Fitness

New Year, Clean Slate

I finally quit making excuses and went back to the gym this year after a 2+ year break. My legitimate excuse was financial, CrossFit memberships are now $175/mo. What?!?!? Yep, and worth every penny. For those of you not familiar with CrossFit, it’s a pretty brutal workout program conducted on the hour in groups. A personal trainer is involved with…

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Technology

I just hacked your AT&T voicemail

Kidding. But what I discovered on accident last night is that many AT&T voicemail boxes are unprotected by default, even if you have a PIN number. You can test your voicemail to see if it’s vulnerable by calling yourself from your cell phone. If you are prompted for a password, you are safe. If you are not prompted for a…

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Coworking, Technology

Techraising 2011

Last weekend I participated in a hack-a-thon event called Tech Raising in Santa Cruz. The idea is to make a 90 second pitch on an idea Friday night, and teams form to build a minimally viable demo by Sunday night. In my case, I was lucky enough to form a team from the fall 2010 session of Santa Cruz App…

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