As DEFCon approaches, its time to have that talk about burner devices. There are often plenty of bad advice. Lots of snake oil, and of course, some people who give up entirely noting that some super threat would simply defeat whatever you do anyway. First, we’ll start with “What is…

I was there this year, the Circle of HOPE, Hackers on Planet Earth 2016. I was there when the the Anarchists set up a big table, and about 5–6 Trump supporters crashed the con and harassed attendees. While its been fair to say that hacking has always been political in…

It came in the mail today, the replacement for the ill-fated Blitzart. Straight from California, like all E-skate is a Meepo Longboard, V2. Like a bat out of damn hell. The controls on this new board are wonky to say the least, being very hard to feather the throttle, and…

I can tell you there is no finer joy in this life than the potato potato potato sound a Harley makes as you pull a way from a stop. I soothes the soul. It feels good. The only thing better than that is the gentle vibrations shaking your bottom like the rubes would get an vibrating chair for. And this is part of the therapeutic experience. Not too quick, no too slow, with a low redline, plenty of torque, and wide spaced gears, the harley is easy, comfortable as a big vibrating couch rolling down the road, lay back, easy riding.

As the fallout of Cambridge Analytica scandal continue, I cannot help but notice that there are still many people that somewhat miss the point, and deliberately miss the bigger picture. Analytica was not some creepy rouge actor corrupting an otherwise socially healthy service. They used Facebook for exactly what it…

Damn you Blitzart. I’m not sure why it failed but it did. After less than a week of commuting and generally riding around on an E-skateboard, the thing finally gave up. I can go no further than 15 feet down the road before the radio freezes, controller disconnects and I need to reset the board itself. Less than a week and this cheapo piece of crap is done. As of now it sits in a box waiting to go back. So that sums up blitzart. At least I get a refund.

When I was young, way back in the 20th century, we had skate punks on skateboards. Today, in the 21st century, I the cyber-punk am on a e-skateboard and adjusting somewhat nicely to the habbit. …

When you describe a skateboarder, you think the grace, daring, and skill of a bold youth. Not a clunky thirty something with combat boots and some repurposed motorcycle gear, looking for a cheap commute option. You see, with a mile and a half walk home in the dark under 5…

Traditional 1 dimensional political map is this thing: https://www.iagreetosee.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/political-spectrum.png Seems familiar as this is what we are taught in school. This is preferred by liberals, as it portrays liberalism as in the center, and implies this as rationale and “balanced”. It also mislabels terms like “conservative” wanting things the way…