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Cory Doctorow Presented with EFF Pioneer Award; Temporal Causality Loop Ensues

Remember that xkcd comic featuring the time traveller from the future who liked to dress in “period costumes” of early 21st century bloggers?

Well, we’ve now got a temporal causality loop on our hands. On Tuesday night, when the Electronic Frontier Foundation presented Cory Doctorow (a friend and former boss of mine) with a Pioneer Award, they were inspired the comic (which has made its way around geek circles) and also presented him with a red cape, goggles and a balloon:

Congrats, Cory!

Joey deVilla

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