LifeHacker has essentially posted a “101 guide” to lock picking, for all the little kids out there who are on holidays!

If you’ve never picked a lock before, you’re missing out. It’s a fun, for the most part it’s a strictly analogue/mechanical pursuit (a therapeutic break from electronic gadgets), and unlike, say, learning to juggle, when you end up locked out of your house you can actually put your skill to use.

See, it’s got full justification! Brings back memories of the Anarchists Cookbook, and other such publications, back when the internet was actually just a source for “free” knowledge (circa 1990-2000ish)…