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The Better Ave Mujica - BanG Dream! Season 3 Rewatch Reaction
March 8, 2026 Rant
Beware of "BanG Dream!" spoilers
I've gone over my dislike of the Ave Mujica anime at length. It's a massive departure from what gives Bandori its own unique identity. However, something that I noticed, and something that may have colored my opinion of Ave Mujica, is that we've already had Ave Mujica's story in Bandori.
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First Oval of the Season - IndyCar 2026 Round 2 Recap
March 7, 2026 Rant
Fans have complained for years about the large gap between the first two races of the IndyCar season. The past two years, IndyCar responded by adding races at the Thermal Club, but this year the solution was the return to Phoenix in a crossover weekend with NASCAR. It's been a while since we've had an oval this early in the season, so what can we learn about this side of the schedule from the weekend?
Read more...
Takeaways From St. Pete - IndyCar 2026 Round 1 Recap
March 1, 2026 Rant
The first weekend of the IndyCar season has come to a close. There have been some interesting moves in the off-season and several teams making major financial investments, and we finally have a chance to see how all of those have paid off. So, what exactly have we learned?
Read more...
Don't Call It A Comeback - BanG Dream! Season 2 Rewatch Reaction
February 27, 2026 Rant
Beware of "BanG Dream!" spoilers
A common point of pride among Bandori fans is the comeback story. The story of how season 1 of the anime flopped and was saved by the desperate Hail Mary of the gacha game, Girls Band Party. While it's a good story, it's not 100% accurate to the facts.
Read more...
IT Pro Tip - Fixing An AD Domain Trust Relationship
February 16, 2026 Blog
Let's set the stage: you've just started work for the day, sorting through yesterday's tickets with your morning coffee when you receive a call from a user who can't log into their account. No amount of account unlocks or password resets seems to fix the issue. Stumped, you walk to the user's desk (or connect remotely if you're fancy) and try to sign in yourself only to be greeted with a message of "The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed." What does this mean, what could have caused it, and how can you fix it?
Read more...
Weaponizing Notepad - Bypassing Microsoft's CVE-2026-20841
Fix
February 11, 2026 Blog
On February 10, 2026, Microsoft announced the existence of CVE-2026-20841, a command injection vulnerability related to the rendering of Markdown links in Notepad. While they claim to have fixed it, I think their fix completely missed the point of the vulnerability. To that end, let's take a look at the fix and how an attacker could work around it.
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I'm Hopeful For Proton Drive - The SDK Rant
January 29, 2026 Rant
Last July, Proton teased their upcoming Drive SDK, which would allow third-party developers to build clients for Proton Drive or implement Drive into their applications. Today, they've given us an update on the status of the SDK. Let's take a look at what the Proton Drive SDK could mean for the future of Proton Drive.
Read more...
A "BanG Dream! Our Notes" Rant
January 18, 2026 Rant
It's been around a week since Bushiroad announced a new game in the Bandori franchise called "Our Notes". To say opinions have been mixed would be putting it mildly. So, I've decided to throw my hat into the ring and give my thoughts on Bandori's new direction.
Read more...
I Hate AI, But I Used it Anyway - FSMO Troubleshooting Writeup
January 17, 2026 Blog
I'm not the biggest fan of AI. It's very obvious to me when people use it, and its outputs almost always have major issues that people refuse to take responsibility for. Overall, it just doesn't feel like it's reached the point where it's useful to me on a regular basis.
On this day, however, I was at my wits end, so I booted up Claude to give me a helping hand. Here's a look at what I did and how it responded, because it's a good showcase of the good and bad of LLMs.
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How To Analyze A Malware Sample
January 15, 2026 Blog
It was just before lunch when a ticket came across my board. SentinelOne had flagged and blocked a threat at one of our clients, and our Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service reached out to us to investigate further. While the threat seemed to be mitigated, we all agreed that it wasn't a bad idea to investigate further and figure out what exactly had kicked things off. So, here's another real-world case study on following the thread and figuring out the techniques attackers use to try to outsmart cybersecurity professionals.
Read more...
