retrospectives: that time i helped track Geneva's pollution
a story about an internship, which also was an academic project, which also was something my uni's makerspace was involved in
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maya's blog at the end of the universe.
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lecturing: 4 years in
so i've been lecturing about information security at university for a while now
making this blog less of a pain to write to
the tale of a full technology migration so i don't have to edit 12 files to publish a single blogpost
reflecting on work
it has been about a year since leaving my employer, and i'm not too sure how i feel about that
what the heck is an uwu-space
how i may have ended co-founding a hackspace in zurich, and helped stand up the infrastructure backbone
train ticket shenanigans: the 83rd kontiki conference
the german public transport authorities invited us to talk about train tickets this time, i went to hamburg with an extra mission: co-delivering a talk about train tickets
a 39th congress. this time with extra chaos.
this time, i went to hamburg with an extra mission: co-delivering a talk about train tickets
once more to BSides London
going to bsides london to help out and hang out
things i've been up to
just a rapid fire series of small updates
returning this silly little blog to the era of "small internet"
maya is making things less "big tech"
WHY2025, a Dutch hacker camp experience
once more, maya was in a field, and somehow helped the internet spawn there
a semester in review, what even is catgirl dot global
going over some of the shenanigans i have been up to in the last few months :)
going to montreal on holidays
i went to montreal to spend some time somewhere very different, and to revisit my past
going to Hack Glasgow, a new conference up in the west of Scotland.
i went to glasgow to help out some friends with their new conference :)
maya does an infrastruktur!
maya has decided that it should make its internet closer to home, maybe in a closet
maya went to 38c3!
maya goes to congress again, volunteers a bit (this surp... this joke is getting old), and has a fun time.
bsides london, 0% attendance run (sorry)
I went to a conference and did some volunteering! (this surprises no one)
Doing conference A/V shenanigans at BSides NCL.
I went to a conference and got given things to do! (this surprises no one)
New experiences at DEFCON 32
I went to DEFCON32 and volunteered.
Maya goes on holidays in the Pacific Northwest
Maya decided to go on a pre-DEFCON visit to the US West Coast.
Startup Whiplash! At Steelcon!
One of my rants, this time with extra punch, sure to give whiplash.
Electromagnetic Fields!
I went to a field near Ledbury. Oh, and so did 3000 or so other hackers!
Whoops! That's some PII!
I stumbled onto the database of a lumber/building materials buying group in Canada. A tale of responsible disclosure.
New Year, New Stuff!
A few changes to this blog.
Attending Chaos Congress, a highlight to close off the year.
Chaos Congress, the perfect place for this chaos goose to end the year.
I somehow spoke at BSides London! (an unscheduled development)
BSides London! (I failed the "Maya don't speak at a BSides challenge" again)
Making this blog easier to deploy!
Blogging, on the move?
It's been 3 years.
3 years, 54 blog posts, a bit of a brain dump.
Attending BoncleSides!
I went to Newcastle upon Tyne to attend and speak at a conference. I ended up also winning second place at the CTF.
I went to C3Camp!
Chaos Computer Camp, or how a bunch of hackers and makers in a field in Germany make for quite a cool event!
I went to DEFCON31!
I have once more been graced with the opportunity to head to Vegas, for one of the worlds' largest hacker conferences.
JavaScript war crimes! At SteelCon.
Maya is back - with a vengeance - to teach people about JSFuck.
A Phishing Expedition!
I somehow got involved in analyzing a phishing kit that was making the rounds... So let's talk about its technical aspects.
Yet another new job.
I have a new job, and am leaving academia.
Revamping my Bachelor's project
I made a program to visualize Dominant Language Constellations in 3D, to digitize a process done until then with sticks and papier maché
My gender paradigm shift.
Gender identity! A fun topic, and my personal stake in it.
I went to Wales for BSides Cymru!
BSides Cymru, or why I went to hang out with a bunch of trans and queer folk in Wales
I finished my Master's degree!
Explaining the conspicuous disappearance of my Internet self. (ish)
Heading out to BSides London!
BSides London, one of the UK's biggest BSides events, and the friends that were made along the way.
I went to South Korea!
A big university trip halfway around the world.
Heading out to DTX360 and BeerCon4!
BeerCon4, a cybersecurity event! (but at a trade show???)
I went to Scotland!
I attended a wedding in Scotland, and met up with some of my friends!
I spoke at DEFCON30! (I also attended it!)
DEFCON30! All the shenanigans, all the hackers, all the bad luck?
Going back to Amsterdam and attending MCH!
I attended MayContainHackers 2022, and got into some shenanigans!
Going to Paris for the Wavegame cloud competition!
I went to Paris for the WaveGame competition, and we ended up winning!
Building a Raspberry Pi private web server!
Going behind the scenes on developping a private web service deployed on a Raspberry Pi.
Digital Overdose Conference 2: We're doing this again!
Going behind the scenes of the second iteration of the Digital Overdose Conference.
I started a new job!
Going into a bit more detail about what I'm currently working on!
Dissecting the KnightCTF Cryptography challenges!
KnightCTF! A write-up on solving challenges from the "Cryptography" category.
Dissecting the KnightCTF Misc challenges!
KnightCTF! A write-up on solving challenges from the "Misc" category.