Well I actually enrolled a couple of weeks ago now, last week I did a few extra curricular activities like a reintroduction to numbers and a bit of algebra. Went OK am quite comfortable with that as it stands so no issue. Have got induction on campus on Thursday so its an early start on…

How do we make AI available to everyone not just the privileged few? It would seem that the American tech bro fraternity are making models that are so expensive to use in any meaningful way that most people will be priced out of the market. Meta have plans for a 2.5GW data center the size…

I have been using llama 3 for a couple of months now but I want to upgrade it to a better model, have found a load of regularly updated models so am going to try and get some of those running locally before the Jenson Orin arrives next month. Looking through benchmarks and it looks…

Am I too late to the party? I think maybe I am but I will be bringing in the AWS AI Architect course to enhance my skills. £80k is a lot of money to spend on a degree that wont get me anything, maybe am being silly and overthinking it now that the date is…

First thought this morning was the next challenge on hackthebox, I think I am hooked. Going to try and only do 8 hours today and keep it that way to maintain a good work/life balance. Challenges are super interesting and I am slowly getting used to the way things work and am not needing the…

Am doing the challenges on www.hackthebox.com and so far am doing quite well am starting to really learn linux a bit better and some of the tools are starting to become second nature so I am learning and taking it in. I have been busy doing the challenges for the last 3 days and it…

Well, thats it I have enrolled on the Cyber Security degree and I am waiting for my ID card to come through the post! Have started using hack the box to get me up to speed with the tools am going to be using over the next 4 years and beyond. I still have to…

The last time I participated in a capture the flag competition it was with the cyber security degree students we were teaching at ARU and we did terribly. We didnt even get the ‘1 or 1’ form bypass technique in fact we scored 0 points on the who CTF and it was kind of embarrassing…

Should I use the new skills I am about to learn for good or for evil. I know it should be an easy choice but I want to play with powerful machines and expensive toys. I am going to get some offensive security for the commute to Manchester on the train and start gathering data…

Sp here we are at new years eve and I am thinking back about all the struggles that I have overcome both in private and in the open. I have been accepted to study at 2 institutions this year but because there was a problem with my student finance the offer was rescinded, the next…