It’s 2020. Welcome to the capital F Future.

Life got real busy in 2019. I left a struggling startup in the valley, then moved back to LA to work for an aerospace company.

Shortly thereafter they ghosted me, and I was here, in rural LA, with no job, a fresh lease. And no time to think about that.

My mom got cancer.

I drove across the country, to Florida, to be with her before chemo started. I’m glad we could hang and she could meet Servo.

Times got dark.

The temple of brad pitt, and my life trajectory burns at burning man 2019.
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A total noob’s radical first Defcon

It feels like it’s been a year, I’ve been to the burn, packed all my belongings into a storage unit and moved to San Fransisco, but just last month in September, I went to my first Defcon. And it was amazing. So I wrote up the experience. If you’re a noob and considering going, or if you’re a seasoned hacker veteran, take a look. Hopefully it’s as fun to read as it was to go.

Without further ado

– Kyle


Wow.

Defcon 26 was a wild ride through the hardcore hacker halls of the people I’d always vaguely known on the internet but never had a face to go with the name. Now I feel jacked into the dark places of the internet where some amazingly talented and nice and funny people reside. I’m super pumped and excited.

Contents:

  1. Preamble: Why I ended up at Defcon
  2. So I said to me, let’s do it, Defcon
  3. Part I: Journey to Defcon
  4. Part II: Defcon 101 (Thursday)
  5. Part III- Real Defcon 101
  6. Part IV – Crazy Night One
  7. Part V – Ciphers and Penthouse Pool Parties
  8. Part VI – Sandstorm & The Challenge Party
  9. Part VII – Pinball Wizard
  10. Epilogue – The Journey Home

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