The other day, I attended a meeting of the North Texas chapter of ISACA. There, the information technology veteran, Austin Hutton, gave a presentation on the dangers of the Internet of Things (IoT). I have written about the IoT and how it can be used to devastating effect. One of the problems that Hutton talked […]
Wondering About Risk Assessments
Since I have little knowledge on audits (only from what I learned in college), I have been reading up on the finer details of an audit. I came across this documentation on the methods of carrying out a risk assessment in an audit. The article lists three options for performing a risk assessment (though there […]
Research in Developing a Budget for Video Games
Since I like video games, and I know a thing or two about accounting, I thought of writing and recording a video which delves into how the budget for a video game is constructed. I have tried to find out how some major game developers make their budgets, but I have hit a road block. […]
The Problems With the Internet of Things
As more and more Internet of Things (IoT) devices are bought and set up, there is a growing concern for what they can do, in addition to their normal purpose. The security researcher, Brian Krebs, had his website brought down by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. The company who formerly hosted Krebs and […]
So I wrote a cute screensaver
A few months ago, I found a GIF of Kirby (or rather a bunch of Kirbys) dancing. I thought, This would be even cooler if it was set to music. So I set about writing a simple, little HTML5 screensaver. In the Cinnamon Desktop for Linux Mint, you can write screensavers in HTML5 (technically, it […]
My attempts at watching a video on job hunting
For the past couple of days, I have put off watching this video called “5 Fast Ways to Make Yourself More Hireable”, which was put out by the The Society for Collegiate Leadership and Achievement. When I finally sat down to watch the thing, I couldn’t view it. I don’t know why I couldn’t view […]
Thoughts on Green Finance as well as climate change
I was reading the BBC website last week (like I normally do each day) when I happened upon this article on Green Finance being a big opportunity. One of the points the author first makes is that capital flows from one advanced country to another, growing economy, with which I can agree. There is emerging […]
First blog post
I just started this blog. Feels… okay. What I’m going to do on this site is just post projects I’ve been working on, and maybe other things that catch my fancy.