In this episode I explain how I previously solved Day 1 - Part 1 of the Advent of Code 2025 problem. I then proceed to fail to solve part 2, though I think I was close. I got stuck in the “keep trying random stuff” mindset instead of sitting back and thinking about the problem. A problem that is magnified when I’m recording as I have to think and talk at the same time.
[Read More]SaturdayMP Show 76: Hack the Box - Lock (Part 2 - Both Flags)
Part 2 of the Lock machine. I was able to capture both the user and system flags with the help of the walkthrough. My biggest learning was with the MSI Installer bug where you can use the installer repair action to elevate yourself from Guest to System Administrator.
[Read More]SaturdayMP Show 75: Hack the Box - Lock (Part 1, Almost Captured the User Flag)
In this episode I attempt the Lock machine on @HackTheBox . Spoiler: I almost captured the user flag but ran out of time. Got delayed by installing items on my new Kali Linux WSL and learning new about MSFvemon, setting Python virtual environments, and the Cryptodome library.
[Read More]SaturdayMP Show 74: Migrate From Rails to Jekyll (Part 7 or 7)
The final episode in porting the SaturdayMP website from Rails to Jekyll where I update the DNS entries to point to the GitHub Pages site.
Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYPcrKbLqwutOPHv6zimONxErY7ke9tWn
Jekyll:
https://jekyllrb.com/
GitHub Pages:
https://docs.github.com/en/pages
EasyDNS:
https://easydns.com/
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[Read More]SaturdayMP Show 72: Migrate From Rails to Jekyll (Part 5)
In this episode I fix the SASS depreciation warnings for @import and other statements. By fix I mean just ignore them as Bootstrap does not yet support the new @use and @forward.
Part 4:
https://youtu.be/eJbMn75dQKo Jekyll: https://jekyllrb.com/
Bootstrap:
https://getbootstrap.com/
SASS and Bootstrap:
https://sass-lang.com/documentation/breaking-changes/import/
[https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/pull/41236
](<https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/pull/41236
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