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ShmooCon Talk Slides and Vid are up

Posted on February 19, 2012 by branson

Just found they posted everything on shmoocon site:

Video
Slides

If you have comments about these .. please leave em below.

I am constantly refining this presentation and would love to give it again, if you have interest, let me know!

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In Boston

Posted on February 10, 2012 by branson

Got some quick work supporting Dept of Transportation on a cutover. Got to hang with my bud Desmo .. had a nice evening. It’s cold up here. They’re expecting snow .. and the accents ( tho I am sure I sound like a pickemuptruck redneck to them ) .. geez. Tho .. I’ve been careful NOT to mention the word ‘Giants’ *snicker* whilst I am here.

Anyway .. back home tonight… yay!

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ShmooCon 2012 Talk

Posted on January 29, 2012 by branson

I had a great time talking at Shmoocon this year! Thanks to all the people who sent in feedback! I take such very seriously and have already worked to tweak this presentation with those comments in mind. I am putting the Shmoo2012 version of my talk up so people can find it if they’re interested. With out further adieu:

http://sandsite.org/~branson/TTL-Penetration-Shmoo.pdf

If yer interested in me giving this talk for a group, I love to do such things, let me know.

UPDATE: My talk was also mentioned in the Washington Post. My .15 seconds of fame are up!

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SOPA Roundup

Posted on January 17, 2012 by branson

Lots of things going on in prep for the blackout:

– List of sites goin black: here

– Another .. more full list: http://sopastrike.com/

– GREAT song:

– Lots of wordpress plugins ..

seems like this thing is gonna happen. Good to see peeps getting involved!

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SOPA Dead .. PIPA next

Posted on January 16, 2012 by branson

So reading all over that SOPA is Dead(tm) .. however .. it’s not really dead till withdrawn. So I have concerns that it’s a red herring. Especially since we’ve seen congress backdoor legislation ( NDAA anyone ) when they couldn’t do it publicly. I am still going thru with the blackout as I believe that awareness needs to be raised. Hopefully people will see and react.

I did see an interview/debate on UP between Reddits Alexis and the VP and Gen Counsel of NBC. It wasn’t bad… I feel like Alexis got caught on the whole idea of ‘finding a legit way to access content’ .. but the VP was a total ass: interrupting the interview several times and spouting talking points instead of answering questions and debating on the substance of the issue. You can see it here .

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Wedding Pictures

Posted on January 5, 2012 by branson

We’ve had lots of requests for pictures from the wedding. Vikki has been working diligently to make em look pretty.. so with out further ado …

Branson and Vikki wedding

We were married on Jan 1 2012

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Got Married

Posted on January 1, 2012 by branson

Had a fantastic wedding against a glass pane full of snow. Had lots of good family and a great time. I’ll post pics as soon as we get them up. Thanks to the 28 peeps that ustreamed the event and watched us get married. Now just to get home .. snowing it’s butt off.

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Getting Married

Posted on December 19, 2011 by branson

I wanted to invite everyone to join Vikki and I virtually! for our wedding. We’re getting married Jan 1, 2012 in Traverse City, Michigan; at the Park Place Hotel at Noon EST. Our venue is small, but in the tradition of being a geek, I will be recording the event and streaming it live so we can fit everyone that wants to celebrate with us.

So ..after doing some testing .. we’ll be using ustream to accomplish this virtual wedding. Please goto:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/matheson-wedding

And you should find us. Can’t wait to see you here!

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ShmooCon Paper Accepted

Posted on December 15, 2011 by branson

Woot! .. I just got mail from the ShmooCon selection committee, my paper TTL of a Penetration was accepted for a speaking slot at shmoo this year. I’ll be a busy little camper as we approach the ‘con .. but should be LOTS of fun. Can’t wait!

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NASA Space (radio) Station

Posted on December 12, 2011 by branson

Kinda cool .. nasa has it’s own radio station http://www.rfcmedia.com/thirdrockradio/ .. I think i’ll tune in

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