Welcome to the Grid - Ortholinear Keyboards
I found myself last week, as one does, aimlessly scrolling through the Keychron website when something caught my eye - an ortholinear keyboard that wouldn’t ...
Blog Archive
2024
Summarizing Depositions with AI
Here’s a proof of concept summary of seven hours of one Bill Gates taking the heat for IE being better than what Netscape Navigator was becoming at the time....
Using GPT-4o to Write Legal Memos
This is a preview of a project that I’ve been working on in preparation for a couple presentations. This is a preview of the analysis that I’ll be running th...
Evaluating AI Tools for Privacy and Security - Plus the Spring 2024 AI Toolbox
The other day I found myself relegating an icon that had lived on my iPhone home screen for years to that very last page where apps go before being automatic...
Artificial Intelligence is Coming, it’s Fun, Amazing and You Should Get Excited
As a proto-millennial who grew up tinkering with computers, I’ve witnessed several technological arcs that have sparked my curiosity and inspired me to explo...
2020
A Friendly Reminder to Back Your Data Up
Here’s a friendly reminder from a near victim of data loss to back your data up. Yes, you’ve probably heard this before and maybe you’ve even got a Time Mach...
The Office Will Never Be the Same Permalink
“Work is totally now for me something you do, not somewhere you have to go,” said Mr. O’Leary, 37, on a recent workday, while vacationing at his in-laws’ ...
2019
The Nikon D3500
It’s easy to take a picture, or hundreds of pictures, with a modern iPhone and conclude that you’ve got a pretty great camera with you all the time and decid...
Hosting Your Website with GitHub Pages
Thanks to a new addition to the family I had the opportunity late last year to reevaluate the household expenses. One monthly charge that wasn’t going to wor...
Oh My ZSH Permalink
The upcoming version of MacOS will be switching to zsh as the default shell. I decided to make the jump early and have found Oh My ZSH to be fairly helpful.
How to Nail Exposure Using Manual Mode Permalink
When I was getting started with photography using my dSLR one of the first things that I worked on was mastering manual mode. While you won’t shoot in manual...
Security Checklist Permalink
This is a tremendous list of things that you can do to improve your security and even includes links to tools and services to get you started.
Using Collections in Jekyll Permalink
This post was massively helpful to me when I was migrating away from Squarespace.
2018
Software Updates Everywhere
It would seem that all of the iOS developers have finished up their big projects prior to their worlds being upended by new stuff to be announced at WWDC nex...
2017
You Can Now Reset an iOS iTunes Backup Encryption Password on an iOS device and That’s Not Necessarily a Good Thing
Apple has made a change to how encrypted iOS backups are handled in iOS 11 that makes it easier to deal with a forgotten backup password, but creates a casca...
And we’re back…
It’s been a little while since there had been any changes to the website so I took a little time this week to spruce things up a little bit. Before I make a ...
What’s new in Apple File System - WWDC 2017 Permalink
This fall a new file system is coming to Apple computers. It’s already been deployed to iOS with little impact on the digital forensics community, but APFS o...
2016
Markdown Editing Revisited
Usually when I’m doing some writing, whether it be for formal publication or just reminders and notes to myself I’m writing in Markdown. It’s easy to read, p...
2014
The Broader Implications of Heartbleed
Dan Kaminsky:>It always seems like a good idea in security to emphasize prudence over accuracy, possible risk over evidence of actual attack. And frankly...
The Origami Workstation
Shawn Blanc covers the Origami Workstation on his site, The Sweet Setup:>…the iPad keyboard I prefer most is the Origami Workstation. There are a few rea...
2013
Relevant to my interests…
This makes Usenet very useful for sharing information about recent happenings, for social discussions, and especially for receiving assistance about probl...
I Stand Corrected..Producing In Paper Can Be A Good Idea
If there’s a hero in the Edward Snowden story, it’s Ladar Levinson. >In an interesting work-around, Levison complied the next day by turning over the priv...
