The IT Veteran Turned Hardware Lab Rat

I’ve spent the last 20 years in IT, which means I’ve spent two decades fixing things that shouldn’t be broken and explaining to people that “turning it off and on again” is actually a valid scientific method. Now, I’ve decided to apply that same logic to my own body.

I’m currently in that sweet spot of biohacking where I have all the expensive gear but only a vague idea of how to use it without accidentally cloning my neighbor’s garage door opener to my left hand. I’m here to learn, experiment, and probably brick a few things in the pursuit of becoming slightly more convenient to live with.

Internal Hardware

• L0 (Left Webbing): xMagic. My multipurpose “I hope this works” chip. Currently being poked at for 125kHz and 13.56MHz projects.

• R0 (Right Webbing): xDF3 (DESFire). The “Serious Business” chip. Installed for high-security applications, or more likely, just to see if I can open my front door with a high-five.

The Lab Bench

• Proxmark 3: My primary tool for looking busy. I spend a lot of time staring at the terminal output pretending I’m in The Matrix, while actually just trying to figure out why my dump file is empty.

• Flipper Zero: The gateway drug. It’s the device that convinced me that invisible waves are cool and that I definitely needed to put antennas under my skin.

• Prusa 3D Printer: Because what’s a hardware hobby if you can’t print 47 different versions of a mounting bracket for a project you haven’t finished yet? If I can’t chip it, I’ll probably try to print a case for it.

The Philosophy

Life is too short to take seriously—especially when you’re voluntarily injecting glass-encased microchips into your hands. I’m a firm believer that if you aren’t failing occasionally, you aren’t trying hard enough. If you see me asking “obvious” questions on the boards, just remember: I’ve had 20 years to forget more about technology than most people ever learn.