Thomas grew up in Northern California where he fell in love with music and photography while going to punk shows and shooting skate photos. He photography in college, which may or may not qualify him to host an art podcast. When he's not working on Art Uncovered, Thomas works as photographer, retoucher, and audio editor and also plays guitar in the band Sleepies. He lives in Queens, New York, for now.
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The Malware Museum
This week: Cyber-security expert Mikko Hypponen has been studying and collecting computer viruses for 25 years. His newest project, called The Malware Museum, brings together some of the most interesting, and most artistic, computer viruses from the 80s and early 90s, a time when malware was spread via floppy disks instead of the Internet. Mikko says that in the early days malware programs were as much about technical acumen as they were about creative expression. Mars Land from The Malware Museum and archive.org Walker from The Malware Museum and archive.org Crash from The Malware Museum and archive.org Skynet from The Malware Museum and archive.org LSD from The Malware Museum and archive.org Casino from The Malware Museum and archive.org Marine from The Malware Museum and archive.org ELVIRA G from The Malware Museum and archive.org Playlist 00:00 - BTR Today 00:45 - Malware Museum 02:51 - Mikko Hypponen 04:44 - Interesting Viruses 05:53 - The Casino Virus 07:51 - Virus Aesthetics 10:42 - Virus Writers 12:19 - Viruses Then and Now 15:47 - Corporate Viruses 19:45 - Transportation and Cyber - security 24:43 - Cyber threats today 26:44 - BTR Today 28:00 - Finish