adventure Big Bend National Park: Outer Mountain Loop I had about 3.5 days of my first quarter time off leftover after trips to Washington (working vacation) and Hawaii and I desperately wanted to do a backpacking trip in Big Bend.
adventure Moanalua Valley Middle Ridge to the Forbidden Haiku Stairs Distance: 9.6 milesTime To Top: 3 hours 8 minutesTime Down" 2 hours 25 minutesRound Trip Time: 6 hoursGPS Track Of My HikeWith a new baby in the family, it was time to
crossfit Why Jillian Michaels Is Right and Wrong About Crossfit The CrossFit community has had their collective wrist wraps in a twist this week due to a video and article posted on Shape.com by Jillian Michaels (of The Biggest Loser fame) where
computers Verifying Slack Slash Commands in Google Cloud Functions Recently Slack moved from using "Validation Tokens" to validate that Slash Command requests were actually from Slack to signing the requests with a "Client Signing Secret". This seems like a simple change but
computers SANS Holiday Hack 2018 I have to be honest, life is just too busy this year for me to actually write a full report in the context of the story. Suffice it to say, I really enjoyed
adventure Flying To Dallas With A Toddler I have been wanting to fly to Dallas for a while and 3 opportunities in a row have resulted in the weather not cooperating. Well, we finally had the weather we needed to
diy Sump Pump Replacement Over the holidays I went over to my mom's house to visit and as I walk in the door, she is pulling everything out of the closet under the stairs and I could
commentary On Social Issues Over the last few months I have started a handful of blog posts about social issues of particular importance to me. These include:On Being A ManWhat Adoption Has Taught Me About RaceOn
acura 2017 Acura RDX 'A16' Service DIY car service can save you some serious money, especially when some of the maintenance can be done in your own garage. The A16 service for the RDX is:Oil change (no filter,
computers Hack The Box: Jerry Jerry: Retired 17 November 2018If you are interested in learning more about penetration testing, Hack the Box is a great way to get your feet wet in a legal and well built environment.
computers Holiday Theming Update: Added more to the commandline zsh config to apply specific emoji throughout the year. I have been playing around with a few theme options lately and the holidays got me in the
computers Hack The Box: DevOops DevOops: Retired 13 October 2018If you are interested in learning more about penetration testing, Hack the Box is a great way to get your feet wet in a legal and well built environment.
fun Camping With A 1-Year-Old The Wifey was working on a Sunday so I decided to spring into manly action and plan a camping trip for Saturday night with the kiddo. I really wanted two things out of
fun Friedrich Wilderness Park We had an uncharacteristically nice day this week after months of the Summer's oppressive heat and then a month of monsoon season. With a little bit of cabin fever from not having been
computers Server Migration I had a need to migrate this server to a different provider for cost reasons. This was also a good chance to document my process since I did NOT do that last time.
diy Pikler Triangle First off, I am no wood worker, I just found this Instructable and followed it pretty closely. In the areas where I did the same thing, I will just gloss over it, but
computers Reducing Image Sizes For Entire Blog I am lazy and when I add photos to this blog I do not do ANY resizing or adjustments. Well, over time, I have realized that having multiple multi-Megabyte size images on a
fun Family Trip To The Big Apple So we decided that taking a 1-year-old on a family vacation to New York City would be a marvelous idea. Being late in the year, we had to decide what to do with
computers theHarvester For Open Source Recon I was using theHarvester the other day and had to do a little extra work to get the data I wanted out of the results. There are plenty of posts out there about
computers InsightVM (Nexpose) Slack Bot Link to the repo at the bottom...Precursor to this post: https://ratil.life/slackbots-for-fun-and-profit/A few months back I decided to find a way to lighten the load of ad hoc vulnerability
learning My Brewing Process A friend at work and I got on the topic of brewing and though I brew on a somewhat regular basis, that conversation really re-invigorated my passion for this hobby. As such I
computers Timestamp Keyboard Shortcut In gedit I do not know why this was such a hard problem to find a solution to given that the solution I arrived at was extremely simple. On multiple teams I work with, we
fun Family Vacation: Maui Lahain Pali Trail Haleakala Sunrise Flying - Maui County Road To Hana Deep Sea Fishing Koko Head and Diamond Head Traveling With The LO Our family vacation this year was to Maui, HI
fun Hiking With My Baby I love hiking. The idea of getting to trek to a place tat few people have been or getting to see a vista that requires some work and planning are rewards that are
computers Testing With Python: First-Timer Perspective Certainly nothing groundbreaking here, just my experience diving into the world of code testing. Code Testing Any book, blog, or article about software development is going to tell you that you should always
