Colin Ashworth
quietwire.bsky.social
Colin Ashworth
@quietwire.bsky.social
Non-profit cybersec guy.

“Surprise, they took your money and they ate your kids; and they had their way with your wife a little bit, while you wept on the porch with your head in your hands, cursing taxes and the immigrants.”
There was a lot of tech that had a large impact on my life in 2025, but on the whole nothing beats the impact of moving my notes to Obsidian. (obsidian.md)

The power that comes from having plain Markdown files organized in standard directories on the file system is pretty incredible.
January 2, 2026 at 1:20 PM
When did we stop dating letters?
December 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
First circuit board completed. Only took me 47 years.
December 30, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Highly recommend reading this report (as well as the entire crypto report series) that the ICIJ has created. The United States is actively shielding these platforms and the criminal organizations that use them. Victims are left with nothing. Where’s the law and order?

www.icij.org/investigatio...
Crypto giants moved billions linked to money launderers, drug traffickers and North Korean hackers
An ICIJ investigation traced tens of thousands of transactions and found crypto platforms awash with dirty money.
www.icij.org
December 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Spent the first half of my 2 weeks of vacation properly segmenting my home network (finally). I’d say it would have been easier to do at the start but as home networks tend to get set up during move-in, I know that’s not true.

98% done now and it should easily transfer during any future moves.
December 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Had not realized how unbelievably close to burnout I’ve been until I hit this holiday stretch of time off.

If I don’t get better about using my paid leave next year it will likely end in disaster. 🙃
December 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
At some point in the last 5 years I finally beat insomnia and started sleeping well.

Now early wake-ups are rare, but they do still happen just often enough to keep my router updated.
December 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM