I found micing speakers at @kawaiicon.bsky.social stressful enough. This podcast talks to the sound engineers who did the Wicked movie & how they tried to get all the songs recorded live so sounded more realistic. cool problems to deal with. Was an interesting listen www.20k.org/episodes/wic...

Well that is a wrap on @kawaiicon.bsky.social for 2025. Thanks to all the crüe for all your work along with all the support from the vols. Cheers to the speakers for all content. Hope my part getting you all on stage helped :) And to the hacker community for turning up.

Random thought. For the Aussies coming to @kawaiicon.bsky.social fireworks are on sale until the 5th. So you can get your fix of contraband you can't get in Aussie 🤣 Please be careful no videos like Kiwicon 5 🤣

Waiting for a bigger crowd strike outage so we can forget about the Azure outage.

Health Minister: I would like to find a way forward to stop the strikes. Well big idea pay them what they are worth? Or he working on the PM's quote "go where the jobs are" keep the offers crap & get them to move the better jobs in Aussie.

So want to troll spammers at some times. You say you have sold software testing to businesses like mine. What cons are needing software testing services? You are writing to a conference. Why does a conference need software testing services?

Can spammers please check their LinkedIn scraped mail mergers. Please don't send to my current business email about previous things I have been involved with.

Hey, so it is a month until Kākācon. It will be great to see people there the day before @kawaiicon.bsky.social Thu 6 Nov at 1345 at Zealandia.  There are no schedules just a great opportunity for hallwaycon chats outside while having a walk & seeing some birds. Details: www.xn--kkcon-fwab.nz

It was great speaking at @bsidescbr.bsky.social the other day. For those who are interested I have put my slides up. If anyone has any comments or questions happy to chat. www.karit.nz/assets/slide...

I would like to have a word to whoever invented "let's put this in a safe place so you can find it quickly later when you need it". Where do I get a credit for an hour of my life?

We can't run Kawaiicon alone. We depend on a boost from our amazing team of volunteers to make it a success! Our Call for Volunteers is now open: kawaiicon.org/cfv/ Even if you just have a few hours to spare, we would love the help!

Do I stay in CHC the Sat after CHCon for Full Metal Orchestra?

Why does every OS put the clock in a different place. On any day I use: Android top left Ubuntu top centre Mac Top Right Win bottom left. Always looking in the wrong place for the time.

Wrote a blog. Are Infosec Certificates healthy? blah.karit.nz/2025/08/17/m...

The highly anticipated ticket update: kawaiicon.org/news/ tl;dr Ticket wave 1 is opening tomorrow @ 10AM NZ, and lots of other very good, very kawaii details in the latest news post! Go digest, and see you tomorrow!

Kākācon is a fun opportunity to see some of your favourite birds from Aotearoa, have a lovely walk, alongside some great hacker friends. You can have your great hallwaycon conversations without the distractions that are common in bars. It is happening Thursday, 6 November at 13:45 at Zealandia.

With all the airlines banning the use or charging of battery banks on planes. Can we look at making something like an NCAP Safety rating for battery banks? So people know what they are buying? I buy more expensive brand names hoping for better safety features as they don't want reputation damage.

It will be great to see you there. There are great talks on the schedule

Looking forward to the aviation talks at @crikeycon.bsky.social . @sarahyo.com always has fun content.

Hey Jacob and I's MFA talk from CHCon is now up. So if you missed out or want to rewatch it, here it is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy-2...

Can I suggest MP catering in parliament alternates between hospital meals, school lunches & prison meals. If the food is good enough for those facilities it must be good enough for our MPs as well.

I got sick of typing while doing PenTests & writing reports, so have been using macros on a Streamdeck. I have put some thoughts on this & what I am doing in a blog post blah.karit.nz/2025/01/14/a...

Have said for ages was going to start putting stickers on picture frames so can enjoy them. Have finally done it. Currently have a Con based one & a aerospace based one.

Added my CHCon speakers gift to my Hacker Con display. Thinking I need to add some lighting to it.

People are asking me about the Hacker/InfoCons of '25 in NZ & AU, so I'm fleshing out the list www.downundercons.nz . 2025 is shaping up to be a great year, with Kawaiicon returning & new BSides events & many more.

