Author Archives: Carmelo

Gathering of the Ghouls

Posted on August 26, 2023 by Carmelo

The Gathering of the Ghouls is a new con for those who dig horror, which isn’t necessarily us, but we like Halloween stuff so here we are!

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Dark Ones Party: Denizens of the Deep

Posted on August 19, 2023 by Carmelo

Jaime, Allysen, and Melissa (and one other) were mermaids at the Dark Ones party tonight and were quite an attraction.

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Blackhat & DefCon

Posted on August 14, 2023 by Carmelo

So I just got back from 2 back-to-back conferences in Las Vegas and wow, am I tired! I got to spend a lot of quality time with coworkers and talking to vendors and other like-minded nerds and geeks.    

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Internet Hacker: John Hammond

Posted on August 14, 2023 by Carmelo

At Blackhat, I ran into John Hammond, and if you haven’t seen his Youtube Channel, you’re missing out. He goes into some hacker tools and displays his prowess over Linux and other operating systems. It’s pretty impressive.

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Nashville Security Leadership Meeting

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Carmelo

We needed to get together to have some strategy and budget discussions, it was a lot of tough work and we tried to balance it out with some good food and breaking bread with a couple of our local team … Continue reading →

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Angela’s Birthday!

Posted on July 15, 2023 by Carmelo

For Angela’s birthday, we did a Harry Potter themed party at the Drink Me Tea Room down in Tempe/Chandler. It was a lot of fun!

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Fourth of July Festivities

Posted on July 5, 2023 by Carmelo

For the Fourth of July, we did 2 separate events… one at our house with our friends and family to enjoy the pool, we did that the weekend before the fourth, and then on the fourth itself at Brandee and … Continue reading →

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Lake Day!! With Other Friends!!

Posted on June 17, 2023 by Carmelo

Father’s day weekend and the lake was so packed that I had to park the truck outside of the parking area, about a quarter mile from where we launched the boat! But once we got out onto the water, it … Continue reading →

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Phoenix Comicon!! (Phoenix Fan Fusion)

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Carmelo

Our nerd-fest celebration has come around, we all reunite and get nerdy and geeky and dress up and go be fans of comic actors! We hang out, we eat, we drink, we hang out together, it’s just a lot of … Continue reading →

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Lake Day with Friends!

Posted on May 14, 2023 by Carmelo

We took Petoonia out with our friends and their kids up to Lake Pleasant, our favorite lake! It was a really fun day!

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