Well, I hope this is a the start of something productive. Let me first fill you in on who I am. I am a tech, and have been for the last several years. I have been doing college coursework as well as self paced studies on everything from network security to application design to database management. There has been a bit of hardware hacking thrown in there as well. I have been doing this to better my self and gain knowledge to further my career. If you haven’t guessed it by now I have no intention of being a Tech support phone schlep for the rest of my born days.
While making the transition from where I am into that next best job I have attended the last two Defcon’s in Las Vegas. They were both fun and informational. During the first convention I heard about a group that was forming called Hackers For Charity it sounded interesting to me, but the night life of Las Vegas appealed to me more that year. The second year I had looked a little bit further into the group before my trip to Las Vegas for Defcon 17, and subscribed to their informer subscription. Yeah, you know I wanted the Backtrack 4 Pre Release, and the funny part is I didn’t get it until after it was actually up for normal download. So I had my Net Book loaded up with all kinds of goodies and I headed to California to meet up with a friend to drive to the convention. This is another story I will have to tell you about sometime it’s filled with road blocks, and aggravation.
We arrived at the convention early in the morning I believe we left his place in Apple Valley about 3am. We grabbed some breakfast and hit the ticket line. The crowd was awful the badges were late, but I had been waiting for this event since I left the previous year it is just awesome, and all kinds of fun. Well let me get to the point. On Friday of the convention I wanted to hear the founder of Hackers For Charity speak. If you haven’t heard of him his name is Johnny Long. I have since have had a chance to talk to him a bit, and represent him, and his charity at a few events. He’s an awesome guy. Well that talk was pretty much all I needed to hear to get more involved in the charity. It was inspiring to say the least, and had a lot of valid points in regard to life in general. His talk was Friday, and it set my mood for the rest of the weekend. You can view the talk here. Anyway it’s now been several months after Defcon, and I am now completely involved in the charity.
Recently, Johnny has requested assistance in gathering content for a Internet Cafe and Community center in Uganda. The goal to make the charity self sustainable and to provide an opportunity for training for the people in Uganda. So far there has been a lot of road blocks finding content to download and send over to Johnny to help with this project, and I hope that improves over the next week.
Ultimately I am starting the blog for a place to rant about things, and also to help drum up support for the charity. Heck, I might even get a little motivated and post some interesting stuff about hacking or networking or firewalls. Anyway thanks for your time, and I hoped you enjoyed my ramblings.
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