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Alexandria Project, Chap. 8 – Face Off with Fearless Fosdick

Our story so far:  Now under surveillance, Frank begins to plan his escape.  Read the first chapters here, and you can also follow the Further Adventures of Frank on Twitter. To Frank’s disgust, it was love at first sight for Lilly when Carl Cummings ...

From ANDY UPDEGROVE, LXer,  8 Mar 2010

Related Topics: Al Capp,  Twitter Inc

Alexandria Project, Chap. 6: The Perils of Profiles

Our story so far: Our hero, Frank Adversego is trying to catch a hacker threatening the Library of Congress, whose motives remain obscure. But the pursuer is about to become the pursued. Read the first chapter here, and follow the Further Adventures of ...

From ANDY UPDEGROVE, LXer,  22 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Library of Congress,  Twitter Inc

A Big Victory for F/OSS: Jacobsen v. Katzer is Settled

A long running case of great significance to the legal underpinnings of free and open source/open source software (F/OSS) has just settled on terms favorable to the F/OSS developer.  The settlement follows a recent ruling by a U.S. Federal District ...

From ANDY UPDEGROVE, LXer,  20 Feb 2010

Please Welcome MeeGo

I don't usually post twice a day, but today was opening day in Barcelona of the Mobile World Congress, the biggest mobile show of the year, and the announcements were popping thick and fast.  One of those announcements unveiled a new mobile platform ...

From ANDY UPDEGROVE, LXer,  16 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Intel,  Microsoft Corporation,  Paul Otellini

Alexandria Project, Chap. 5: So how do ya like them iBalls?

Our story so far:  Our hero, Frank Adversego now understands where the name "Alexandria Project" comes from, but hasn't been able to figure out much else yet about the mysterious cracker whose exploit threatens the Library of Congress.  Read the first ...

From ANDY UPDEGROVE, LXer,  15 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Library of Congress,  Twitter Inc

The Alexandria Project, Chap. 4: Beware of Greeks bearing Trapdoors

Our story so far:  Security expert Frank Adversego comes under suspicion when the Library of Congress is hacked by a mysterious cracker with motives unknown and a taste for the bizarre; to protect himself, Frank had better get to the bottom of things. ...

From ANDY UPDEGROVE, LXer,  8 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Library of Congress

The Alexandria Project, Chap. 3: I just HATE it when that Happens

George didn’t turn around when Frank appeared in the doorway.  He was clearly lost in thought, staring at the whiteboard in his office.  Frank realized that George had sketched out the LOC’s IT system at a high level, noting the particulars of the ...

From ANDY UPDEGROVE, LXer,  2 Feb 2010

Related Topics: Tracy Kidder,  Tom West,  Library of Congress,  Google Inc.,  Central Intelligence Agency

Tagging the Noosphere

Indeed, one can hardly get through the day without using technology that is based on XML in some fashion. When you fill your auto tank with gas, XML often flows from pump to station. When you configure your digital camera, on some models you do so ...

From ANDY UPDEGROVE, LXer,  28 Jan 2010

Related Topics: Google Inc.

The Alexandria Project, Chap. 2: The Plot Thickens

Our story so far:  Security expert Frank Adversego has been passed over to lead a major project at the Library of Congress, but discovers that the Library has been hacked by a mysterious cracker with motives unknown.  Read the first chapters ...

From ANDY UPDEGROVE, LXer,  25 Jan 2010

Related Topics: Library of Congress,  Central Intelligence Agency,  US Department of Defense,  Rush Limbaugh,  Al-Qaeda

The Alexandria Project

On the morning of Sunday, December 12, a morbidly obese Corgi named Lily was sniffing a tree on 16sh street, in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C.  A cold, insistent drizzle was falling, but Lily didn’t care, because Lily was ...

From ANDY UPDEGROVE, LXer,  19 Jan 2010

Related Topics: Library of Congress,  Facebook Inc.,  Georgetown University

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