AppSec USA 2012

I attended AppSec USA 2012 in Austin this past Thursday and Friday. It's a conference devoted to Application Security (Web Application Security mostly), but I learned how to pick handcuffs, open combination locks with a simple lock pick, open formerly high-security locks with a bic pen, purchased a lock pick set for practice, and learned a lot about HTML5, cryptography, and Javascript.

More pictures will come soon.

Austin on Thursday

Dusk over Lady Bird Lake

Pipedreams Episode 1235

http://pipedreams.publicradio.org/listings/2012/1235/

With especial attention to Astor Piazolla's 'Oblivion', performed on the 2003 Ruffatti in the Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Kansas City, MO by Hector Olivera. I performed this piece at American Festival for the Arts, reformulated for piano, violin, and cello, five years or so ago. 

Being an alumnus

Things I miss: The variety of people, the imagined feeling that everyone bustling past are students, the shared camaraderie. Also, the multitude of people. When on campus now it feels somewhat alien, and for good reason: once again I'm like a freshman, staring at the buildings going up left and right.

Pros: Alumni Parking pass for just 20 dollars. Also coming to an organization you founded and seeing it continue to thrive.