Home Lab Gone Wrong: Why Context Matters in Tech
Chris Sullivan
When I saw that headline about an Ogden man arrested for running a drug lab in his home, my first thought wasn’t about chemistry or law enforcement. It was about…
Chris Sullivan
When a Government Actually Takes Cybersecurity Seriously (Rare Sighting)
I’ve spent the better part of two decades watching organizations, governments, and corporations treat cybersecurity like a compliance checkbox rather than a survival mechanism. So when I heard that the…
When Experience Becomes Your Best Asset: The Value of Knowing Your Way Around
You know what I’ve learned after spending thirty years watching technology, sports, and people do their thing? The best moves often aren’t the flashy ones. They’re the quiet decisions made…
AI in Cybersecurity: The Hype Meets Reality
Look, I’ve been doing IT long enough to know when something’s genuinely useful versus when it’s just the industry’s latest shiny object. Every few years, a new technology promises to…
When Scammers Get Caught: What the Cody Winn Case Tells Us About Crime in 2024
A guy in Ohio just got indicted on over 100 charges for allegedly stealing more than a million dollars from people. Cody Winn from Batavia Township became the kind of…
Docker on Cheap Hardware: Why It Actually Works (And Why It Matters)
I’ve been in IT long enough to remember when people thought containerization was a fad. Docker would disappear, they said. It’s too complex, they said. Meanwhile, here we are in…
Proxmox’s defaults are lazy, and that’s costing you money
I’ve been running Proxmox in my home lab for three years now, and I’ll tell you straight: it’s still the best open-source hypervisor option available. But—and this is a significant…
Why Good Hardware Dies with Bad Software: A Hard Lesson from the NAS World
I’ve been doing this long enough to know that throwing money at hardware specs doesn’t guarantee you’ll end up with something actually useful. The Orico HS500 MetaBox Pro is a…
Jira, Data Breaches, and Why Your Issue Tracker Isn’t Your Security System
So Crunchyroll got breached. 6.8 million users had their personal data stolen. You’ve probably seen the headlines. But here’s what I want to talk about: how this connects to Jira,…
Super Micro Computer’s Stock Whipsaw: What Investors Actually Need to Know
Super Micro Computer stock had a rough week. Then it had a better Monday. That’s the gist of what happened, though of course the financial press needed roughly nine thousand…