ANONYMOUS: THE STORY OF AARON SWARTZ

ANONYMOUS: THE STORY OF AARON SWARTZ

Aaron Swartz 

(November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013) 

was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist. He was involved in the development of the web feed format RSS and the Markdown publishing format, the organization Creative Commons, the website framework web.py, and the social news site Reddit. 

Swartz's work also focused on civic awareness and activism.

He helped launch the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in 2009

 to learn more about effective online activism.  He founded the online group Demand Progress,

 known for its campaign against the Stop Online Piracy Act.

ELLO

ok.. i'm trying this.. check out my new profile on ELLO~

KRAFTWERK @ DISNEY HALL

 

ok~ i don't care much for disney, and i hate 3D, but i sure am glad i went to see

KRAFTWERK AT DISNEY HALL!

the last time i saw kraftwerk was way back in 79 at a small venue in hollywood.

i'm happy to report they are fresh as a daisy and have only improved with age.

i thought about smoking a joint prior to the show, (it felt like some kind of acting out/mid~life crisis.)

but opted to drink red wine instead. my long~time friend," penny" aka glen meadmore joined me for a drink, even though he doesn't drink. penny was green with envy he could not get a ticket. he opted to watch on monitor in the cafe @ 10:30pm.

the music was better than anything in this cultural wasteland called pop music, the 3D beautiful, and  acoustics @ disney hall are  pitch perfect. 

what a treat! i was so happy, as was the audience. it boggles my mind to think this music is 35~40 years old!
creator and the only original band member~Ralf Hütter was the last to give his robotic bows to an over~joyed crowd.  immediately after the show i walked the gardens of disney hall. i love the delft chard fountain. it was surprisingly empty and eerily quite. what a special night.

i love downtown LA, almost as much as i love 

HOLLYWOOD.

SIRI ARE YOU "HER"?

EARTHLINK SUCKS

HALLO ANTEBELLUM FRIENDS & PATRONS.

how are you?

earlier today i sent an announcement for antebellum next event on email- 
antebellum@earthlink.net

i have been told that the email was somehow corrupted, (by EARTHLINK)
and has been repeating itself continuously.
please let it be known, that i am NOT SENDING SPAM nor has my account, (or yours) been hacked.
earthlink has taken full responsibility and said the problem has been resolved. they offered me this apology~

From: EarthLink Customer Service

Subject: Apology Email from Earthlink

Date: January 5, 2014 3:38:49 PM PST

To: antebellum gallery

earthlink sincerely apologizes for the inconvenience caused to you. as there was a problem on our end and out technicians at the server end worked to fix the problem.

what can i add to this, except my apology and request that you please not delete me from your files.

what else can i add...... EARTHLINK IS AN ASSHOLE!

