I live in a suburb of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I also am within a two-hour drive of Philadelphia, Washington DC and Baltimore. On June 2, I decided to take a small "road trip" to Red Emma's,

Many of you had to go through "Driver's Education" or "Safety Education" classes in High School. You spent hours in a classroom learning the rules of the road, traffic signs, etc. It

A few years ago, I was prepping for the Security+ Certification. My job experienced a security incident. A few days after the incident, one of the security specialists was at where I worked. I took an

Over the weekend, the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, activist community lost of their own. An activist who had spent over twenty years working with residents of a blighted neighborhood passed away. The way

President Trump, likely inspired by fellow autocrats like Putin, has decided to effectively take charge of the planning for this year's 4th of July celebrations. According to USA Today, his plans include

A few years ago, the term "hack" got applied offline. There were "lifehacks", of which I came with a simple one to use a tool to clean a drain to clear a clog in my vacuum cleaner's

Yesterday, May 5, was Cinco de Mayo. It's a holiday many think is Mexican Independence Day. In reality it is the celebration of a military victory by Mexican troops over French Forces in 1862. In recent

In September, I started a new job. I had gotten tired of testing cell phone cameras and the position was never intended to be anything more than a "sentence". The job I have now is more of a

A few years ago, I decided to go to a nearby State Park. The plan was to walk a trail and then cool off in a lake. My plans took a literal turn for the worse when I managed to end up on a longer trail.

Many people remember "Gamergate", and it looks like games may be back in the news. The gaming community seems to have their controllers in a knot over a character's ending from the most recent

Saturday, April 20, I headed home to spend the Easter weekend at home. This was going to be an interesting experiment as my youngest Sister, of whom I am estranged, was going to be there as well. I had

As I wait for the keyboard for my tablet to arrive, I have other tasks I can complete. One was to try and get the Searx metasearch engine up and running on my Raspberry Pi. I actually began by backing

Any endeavor requires some equipment. Gardening requires soil, etc. A sport may require equipment or lessons. My efforts to become a "Legionnaire" looks like it will require a small additional

Last week, the tablet I ordered arrived, and I was surprised at that lack of unnecessary apps on it. I was able to get most of the apps that I wanted to install on it. I did not install the Orbot TOR Proxy

You may remember my idea to turn an old phone into a portable pentesting tool ran into a snag in the form of the phone being too old. A tablet had the same limitation. The phone will be recycled and the

Going to a small high school like I did, teachers often taught multiple classes and multiple grade levels. This led to things like me having the same teacher for; Algebra 1, which I took in 8th grade,

One thing members of #theresistance will have to be able to do is do things on the run. Hacking or pentesting is no different, so I was excited when I saw an article on how I could take an Android device

I got a bit of a windfall this week in the form of a $1000 bonus from my job. I plan to use a good chunk of it to cover bills; I've spent a bit of what isn't accounted for on food, ink for my printer and

November, 2016, my Dad is sitting at home on a Saturday afternoon watching football. Suddenly, the game is interrupted by a special report. "We are in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania," the report begins,

I spent the 23 and 24 of February with my family, it was my Nephew's 8th birthday party and I thought it would be nice to go. He got lots of nice presents I got to "talk geek" with my brother-in-law