Captain's Log, Entry: January 29, 2022

Received some cool swag from my recent experience with the SANS NetWars Tournament of Champions.

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My Google Search Console has revealed a few interesting statistics about the site (in 2021) which I’ll share below…
- First Page: The following queries will yield a Shellsharks result on the first page of Google search results. (some unsurprisingly so)
- Total Clicks: 2.28K
- Top Pages: 1 | 2 | 3
- Top Countries: US, India, UK, Canada, Turkey
The start of 2022 featured one of my newly minted special Shellsharks logos for New Years. Fun yeah? Keep an eye out for others in the future!

Finally got around to somewhat setting up my Elgato Stream Deck. Mostly I added some stock tickers and a few day-countdown widgets. I did however configure one button to turn off/on the Hue lights around my desk area.
Purchased a 2x3 KVM switch (2 computers across 3 monitors) which will allow me to quickly jump between my personal machine and a work machine where both can be connected to all three of my monitors.
- Apple will soon be releasing “Universal Control” for Monterey which may improve other workflows I have as well!
Expecting my OWC Thunderbolt Dock tomorrow which will help me easily swap different machines into my 2x3 KVM switch configuration. It’s an expensive dock so I’m hoping it works out well!

I recently sprung for the Apple One “Premier” subscription. This gives me News+ and Fitness+ in addition to everything else. I did it mainly for news but I’ll eventually get around to trying out Fitness+ again.

Need to catch up on The Book of Boba Fett. I feel like I’m a few weeks behind at this point.
Started (finally) watching (*cough* binging) The Americans. Really good so far after a few episodes.

Bought some RIVN. Almost immediately regretted it as that stock has dropped nearly 50% since. Then again, all tech stocks are sort of in the toilet right now…