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aliu — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 05:37:26 +0000

Miscellaneous items relating to Agrippa.

Agrippa Files’ Reception

editor — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 22:50:58 +0000

On December 1, 2005, the Agrippa Files team held a reception and panel discussion at the University of California, Santa Barbara’s library to celebrate the inauguration of the project. Panel members included Alan Liu (English Department), James Hodge (English Department), Brian Springer (Art Department), and Harry Reese (Art Department).

To view clips from the reception, click on the following links. Note that Macintosh users may need to download Windows Media Components for Quicktime Player.

Introductory remarks by Alan Liu
James Hodge
Brian Springer
Harry Reese
Question and Answer Session

Advertisement for The Kitchen.

editor — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:34:15 +0000

Village Voice 15 Dec. 1992: 92

Advertisement in Village Voice for the December ninth transmission of Agrippa from The Kitchen in New York City.

“A one-time fiber optic transmission of this collaboration between writer WILLIAM GIBSON and artist DENNIS ASHBAUGH. To be read live by ROBERT ASHLEY.”

Goings on about Town. “Get Agrippa.”

editor — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:27:19 +0000

New Yorker 14 Dec. 1992: 28

Notice in New Yorker of Agrippa’s transmissions in New York City at the Kitchen and Americas Society.

“On Dec. 9, the book’s text will be transmitted via modem from Wyoming to several computers around the world. Gibson’s story, which is about the death of his father, is programmed to ’self-destruct’ once the words have been displayed.”

Markoff, John. “A Public Battle Over Secret Codes.”

aliu — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 06:01:39 +0000

New York Times 7 May 1992: D1.

When this article by the well-known Times writer on the cyber-beat appeared, the programmer of the encryption code on Agrippa’s diskette faxed it along with a letter to Agrippa’s publisher. “I think it explains why [John Perry] Barlow has said that a fuss is being made over the encryption of this thing [Agrippa],” the programmer’s letter comments.

Markoff’s article reports (and reflects on the fact that), “A House Judiciary panel will hear testimony on the issue today, for the second time in nine days, as Congress ponders whether to resurrect legislation that would give intelligence officials a greater ability to monitor the use of encryption by businesses and individuals.”

For a contemporaneous full-text online posting of Markoff’s article, see Computer Privacy Digest, vol. 1, no. 24 (13 May 1992) (at that time administered from an army.mil domain name and posted to the Usenet group comp.society.privacy [moderated]).