I wrote a thing about a thing.

Specifically, Finding Vulnerabilities with Crassus – A Case Study with ESET.

I created Crassus on a whim a few years ago, and it's interesting to see that it still can find things.

It's also interesting (disappointing) that reporting vulnerabilities to vendors is still as painful as ever.

Dear Linux UI people:
If you want to round corners, cool.

However, if you do round corners, maybe just maybe move the point where the cursor is activated to where the corner actually is after rounding. Not where it would have been if you didn't do the rounding. 🤷‍♂️

I've always known that I'm terrible at using websites (I never know where to click). But I guess I've recently realized that this applies to apps as well.

Today's case: Paragon Hard Disk Manager.

My goal: Mount a backup as a drive letter.
After multiple rounds with support, I convinced them to indicate on a screenshot exactly where it is that I should click.

I get that I'm possibly being obtuse, but I have NEVER in my computing years been drawn to click on a thin DOTTED LINE part of an arrow with the expectation of it doing something.

And no, there was no mouse hover indication that the line had special meaning.

Shortly after switching to T-Mobile (Both faster and better than Verizon), I get a spam email linking to a fake T-Mobile website.

There are probably lots of parties that get notice of such a change. Who do I blame? 😂

P.S. Smart apostrophes? Try harder.

Me, looking at a broken tool...
I think it's the brushless motor controller board (after lots of diagnostics).

Oh, it's hard-wired in.

Oh, this is the replacement "part", which costs almost as much as the entire tool, new. Everything is disposable now, huh?

You can get a cheap Wi-Fi enabled camera intended for sticking in your ear for less than $5.

You know what else it's good for?
Reading tiny print on tiny chips. Here's a comparison of this device vs. an iPhone 16.

You're welcome.

Miracle Gro:
Here's some fertilizer. Half a capful is all you need.

Miracle Gro later:
We need more money. Let's make it FOUR LARGE PUMPS of the liquid. Why not charge people for water?