I am a meat popsicle.
This is Andrew Brandt's non-work profile, where I may discuss information security topics as well as non-infosec things that are on my mind.
I'm a malware researcher and writer about security topics for an infosec vendor, and a volunteer docent at the Media Archaeology Lab retrocomputing lab (@mediaarchaeologylab) at the University of Colorado, Boulder. I hack old stuff and also, occasionally, fix it. Drinker of beer, player of videogames, and nerdcore enthusiast.
Earlier in my career I was a journalist, but always a technologist. I worked for PC World and MacUser magazines as an editor. I was also a staff writer for the UC Berkeley student-run newspaper, the Daily Californian. In the mid-90s I worked for KRON-TV in San Francisco on a tech magazine show called Next Step that was syndicated internationally on Discovery networks.
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| Meat popsicle? | YES! |
| State of residence | Colorado |
| State of my office | disarray |
| Pets | none |
| Favorite form of archaeology | media |
Good to catch up with @glandsbergis, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania.
Europe is at a crossroads. Either we become the flag bearer of the free world, or we become irrelevant.
The best of the best computer magazine of all time:
https://archive.org/search?query=%22best+of+creative+computing%22&sort=title
#programming #retrocomputing #basic
If you're gonna read anything I link to, *read these*. Type in some programs with a BASIC like
http://www.nicholson.com/rhn/basic/
I am furious โ incandescently furious โ over the attacks on science by Trump and his regime, especially the actions of RFK Jr., which, *as history has plainly show us*, result in deaths upon deaths.
You want the receipts? I've got the receipts.
https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/standing-up-for-science-ca09
Standing Up for LGBTQ+ Digital Safety this International Day Against Homophobia
Lawmakers and regulators around the world have been prolific with passing legislation restricting freedom of expression and privacy for LGBTQ+ individuals and fueling offline intolerance. Online platforms are also complicit in this pervasive ecosystem by censoring pro-LGBTQ+ speech, forcing LGBTQ+...
Colorado utility regulators voted Wednesday to begin monitoring the reliability and customer service performance of the stateโs largest electricity provider, Xcel Energy.
https://coloradosun.com/2025/05/15/xcel-energy-service-problems-colorado-puc-monitoring/
Paco Hope #resist
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Phil Plait
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