,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - Armed Once Again ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Not with a gun or anything. Last week my laptop, my lovely and glorious Thinkpad that I adored, gave up the ghost. MB was no longer receiving power from neither a known working battery or a new charger. B R I C K E D So I bid farewell to what had essentially become a rectangular frisbee, removed the salvageable drive and mem and threw it out. This left me in a conundrum (I just now learned about nano spellcheck, thank you nano) though, as I no longer had access to my attackbox or OffSec notes, or the class mats I had pirated. I had salvaged the m.2 from the Thinkpad but I didn't have a way of reading it yet. So I was essentially at a full stop. And with no money to afford a replacement laptop, I didn't know if I'd ever make it back to my coursework. Thankfully a friend came to the rescue with a spare MSI laptop, which is arriving today. Hence, my armament. It's not a thinkpad but beggers literally can't be choosers. I'm very fortunate to have good friends. So, first thing I'm doing after doubling the ram and installing the m.2 is to install Arch. I'm not going back to Kali, I've identified enough of my workflow to know which toolsets I need. I'd rather have my favorite OS and install everything piecemeal. Which reminds me. I found something very interesting on a bbs system today. I can't say what it is. But this scene goes deeper than I realized. Thanks for reading! - diviniti