A Brief History of All Things Us

It all started with a dream. The dream of a doe-eyed, baby faced adolescent boy who aspired to one day share his love of all things hairy with the world through a mediocre mustache based magazine. One etymology project, four staff members, and five days later, Handlebar Magazine was born. So sit back and shave your worries for later. It's time for the hairy truth.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Andrew Auernheimer: Conniving Convict or Harmless Troll?


With the advancement of technology comes the advancement of several other things: knowledge, efficiency, and… trolling? I’m as much of a fan of made up words as the next person, but the sheer ugliness of the word provoked a cautious sense of intrigue upon my research into all things “troll”.

During said research I stumbled upon a Gawker article about the master troll himself, Weev Auernheimer. Essentially, Auernheimer is nothing beyond your everyday super genius, government hating hacker.  He’s arrogant, witty, and very obviously abusing multiple kinds of drugs. Unfortunately, he couldn’t stay hidden in the digitized confines of cyberspace forever.  Writer Nathan Adrian follows Auernheimer as he spends his last few hours as a free man before being locked away in prison for hacking in to, and obtaining customer information from, mobile service provider AT&T.

If for nothing else, read this article for your own safety. You never know, the computer whiz sitting next to you might just one day steal your identity. 

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