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Monster Sculpting

Monster Sculpting

As a child there was plasticine in the house but until yesterday my only experience with attempting to model anything in clay was forty-five years ago. I'm sure we were the only art class in our year that had been allowed near clay and with the work exploding

3D Resin Printing

3D Resin Printing

At the end of last year my employer finished negotiating with the unions on the annual pay increase and a bit of extra money found its way into account. Hooray, and just before Christmas as well! Did I spend it on the nearest and dearest? Well clearly dear reader I

BSides Exeter

Last year was my first BSides and on the day I got to experience great presentations, interesting activities, and a well-run event (even down to the cream teas with cream first, jam on top - to the chagrin of our Cornish CISO). If you have an interest in cyber security

Privacy, Anonymity and Security

Privacy, Anonymity and Security

Worried about clickbait titles of why such and such privacy tool "might" be snooping on you or not secure. Perfect can often be the enemy of good and privacyguides.org have a good video explaining the difference between tools and what to look out for.

CrowdStrike or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

CrowdStrike Featured

CrowdStrike or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

On the 18 July 2024 system administrators using Microsoft's Azure Central United States had a difficult day, a faulty update had blocked access to their storage and Microsoft 365 applications. Then on the 19 July at 4:09 UTC system a driver file update for Windows PCs caused

Sometimes you've got to go alone

Sometimes you've got to go alone

One problem with a role play group is there are times when not everyone can make it. So, I made sure I had a backup plan and headed over to Obvious Mimic Press to grab hold of "The Wolves of Langston". It's for level 1 or

Canadian Police Advanced Rider Training

Canadian Police Advanced Rider Training

9:35 attempt at the course.

Dartmoor

Beginning of August, early morning and Dartmoor is covered in mist. In the distance is Dartmoor Jail and on days like this it's easy to see why this remote place was chosen to lock up the least desirable of the populace. B3357 towards Princetown On the flipside of

Gaps in the knowledge...

Gaps in the knowledge...

Three years ago I started studying for the CompTIA Network + exam, then life happened and all of that went by the wayside. So, after sorting out and prioritising its back to Plurasight and pick up where I left off. Which had something to do with people wanting pepporoni sausage on

With friends like this...

With friends like this...

Oooh an email has dropped into my mailbox; I wonder what it could be about? A notification from Steam that a friend has gifted me a game. How exciting! Oh, well like any gift it's the thought that counts. Wait, what!?

The Calisto Protocol - Two Headed Bastard

The Calisto Protocol - Two Headed Bastard

This end of level boss battle can frankly do one... One strategy makes ’Callisto Protocol’s Two-headed Brute boss way easierThe Two-Headed Brute boss in ‘The Callisto Protocol’ seems impossible at first. Here’s an effective way to take this creature down.Inverse Best of luck using the above strategy

Dungeons & Dragons - The Return

Dungeons & Dragons - The Return

In my early teens I was given the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Rules Set 1, the books and dice long lost. A small group at school attempted to play, but either being too young or falling out over rules (rules more likely) D&D was abandoned. D&D

Blown Raspberry

Blown Raspberry

What I had planned to do with this self-hosted website and what I'm doing are two different things. Best laid plans and all that... For the website I use the Ghost blogging platform in a Docker container, all hosted on a Raspberry Pi 4 using Cloudflare to cache