# Connor Tumbleson
> Hi, I'm Connor Tumbleson - I blog weekly, work on Cicada 3301 & Halo projects, maintain Apktool, work at Sourcetoad and speak at events around Florida.
Public Ghost content for AI and LLM tooling. Use `/llms-full.txt` for consolidated page and post context.
Append `.md` to any post or page URL to get the content in Markdown (for example, `/example-post.md`).

## Pages
- [About](https://connortumbleson.com/about.md) - Looking for information about this blog, who am I? This is the place to find out.
- [Apktool v1.5.2 - a tool for reverse engineering apk files](https://connortumbleson.com/apktool-v1-4-5-a-tool-for-reverse-engineering-apk-files.md) - https://ibotpeaches.github.io/Apktool/
- [Hello AI](https://connortumbleson.com/hello-ai.md) - Introducing AI to this page.
- [Invision Power Board Products](https://connortumbleson.com/ipb-work.md) - Hello, You must of clicked a copyright from one of my products. I do generally small scale PHP jobs for IPB. I've since stopped all development, support and any work with them. I apologize for any inconvience this may have caused. Thanks, Connor
- [MIUIStats Current Bugs & Changelog @ MIUIAndroid](https://connortumbleson.com/miuistats-bugs.md) - Current Bugs Crossed out bugs are fixed, but haven't been pushed LIVE yet. * Handle duplicates of GT/SGS2. Changelog * v3.5 (December 20, 2012) * Added more devices * Added more languages * Added more countries * v3.4 (August 26, 2012) * Changed language display from 3 Letter ISO Code to actual lan…
- [Panda Love](https://connortumbleson.com/panda-love-project.md) - Panda Love Bringing clan stats internally Language: PHP (Laravel 5) Storage: Redis (cache), MariaDB (database) Design: Miniport (layout), Skel (grid), Semantic-UI (elements) Source: Gitlab (Private) Location: http://pandalove.club A common trait after playing a few games with my friends is to open…
- [Privacy Policy](https://connortumbleson.com/privacy-policy.md) - Hi, I made this page to please x, y and z. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I will NOT abuse your information in anyway. Login methods like: * GitHub * Google * Facebook * Twitter Exist solely to allow folks to sign in quicker. This blog runs with no…
- [ReachStats](https://connortumbleson.com/reachstats.md) - Hello, I developed ReachStats. You must be viewing this page because you clicked on the footer of a site running this product. The software is available for free over at github: https://github.com/iBotPeaches/ReachStats. You may report bugs and suggestions here: https://github.com/iBotPeaches/Reach…
- [Subscribe](https://connortumbleson.com/subscribe.md) - Subscribe to Connor Tumbleson personal blog for a weekly email of that week's post.
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- [Thanks for Subscribing](https://connortumbleson.com/thanks-for-subscribing.md) - If I didn't have to explicitly state it - your email is safe with me. I hate spam, I'll never share your email for it. You'll get posts emailed and can unsubscribe directly from the email whenever you wish. The posts await. Once a week until I give up. Take a gander about me [https://connortumbleso…
- [Top Video Games](https://connortumbleson.com/top-video-games.md) - I need a personal place to log my top five video games. No specific order. Just my top 5. 1. Halo 2 - Xbox 2. Sonic Adventure 2 Battle - Gamecube 3. Zelda Wind Waker - Gamecube 4. Halo 3 - Xbox 360 5. Super Smash Brothers Brawl - Gamecube
- [Who am I?](https://connortumbleson.com/whoami.md) - I made my online alias in 4th grade called "Dark Peach". I wanted to have a dark name associated with a Peach, as I had a peach tree. That xbox live account was a modding account and was quickly banned. I next moved to iBotPeaches, which was a combination of iRobot (the movie) and Peaches (peach tr…

## Posts
- [Fixing a Dual Flush Toilet](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/08/03/fixing-a-dual-flush-toilet.md) - An annoyance became another homeowners task to knock out. This time fixing a leak on a dual flush toilet.
- [2026 Tour de France](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/07/27/2026-tour-de-france.md) - On July 26, 2026 the Tour de France ended again. This time the winner was solidified for a 3rd year in a row of Tadej Pogačar of UAE Team Emirates.
- [FIFA World Cup 2026](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/07/20/fifa-world-cup-2026.md) - The FIFA World Cup of 2026 has come to an end. An amazing tournament full of 48 nations battling for 1st place.