Well it is close. Kākācon is happening this Saturday at 13:30. Look forward to seeing you there. More Info: www.kākācon.nz

Kākācon is coming on Saturday 9 November at 13:30. If you are looking for Wellington's largest Hackercon of 2024, you are looking in the right place. It is walk at Zealandia with all other favourite hackers :) Looking forward to seeing you all there. More info: www.xn--kkcon-fwab.nz

So CHCon is coming up soon and Jacob Hawthorne & I will doing a presentation "MFA, stories that make you go huh?". Hoping to see some of you there. pretalx.com/chcon-2024/t...

That time of the year to do the important task: planning my 2025 travel. Thinking: * Some cons like Defcon & side quests over that side of Pacific. * Need to find some cons that help with travel & come up with a new topic to present. * Handful of Aussie & Kiwi cons.

The Aussie & Kiwi Hacker/Security Con lineup for 2025 is starting to take shape. Looking like a good year for cons. www.downundercons.nz#2025 If any announced cons are missing please let me know. Similarly if you announce your date please let me know or make a PR.

Fark Oasis forgot to check with Kawaiicon & CHCon before announcing their 2025 dates in Melbourne & Sydney.

For the people out there who are wanting to submit a talk to a conference, I have put together some hints and tips for writing a great CFP. blah.karit.nz/2024/10/06/w...

@jpdanner.com live stream of our talk

Thanks all who attended the talk. Thank OWASP for having us.

Talking soon with Jacob on MFA

Tomorrow with Jacob speaking at OWASP NZ Day

Kākācon 2024 date. Kākācon will be happening Saturday 9 Nov 2024 at 13:30. More details: www.xn--kkcon-fwab.nz Additionally Kawaiicon is scheduled for 2025, so Kākācon will likely run the day before Kawaiicon in 2025.

On phones it is possible for an app to indicate to the OS to not allow screenshots. Is there an API in windows to tell recall not to screenshot the application? Similarly is there an HTTP header that will do the same thing, so a webpage won't be screenshoted by recall?

Well if we are going mine & destroy the environment, can we at least follow Norway's lead & tax it properly & put it into a sovereign wealth find rather than send the profits overseas as well? Use the mining to fund a UBI for all citizens in perpetuity

Fonterra selling the consumer brands. This is a dumb idea. Now all the profits will go offshore rather than back into the NZ economy. How is this good for NZ? Too much focus on next quarters balance sheet opposed to what is best for NZ Inc.

All these Wellington businesses that complain about how removing a few car parks is going to ruin their businesses, but don't see them protesting about the how the govt removing 3000+ jobs is even more detrimental to their business

Hey people ask me about what hacker cons, etc are happening in the area. I have put together an AU/NZ focused page. www.karit.nz/downundercons Please let me know if I have missed anything. I will likely get a domain & make it a public repo so people can do pull requests at some point.

Hey hey, I am running a workshop at @crikeycon.bsky.social this weekend. There is a presso on Hotel Access cards, but the main part I want to be interactive, so please bring your FlipperZero questions & cool things you are doing with your FlipperZero to show off. Signup: crikeycon.com/workshops/

Hmm reading between the lines the Pratt engine issues causing AirNZ to have bugger all Aussie flights from Wellington, guess means for BSidesCBR I have to go to Melbourne the Saturday before & hang out there for a bit, seeing haven't been there for a bit.

im going to drink a liter of toilet duck a day until the Johnson & Johnson corporation release their hostage, the .duck TLD

Really surprised to see David Seymour advocating for free public transport and subsidised petrol and parking! A big pivot, but a welcome one I think. That is what he's advocating here, right? What about a clothing allowance? Will government fund relocation for new hires now?

So I'm running an event @crikeycon.bsky.social . There will be a talk on hotel access cards & the Flipper Zero. More importantly there will be open floor time to talk about the cool things you are doing with your Flipper Zeros & bring along any Flipper Zero questions. crikeycon.com/events/

Procrastinating about @crikeycon.bsky.social slides, so of course time for a new photo shot for the whoami/Kākācon slide. (Lovely Kākās by @pepperraccoon.bsky.social )

Deflect presentation jitters with your coaching magic! Join BSidesLV Proving Ground as a mentor and help nervous speakers turn stage fright into stage frightening! Applications close March 3rd! pretalx.com/bsideslv...

Happy New Year. Kākācon will be back in 2024. We don't have a date yet, but we will let you know when we do. www.kākācon.nz