Life of a hacker

Everyday is a new one and I try to make the most of it when I'm cracking codes, or playing Chess on my computer, but it's always against the computer and I feel like I'm trying to prove that I'm better than the machine?

I've done a lot of things over the years with code-breaking, but also with computers and I know a few tricks on them and that's what makes someone a hacker, is knowing those tricks!