- [Video Games & FOMO](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/07/13/video-games-fomo.md) - Marathon & Destiny 2 are creations of Bungie - how much do they rely on FOMO to operate?
- [Main Loop @ Morris Bridge Park](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/07/06/main-loop-morris-bridge-park.md) - We explored the Morris Bridge Park taking the Main Loop as a walker, with a few adaptations during a Tampa summer.
- [Super Smash Bros](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/06/29/super-smash-bros.md) - Now owning a Nintendo Switch 2 we had to obtain the latest Super Smash bros to relive some childhood.
- [MOSI, Switch 2 & Ulele](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/06/22/mosi-switch-2-ulele.md) - A weekend of visiting Gamestop, going to a museum and enjoying some food.
- [Red Lights, AI Models & Cider](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/06/15/red-lights-ai-models-cider.md) - A weekend of traffic, the temporary suspension of Claude models and a trip to Keel Farms.
- [Anubis & NGINX](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/06/08/anubis-nginx.md) - Leaf uptime issues continue, this time moving along to a new open source solution: Anubis.
- [GPTBot is terrible](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/06/01/gptbot-is-terrible.md) - As a personal website surpassed 2 million hits a day, I was left wondering what was eating up those hits.
- [Destiny 2 is over](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/05/25/destiny-2-is-over.md) - Destiny 2 is on the way out - a long 9 years of gaming coming to an end.
- [BSides Tampa 2026](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/05/18/bsides-tampa-2026.md) - Bsides Tampa is a yearly BSides event and each year it grows - this year I took a stab at the Badge Challenge.
- [Recent Power Outages](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/05/11/recent-power-outages.md) - I went almost 1,000 days without a power outage - now I'm averaging an outage every 72 days. What happened?
- [GitHub, AI & An Influx of Content](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/05/04/github-ai-an-influx-of-content.md) - Recently a day at work with GitHub has been met with errors and more - is AI at fault?
- [Switching Laptops](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/04/27/switching-laptops.md) - A laptop is retired - a new one is born and another sits sleeping.
- [The AI Attacker](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/04/20/the-ai-attacker.md) - The era of the AI Attacker is here - who will keep up.
- [Main Character Syndrome](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/04/13/main-character-syndrome.md) - A few months ago I did a blog titled "Social Etiquette" where I took a look at a few occurrences of behavior over the past week that were pretty poor behavior. I found a new word for it of "main character syndrome" and I've never felt a word that more validated what you see day to day. The one acti…
- [Bungie & Marathon](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/04/06/bungie-marathon.md) - On March 5, 2026 Bungie released Marathon - a re-imagined game of their previous 1994 game by the same name. This was the company that created Halo and Destiny so I was definitely interested in a new major IP of theirs being released. This game however was going to be an extraction shooter which wa…
- [ZooBrews at ZooTampa](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/03/30/zoobrews-at-zootampa.md) - A yearly event at the Zoo - night time & drinks.
- [The odd new spam on GitHub](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/03/23/the-odd-new-spam-on-github.md) - The new type of spam plaguing GitHub with LLMs, edits and more.
- [Apocalyptic Traffic](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/03/16/apocalyptic-traffic-anderson-rd.md) - A train crossing arms go down - no train comes. Traffic backs up and police show up, a story of a ~25 minute delay on the way to work.
- [Breaking Changes vs Infinite Support](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/03/09/breaking-changes-vs-infinite-support.md) - A project that never introduces breaking changes and works on old versions or a project that pushes boundaries on newer technologies.
- [Cooking a Tomahawk on a Green Egg](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/03/02/cooking-a-tomahawk-on-a-green-egg.md) - I'm no professional when it comes to cooking on a Green Egg, but I was gifted a large Tomahawk steak and it was time to cook it. Reading up on plenty of guides the plan was going to be slow indirect heat in order to bring up the internal temperature to around 110F which would probably require a sta…
- [The UT Frat Behavior](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/02/23/the-ut-frat-behavior.md) - A bit ago Alyson and I had an appointment with our wedding coordinator in the Soho (South Howard) part of Tampa. Knowing we'd be down there we paired our visit with a lunch and some errands in the area. Alyson had a hair appointment so we split up for a bit and I wandered up/down South Howard playi…
- [Apktool v3.0.0 Released](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/02/22/apktool-v3-0-0-released.md) - Apktool v3.0.0 has been released dropping support for aapt1, 32-bit and heavily improving the internals of the tool.
- [The Pneumonia Strikes](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/02/16/the-pneumonia-strikes.md) - I'm not sick often, but this time I was struck by something that took me down for weeks.
