Lorraine Murphy
Lorraine Murphy is an Ottawa-based cybersecurity journalist and founding editor of the Cryptosphere. She has a keen interest in WikiLeaks and web culture, and her bylines have appeared in Salon, Vanity Fair, Serious Eats, and elsewhere.
Hacktivists ID the Sandy Hook Twitter pedo troll; WBC retreats
The continued saga of hacktivists’ war on the WBC and Twitter trolls now encompasses Anonymous, UGNazi, Rustle League, the Westboro Baptist Church, the KKK, and some random pedophile.
On Dec 20, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy
The Morning GIF: Takei time
George Takei has discovered the GIF. We repeat: George Takei has discovered the GIF.
On Dec 19, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy
Monday Mashup: “Jingle Pressure” wins Christmas
Have a very strange holiday with DJ BC’s psychedelic Mexican robot Christmas mashup.
On Dec 17, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy
The Morning GIF: Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Simply snowfall, silent and beautiful.
On Dec 14, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy
The Morning GIF: Satellite ride
The world is a little worried about North Korea’s new satellite.
On Dec 13, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy
The Morning GIF: A Christmas miracle
Potato Jesus had to have a birthday too.
On Dec 12, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy
Monday Mashup: Mark Twain, Satan … and dance music?
There’s surely no better way to start a dance track than with a quotation from the Devil, right?
On Dec 10, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy
The Morning GIF: Bar noir
GIF artist ABVH brings a piece by Ward Jenkins to life in this subtle cinemagraph.
How Christina Aguilera became queen of “dying grandparents”
Explaining the SEO behind this totally bizarre Google image search.
Anonymous spokesman Barrett Brown faces new charges
Brown is now being charged for sharing a link to Wikileaks’ Global Intelligence Files. Could any Twitter user who tweeted that link also face charges?
On Dec 7, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy
The Morning GIF: Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel
When you look this good, no matter what you spin, you win.
The Morning GIF: Magic carpet ride
Psykzz rolls out the Day-Glo carpet on Tumblr.
On Dec 6, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy
The Morning GIF: Windsor change
Kate Middleton is expecting, and the Internet is watching.
On Dec 4, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy
The Morning GIF: Kinect the docs
If funded, this project will let you choose your own path through a digital art documentary filmed in a Kinect-generated 3-D format.
On Nov 30, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy
The Morning GIF: Extreme Sherlock theories
Convoluted conspiracy theories rule the day when it comes to explaining how Sherlock survived The Reichenbach Fall.
On Nov 28, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy
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