Cybersecurity by day. Tinkering, trail notes, kitchen experiments, and the occasional trip by night. @nebriv in most places.
Most entries are field notes. A few are chapters. Newest first. Older entries settle to the bottom.
Started the Catskill 3500 challenge in 2025, finished in 2026, on to the 46ers.
PLACEHOLDER — the pandemic chapter. Less travel, more building, games filled the gap.
The trip that started it all. Boeing factory, Amtrak through Oregon, a Fiat 500 on Route 66, redwoods, and Alcatraz.
Snort IDS wired to Google's GRR so one alert could pull forensic evidence off the flagged machine on its own. My Champlain capstone, and an early run at what's now called EDR.
Four Vermont winters, a degree in cybersecurity, and a minor in digital forensics. Really where it all began.