- Valerio Capello
Valerio Capello, also known as Elf Qrin, is known in the hacker community for his contributions to many magazines and
e-zine s of such scene.He contributed to "NewOrder" [http://neworder.box.sk NewOrder - computer security and networking portal] ] , "" [http://www.2600.com/ 2600: The Hacker Quarterly] ] (including the Italian translation for the DVD version of
Freedom Downtime , a documentary about the imprisonment ofKevin Mitnick ), the Italian e-zineButchered From Inside of theS0ftpj group.He also wrote some articles for computer magazines since the '80s, and gave some directions for technical articles on the top Italian newspaper
La Repubblica [http://www.repubblica.it/online/tecnologie_internet/track/presentazione/presentazione.html Dossier on Repubblica] ITA] . His first article appeared on the Italian computer magazineCommodore Computer Club .Many of his works denote a passion for hacking history and culture, notably " [http://www.elfqrin.com/docs/BeingHacker.html Being a Hacker] ", written in 1999, an interview with
Loyd Blankenship (The Mentor ) [http://www.elfqrin.com/docs/hakref/interviews/eq-i-mentor.html Elf Qrin interviews The Mentor] ] e [http://www.elfqrin.com/docs/hakref/phrkbox/phreakboxes.html The definitive guide to Phreak Boxes] , published on (Spring 2002 issue) and linked from theJargon File by its editorEric S. Raymond .Other interests
Valerio Capello has a passion for travels, especially for places far from classic tourist routes.
In the first half of the '90s, during the
Bosnian war , he served as avolunteer in severalrefugee camp s inCroatia .In 1996 he lived for one year in
Argentina , in a shelter for kids, which visited again during the next years.Trivia
* His first computer was a
Commodore 64 , got as a gift for hisbirthday at the age of 13.
* The name Elf Qrin was the name of character played by Valerio in therole-playing game "Dungeons & Dragons ".See also
* Hacker
*Hacking
*Jargon File External links
* [http://www.ElfQrin.com/ Elf Qrin's home page]
* [http://www.geody.com/ Geody - The online world database]
* [http://www.elvenkids.com/ ElvenKids - a website by kids for kids]References
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