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ShmooCon 2012 Talk

branson — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:42:36 +0000

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!

SOPA Roundup

branson — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:17:24 +0000

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!

SOPA Dead .. PIPA next

branson — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:51:14 +0000

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 it’s not really dead till withdrawn.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 .

Wedding Pictures

branson — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:46:25 +0000

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

Got Married

branson — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:30:03 +0000

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 … Continue reading →

Getting Married

branson — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:44:56 +0000

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!

ShmooCon Paper Accepted

branson — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:17:29 +0000

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!

NASA Space (radio) Station

branson — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:30:02 +0000

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

CarolinaCon call for papers

branson — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:29:28 +0000

So I went to carolinaCon last year. . had a fantastic time. Call for papers is up:
http://carolinacon.org/ as well as dates and such .. Hoping to see everyone there!

USENIX LISA 2011

branson — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:14:01 +0000

Having a great time..

Worked with the ACM in the ‘aligning research and system administrators’ workshop where we discussed different possibilities as candidates for further research.
Gave a Birds of a Feather talk ‘Information Management’ for sysadmins, trying to narrow down the ideas of relevant information storage and management.
Participated in the Advanced Topics work shop, and had a ball discussing many issues and ideas around system administration.
have sat in many technical talks concerning: load balancers, databases, SSD Drives, DevOps, etc… all have been good and well done.