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Hi to all of you,

I was tipped off (thanks Mark) that William Gibson, author of "Neuromancer", "Count Zero", "Mona Lisa Overdrive", "The Difference Engine" (with Bruce Stirling), "Virtual Light", "Idoru", "All Tomorrow's Parties", and "Pattern Recognition", was going to be signing copies of his latest book "Spook Country".

A couple of years ago armed with my trusty security bit screwdriver I managed to obtain a London transport CCTV poster.

It turns out that William Gibson had put on his blog that he was after the very same poster. So...I went to the book signing with my poster and traded it for a hardback copy of his book which he then wrote a dedication in it to me :-)

The dedication says:

To Reverend Rat with extreme gratitude for his generosity and security tool!

W M. Gibson
29 Aug '07
London

That's it for now, thanks for dropping in, speak to you all soon.
Yours
The Reverend Rat +:-)

More pictures from the Forbidden Planet book signing event on Wednesday 29th August 2007:

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London 2600 5th August meeting report:

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We got the full aircraft type safety drill....

I swear his eyes watered....

The city is a nightmare...

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I am in the middle of writing a mobile phone water damage, repair guide....

I was wandering around in town and spotted this bloke....

I went to the "Brumcon" in Birmingham....

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Hows about the nutter that threw himself off the top of Centrepoint?

"Leet meet" Tonight, usual haunt...

Wanted ...Contributers to the radio show...

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I hand the girls over to the Police...

Then,... there was this mid month...

This is what happens to your phone when it gets wet....

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Hi Folks some of you might be interested in this radio program,
The link was sent to me this morning.
Yours
The Reverend Rat

CONNECTING


A lesson in social engineering on BBC Radio 3 from the original Phone Phreaks, featuring voices, sounds and archive recordings from the period
Written and presented by Ken Hollings
Music and Sound Production by Simon James

Go where only your ears can take you.

On Between the Ears, Radio 3, 91.3FM, Saturday September 4 at 10pm

'You know hacking is a misnomer too. Some people go out there with their smarts and figure out ways to do things, maybe that's a pure form of hacking, but most people sit around and wait for other people to tell them: "Oh, try this. Do it this way. This is how you do it." I mean that's just - huh - playing with it.'
Steve Wozniak, cofounder Apple Computers

The first and original hackers, the 'phone phreaks' exploited a design fault in the American telephone system during the 1960s and 1970s to gain illegal access to the entire network, allowing them to make free calls, set up 24-hour party lines and spread information amongst themselves. Some of those involved went to jail - others went on to pioneer the phenomenal rise of the home computer. This is their story.

Featuring the voices of Captain Crunch, Joy Bubbles, Mark Bernay and Steve Wozniak, plus archive recordings of actual phone phreak party lines, telephone system sounds, prank calls, ads and intercepts.

Go where only you ears can take you .

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/betweentheears/pip/kb8fk/

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Hi all, mid month 2600 leet meet ;-) on friday at around eight at the Bricklayers arms....
Dr K the author, is now in town and will be attending with various goodies,
Hope to see you there
Yours
The Reverend Rat

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Well it`s hot....45 degrees C....

Well as usual I got sh**faced....

I found a dual P2 server...

A "Stinkie" riots.....

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HOT or what ?
The inside of the internet cafe went up to 49.9 C......

The fluorescent lights caught fire...

my "Matrix" like skills kicked in.....

Needed......
Input ....

Standing near by, there is a black guy with a big spliff and a even bigger smile......

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