I'm 17 years old. I'm not a straight-A student or anything. Even so, I figured out how to make an Internet that they can't wiretap. I figured out how to jam their person-tracking technology. I can turn innocent people into suspects and turn guilty people into innocents in their eyes. I could get metal onto an airplane or beat a no-fly list. I figured this stuff out by looking at the web and by thinking about it. If I can do it, terrorists can do it. They told us they took away our freedom to make us safe. Do you feel safe?

Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about.

... the Kindle is a "roach motel" device: its license terms and DRM ensure that books can check in, but they can't check out.

Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.

Technology giveth and technology taketh away.

We roared. We were one big animal throat, roaring.

Giant letters march across the dome of the sky: HOME NOT FOUND. Huw, who knows Comic Sans when she sees it, winces in mild disgust.