On Empathy Empathy, Empathy, Empathy! All of this, all sides, all people. Empathy is the key and what we seem to be losing. I like to think I have great empathy for
adventure Lost Creek Wilderness Loop I was getting the itch to do a backpacking trip. Given the pandemic situation I decided to stick close to home and went with the Lost Creek Wilderness Loop. Coming
Car Camping Load Out I have a vested interested in making car camping as easy and comfortable as possible: If I am going alone with my son, I have to ensure I am able
cloudflare SSH Access With Cloudflare Argo and Access Although Cloudflare generally has pretty good documentation. In this specific case, the documentation is spread over multiple pages and actually just wrong in a couple spots. I am going to
adventure Skiing With a 2-Year-Old We took our son skiing for what could be the last time this season. As such, I thought it would be appropriate to recount the trials, tribulations, and celebrations of
adventure Squaw Mountain Fire Lookout I am not sure where I first heard about them (probably some click-baity Facebook ad), but for the last few months I have been obsessing over renting a US Forest
adventure Five Fourteener Frenzy Weekend After planning a Sunday trip to climb Longs Peak with some folks from 14ers.com I decided to fill my Saturday with the DeCaLiBron route. After the Sunday Longs trip
computers Unattended Install: virtualbox-ext-pack On 30 September 2019, Ubuntu updated the virtualbox-ext-pack package to no longer auto-accept the EULA in order to align with legal requirements and their desire to be very clear about
diy DIY Barn Door A common architectural feature out here in Colorado is to not actually put a door between the master bedroom and the master bathroom. So we decided a barn door was
computers Verizon Wi-Fi Calling Firewall Config UPDATE: wo.vzwwo.com is an additional domain that needs to be allowed. This is short and sweet. If you want to get Verizon Wi-Fi calling enabled on a restrictive
adventure Mount Evans - 14,264' Mount Evans is Colorado's 14th highest peak and also one of the most accessible as it has a road to the top. I tried to summit this mountain a few
adventure Pit Stop At Arches National Park The drive from Las Vegas to Denver is a long one. Somewhere in the 11-12 hour range. This length of trip necessitates at least one major pitstop (on top of
adventure Zion National Park - Partial Zion Traverse I was in Las Vegas for work and had a long-ish weekend due to moving from day shift to night shift. I decided this would be the perfect opportunity to
adventure 10 Years, 10 Things I Have Learned My wife and I have been married for 10 YEARS TODAY!!!! It is insane how quickly time flies and how many life events have happened in that time. I love
adventure Olive Ridge Campground - With A 2-Year-Old With the weather being so outstanding, we decided to pack up the fam and head up into the mountains to get a weekend camping trip under our belts. We had
adventure Mount Falcon Park We were looking for a hike on the west side of Denver so that we could meet up with friends in the area afterwards. Mount Falcon Park was in the
adventure Saint Mary's Glacier Being in Colorado, I felt the itch to get up into the mountains before our first month in our new home was up. On a suggestion from my brother-in-law, we
computers pfSense With CenturyLink 1GB Fiber We just recently moved into a neighborhood that offers CenturyLink 1GB fiber into the house. I mistakenly though the change would be as simple as plugging in my current setup
computers Hack The Box: Irked Irked: Retired If 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
computers pfSense Insights This post will be updated as I find out interesting tidbits while working with my pfSense. Usually this will be getting something in the house to work as expected with
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
adventure Moanalua Valley Middle Ridge to the Forbidden Haiku Stairs Distance: 9.6 miles Time To Top: 3 hours 8 minutes Time Down" 2 hours 25 minutes Round Trip Time: 6 hours GPS Track Of My HikeWith a new baby
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
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
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,
