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Darren Kitchen

Self proclaimed bit-monkey, pixel pusher, and IPTVer

About Me

Darren Kitchen is a self taught hacker in the old-school sense of the word. Moving from scene to scene with his trusty 1200 baud modem, the kid cyberpunk found passion in journalism and videography. From phreak e-zines and short films in the 90's to Systems Administration today, Darren is now following a dream as host and producer of the Internet Television show Hak5.

Hak5 is the Internet Television show for technowenies and ubergeeks alike. With high quality tech entertainment and all things hack and mod. You'll find yourself breaking out the soldering iron with Wess or yielding networks (in)secure with Darren. So join the gang on the 5th of each month for an engaging hour of leetness and geekness.

Operating from a home studio in Williamsburg, Virginia since August of 2005, Darren Kitchen and Hak5 have been featured in publications such as Wired Magazine , G4 TechTV's Call for Help and Torrent , Computer America Radio, and even Adventures of Superman .

When Darren isn't wearing his Systems Administrator, Host, or Producer hats he enjoys Ballroom Dancing, Break-Beat / Trip-Hop music, and keeping it real in Unreal Tournament with the Hak5 community.
Embedded with uber leetness by Veoh.com

My Interests

Film, Video, Photography, Ballroom Dancing, Internet Television & Production, general hackery.

I'd like to meet:

Motivated, passionate, free spirited people. Ambition and willingness to learn. Creativity, and integrity. Buzzword compliance.

Music:

The Killers, The Postal Service, Hooverphonic, Air, Portishead, Mono, Morcheeba, Imogen Heap, Dido, Fischerspooner, Beth Orton, Autour de Lucie, Boa, Die Toten Hosen, Orbital, Chemical Brothers, Deftones, The Cranberries, Tricky, Duran Duran, U2, Tori Amos, BT, Sneaker Pimps, Shirley Bassey, Moby, Jem, The Prodigy, Poe, The Shins, Bjork, Blue States, Lamb, Olive

Movies:

Breakfast at Tiffany's, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Sneakers, War Games, Dark City, Run Lola Run, Waking Life, Fight Club, anything with Carey Grant

Television:

LabRats, OpenAlpha, CommandN, TWiT, DL.TV, Geek Entertainment TV, Starvin with Louis, Pure Pwnage, Ctrl+Alt+Chicken

Heroes:

Mom & Dad