Hand-crafted keyboards, computers, and accessories from the imagination of a retro-Victorian artist.

"maddog" recalls some of the history of encryption and PGP and discusses why they should matter to everyone.

SSL Encryption and Signature Compilation

By the time you read this, the world will already know whether Ubuntu has succeeded in raising US$ 32 million in a crowdfunding effort to build a new Ubuntu-based smartphone. The project has been the talk of open source circles since it started. As of now, it looks like they will be around US$ 22 million short, but that’s the glass-half-empty assessment. The other side is: They have already managed to raise nearly US$ 10 million dollars to create a new smartphone – no small feat for a little fish swimming with the sharks in the sea of mobility.