EARTHLINK LIVE CHAT

[04:14:21] Janet A: My name is Janet A. How may I assist you today?
[04:14:47] antebellum@earthlink.net: hallo - i just sent ONE email announcement out and have been told that my friends received it 20 times!
[04:14:51] antebellum@earthlink.net: what should i do?
[04:14:58] Janet A: I apologize for the inconvenience caused in this regard .
[04:15:24] antebellum@earthlink.net: people are thinking i'm spamming but i am not
[04:15:46] Janet A: Alright
[04:16:02] antebellum@earthlink.net: but i only sent once
[04:16:10] Janet A: Alright
[04:16:14] Janet A:  Multiple E-Mails are being received by the recipient
[04:16:14] Janet A: - SE03238937.
[04:16:25] Janet A: Let me check for you , Please give me some time
[04:16:30] antebellum@earthlink.net: ok
[04:16:37] Janet A: Thank you.
[04:17:01] Janet A: Thank you for staying connected.
[04:17:02] Janet A: I appreciate your  time and patience.
[04:17:10] Janet A: I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to you.
[04:17:16] Janet A: Please don't worry as there is a problem on our end
[04:17:24] Janet A: technicians at the server end are working to fix the problem as soon as possible.
[04:17:31] Janet A: Please be assured about the same as we will leave no stone unturned to get it fixed as soon as possible.
[04:17:36] Janet A: Your patience and understanding is greatly appreciated in this matter
[04:17:58] Janet A: Unfortunately there has been no time frame specified for this Outage but since it is nation-wide, it should be fixed at the earliest since a lot of people are getting inconvenienced due to it
[04:18:08] Janet A: Thank you for your patience and Understanding.
[04:18:35] antebellum@earthlink.net: this makes allot of people angry with me
[04:18:42] antebellum@earthlink.net: this is a big problem for me
[04:18:58] Janet A: I am so sorry to hear it
[04:19:02] antebellum@earthlink.net: i was just told they are still coming 4 at a time!
[04:19:12] antebellum@earthlink.net: people are gonna hate me
[04:19:13] Janet A: This Outage is nation-wide
[04:19:36] antebellum@earthlink.net: and this will very much ruin my event that i'm trying to promote
[04:20:01] Janet A: I am so sorry to hear it , We are trying our level best to resolve the issue as soon as possible
[04:20:25] antebellum@earthlink.net: will you send an announcement and apology?
[04:20:29] Janet A: Please tell them there is a outage going on and it will be fixed as soon as possible
[04:20:38] Janet A: Unfortunately there has been no time frame specified for this Outage but since it is nation-wide, it should be fixed at the earliest since a lot of people are getting inconvenienced due to it.
[04:21:30] antebellum@earthlink.net: i want  an email apology sent to my subscribers
[04:21:46] antebellum@earthlink.net: this will greatly hurt my business
[04:23:01] Janet A: I am so sorry to hear it
[04:23:05] Janet A: How was your Overall experience with earthlink ?
[04:23:30] antebellum@earthlink.net: this is irrelevant
[04:25:18] Janet A: Please give me some time , let me check for you
[04:26:25] Janet A: Let me first verify your account details
[04:26:32] antebellum@earthlink.net: ok
[04:30:46] antebellum@earthlink.net: has the emailing stopped?
[04:31:08] Janet A: We are working on the issue , it may take few hours
[04:31:21] Janet A: Our Technical team is working on this issue
[04:32:06] antebellum@earthlink.net: if my people are being spammed 4 emails per minute for a few hours- I WILL HAVE NO FRIENDS LEFT!
[04:32:14] antebellum@earthlink.net: EVERYONE WILL DELETE ME
[04:33:26] Janet A: We are trying our level best to resolve the issue as soon as possible
[04:33:36] Janet A: I am so sorry about it .
[04:33:53] Janet A: I wish I could do more to make your experience better   but  that’s all ,within my scope of support,hope you  understand it.
[04:34:07] Janet A: How was your Overall experience with earthlink ?
[04:34:51] antebellum@earthlink.net: IT IS NOT GOOD.. WHY DO YOU KEEP ASKING SOMETHING SO OP POSIT OF THE PROBLEM?!
[04:35:21] Janet A: I wish I could do more to make your experience better but that’s all ,within my scope of support,hope you understand it
[04:35:38] antebellum@earthlink.net: YOU SOUNDS LIKE AN IBOT
[04:35:56] antebellum@earthlink.net: ARE YOU?
[04:36:16] Janet A: I am so sorry .
[04:36:28] antebellum@earthlink.net: ARE YOU?
[04:37:34] Janet A: I have done my best providing a credit and also I have escalated the issue to a  server level team
[04:37:56] Janet A: I have done whatever was possible from my end
[04:38:01] antebellum@earthlink.net: WILL YOU ANSWER MY QUESTION
[04:38:37] Janet A: Yes, please ask the question so that I can answer your question
[04:38:48] antebellum@earthlink.net: ARE YOU AN IBOT?
[04:39:19] Janet A: No , You are chatting with a Live person
[04:39:36] antebellum@earthlink.net: WHAT OFFICE ARE YOU IN?
[04:40:41] Janet A: I am in India , according to company policies i ma not able to provide you any further information
[04:40:54] antebellum@earthlink.net: THAT ALL I NEED TO KNOW
[04:41:10] Janet A: Alright , Thank you.
[04:41:16] Janet A: Thank you for your patience and Understanding.
[04:41:27] Janet A: Is there anything else, I may assist you today?
[04:41:38] antebellum@earthlink.net: WILL YOU NOTIFY ME WHEN THE PROBLEM IS RESOLVED?
[04:42:51] Janet A: As it is already escalated and engineers are working on it , you can try after a couple of hours .
[04:43:03] antebellum@earthlink.net: HOW CAN I TRY?
[04:43:09] antebellum@earthlink.net: THERE IS NO TEST
[04:44:44] Janet A: I mean please check after a couple of hours and I assure you that it will be taken care of
[04:45:04] antebellum@earthlink.net: WILL YOU PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL?
[04:45:55] Janet A: Definitely I will mail you this transcript on antebellum@earthlink.net
[04:46:46] antebellum@earthlink.net: THNK YOU... THE EMAIL I WOULD LIKE IS WHEN THE ISSUE IS RESOLVED AND AN APOLOGY I CAN SEND TO MY SUBSCRIBERS
[04:47:51] Janet A: Definitely , once the issue is resolved you will be notified .
[04:48:39] Janet A: I wish i could send apology email , but it is something beyond my scope of support , However we will try to send a sample apology mail
[04:51:55] antebellum@earthlink.net: OK
[04:52:01] Janet A: I appreciate your time and patience.
[04:52:08] antebellum@earthlink.net: I DON'T SEE HOW IS BEYOND YOU?
[04:52:21] antebellum@earthlink.net: DO YOU NOT REPRESENT EARTHLINK?
[04:53:01] Janet A: We do represent Earthlink, but I have done all that could be done from my end
[04:53:20] antebellum@earthlink.net: I NEED A REPRESENTATIVE FROM EARTHLINK REASSURING MY SUBSCRIBERS THAT IT WAS NOT MY INTENTION TO SEND 40 NOTICES
[04:54:01] Janet A: Alright , I will put forward this request so that this will be taken care
[04:54:51] antebellum@earthlink.net: IF YOU DON'T REP EARTHLINK... WHY ARE YOU ASKING PRIVATE SECURITY QUESTIONS ABOUT MY ACCOUNT???
[04:55:09] antebellum@earthlink.net: AND WHY ARE YOU ON A SUPPORT SITE FOR EARTHLINK???
[04:55:17] Janet A: You are chatting with a Earthlink live support agent
[04:55:43] antebellum@earthlink.net: SO- YOU JUST CONTRADICTED YOURSELF
[04:55:53] Janet A: No , please refer above
[04:56:13] Janet A: I have told you that we do represent Earthlink
[04:56:16] antebellum@earthlink.net: YOU ARE EARTHIK SUPPORT, BUT DON'T REPRESENT EARTHLINK?
[04:56:31] antebellum@earthlink.net: THEN LET ME CHAT WITH SOMEONE WHO DOES
[04:57:36] Janet A: I have checked with my supervisors , we will be able to do whatever is there in our level of scope
[04:58:17] antebellum@earthlink.net: LET ME CHAT WITH YOUR SUPERVISOR
[04:59:28] Janet A: Please give me some time , let me transfer your chat
[05:01:31] Ali: Hello, I see you've already been chatting. Please give me a moment so I can read the previous chat and pick up where you left off.
[05:01:51] antebellum@earthlink.net: HALLO I HAVE BEEN CHATTIN WTH JANET A  WHO JUST INFORMED ME SHE IS NOT EARTHLINK
[05:02:05] antebellum@earthlink.net: SO I ASKED TO BE TRANSFERED TO SOMEONE WHO IS
[05:02:32] Ali: Let me go through the above chat
[05:03:23] Ali: I apologize for the inconvenience caused.
[05:03:47] antebellum@earthlink.net: ENOUGH OF THE FALSE APOLOGY-

