Hackerleben: Girls and White Russian

Das New York Times Magazine hat ein interessantes Portrait über Virgil Griffith, der als Programmierer des Wikiscanners bekannt wurde.

But Griffith is not 14 now; he’s 25, and technofoolery may not satisfy him forever. The allure of real science is powerful, even as the hacker high life — girls, notoriety, White Russians — can be hard to resist. “Hackerdom rewards spontaneity, curiosity and ingenuity,” Griffith told me.