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    Cover of Nightwork

    Nightwork

    Institute Historian T. F. Peterson · 2003

    The MIT hacking culture has given us such treasures as police cars and cows on the Great Dome and a disappearing door to the President's office. 'Nightwork' includes material from two previous books published by the MIT Museum and new materials on recenthacks.

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    67% recommend33% neutral

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    1. caio1982Mar 2014
      It comes to mind the excellent book "Nightwork: A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT" by T. F. Peterson. Highly recommended (and it does contain the two competing hacks of the link IIRC).
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    2. smanekOct 2008
      If you're into these sort of pranks look at these books:

      http://www.amazon.com/Nightwork-History-Hacks-Pranks-MIT/dp/...

      http://www.bookstore.caltech.edu/caltech/shop_product_detail...

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    3. ghaffFeb 2022
      There's a book called Nightwork from MIT Press that sort of covers the history of hacks and related. (I think I have a couple photos in the original edition and I was involved in a fairly minor one.)
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