The Better Ave Mujica - BanG Dream! Season 3 Rewatch Reaction
March 8, 2026 Rant
Beware of "BanG Dream!" spoilers
I've gone over my dislike of the Ave Mujica anime at length. It's a massive departure from what gives Bandori its own unique identity. However, something that I noticed, and something that may have colored my opinion of Ave Mujica, is that we've already had Ave Mujica's story in Bandori.
Read more...
First Oval of the Season - IndyCar 2026 Round 2 Recap
March 7, 2026 Rant
Fans have complained for years about the large gap between the first two races of the IndyCar season. The past two years, IndyCar responded by adding races at the Thermal Club, but this year the solution was the return to Phoenix in a crossover weekend with NASCAR. It's been a while since we've had an oval this early in the season, so what can we learn about this side of the schedule from the weekend?
Read more...
Takeaways From St. Pete - IndyCar 2026 Round 1 Recap
March 1, 2026 Rant
The first weekend of the IndyCar season has come to a close. There have been some interesting moves in the off-season and several teams making major financial investments, and we finally have a chance to see how all of those have paid off. So, what exactly have we learned?
Read more...
Don't Call It A Comeback - BanG Dream! Season 2 Rewatch Reaction
February 27, 2026 Rant
Beware of "BanG Dream!" spoilers
A common point of pride among Bandori fans is the comeback story. The story of how season 1 of the anime flopped and was saved by the desperate Hail Mary of the gacha game, Girls Band Party. While it's a good story, it's not 100% accurate to the facts.
Read more...
IT Pro Tip - Fixing An AD Domain Trust Relationship
February 16, 2026 Blog
Let's set the stage: you've just started work for the day, sorting through yesterday's tickets with your morning coffee when you receive a call from a user who can't log into their account. No amount of account unlocks or password resets seems to fix the issue. Stumped, you walk to the user's desk (or connect remotely if you're fancy) and try to sign in yourself only to be greeted with a message of "The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed." What does this mean, what could have caused it, and how can you fix it?
Read more...
Weaponizing Notepad - Bypassing Microsoft's CVE-2026-20841 Fix
February 11, 2026 Blog
On February 10, 2026, Microsoft announced the existence of CVE-2026-20841, a command injection vulnerability related to the rendering of Markdown links in Notepad. While they claim to have fixed it, I think their fix completely missed the point of the vulnerability. To that end, let's take a look at the fix and how an attacker could work around it.
Read more...
I'm Hopeful For Proton Drive - The SDK Rant
January 29, 2026 Rant
Last July, Proton teased their upcoming Drive SDK, which would allow third-party developers to build clients for Proton Drive or implement Drive into their applications. Today, they've given us an update on the status of the SDK. Let's take a look at what the Proton Drive SDK could mean for the future of Proton Drive.
Read more...
A "BanG Dream! Our Notes" Rant
January 18, 2026 Rant
It's been around a week since Bushiroad announced a new game in the Bandori franchise called "Our Notes". To say opinions have been mixed would be putting it mildly. So, I've decided to throw my hat into the ring and give my thoughts on Bandori's new direction.
Read more...
I Hate AI, But I Used it Anyway - FSMO Troubleshooting Writeup
January 17, 2026 Blog
I'm not the biggest fan of AI. It's very obvious to me when people use it, and its outputs almost always have major issues that people refuse to take responsibility for. Overall, it just doesn't feel like it's reached the point where it's useful to me on a regular basis.
On this day, however, I was at my wits end, so I booted up Claude to give me a helping hand. Here's a look at what I did and how it responded, because it's a good showcase of the good and bad of LLMs.
Read more...
How To Analyze A Malware Sample
January 15, 2026 Blog
It was just before lunch when a ticket came across my board. SentinelOne had flagged and blocked a threat at one of our clients, and our Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service reached out to us to investigate further. While the threat seemed to be mitigated, we all agreed that it wasn't a bad idea to investigate further and figure out what exactly had kicked things off. So, here's another real-world case study on following the thread and figuring out the techniques attackers use to try to outsmart cybersecurity professionals.
Read more...
Jacen Sekai
IT wizard, wannabe coder, dub connoisseur.
