The Return of “Chasing Your Tail”: A Tool Born from Real Need
A few years ago, when I was still with the government, a buddy from a different agency reached out with a serious problem. He had a confidential informant with ties to a very serious terrorist organization. He wasn’t worried about his own safety – he was worried about his informant. If anyone observed them meeting […]
The Daily Blogging Challenge: Following in Some Big Footsteps
Years ago, my fellow SANS instructor Lenny Zeltser did this daily blog post challenge where he blogged every single day. He said he had a really good time doing it. A couple years ago, one of my best friends and fellow SANS instructor David Cowen took on what he called the “Zeltser Challenge” – blogging […]
Deepseek Running Locally with RAG
Here is a quick video I made showing a distilled version of the Deepseek model running locally and accessing some local documents. Usually I’ve been using GPT4ALL for local LLMs but it was having errors so I switched to LM Studio. Not you currently have to use a Beta build of LM studio as the […]
The Definitive Rankings for NFC West Helmets
My next irrelevant weekend blog post! This time, we’re ranking the best helmets in team history for the NFC West football teams.
The Definitive Rankings for NFC South Helmets
My next irrelevant weekend blog post! This time, we’re ranking the best helmets in team history for the NFC South football teams.
Finding Exercise That Works For You
There’s a saying that you can’t outrun your fork. No matter how much you work out, if you eat poorly, you likely won’t get the results you want. As we talked about earlier this week, tracking calories, eating better, and getting daily steps are the foundation. But when it comes to working out, I’m learning […]
The Ultimate Food Cheat Code: Greek Yogurt
Yesterday we talked about Just Bare chicken as a cheat code for healthy eating. Today, let me share maybe the ultimate food cheat code: Greek yogurt. I get it from Costco in two forms. First, the Oikos cups with different flavors – great snack by itself, but even better when mixed with Costco’s Quaker granola […]
Healthy Food Finds: Making Good Choices Easy
Yesterday we talked about tracking calories and how it matters even if you go over. Today I want to share some specific foods that help me eat better while still enjoying what I eat. I’m a huge Costco fan, and while you can find these elsewhere, let me tell you about Just Bare chicken strips. […]
Getting Started with Health: Focus on What Actually Matters
One of the tough parts about trying to get back into healthy habits is that once you skip one thing you should be doing, you tend to skip the others too. A couple weeks ago, I managed to refocus by identifying the absolute most important things. Ironically, the most important one takes very little time […]
A Different Kind of Blog Post: Getting Healthier
I got a question from an online student about my “Chasing the Tail” project from my Black Hat talk a few years ago, and while it would be a fun one to work on, I wanted to give myself an extra week to work on it. So this week, I thought I’d blog about something […]