               I WOULD PREFER REAL RESULTS
[05:04:28] Ali: Let me explain
[05:04:28] Ali: I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to you. as there was a problem on our end.
[05:04:28] Ali: The technicians at the server end worked to fix the problem
[05:04:35] antebellum@earthlink.net: HAS IT BEEN FIXED?
[05:05:13] Ali: As due to maintenance, it has been happened and yes it has been fixed now
[05:06:07] antebellum@earthlink.net: COULD YOU PLEASE SEND ME AN APOLGY EMAIL FROM EARTHLINK THAT I MAY PASS ON TO MY SUBSCRIBERS?
[05:06:32] Ali: Sure, I would do that
[05:06:41] Ali: Can I have the email address to send now
[05:06:32] antebellum@earthlink.net: THIS GLITCH HAS GREATLY HARMED MY REPUTATION
[05:06:48] antebellum@earthlink.net: AND THEY  WILL LOOSE TRUST IN ME
[05:06:59] antebellum@earthlink.net: THE EMAIL IS ON OUR CHAT FEED OF COURSE
[05:07:17] Ali: Okay, let me do that now
[05:07:19] Ali: In order to get this done, I need to place you on hold for moment. May I place you on hold for this? 

DIGITAL GLORY HOLE

have you heard of DEAD DROPS?

the newest trend in digital communications.  people are starting to randomly place dead drops wherever they like for anonymous  file sharing with others,  in this case art.

i am excited to announce that antebellum hollywood has the first ever dead drop in los angeles.

created by antebellum artist~ ASA FOX, entitled~ DIGITAL GLORY HOLE, 

 this will be a permanent  instillation @ antebellum.

come check it out and download art. for now it's free, but in the near future there will be a fee.

YOU CAN FIND ANTEBELLUM'S DIGITAL GLORY HOLE 

HERE~

the brief history of dead drops thus far~

‘Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space. USB flash drives are embedded into walls, buildings and curbs accessible to anybody in public space. Everyone is invited to drop or find files on a dead drop. Plug your laptop to a wall, house or pole to share your favorite files and data. Each dead drop is installed empty except a readme.txt file explaining the project. ‘Dead Drops’ is open to participation. If you want to install a dead drop in your city/neighborhood follow the ‘how to’ instructions and submit the location and pictures.

a Berlin based media artist aram bartholl started  the ‘Dead Drops’ project during my stay in NYC at EYEBEAM as artist in residence, October 2010. Dead Drops was part of the show “Talk to Me” at the MoMA  July-Nov 2011.

READ MORE~