Football, tech, and self-hosting mammal. I tinker (and tend to break) servers, follow the birds — the feathered kind — and dig through bits of local history.

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Cake day: November 9th, 2024

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  • I used to watch as much sport as I could find. Now I can’t find any unless I revert to paid, or questionable, streaming sites.

    I started as a foundation member of my local A-League club and remained for over 12 years, my seat never changed, but they would classify my seat differently from silver to gold to platinum, this substantially increased the cost, now it’s not affordable.

    I get far more enjoyment watching the 1st team of my son’s soccer club – it’s cheaper and I’m happy to volunteer my time around the club.











  • It was exactly like the movie Hackers. 😅

    Due to the nature of how the ARPAnet was born (lots of academic influence and the view of free sharing of information) outside the DOD infosec wasnt a thing, even then it was an after thought.

    There was a healthy phone hacking community coming out of the 70s and into the 80s. Their techniques for getting free calls helped with exploiting the ARPAnet

    There were pretty significant technology changes in the 90s with the WWW and the number of people and companies online leading to more opportunities and ways to exploit.

    Wargames and Sneakers are pretty entertaining and while movies will give you a bit of a vibe.

    If you can highly recommend you read

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo's_Egg_(book)

    Really easy read and amazing true story