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Trucks! TV and Sport Truck Shootout |
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Written by Brian Baskin
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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 |
I spent this last weekend on an enjoyable drive to London, Kentucky to participate in the 9th Annual Sport Truck Shootout, put on by the North American Truck Club (mostly Chevy 454SS owners). I've always tried to attend in prior years, but the distance and general state of my truck has made it impossible.
This year, my plans were slightly changed by Spike TV's Trucks! show. This season featured a build-off between Ryan and Kevin over a '94 Ford Lightning and a '90 454SS. These efforts were to culminate at the Shootout when the two trucks would go head-to-head to see which was faster.
Unfortunately, due to legal reasons, the race did not occur. However, Trucks! was there to hang out with the clubs for the weekend and take plenty of footage for the show. Kevin and Ryan were great to our clubs and genuinely interested in the various builds.
For me, well, times were off. I was near 2 seconds off of my normal times due to weather and elevation, so I spent the event practicing burn-outs and launches. A great trip overall! It was also the first time that my wife had come with me to a drag day, where we spent 12 hours on the drag strip from setup to shutdown. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 06 August 2008 )
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Written by Brian Baskin
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Sunday, 30 March 2008 |
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After enjoying Florida twice in my life, we're heading back again. The first two times was when our DoD Cyber Crime Conference was held at the Westin Innisbrook in Tampa. This time, I will be traveling to speak at the US-CERT GFIRST conference in the first week of June. I will be giving my talk from the last Cyber Crime Conference: Bittorrent: The Swarm of Internet Crime. It'll be massively updated to take account of some of the new clients (Deluge) and hardware from CeBIT and other recent conference. Plus, we'll stay a few extra days for my family's first time ever at Disney. On a side note, for those of you who asked, yes I completely ripped my theme from Johnny's site. Congrats to him on his recent trip to Uganda again for the Hackers for Charity movement. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 30 March 2008 )
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New book? Netcat Power Tools |
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Written by Brian Baskin
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Wednesday, 19 March 2008 |
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I've been asked a number of times what I've been up to lately. For one, an undisclosed project management task that is eating the very soul of my existence. But, from what I gather, that seems to be the entire management field as a whole. I've been approached a few times over the last year to help, or completely write, some book material. All I've turned down. Writing is hard, especially when you have a toddler, busy hobbies, and an even busier career. Some call me the 'research monkey'; someone who can quickly find and learn new information, then regurgitate it into an easy to read format. But, at a point, I don't like doing that too much. I got burned on the Practical VoIP book for that; at least I feel like I burned myself. There was one topic that I was not very familiar with, so I BS'd my way through it. The tech editor called me out on it, but helped get me to where it needed to be. After that, I decided not to write on any topic unless I knew it like the back of my hand. So along comes a new project in January. A book on Netcat! One of my favorite tools, and one that I've developed many new procedures for in forensics. Due to time commitments, I ended up writing just one chapter in it: Banner Grabbing, another favorite topic. The work is submitted and undergoing edits now, so be on the look out for Netcat Power Tools when it comes out. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 19 March 2008 )
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