Category: Personal
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AI Proofing Your It/cyber Career: The Human Only Capabilities That Matter
In the past ~4 weeks I have personally observed some irrefutable things in "AI" that are very likely going to cause massive shocks to employment models in IT, software development, systems administration, and cybersecurity. I know some…
Maine 2025 Ballot Questions Redux
If you want to or do vote "yes" for question 1, you are not a real American, you are not a real Christian (if you profess to be one), you are not a decent human. You are at the very least a classist; you are also very likely a…
I told you so…
Just putting a marker out there, that I'm either fundamentally wrong, or we all are f'd this…
A Critical Analysis of ICERAID
ICERAID (iceraid[.]us) presents itself as a "GovFi protocol" that purportedly delegates intelligence gathering tasks from law enforcement to citizens. According to their materials, it rewards users with cryptocurrency tokens for capturing…
Escaping Groundhog Day
Friday, May 13, 2022 was my last day at my, now, former employer of nearly seven years. I'm not mentioning the company name 1 because this post is not about them 2…
Getting Back 2 Good
If you've been following my inane tweets and non-technical blog posts for any length of time since 2015, you likely know the 2016 election cycle broke me more than just a tad, with each subsequent month of the Trump presidency adding a bit…
It's [Almost] Over; Much Damage Has Been Done; But I [We] Have A Call To Unexpected Action
The last 4+ years — especially the last ~10 months — had taken a bigger personal toll than I realized. I spent much of President-Elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' first speeches as duly & honestly selected…
For Victoria & Kyle
Daughter #2 got married to a wonderful chap yesterday. I wanted to preserve the text of my speech and blessing for them here. I know it's on their wedding video but I'd like to archive it into the historical record as…
Moving the Shield to a new home
This week (Thanksgiving-ish, 2015) I start a new adventure at Rapid7! You can read more about why over at the official…
New Gig!
Well, the proverbial cat is definitely out of the bag now. I'm moving on from the current gig to take a security data scientist position at Verizon Enterprise. The esteemed Wade Baker will be my new benevolent overlord and it probably…