Dual Core

WIZZYWIG Remix

eighty — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:20:50 +0000

Yesterday, a remix of Adam WarRock’s song WIZZYWIG was released that features Dual Core. If you’re unfamiliar, WIZZYWIG is a comic book series created by Ed Piskor. The storyline follows a young hacker whose exploits may sound somewhat familiar to some of you.

I’ve known Ed for a few years now, having originally met at Notacon. We have some interesting aspects in common, namely that we are both interested in hacking, hip hop, and their impacts on culture. So go check out the relevant links above and enjoy!

Maker Faire SF 2012

eighty — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:22:46 +0000

I had the pleasure of joining the Hak5 crew and Dale Chase yesterday at the Bay Area Maker Faire. There over 9000 excellent projects, kits, and contraptions — though I couldn’t track down a Drink Shield despite asking all over. I was fortunate enough, however, to meet Eben and Liz of Raspberry Pi fame.

The ‘Pi is the DIY hardware that has most excited me since the Arduino. It is an ARM-based GNU/Linux computer for $25, and is only slightly bigger than a credit card (in 2D space). I’m looking forward to playing with one in the future. These things sell out faster than Shmoocon barcodes.

Wrapping up our interaction, I foolishly challenged Eben to a rap battle, in which he destroyed me via several powerful punchlines about my x86-based rap moniker of int0x80:

(click for full-size, the Flickr WordPress plugin is weird)

More pictures from Maker Faire, including lock picking with TOOOL, are over on our photos page :]

EFF; San Francisco, CA

eighty — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:10:42 +0000

It’s the EFF‘s birthday coming up! Happy birthday, EFF! Come celebrate with us in SF. There will be raps and EFF smart people — what more could one ask for at a birthday party?

Mighty
119 Utah St
San Francisco, CA 94103

Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Time: TBA

Rapid7 Party (RSA); San Francisco, CA

eighty — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:04:28 +0000

Update: RSVP (also: dat poster)

Rapid7 has invited us to come rock the spot for a bit during their party at RSA. It looks like we will be at Ruby Skye again, but keep an eye on the @rapid7 twitter for more details. The Rapid7 parties are always a blast, and also historically have required RSVP. So get your name on that list and come Metasploit all the things!

BSides After-Party; San Francisco, CA

eighty — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:53:15 +0000

The odometer has rolled over on the calendar, which means it’s time for some raps in CA. Come check us out at the BSides After-Party:

Club Six
60 6th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

Monday, February 27th, 2012
Doors: 8PM

SkyDogCon; Nashville, TN

eighty — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:12:22 +0000

It’s the inaugural SkyDogCon — we wouldn’t miss it for the world. SkyDog is the friendly, muscular gentleman at the hacker conferences with the soothing southern baritone. He and SomeNinja are two of the nicest guys I’ve had the pleasure to know, and I am excited to be a part of SkyDogCon.

In other excellent news, my good friend Chris will be giving a talk and the homie CP from DC-949 will be facilitating the parties. See you all there

NerdPOW; Columbus, OH

eighty — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:04:32 +0000

We are playing at 1:00PM (one in the afternoon) on Saturday, October 28th at NerdPOW. It’s sponsored by the folks from A&G Ohio AND it’s Halloween weekend, so I expect some excellent cosplay. See you there

Hack3rcon; Charleston, WV

eighty — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:00:56 +0000

Catch me flipping raps at Hack3rcon on October 21st in Charleston, WV. It’s the second year of Hack3rcon, so come out and help us make it even better than the first

This Past Week

eighty — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:56:00 +0000

We had a lot of fun this past week. On Saturday, October 8th, Remington Forbes and I rocked out with Ruckus Roboticus at DayCon V in Dayton, OH. It’s always a pleasure to kick it with the folks in the woh.rr.com area ;]

I was also interviewed on two separate podcasts this past week.

Most recently I was interviewed by Thomas Gideon of The Command Line Podcast. This was a pretty challenging interview as Thomas is quite articulate and asked insightful questions that really made me think about why we make Dual Core music. Of course, we do it for the lulz as it’s obviously fun, but there were several aspects behind the drive that I hadn’t really considered in the past, and Thomas did a great job in evoking some elaboration on those.

The other podcast was Linux For The Rest Of Us. This was a more lighthearted discussion about how I use Dual Core to goof off. Ok it was more about how much fun it is to be a part of Dual Core and how fortunate I feel for everything. There is also some tech discussion so if you want more substance than just me ranting about how much I love hip hop, definitely check out this podcast as well.

Next up: Hack3rcon in WV, and of course, hacking all the things

-eighty

DerbyCon Party with Rapid7

eighty — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:11:22 +0000

From http://www.derbycon.com/2011/09/27/derbycon-party-sponsored-by-rapid7/

We’re proud to announce that Rapid7 is now the official sponsor for the DerbyCon after-hours party. The party will run from 10:00PM until 2:00AM with Dual Core rapping to some tunes and Scott Ullrich with DJing. A special thanks to Rapid7 for sponsoring the party, without them this would not have been possible. We look forward to seeing everyone at the event.

Beer is free until we run out, mixed drinks will cost you. The Hyatt is providing bartenders for the party.