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Getting full quality Steam Deck game recording off the Deck

Jon — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 19:04:53 +0000

Recently I ran across a new “couch co-op” demo called Spook-a-boo in a post on Reddit. It looked fun, but I really wanted to know if the game was playable on Steam Deck so I gave it shot – works great! Deck Verified level of fully functional. Not bad for a game where the devs...

Tesla’s Full Self Driving Trial: The Free Sample That’s a Hard Pass

Jon — Wed, 01 May 2024 20:39:42 +0000

While not without its faults and issues, like all vehicles, my Tesla really is an overall excellent car. While I love the car it’s probably best not to get me started on a lot of things Elon Musk has done recently. One of the few good things he’s done is give everyone a free month...

Imperfect OpSec for your personal life

Jon — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 17:41:58 +0000

If you can take a step back in time 10 or 20 years, you might remember these little round objects thrown at your house periodically. They showed up fairly reliably, roughly each day, and brought with them the tidings and news of the outside world. For you youngn’s out there, we called them “Newspapers“. The...

23andMe Breach – Who’s to blame?

Jon — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 01:28:51 +0000

The last year has been one of security stories that refuse to die. The first that really caught my attention was the breach of Okta’s support system in October that ended up as headline news every time they provided an update. However, the more recent story that never ends is 23andMe breach from December. The...

Simple Personal Security tips for 2023

Jon — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 20:37:06 +0000

In case you’re living under a rock, there is a hack or breach in the news seemingly every other week. Not to scare you, but if you’re in the world of information security, the reality is that there is a breach in the news every day. It’s scary, and I understand, but you can take...

New Years Storms in the SF Bay Area

Jon — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 23:25:30 +0000

California has been in something of a dry spell for the last few years. 85% of the state is in Severe Drought, thanks to climate change. Unfortunately the flip side is sometimes we just get absolutely hammered with rain. Back in October of 2021 my local rain gauge registered 7 inches of precipitation. Since then...

Navigating the Political & Ethical Minefield of Facial Recognition Technology Bans in Private Businesses

Jon — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 03:11:34 +0000

Recently in the news was the attention-grabbing headline: “Attorney says facial recognition got her kicked out of a Rockettes show.”. The lawyer in question happened to work for a firm that was suing the owner of the venue (MSG), though the lawyer did not work on the case. Regardless of how it happened, this opens...

Introducing Olive – First week with a new puppy

Jon — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 22:08:06 +0000

Last Tuesday, we brought home a brand-new puppy. Her name is Olive, and she’s a 12-week-old Jackapoo (Jack Rustle Terrier/Mini-poodle mix). Now before you go there, no, the dog is not a Christmas present. We hadn’t planned on adopting a puppy originally, nor did we know this was going to happen even two days before....

Converting Hugo (Markdown) to WordPress

Jon — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:00:00 +0000

On Friday I noted the successful migration from Hugo static site to WordPress, however, I didn’t provide any details for how that was accomplished. While WordPress has a number of import options that come “out of the box”, most good migrations are in the form of plugins. Back in the day I updated & refined...

Welcome back to WordPress!

Jon — Sat, 10 Dec 2022 07:08:43 +0000

As of Wednesday December 7th, we’re back running on WordPress. The experiment of running the blog on Hugo lasted just shy of 3 years. Which was both helped and hurt by the lack of content during that time. I’ll dive into my logic for migration a little deeper here, but if you want the compare...