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I am a hacker, tinkerer, data nerd, trail explorer. This is my brain dump.

From Canada with Money - Watch Out for the Old-School Mail Scam

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The other day one of my friend shared an interesting letter they received, that I thought I’d cover on this blog. It all started with them peeking at their USPS Informed Delivery digest to see that there was a letter headed to them postmarked with an automated Canada Post label.

Email Aliases Are Not A Security Measure

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I have nothing against the concept of aliases at its core, but I have a lot to say about it being treated as some kind of security barrier against the bad guys and gals busting into your private accounts. Email aliases are a privacy and not a security measure.

Hawai'i (Big Island) Trip

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This is a collection from a recent trip to Hawai’i (Big Island). Hands down, one of my favorite places in the world.

The Math Of Getting To Hero Rank In Halo Infinite

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It finally happened - after a bit more than a year of playing Halo Infinite, I’ve finally reached the end of the line. The pinnacle of experience-based rank, if you will - Hero.

OpenSpartan Workshop 1.0.10 (Thasan) Released

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I finally reached the Hero rank in Halo Infinite, and as the primary dogfood-er of the OpenSpartan Workshop project I ran into issues where the Hero rank was not correctly rendered in the app. With this release, it’s now correctly shown.

Converting HEX Color To SolidColorBrush In WinUI 3

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As I was building OpenSpartan Workshop for Windows I needed the ability to convert a hexadecimal HTML color code to a SolidColorBrush object. Unlike with previous UI frameworks, WinUI 3 (which is what I use) doesn’t have a built-in construct for this kind of conversion. Naturally, I had to improvise.

Purchasing Items In The Halo Infinite Exchange Via The API

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Let’s talk a bit more about the Exchange. I’ve discussed its API implementation on my blog when it first came out in retail builds of Halo Infinite, but now that I am growing the content on the OpenSpartan website, I decided to start documenting my API explorations here. After all, it’s all at home with the rest of the Halo-related tinkering that I am doing.

SeaFair 2024 - Air Show Photos

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This past weekend most of the Greater Seattle got to experience the thunder of US Navy Blue Angels jets buzzing the trees around the city as part of Seafair. I decided to take the time and actually venture out around the city to take some good photos this year.