I had the pleasure of joining the Hak5 crew and Dale Chase yesterday at the Bay Area Maker Faire. There over 9000 excellent projects, kits, and contraptions — though I couldn’t track down a Drink Shield despite asking all over. I was fortunate enough, however, to meet Eben and Liz of Raspberry Pi fame.
The ‘Pi is the DIY hardware that has most excited me since the Arduino. It is an ARM-based GNU/Linux computer for $25, and is only slightly bigger than a credit card (in 2D space). I’m looking forward to playing with one in the future. These things sell out faster than Shmoocon barcodes.
Wrapping up our interaction, I foolishly challenged Eben to a rap battle, in which he destroyed me via several powerful punchlines about my x86-based rap moniker of int0x80:
(click for full-size, the Flickr WordPress plugin is weird)
More pictures from Maker Faire, including lock picking with TOOOL, are over on our photos page :]
We had a lot of fun this past week. On Saturday, October 8th, Remington Forbes and I rocked out with Ruckus Roboticus at DayCon V in Dayton, OH. It’s always a pleasure to kick it with the folks in the woh.rr.com area ;]
I was also interviewed on two separate podcasts this past week.
Most recently I was interviewed by Thomas Gideon of The Command Line Podcast. This was a pretty challenging interview as Thomas is quite articulate and asked insightful questions that really made me think about why we make Dual Core music. Of course, we do it for the lulz as it’s obviously fun, but there were several aspects behind the drive that I hadn’t really considered in the past, and Thomas did a great job in evoking some elaboration on those.
The other podcast was Linux For The Rest Of Us. This was a more lighthearted discussion about how I use Dual Core to goof off. Ok it was more about how much fun it is to be a part of Dual Core and how fortunate I feel for everything. There is also some tech discussion so if you want more substance than just me ranting about how much I love hip hop, definitely check out this podcast as well.
Next up: Hack3rcon in WV, and of course, hacking all the things
We’re proud to announce that Rapid7 is now the official sponsor for the DerbyCon after-hours party. The party will run from 10:00PM until 2:00AM with Dual Core rapping to some tunes and Scott Ullrich with DJing. A special thanks to Rapid7 for sponsoring the party, without them this would not have been possible. We look forward to seeing everyone at the event.
Beer is free until we run out, mixed drinks will cost you. The Hyatt is providing bartenders for the party.
For those of you who have seen Dual Core live, odds are that you’ve only seen half of Dual Core (the rapper with the mustache). At Defcon 19, we will be playing our first ever US Dual Core proper shows with c64 on the decks!
Come check us out Thursday, August 4th, headlining at The Summit, raising funds for the EFF.
Thursday, August 4th, 2011
Doors: 8:00PM
Admission buys 1-year EFF membership ($40?)
Live music from Dale Chase, drraid, and Dual Core
Everybody walk the dinosaur
Want to tell c64 that you like his beats, or that he needs to find a better rapper? Or maybe you just want to shake hands with a Brit or hear his charming accent? All of those can be done when you come hang out with us at Defcon
You may remember we released the song “Mastering Success and Failure” not too long ago. Shortly thereafter, metasploit.com underwent a re-design. Take a look at the second rotation in the header:
It’s us! How cool is that?! Also the metasploit team is still up to their excellent 1337ness, as usual
