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Tipping In A Cashless Society

Tipping In A Cashless Society

I went to a local coffeehouse this morning. Like many coffeehouses, they don’t accept cash. They only take credit cards and debit cards with one exception: TIPS. There is a top jar where customers can throw loose change and crumpled up portraits of George Washington. The problem is: * Cash

Gain Ticketing Experience With Peppermint

Gain Ticketing Experience With Peppermint

Most of the jobs I want to get require previous ticket management system Experience, but this has always been a chicken before the egg problem for me. How the heck am I supposed to get this magical ticket experience before I get a coveted help desk position? There are no

Nostree Is Like LinkTree On Nostr

NostreeA Nostr-based application to create, manage and discover link lists, show notes and other stuff.

Projects

PopOS! Peppermint A free and open source ticketing system simmilar to ZenDesk. https://tickets.marcleon.work/ Umbrel a personal server I installed on a refurbished Dell OptiPlex computer. Mealie Recipe management system. This allows me to plan meals for the week and automates my grocery list. I also use it

Nostree

NostreeA Nostr-based application to create, manage and discover link lists, show notes and other stuff. As Seen on TOR: http://p66dxywd2xpyyrdfxwilqcxmchmfw2ixmn2vm74q3atf22du7qmkihyd.onion/nostree/

Learning Kali Linux

Learning Kali Linux

Six months ago, I didn't know I was a hacker. Most of my online friends are also hackers. Hacking away at our keyboards is part of our culture. We encrypt. We test software and report about it. We believe code is speech We write code. We make pull requests. We

10X Your Password Security

10X Your Password Security

One way to mitigate the risk of a Password breach is to stop using passwords and start using randomly generated passphrases. A passphrase is a combination of words. A good example can be found on the EFF dice words website. For most applications, they suggest using 6 words randomly chosen

The Experience That Motivated Me To Apply To Unchained

The Experience That Motivated Me To Apply To Unchained

I listened to an episode of The I.T.Career Podcast. One of the guests claimed anyone who wanted to get an IT job can get one today if they know where to look. Most people apply for a job on Linked in or Indeed. This guest to try a

Nostree.me

I never really used Linked tree, but apparently 50 million people do. One link to help you blah, blah, blah. There is a free version, but you can also buy a Pro or premium version. The Pro version costs nine bucks a month or $108 per year. For this price

Steganography

The security plus cert has a section in Steganography. I've always found this form of cryptography fascinating because it allows us to hide secret messages in pictures or audio files. This is often a form of security through obscurity, but you could also embed encrypted messages into into innocuous looking

What Nostr Did

I'm studying for the Comp Tia Security Plus exam because my experience using applied cryptography has already taught me much of the foundational knowledge in the exam. My area of expertise is included in the" Blockchain Technology – CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 – 1.4" section. This has also given me hands-on experience

AI And The Time Chain

In The I.T. Career Podcast, the host asked this question "This is a question I get asked a lot and I'm sure you've gotten it too, but how do the emerging technologies such as AI and blockchain and even ioT impacting especially the cyber-security landscape and the job market?

Building Information Vaults

information security, ransomware, giving bitcoin

Building Information Vaults

We often hear about ransomware attacks in the news, but I bet most people have never heard about bitcoin donations, but I donate about $30-$50 worth of bitcoin to various people every month. And no, I'm not rich. It's part of my budget.

Real Journey Academies Cover Letter

Dear Hiring Manager, I am writing to express my interest in the IT Technician position at REAL Journey Academies. With over ten years of education experience, I believe I am uniquely qualified for this position. I completed an English credential from National University in 2018, but discovered I have a

IT Support Tier 1 Technical Support Cover Letter

Hi. My name is Marc. For the last decade, I have been a substitute teacher at various districts. This is a great part time job because it allowed me to pick my son up from school and gave me time to run a household. I an applying as a Tier

PGP

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Hello World

I am starting this blog to obtain a career in information technology. The blog is self hosted on a Start9 computer in my closet, but I also run another server on a refurbished Dell OptiPlex and have experience running servers on PopOs!, Ubuntu, and a few others. Here's a picture