Introduction DEFCON has been cancelled! The long-running joke come true. Not all is lost though, including my deposit on a room at Planet Hollywood. My wife and I were pretty bummed given this is m...

Update 6/16/2020: got to some of the items in the retrospective; updated content herein. Introduction Recently, I’ve taken to Terraforming all the things. What better way to learn Terraform than...

That MS-DOS feel with the rocker switch! Introduction Doing DEFCON stuff doesn’t have to end with the closing ceremonies in Vegas. You can have DEFCON fun all year round by joining and hanging ou...

Introduction If there’s one thing I look forward to every year, it’s attending DEFCON. I am lucky enough through my employer to have expenses covered to attend, albeit buying swag which I’m more t...

Welcome to my blog and excuse the default template. It’ll be here for a while. My name is Michael Giordano and I’ve created this blog to keep track of thoughts/ideas and share some projects that...