Book: Nightwork - A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT

[sasvari]

http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=9559

[Symmetry]

For a good resource on MIT hacks that you don't have to buy http://hacks.mit.edu/

I'll resist the temptation to link to one in particular...

[p4bl0]

MIT hacks are very similar to what we call "canular" at the ENS (École normale supérieure) in France. The french word "canular" has actually been invented there using a false ethymology and has since become a regular french word everybody use without knowing it's origin.

[jechen]

One of many things I admire MIT for is their hacker culture. I wish we have one at CMU- but the culture there is completely different. It's a damn shame.

[adamfeldman]

I first read this when I was 13, and what I learned about MIT's culture really stuck with me. Great book

[zmanian]

Just a got a free copy from the MIT enterprise forum. Looks like a nice book.