More then printing out, I’m printing up! Experiments with my first 3D printer!

3D Printing: My Third PrintWhen a colleague offered me a great price to buy his barely used Monoprice Maker Select V2 , I was instantly transported into the future. No more waiting for amazon deliveries, now i can download things straight into reality from the inerwebz!  Well, that’s almost what happened.

The learning curve was not as steep as i expected. my 3rd print was actually perfect; or would have been if i hadn’t run out of filament.  Funny story… i inherited with the printer a 1Kg spool of PLA. Unfortunately, the Monoprice Maker Select’s included spool holder doesn’t support large spools like this one.  So I had to maintain the slack on the spool or break off pieces for prints.  That is no way to live. The very next pint was of course was Maker Select V2 Spool Holder Mod by toastedsilicon

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Back to reality after another amazing DEFCON!

I met a pile of incredible people.  Bought some amazing toys (for science), some i’ve even got working.  Saw some talks and demos.  Talked to some of my heroes and listened to even more.  I saw Ladar Levison talk about epoxying your ports and adding thermite to your hard drives.  I played with the ECU of a fake car!  now i just have finish building the DarkNet Badge!  enjoy my pictures. The hat data is still being analyzed.  I’ll try to build something out of it eventually.


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Last minute writing contest entry received!

Defcon short story submission received!

It came down to the wire, but I got my story submitted.  Well, half of it anyway.  yea, i ended my story with the classic “To Be Continued”  Now i need to set to work on the conclusion.

Thanks to Sora, Paul, and Forest for not killing me while I got crazier and crazier over this project.

I will post both Part 1 and Part 2 here at some point.  Official Entries can be found here.  I want to  finish one more pass of edits first.  But get to reading, only 1 week to vote!

Return visit to Hart Attack to talk about hacking!

This was even more of a meandering discussion then last time.  We started with the election hacking scandal and branched out to cover all manner of terrifying technology.   Episode 123 airs on Christmas evening 8pm PST.  Downloads available sometime after here or podcast.  Here is a link:

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Hart and I have worked together for some time.  He is a mogul of all things horrific.  Now he takes on the horror of the modern day with a political/news podcast.  He is also struggling under the enormous weight of the medical care for his wife.  I encourage anyone with extra funds this holiday season to contribute here.