I have been an IT enthusiast for most of my life. Really ever since my Dad started showing me how to upgrade our family computer so I could play Lego Island in the late 90s. I got the game as a present, but after installing it the game was completely unplayable. We needed a graphics card.
Well I had no idea what that was and luckily my father, who is an aerospace engineer, had made friends with the company’s IT department. They pointed him in the direction of a local computer shop and gave him the gist of installing the card. I was so intrigued by the idea of opening up this piece of advanced tech and being able to upgrade it without needing a massive manual and years of study. The process was so simple and I was honestly a little disappointed with how easy it was to drop in the oversized microchip (macro-chip if you prefer) or at least that’s what I thought it was.
Having the opportunity to install a GPU was the exactly what I needed to get started experimenting with the family’s computer. Sure the game was cool, along with the other games that followed, but what I was really interested in was finding another chance to upgrade my computer.
Fast forward 20ish years and now I’m working as a cybersecurity developer, researching ways to detect malicious activity in the cloud.
So what is this site? Well I wanted a place to start collecting notes about all the projects I pursue and things I tinker with. I’ve built a fairly complicated homeLab over the past few years and not remembering how to put it back together in the event of a catastrophe scares me.
This blog will be mostly used for IT and security, but I’ll also include thoughts on beer and home brewing.
Please enjoy and feel free to reach out as I love discussing anything in the IT space.
