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A collection of 58 posts

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 hear a high-pitched alarm going off.  Her sump alarm was going off. My mom really

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, that is only with B service) * Rear differential fluid change * Tire rotation Cost Because I had already

computers

Hack The Box: DevOops

DevOops: Retired 13 October 2018 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 environment. Head over to hackthebox.eu [https://hackthebox.eu] to get started. Been a while since I

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 the trip: 1) to take the little guy on his first camping trip and 2) to use

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 able to go hiking for months, this was a perfect day to hit the trail.

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. I ended up going with Digital Ocean [https://www.digitalocean.com/].Amazon [https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/

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 if I did something different or needed additional information, I will add that in. Follow this guide

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 my remaining days off and we settled on New York City because I had never been and

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 how excatly to use theHarvester so I am not covering that. The current version from theHarvester GitHub

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 though it appropriate to detail my process for two purposes: 1) So that some new brewer somewhere

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 so that we could visit family that recently moved to Honolulu. The trip was an amazing opportunity

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 hard to rival. Unfortunately, in Texas, there are only a few hikes in the local area that

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 write tests for your code. Even more so, you should write the tests before you ever even

computers

Hack The Box - Bashed

Bashed: Retired 28 April 2018 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 environment. Head over to hackthebox.eu [https://hackthebox.eu] to get started. Bashed was one of the

computers

SANS SEC660 - Advanced Penetration Testing, Exploit Writing, and Ethical Hacking

UPDATE: I took my exam and PASSED! I felt that the actual exam was a bit harder than the practice tests but I also get my best score out of the three. The material covered in class is great but you really have to have read the text in the

computers

Hack The Box - Sense

Sense: Retired 24 March 2018 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 environment. Head over to hackthebox.eu [https://hackthebox.eu] to get started. Sense was an easier box

computers

Hack The Box - Mirai

Mirai: Retired 10 Feb 2018 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 environment. Head over to hackthebox.eu [https://hackthebox.eu] to get started. Mirai was certainly one of

computers

Hack The Box - Solidstate

SolidState: Retired 27 Jan 2018 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 environment. Head over to hackthebox.eu [https://hackthebox.eu] to get started. Solidstate was extremely similar to

reading

Book Review - Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance

!!!!SPOILERS!!!! While perusing Facebook, I saw recommendation for this book. I had never heard of this title before that. I put a few titles on hold from the library and this was the first one that was available and I am glad. Hillbilly Elegy is an intriguing story of one

fun

Flying To The Coast

The last opportunity we had to fly the family to the coast was back in November and the plane had a leaky fuel sump and kept us on the ground, so being able to finally make the trip in January was a treat. We originally had plans to be in

sans

SANS Holiday Hack 2017 - Wintered

This year's Holiday Hack did not disappoint. Using vulnerabilities and attacks that dominated the headlines this year made the event even more fun.

fun

Book Review - Frank Herbert's Dune

!!!!SPOILER ALERT!!!! I just decided that I would write reviews for books that I have read that seem impactful in some way. Some of these might just be literary reviews but could stray to social commentary about how the book addresses current issues. The first book on the list is

computers

Metasploitable3 CTF

Rapid7 just wrapped up the second of their Metsploitable3 CTFs, this time for the Linux version of the intentionally vulnerable OS that both beginner and advanced hackers can hone their skills on. They only allowed 500 participants/teams worldwide. I had a lot of free time the week of the

computers

Hack The Box - Blocky

Blocky: Retired 9 Dec 2017 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 environment. Head over to hackthebox.eu [https://hackthebox.eu] to get started. Blocky has been the easiest

fun

Hocking Hills State Park

While in Ohio for some Air Force training I decided to violate our 90 minute driving radius and drive two hours to the gorgeous Hocking Hills State Park. I have to admit, I did not expect much from Ohio, the drive in was about as flat as Nebraska and when