- [Travel Blog: Gainesville, GA](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/02/09/travel-blog-gainesville-ga.md) - A trip north to Atlanta with an extra drive to the Gainesville area of Georgia.
- [Cold Pirates & Casinos](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/02/02/cold-pirates-casinos.md) - My 2nd Tampa Gasparilla in 2026 alongside a visit to the casino.
- [Travel Blog: Delray, FL](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/01/26/travel-blog-delray-fl.md) - A trip across the state of Florida to the city line of Boca Raton and Delray Florida celebrating the birthday of my fiance.
- [Bern's Steak House](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/01/19/berns-steak-house.md) - A deep dive into the food experience at Bern's Steak House in Tampa.
- [The Looming Fear](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/01/12/the-looming-fear.md) - Fast food isn't fast, people aren't drinking as much nor having as many kids. Do we have looming fears of something?
- [A Year of Blogging (2025)](https://connortumbleson.com/2026/01/05/a-year-of-blogging-2025.md) - My 2018 resolution was simple. Blog once a week. 2025 is over and I've been blogging weekly for 7 years.
- [Dead Internet Theory](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/12/29/dead-internet-theory.md) - In an era of the Internet where most content is visited by a non-human or written by a non-human is this a dead Internet?
- [The OIDC Future](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/12/22/the-oidc-future.md) - In an era where any password or key can be lost - a solution that requires no keys seems extremely attractive.
- [Seared Ahi Tuna Salad](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/12/15/seared-ahi-tuna-salad.md) - Seared Ahi Tuna is an excellent dish when laid on top of a bed of lettuce. Though what happens when a menu change tweaks a long-standing design?
- [Kabob's](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/12/08/kabobs.md) - Making kabob's is such a time consuming journey, but the result is an excellent meal.
- [A history of fastlane](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/12/01/a-history-of-fastlane.md) - fastlane has been the key piece of software for automation around iOS and Android applications, so I take a dive through its history of inception to present.
- [Helping out Open Source](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/11/24/helping-out-open-source.md) - Sometimes when an Open Source project is showing signs of abandonment - a valid option is to email and join them.
- [Hestan Cue Smart Pan Rebate](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/11/17/hestan-cue-smart-pan-rebate.md) - After purchasing a new stove I submitted an online rebate and 147 days later a pan showed up - just not what I expected.
- [2025 Emerging Tech Leader of the Year (Tampa Bay)](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/11/10/2025-emerging-tech-leader-of-the-year-tampa-bay.md) - The 2025 Emerging Tech Leader of Tampa Bay was announced and I was a finalist. So Alyson and I went down to attend the award show with some coworkers.
- [Halloween Candy Wheel](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/11/03/halloween-candy-wheel.md) - I had an idea to change the norm of Halloween and ask the trick or treaters to spin a candy wheel for their prize.
- [Another Halo CE Remake](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/10/27/another-halo-ce-remake.md) - A new Halo game is coming - this time its another Halo CE remake. This time Halo: Campaign Evolved on Unreal Engine.
- [Travel Blog: Anna Maria, FL (3)](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/10/20/travel-blog-anna-maria-fl-3.md) - Another travel blog, this time heading roughly an hour away in a car to visit Anna Maria Island for a short weekend adventure.
- [The Daily AI Dosage](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/10/13/the-daily-ai-dosage.md) - A new day with a heavy amount of AI - is this the new normal?
- [Popular Blog Topics](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/10/06/popular-blog-topics.md) - As insights are reviewed its always a treat to look at what written blogs have gone far in the vast landscape of the web.
- [Travel Blog: Roanoke, VA (3)](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/09/29/travel-blog-roanoke-va-3.md) - Back to Roanoke Virginia for a family birthday - this time with Alyson joining me.
- [People are Everywhere](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/09/22/people-are-everywhere.md) - People & cars are everywhere in Tampa
- [Project: Pi Stats](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/09/15/project-pi-stats.md) - Long-term Pi-hole stats are cool - whats even cooler is pulling those logs into a different system for analytics.
- [Unforgettable Video Games](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/09/08/unforgettable-video-games.md) - Iterating through my favorite video games from every handheld & console we've owned.
- [PHP is cool.](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/09/01/php-is-cool.md) - PHP catches some opinions online and mine is just another in the support of the language.
- [Home Project - Part 3](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/08/25/home-project-part-3.md) - Completing a home remodel job that started with a simple task of removing a vanity for a closet.
