Chelsea Manning (USAToday) Download the first… Read More ›
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In our tradition of featuring the defining documents of the internet, today we offer you John Perry Barlow’s A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace, reprinted from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. This 1996 Outsider manifesto articulates a philosophy of not simply… Read More ›
Brace yourself. This is weird, even for The Cryptosphere: legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog has released a book called Werner Herzog: A Guide for the Perplexed: Conversations with Paul Cronin, and on the back cover he has outlined 24 points that… Read More ›
This post is long, long overdue: in fact, I should have started this website with this post. This is the original Hacker Manifesto by The Mentor, a member of the Legion of Doom hacker crew. It was first published 29… Read More ›
Tonight’s feature movie is so bad I doubt the copyright holder will even bother hitting YouTube with a takedown notice. It has 5.9 out of ten on IMDB. It’s Android, from 1982, starring Klaus Kinski, which is a perfect storm… Read More ›
In the Visigothian swathe of destruction the FBI wrought throughout the Darkweb with last week’s takedowns of 400 URLs (27 actual websites), one casualty may have been overlooked. Because it was not on the Darkweb at all. Cyberguerrilla.org is a… Read More ›
From Aussie comedian, reverend, and Julian Assange co-star Sean Bedlam comes today’s Crypto-Affirmation: We attached a GoPro to your sense that everything is spiralling into nothing. — Rev. Sean Bedlam (@seanbedlam) November 2, 2014 Strikes the right note for Monday,… Read More ›
Cyberpunk? Check. Alt Comix? Check. Burnng Man? Check. Twilight films? Nope. OH THANK GOD THERE’S STILL HOPE FOR ME! Very servicey, 9Gag! How many of these can you tick off? Can anyone fill out their entire card and win a… Read More ›
A fascinating subject for documentary indeed: the Kurdish female fighters who have lately captured the interest of the world as well as quite a few ISIS jihadis. This video is a half-hour long, so settle in and prepare to be… Read More ›
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