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This was another of those months where I've been so busy that I did very little reading. Once again, I'm studying for multiple certification tests (re-tests?). Related to reading, the current Humble Bundle is looking quite interesting. For those with acces...

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I use a combination of Bitlbee and ZNC to maintain a persistent presence on Jabber and IRC, even when I'm not actually online. Bitlbee will convert a number of non-IRC chat services (Facebook, Twitter, Jabber, Gtalk ) into IRC channels and ZNC provides the...

What was I reading in April 2018?
Another busy month. Participated in a local CTF (team placed third!). Took a class on ISA standards for industrial control systems (now studying for those tests). Spent most of the last two weeks face down in a single spreadsheet and the danged thing sti...

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This month's reading list is quite light as I was on travel (multiple times) for most of the month. I'm also focused on generating another Element14 hardware review and attempting to get a user group organized. I also passed the GPYC certification. Someho...

What was I reading in December 2017?
December was a busy, busy month. From being on travel for approximately half of the month (cumulative), to a 3-day some-assembly-required post-Christmas session to assemble a toy plastic robot arm, to a multi-week review/interpretation of SSH man pages. M...

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Didn't get much reading done this past month. Between the day job and moving/updating the lab, there was very, very little leisure time was left. I did manage to write a script to clean up buddy requests in a Bitlbee/ZNC architecture (separate post in thi...

What was I reading in May 2018?
There was a slight delay in posting the below. Between spending last weekend at the ER and spending this weekend moving the office, there was very little time to post. In the interim, we've ordered some cheap toys from eBay. Will talk about them later. 2...

What was I reading in March 2018?
A little less busy than the previous month. Same amount of travel but did get some site-seing in (Grand Tetons!), at the end of a very interesting class. Putting a lot of time in on a complicated project, which is due the first week in April. 2018-03-03 -...

What was I reading in January 2018?
Reading for the month of January was a bit lite because I was studying for a test (which I passed yesterday). At the same time, I was acting as technical editor for an acquaintance's book (completed a week or two ago). I have approximately 3 weeks before t...

What was I reading in November 2017
2017-11-03 - Court reinstates SCO's misappropriation claim against IBM in long-running lawsuit - Here's what I don't get: How does SCO have standing if they didn't own the code? This has passed through rediculous and has reached the realm of really annoyin...