the final destination movies are the mouse trap of horror movies

When will there be an “introvert option” when calling companies or taking an uber? Look, I know you have to ask me a bunch a questions, but I just want to cancel my internet service bc your upload speeds are trash. If I wanted to talk to someone, I would have left the house today.

Ever had one of those days where the only thing that will make it better is a latte? That is this day - cat woke me up at 4am, upload speeds from Spectrum are trash so I need to switch providers, and none of my tech seems to work.

Just to confirm - i’m not the only one who talks to my computer while debugging, right? “What do you mean no data found? The raw dump of data from the previous print statement says that is a lie.”

I just spent 4 hours debugging my python script that pulls data from a Vuln Mgt tool because their trash APIs will sporadically put a blank row before the header row when downloading a csv 🫠

One more day to @cackalackycon.bsky.social and I haven’t started packing yet…

OMG @cackalackycon.bsky.social is this weekend!! Come and say hello, check out some talks, hack some hardware, hack a server with EverSecCTF, pick locks with @unregistered436.bsky.social, get cybersecurity career advice from @hoodoer.bsky.social and me, and so so much more. Can't wait!!

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

Is it just me or does it look really ugly using screenshots from dark mode when writing up reports or documentation? It seems so out of place and jarring against a document’s white background.

What to know who all your home devices are talking to? NextDNS + PFSense w/ NextDNS cli “Snoop on to them, as they snoop on to us” Cereal Killer

so far my flight has been delayed by a broken seat, paperwork, and now a “catering truck” that was abandoned behind our airplane so we can’t back out. I have been up since 4am and have a full day of meetings and then a company dinner. For the love of all that is good, can we please get going 😭

I always figured that when the cyberpunk dystopia got into full swing I'd be out there in black leather and mirrorshades fighting the Man, not shuffling around my house in a bathrobe looking like the Dude after too many white Russians.

Why do I have such a hard time wrapping my mind around GraphQL? It ranks up there with regex in making me feel like a complete idiot. I've debugged linux kernel modules at 1am, for fk's sake!

If we are going to live in a cyberpunk dystopia where megacorps run our government and politicians have complete immunity, could I at least get a robot that delivers yummy ramen to my balcony?

Sometimes, we get asked about what we want to see in the #CFP Solarpunk? Sure! Purple team? Neat! De-shitification of the Internet? Yes please! Biohacking? Let's go! Community building? Of course! First time speaker? We’ll even assign you a mentor! sessionize.com/cacka...

Goddamn, but Teen Vogue continues to knock it out of the damn park. This is top-notch reporting, and absolutely worth your time.

"Masculine Energy"

"The petition is, in effect, post-election litigation that seeks to remove the legal right to vote from people who lawfully voted under the laws and regulations that existed during the voting process." NC Supreme Court Justice Richard Dietz, of the conservative majority www.wunc.org/2025-01-08/n...

I really really need to write up some notes and a report for work and I really really don’t want to do it. I just want to do the fun security automation, code writing, and hacking stuff. But, future emwav will appreciate present emwav for getting it done today. time to get busy….

Thinking of conference speaking as a New Year resolution? CackalackyCon Call For Papers #CFP is open now until Feb 14. This year we're proud to offer mentoring for new speakers. #infosec conference in Raleigh, NC on May 16-18, 2025. sessionize.com/cacka...

I love me some rock ‘n’ roll Christmas music. but you have to admit, playing “I want you to want me” but changing the lyrics to “ I want you for Christmas”, is a pretty…. Cheap Trick.

Not surprising- not regularly showing up to the boxing gym for 6 weeks due to work, travel, and sickness has killed my cardio. Surprising- Pad work was on point this morning. Guess i’ll be hitting the pavement for the next few weeks so I can get back to sparing with passing out 😁

in case anyone needs some cuteness in their day, here’s a picture of my cat sleeping under my electric blanket

“OK, time to change the music, I can only take so much jungle” - that’s something I never thought I’d say. Damn I’m old.

Major Announcement Regarding the HOPE Conference: Effective immediately, HOPE will happen EVERY summer, not every two years. HOPE_16 will be August 15-17, 2025! www.2600.com/content/majo...

Tried my best. Sorry I couldn’t pull it through everyone - we live to fight another day. ♥️

it's Jane Austen's 249th birthday and I hope you'll celebrate by taking a turn about the room, developing a passion for dead leaves, inadvertently falling in love with the last person you could ever be prevailed upon to marry.

I don’t get it. Why do kids wear PJs and slippers to high school? I have so many questions - do you roll out of bed in your PJs (no shower) and head straight to school? Do you sleep in clothes and then change into PJs? Are there formal PJs for parties?

I’ve decided that this is the year that I will complete all of the #tryhackme #AdventOfCyber challenges. I’m only a couple of days behind, but catching up.

Tonight's time sq33k spent muted while explaining things during the staff meeting before she realized it: 64 seconds Congratulations to s0lray who was the closest with his pre-meeting estimate of 75 seconds! #conferenceplanning #infosec

The amount of randomly capitalized words in this report is going to make my head explode. ChatGPT is great at fixing grammar; please use it.

(hacker) dad memes make me giggle 😁

Me: ok that's everything in the dishwasher *presses start and turns around* Teaspoon: you're not gonna believe this

when did we as a society, decide it was ok to have a bunch of random tv commercials at the movies. Pepsi commercials, eh, ok. Commercial about random medications, NO.

Happy 37th anniversary of the Max Headroom Incident, to those who celebrate.

Present Me would like to thank Past Me for saving scripts like build.sh and run.sh in my repos because I don’t touch some of my code for moonnnthhhssss and have no clue how it is supposed to work when I need it.

I sometimes wonder why I put up with cats - waking me at 3am, running under my feet, and constantly begging for food. Then I see one jump up 5 feet and eat the fly that has been bugging me all morning. That's when I think, you have earned your keep my friend... also don't lick my face ever again.

In technology, there are no stupid questions, only stupid error messages.