Posts by brett@brettiverse.com
(DIR) Post #APv1KhZQPhjrjcdBR2 by brett@brettiverse.com
2022-11-23T21:42:29.341585Z
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This is an old project, but by some miracle it's still working and I woke up this morning wanting to celebrate the things I love more.This Inkplate e-ink screen shows Conway's Game of Life, seeded from tarpits I have on the Internet. The tarpits are programs on my computer that superficially look like insecure Telnet and Remote Desktop services, but actually exist to respond super slowly and make bots scanning the Internet 'get stuck'.When a bot connects to the tarpit, the data it sends gets squished into a 5x5 grid and 'stamped' onto a Game of Life board. Data from a bot at the IP address 1.1.x.x will get stamped on the top left corner, data from a bot at 254.254.x.x will get stamped on the bottom right corner.Conway's Game of Life, a set of simple rules that govern whether cells should turn on or off, updates the display once per second. The result is that bot attacks end up appearing as distinct 'creatures', that get bigger and more angry looking over time (as their centre is updated with new data). After the attack finishes, the 'creature' eventually burns itself out.Despite that description, it's a really chill piece of art that doesn't draw too much attention but I can happily watch for a long time.Credit for the idea goes to @_mattata, I had been wanting to make a real-life version of XKCD #350 for years before seeing his Botnet Fishbowl project.#projects #inkplate #esp32 #eink #infosec #tarpit
(DIR) Post #AQ2eqK4mYZAkSE5QWW by brett@brettiverse.com
2022-11-27T21:40:33.819727Z
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I want to get proper desktops for my computer/electronics/hobby area but aesthetics are not really something I understand, which of these colour options works best in your opinion?I'm leaning toward grey but I can't articulate why
(DIR) Post #AQ3o5spYiS2vKgQ8cS by brett@brettiverse.com
2022-11-28T06:16:17.932403Z
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@y3mz Did a quick edit and I think you might be right about the black pegboards, thanks!
(DIR) Post #AQ4k6l3kt9fGrWBMjw by brett@brettiverse.com
2022-11-28T21:50:55.274488Z
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@y3mz Oh that's a very poor edit in GIMP, I don't do anything that quickly :-P
(DIR) Post #ASqzQaKb3sKKMCUwjY by brett@brettiverse.com
2023-02-19T22:45:29.232896Z
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Do people following #infosec have strong opinions on adding TOTP MFA secrets to your password manager?
(DIR) Post #AdETFHA6xbGEbyZSvw by brett@brettiverse.com
2023-12-25T21:42:11.431723Z
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@mikemathia I saw the model of iPod Classic that I use daily in a museum a couple of weeks ago. I'm not getting old; museums must be getting lazy.
(DIR) Post #Anzuwy8jaPtGyEYFCC by brett@brettiverse.com
2024-11-13T10:11:52.259618Z
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Last night I made a fake nuclear reactor control system and put it on the Internet for hackers to find.It's a script implementing the absolute minimum of the VNC protocol to very slowly send a screenshot of a SCADA interface.I'm logging any keys they try to type and mouse movements they make, and the next stage of the project is to use that data to drive a display in my living room, that'll look like an electronic cloud chamber (using e-paper)#projects #infosec #tarpit
(DIR) Post #AnzvATCZPVI14Vmcsa by brett@brettiverse.com
2024-11-07T08:21:54.304152Z
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I made a case for my R36S (portable games emulator gadget). Really happy with how this one turned out and specifically how my leather design is improving 🙂 #leather #projects #hobby #maker #r36s #lasercut #lasercutter
(DIR) Post #AnzvH5Yji8dRlzJ7Ls by brett@brettiverse.com
2024-10-14T19:22:38.771686Z
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I'm back home! I made a leather cover for my iPod that I had designed in the airport during a layover.Really happy with this one, only issue is that the edges around the screen tend to pull up. Hopefully if I keep it screen-down for a little while they'll flatten out.#leather #projects #hobby #lasercutting #maker
(DIR) Post #AtpxeswL7QOS3nlSxE by brett@brettiverse.com
2025-05-06T08:41:09.786211Z
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While the yanks are locked out of the world market, now is the perfect time to completely phase out imperial measurements
(DIR) Post #Av2QYkcGQbKJQfCuYq by brett@brettiverse.com
2025-06-12T00:55:20.669706Z
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It's so rare that I push Arduino code and it works first try, but it's magical when it happens
(DIR) Post #B389YJAUPeOZc3oupc by brett@brettiverse.com
2026-02-09T02:13:17.489649Z
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#ProjectHailMary hell yeah that final trailer! I am so psyched to see this
(DIR) Post #B389ktvxXppT7A1q76 by brett@brettiverse.com
2026-01-15T00:24:07.367915Z
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(DIR) Post #B3ARWJUiPqE1XKOnq4 by brett@brettiverse.com
2026-02-10T04:04:39.655517Z
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It would've been nice to see an ocean on Mars.