AES stick-tutor guide and Cryptonomicon and jwz and duct tape

AES guide. This is lovely. In the style of http://www.xkcd.org/
http://www.moserware.com/2009/09/stick-figure-guide-to-advanced.html

Fits in, I'm reading Cryptonomicon at the moment (fantastic by the way).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon

http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html

I'm doing some duct-tape scripting myself these days, and we made a kayak from cardboard and duct tape :)
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2009/09/23.html 

jwz the Duct-tape programmer
http://jwz.livejournal.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/About:_URI_scheme 

about:config in firefox, also about:plugins 

in exploder About -> System Info