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SteveS | CISSP Sep 16, 2025

So I've been watching Marshall 6100 and 6101 amps on eBay forever. Around a month ago I purchased what the seller said was a 1996 6101. It was Blue so I knew that was wrong. Anyway..... This first image is what showed up.... It wasn't supposed to look that bad.... I was a bit horrified. After navigating original parts, vintage parts, cleaners, different cleaners, conditioners, more conditioners, more cleaners, glue, rollers, all the many kinds of staples and picking ground in dirt and foam off with an exacto knife bit by bit for days I ended up with the next 3 photo results.... Turns out it is a 1992 Blue with White logo....

SteveS | CISSP Mar 23, 2024

Amazon is smoking crack...

SteveS | CISSP Jan 29, 2024

Hacker Memes Jan 28, 2024

“There is a reality outside the world, that is to say, outside space and time, outside man's mental universe, outside any sphere whatsoever that is accessible to human faculties.”

- Simone Weil

SteveS | CISSP Jan 25, 2024

Metacurity Jan 24, 2024

Whoa!

Ring will no longer allow police to request doorbell camera footage from users
https://apnews.com/article/ring-amazon-camera-police-request-56a128dcd77a4cb0b27d71be9384fe1a

Ring will no longer allow police to request doorbell footage from users

Amazon-owned Ring will stop allowing police departments to request doorbell camera footage from users. In a blog post on Wednesday, Ring said it will sunset a tool that allows police to request and receive video captured by the doorbell cameras through Ring's Neighbors app. The company did not provide a reason for the change, which will be effective starting this week. Eric Kuhn, the head of Neighbors, said in the announcement that law enforcement agencies will still be able to make public posts in the Neighbors app. The update is the latest restriction Ring has made to police activity on the Neighbors app following criticism about the company’s relationship with police departments across the country.

AP News

SteveS | CISSP Jul 26, 2023

Facebook at their page reporting is so awful. Business page for where I work gets a "copyright" violation message. It's from an account "Meta Bussines". Not Meta Business .. not Meta For Business ... Meta Bussines. So I do what any normal person would do. I report the page as pretending to be "Meta for Business".

Facebook's answer? This page doesn't violate our community standards and was not removed....

*Facepalm*

They also used a Firebase web.app site as their "you must file an appeal at this link"

SteveS | CISSP Nov 8, 2022

I figure at the rate this place keeps growing it's only a matter of time before I'm going to see some random person follow me or them post something and I follow them and then look at their profile and realize "hey.... wait..... I actually know you... like in person...from like XX years ago....at _someplace_we_worked_"

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SteveS | CISSP Nov 8, 2022

I also have the larger green dumpster with a light inside that flickers and one of those ghostbuster mini marshmallow things in a coffee / latte cup.... I should probably get an updated photo :P

SteveS | CISSP Nov 6, 2022

What's on your desk at work?

#thisisfine #coffee #dumpsterfire

SteveS | CISSP Nov 5, 2022

Introduction time...

I'm Steve and I've been in Technology and Security since the 90s. My first computers were a TI-99/4a and a TRS-80 Model III. Throughout my career I've held staff and management positions in public utility, veteran's organizations, health, banking, government, telecom and aerospace manufacturing, and other areas.

In my free time I roast my own coffee, served as an advisory board member that helped design a currently in production espresso machine, I make pizza in one of my many Ooni pizza ovens (yes I own more than one.... I'm weird)... and I also own an assortment of Blackmagic Design cameras and ATEM streaming devices where I play around with recording and developing training content and various personal projects.

Oh... and for some reason I own 6 guitars.... :P

#introductions