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BOOK / MEMOIR
Beyond the Little Blue Box
The complete story in my own words: photographs, stories, technical history, close calls, and the people who shaped the journey.
Book details coming soonARC_2600
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The paper trail of a life spent inside systems.
A growing collection of artifacts, recordings, writing, appearances, and technical history—made to outlast the stories told from memory.
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ARTIFACTS / DOCUMENTS
The Crunchman Archive
Letters, blue-box hardware, telephone artifacts, EasyWriter material, early software, ads, clippings, conference material, recordings, correspondence, and technical documents.
Archive in progress03
WATCH / LISTEN / READ
Media Archive
Television, documentaries, podcasts, radio, interviews, conferences, and magazine and newspaper coverage—organized primarily by year.
Catalog in progress04
MOVING IMAGE
Video & YouTube
Phone phreaking, computer history, interviews, conferences, ham radio, current projects, and personal stories—carefully selected and organized by subject.
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CHRONOLOGY
Public Appearances
A record of significant appearances, talks, reunions, and gatherings around the world.
Timeline coming soon06
NOTES / NEWSLETTER
Writings & CrunchTime
History, project journals, ham radio, propagation, software and AI, personal writing, and longer updates from what is happening now.
Collection in progress
Preserve the people, not only the machines
Li-Chen Wang, Len Shustek, John Draper, Gordon French, Marty Spergel, Bob Lash, and Ralph Campbell at the Homebrew Computer Club reunion, March 5, 2001.
Image credits
Open archive sources
John Draper at Maker Faire Berlin 2015, photograph by Sebaso. Blue box at the Powerhouse Museum, photograph by Maksym Kozlenko. Homebrew Computer Club reunion, photograph by Susan Bradley. All used under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.