Consider Using GPG
It had been a long time since I’d used GPG on the Mac. At some point I updated the OS before the mail add-ons were compatible and getting everything set up w...
iOS 7
It sure sounds like there’s a lot to come in the new version of iOS. The visual design is as polarizing as was rumored and I certainly have some mixed feelin...
Introducing the Forensics Fundamentals Series
I’m happy to announce a new series of posts which will cover some of the fundamentals of digital forensics. The audience for these posts won’t necessarily be...
Forensic Fundamentals - Disc Images
##What is a Forensic Image?
Building Project Files with Sublime
After a few months living with Sublime as my primary editor it’s become an invaluable tool to how I get all kinds of work done. One of the most powerful aspe...
2012
The Importance of Keyboards
We interact with computers by looking at the screen, touching the keyboard and directing the pointer. Performance is an important factors in making a good co...
The Jawbone Era
That guy. You know who he is. Talking to himself on the elevator, at the grocery store and in the car. You have no clue whether he’s talking to you or someon...
2011
The Aeropress
Working at an office can be a sad and soul sucking experience, especially if there’s an illusion of coffee in the break room. The AeroPress is the perfect wa...
Scrivener and MultiMarkdown - Mostly a One Way Street
Last week I had the pleasure of delivering a short talk on Markdown at CCCKC. One of the reasons cited as a big benefit of the format is that it can be manip...
Getting Into Keyboard Maestro
Recently I acquired a license to Keyboard Maestro through the Productive Macs bundle. I’ve really taken to TextExpander, and find myself missing it when I’m...
TextMate and MultiMarkdown - The Definitive Guide
I’ve really fallen in love with the killer combination of TextMate and MultiMarkdown in the past few months. Once you pair these two tools with Marked you...
TextExpander for Lawyers - Sending Email to Clients
It can be a challenge for people engaged in electronic discovery to identify privileged email communications. Filtering on domain names only goes so far, and...
TextExpander for Lawyers - Sending Email to Clients
It can be a challenge for people engaged in electronic discovery to identify privileged email communications. Filtering on domain names only goes so far, and...
Thing of the Week - Marked
Brett Terpstra makes an incredibly useful tool in Notational Velocity Alt. NVAlt is a little program that lets you interact with any text files you store in...
Thing of the Week - The Chemex
My kitchen has an absurd number of implements for making coffee. I’ve got my automatic Cuisinart (which I love for the insulated carafe), an Italian moka pot...
2012 9 12 Zed Shaw On Being Different
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2012 9 12 Thing Of The Week Learn Python The Hard Way
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How I Use the iPad
The iPad easily eclipses my laptop, iPhone and iPod as my favorite device. With the impending release of the second generation iPad I’m sure that the questio...
Network Intel Script
I’ve known about GeekTool and it’s open source cousin, NerdTool since before I even switched from Windows to OS X. For some reason, I always stayed away. P...
When Everyone Takes a Snow Day
Even though it didn’t affect places like Atlanta, DC or New York it was pretty hard to avoid noticing that a lot of the country got slammed with a big snow s...
Dealing With and Avoiding Drive Failure
It’s a scenario that can happen to anyone, at any time and without warning. One moment you’re working away, enjoying a nice cup of coffee and the next your M...
Things of the Year - 2010
It might be a little late, but here are a few of my favorite (and not so favorite) things from 2010
2010
About the iPad
The iPad is without a doubt the most divisive device that has been produced in the past few years. One thing I find interesting is that the traditional battl...
2009
What a Yea (and a Half) It’s Been
Just a little over a year ago, a group of men crammed themselves into the upstairs room of a local coffee shop and created something amazing. One year ago CC...
Using Grep to Work With Text
Grep is one of the more powerful tools in the *nix toolkit. Any person who works with large amounts of text should have at least a basic understanding of ho...
2008
The Cowtown Computer Congress - A Kansas City Hackerspace
It’s my distinct pleasure to reveal my newest project, the Cowtown Computer Congress (CCCKC). This idea has been floating around in my mind for quite some t...
2006
Using Bootcamp to Take Law School Exams
Except for a small bug (or possible feature) in Examsoft failing to lock the Windows screen reader, my last final exam went off without a hitch this morning....