Christopher Bauer   

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My current life: I'm a mid-career switcher trying to break into infosec. I've got some certs and done some volunteer work, details at the links below.

My former life: I have PhD in Cultural Anthropology - I love talking about Peru and how local political actors imagine the state, navigate post-conflict development, and perform alternative citizenhoods. Feel free to chat me up!

I chat about all sorts of topics here. Of late my posts lean towards cybersec & IT, however.

I've taken a step back from all social media in 2025, my posts may be infrequent.

LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/chriscbauer/
Pronounshe/him
Bloghttps://christopherbauer.xyz
Githubhttps://github.com/everydayrain
Bookwyrm@[email protected]
BackgroundGifford Pinchot National Forest

I've got to say, Boardsource.xyz has done right by me.

I have my beloved lily58 back up and running thanks to a replacement pcb/micro-controller. Many thanks to all who gave me troubleshooting pointers. I think it was a defective micro-controller all along.

My digits are confused but happy to be back to column staggered!

#ErgonomicKeyboards #MechanicalkKeyboard #ergomechkeyboard #mechanical_keyboards #splitkeyboard #lily58

My first time seeing @Tarah in person today at #bsidessea and she was a magnetic presenter though her topic was depressing (the state of everything is not Wheeler's fault obviously).

#bsidesseattle2025

This talk by Vasilii Ermilov on Github Actions was pretty interesting among the morning bunch, wish I understood more about the scanning tools he was using to pull from HackerOne. #bsidessea
#bsidessea my first cybersec con! Looking forward to a fascinating day.

Well, now that my lily58 ergo mech board is down I'm falling back to my spare. It's an Epomaker TH 66 and its fine for a standard board.

I got to say though going from column staggered back to row staggered is not a happy place for me.

#ergomechkeyboards #ergomechkeyboard #mechanicalkeyboard #mechanicalkeyboards

I'm crushed. The left half of my lily58 ergo mech keyboard started flaking out yesterday. Once plugged in it types 5tgb and then those keys go dead. I'm thinking a short.

It's a boardsource.xyz buy, not quite a year old. I'm going to reach out but any troubleshooting would be appreciated.

#mechanicalkeyboard #ergomechkeyboards #ergomechkeyboard #SplitMechanicalKeyboard

Starting to dial in on my gluten- and dairy-free sandwich bread.

The crumb is a bit tighter than I would like and the psyllium husk gives it a weird grayish-brown color, but it is still loads better than store-bought. Bigger too.

I might be a convert.

#glutenfree #dairyfree #bread

Favorite beer btw, last of the season.
How do I become this guy when I grow up?
Hey, I never won anything before! Thanks @TheDFIRReport for the shirt! I'll have to check out the podcast now.