New look at FirmWarez.com
Posted by FirmWarez on 4 Mar 2012 in Blog | 1 comment
Ok, so I’m an embedded systems guy. Last time I did web pages we edited html by hand. I’ve not kept up with this realm, so I decided to go the Word Press route and try the canned content management stuff. Some haxors may call it lame; I call it a learning experience. For years I had this domain only for e-mail. After Defcon 17 I put up a simple...
Read MoreWayBack: Defcon V
Posted by FirmWarez on 4 Mar 2012 in Blog | 0 comments
A pic of me and friend at Defcon 5, at the Aladdin. T-shirt says “In this age of digital Darwinism, some of us are ones. You’re a zero” Rest of outfit is leather, Swiss camo, AT&T buttset, and handcuffs. Photo taken by ShortGrrl, with a film type...
Read MoreMachine Shop Fail
Posted by FirmWarez on 3 Mar 2012 in Blog | 0 comments
I was machining a custom short para-flare carrier for a 40mm grenade launcher. Yes, that’s what I said. The standard carrier is about 6″ long, so this workpiece is short, and as always on such things it was too short to use a live center and still have room to work. There is a radius on the carrier that I cut by hand, since my lathe is an old...
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