Reading: Went through a bunch of books these couple of months. Highlights include Flower for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, The Stranger) by Albert Camus, and Going Zero by Anthony McCarten. I'm currently at the first quarter of Pierce Brown's Red Rising.
Current music phase: Got hooked on Boards of Canada's new album, Inferno at the time of its release. Even went to a listening party at a local record shop. An eery album with a level of production quality unheard of from BoC. Words don't do it justice, just check the whole duo's discography out.
My favorite album of theirs is still Geogaddi though (I recently discovered how great the track You Could Feel the Sky is).
Another recent discovery of mine was Adam Betts' Colossal Squid album. The drumming on this project is crazy good. Groovy beats and intricate sequencing, a top-notch project.
Playing: Played through the campaign of Watch Dogs recently and I have already bought the sequel, which I'm going to start soon. Pretty in-character game for a real-life cybersec guy, I know. ;)
Also got into DeadLock, but I'm still learning its ropes. Never played a MOBA before.
Now for the events that have taken place in my life recently:
- Finished my first two semesters in my Cyber Security Master's programme. Only three more to go.
- During this time, I've taken an interest in the inner workings of cryptocurrencies and jumped into the privacy rabbit hole that is the Monero ecosystem from exchanges to marketplaces and such. Even used the coin to order stuff from XMRBazaar like homemade limoncello from Italy.
- Passed a challenging exam with roughly four hours of sleep in Rome to be a Qualified Common Criteria Evaluator. I can now work in Common Criteria evaluations within the EUCC scheme.
- Held an online course for a local university on the basics of ethical hacking with one of my colleagues. The examinations will start next week and I'm excited to test our students. Never done that before. Careerwise, I think I'm set for now. :D
- My girlfriend returned from her Erasmus semester a few months ago. We've been to Italy for a beach vacation.