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VIDEO: See the South Bay Scooter Club buzz around the San Pedro region in all their two-stroke glory.

  Scooters & computers:
Two tales from the city's edge


WHAT DO HACKERS that explore computer networks by night and scooterists that explore L.A.'s winding backroads by day have in common? The Obscurantist's NOAH BARRON shows us that a love of fringe culture, modifying machines and sharing their interests with like-minded folks makes them mirror images of one another.
 

sub1_blurb75 The secret world of hackers

Who exactly is is a "hacker"? It's a question that's been answered, both correctly and incorrectly in the media. Learn more about the evolution of the hacker identity and its (mis)representation in mainstream culture.

Real self-professed hackers have a code of ethics they stick to religiously, or so they say. But it's not what you think.

sub1_blurb75 Mods & scooters:
A love affair born in Italy, consumated in England and reborn in America


It was love at first sight for Vespa manufacturer Enrico Piaggio almost 70 years ago. Italy's teens, the U.K.'s Mods and the U.S.'s ska kids all eventually fell for her clean lines and plump rump. Follow this undersized and underpowered motorcycle's long romantic history.
     
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