The LTB.log

Because I travel almost constantly, I’ve had to adapt my usage of P90X to fit my mobile lifestyle. Along the way I’ve discovered and/or devised a set of tools and techniques that simplify the process, keep me motivated, and significantly increase the efficacy of my workouts.

According to Dopplr, I traveled 127/272 days last year (calculated starting in March). … I took 24 trips and traveled 31% of the distance to the moon (113,733 km/70,670 miles) with an overall average velocity of 12.97 km/hr (~ the speed of a house mouse).

Attention security conference / convention organizers, speakers, attendees and general @SecurityTwits community at large: I need your input!

Finally got around to uploading and converting my DEFCON 16 presentation with co-presenter Carric, entitled “PenTesting is Dead, Long Live the PenTest!”
Part problem dissection, part solution discussion, part political rant, peppered with a bit of humor and wit.
This talk explores the death and subsequent re-birth of the penetration test. Comprised of conclusions drawn from [...]

For those less interested in itinerary management, but who are interested in the social networking / travel coordinating component of TripIt, a self-described luddite friend later directed me to Dopplr, another web resource that ignores the finer details of your itinerary and instead focuses simply on where you’ll be, when, and who you know that might also be there. … In point of fact, it’s time for me to run upstairs and pack for my trip to Fort Lauderdale this week (you can find details at Tripit, Dopplr, and WMLive if you also plan to be in the area), so I hope you found at least one of the above resources to be interesting if not useful, and maybe I’ll see you in one of the myriad destinations I have planned for this year and next!

Traveling a lot generally means eating out a lot, and I’ve managed to hone a few techniques to both reduce my dining expenditures and generate occasional rewards. … The kicker here is that there are several restaurants within major cities that are members of both RewardsNetwork and OpenTable , which means you can get as much as %20 cash back for dining, plus as many as 1,000 points for making a reservation, which essentially translates into %20 of your total bill plus $10 towards future meal purchases.

Believe that a power greater than yourself exists and is necessary to identify and eliminate malware, botnets, and the Windows hosts that contain them…. Seek through prayer, meditation and continuing malware research to improve your understanding of the growing malware threat as we know it.

Incredibly cool; I’m incredibly jealous.

While I’ve long debated the real value of professional certifications in the IT industry, it would be ignorant to refute the hard data that demonstrates the perceived value of certification, and the resulting remuneration benefits.

I’m off to Anchorage, Alaska tomorrow to teach a VMware VI3 class, and am actually quite giddy about it. Alaska remains one of the few place in the US that I haven’t yet visited and still want to.