Goodbye civilization
Posted by FirmWarez on 31 Jul 2013 in Blog | 0 comments
Yes. Goodbye. Driving in to Vegas today, then will spend the next 24 hours somewhere in the middle of nowhere, deep in the desert, probably under the approach pattern for that loooonnnng ass north-south runway at the Groom Lake airfield. Anyway, some phun images for you to ponder. Or I haven’t had enough caffeine yet and everything seems phun. Planning to...
Read MoreDefcon 21 experience: it begins
Posted by FirmWarez on 30 Jul 2013 in Blog | 0 comments
So I’m in Boulder City, Nevada. Drinking beer, eating Mexican food, getting ramped up for Defcon. Night one in Nevada I’m staying in quaint (or is that flea-bag?) motel. Actually not too bad (knock on wood). We stayed here last year. Drive down to the room, and what is parked next to our building but a 1980’s vintage 38 ft Wellcraft Scarab!...
Read MoreHeading to Defcon 21
Posted by FirmWarez on 28 Jul 2013 in Blog | 0 comments
Yep, that time of year again. Heading to Defcon. Road trip style. Saturday I’m on a panel about “hardware hacking with microcontrollers“. I also have a talk in the Hardware Hacking Village on “Infrared Technologies and Tricks”. ShortGrrl will be cutting ‘hawks with the Mohawk cutting crew. If you’re there, come find us!...
Read MoreArchitectural LED Tear-down Report
Posted by FirmWarez on 21 Jul 2013 in Blog | 0 comments
It’s amazing what some people will throw away, isn’t it? So, I get an early morning call from a friend whose title is, get this “Director of Visitor Experience”, which I think I’m quite qualified to claim for some visitors…but anyway, my buddy calls me and says “hey, are you interested in some LED lights?” Well,...
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