- [2025 Tour de France](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/08/18/2025-tour-de-france.md) - On July 27, 2025 the Tour de France ended again. This time the winner stayed the same in the hands of Tadej Pogačar of UAE Team Emirates.
- [Owning a Dash Cam](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/08/11/owning-a-dash-cam.md) - Owning a dash cam has been amazing despite not really having a circumstance that has required it yet. Sometimes the dash cam captures some real odd moments though.
- [Travel Blog: Denver, CO](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/08/04/travel-blog-denver-co.md) - A 3rd travel blog in a row - this time on a work sponsored trip to Denver for the Laracon conference.
- [Travel Blog: Homosassa, FL](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/07/28/travel-blog-homosassa-fl.md) - Traveling a bit north to Homosassa to experience the life of boating to natural springs on the Crystal river.
- [Travel Blog: Asheville, NC](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/07/21/travel-blog-asheville-nc.md) - Traveling to Asheville, North Carolina to experience the Nantahala National Forest while looking for some treasure.
- [A renewed treasure hunt](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/07/14/a-renewed-treasure-hunt.md) - A new treasure hunt book has arrived, but 25 years has passed since my last hunt.
- [Hobbies are amazing](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/07/07/hobbies-are-amazing.md) - Hobbies are amazing and they can come and go.
- [Apktool v2.12.0 Released](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/07/06/apktool-v2-12-0-released.md) - Apktool v2.12.0 has been released with support for API 36 (Baklava) and starting the preparation for Apktool 3.
- [Favorites never stay](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/06/30/favorites-never-stay.md) - You find things you like and they disappear on you at some time.
- [Home Project - Part 2](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/06/23/home-project-part-2.md) - Taking down a tiny wall in preparation for some home remodeling.
- [Another Home Project](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/06/16/another-home-project.md) - Sometimes its best not knowing what lies behind the walls of your home.
- [Hurricane Season is here](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/06/09/hurricane-season-is-here.md) - The 2025 hurricane season has arrived - its time to reflect and prepare for a new season.
- [Brainwashed with Stoves](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/06/02/brainwashed-with-stoves.md) - Are we all a little brain-washed? Only time will tell. This time with the classic electric vs gas stove.
- [Travel Blog: Anna Maria, FL (2)](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/05/26/travel-blog-anna-maria-fl-2.md) - Another travel blog, this time heading roughly an hour away in a car to visit Anna Maria Island for an 3 day holiday weekend.
- [BSides Tampa 2025](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/05/19/bsides-tampa-2025.md) - BSides Tampa is a yearly BSides event and each year it grows in attendance and quality - this year was no exception.
- [AIs talking for us](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/05/12/ais-talking-for-us.md) - A few weeks ago my phone rang and my Google Pixel phone automatically started screening the call like it always does. In 2025 I'd venture a guess that a huge chunk, if not most, of the phone calls anyone receives are pure spam. This feature has become amazing that scammers (or machines) end up talk…
- [GitHub Sponsor Funding](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/05/05/github-sponsor-funding.md) - Donating to Open Source projects could be hit/miss - we take a look at some examples and do a bulk sponsorship.
- [Visiting the Top Ten Steakhouses in Tampa (2025)](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/04/28/visiting-the-top-ten-steakhouses-in-tampa-2025.md) - The girlfriend and I visited each steakhouse in the top ten in Tampa, then blogged about it.
- [The Races Rejoined (Part 2)](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/04/21/the-races-rejoined-part-2.md) - Early on Saturday April 19 I completed another 5k alongside my girlfriend marking our 4th one done since March 22, 2025. This meant we had completed in order: * Keel Farm Hard Cider 5k - March 22, 2025 * Driscoll's Strawberry Classic (5k) - March 29, 2025 * Tampa - Race for Education - Tampa (5K) -…
- [Replacing a Mailbox](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/04/14/replacing-a-mailbox.md) - A story of replacing a mailbox.
- [Trusting an Open Source Maintainer](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/04/07/trusting-an-open-source-maintainer.md) - Open source packages always have maintainer(s) associated with them and generally you trust them.
- [Joining the Races](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/03/31/joining-the-5k-races-in-tampa.md) - March was the month of two 5k races - dusting off the competitive racing personality to reawaken the high school personality.
- [Nation State Threat Model](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/03/24/nation-state-threat-model.md) - A hack takes place - a nation state backed group is at fault. Is it inevitable?
- [My Hello Fresh Experience](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/03/17/my-hello-fresh-experience.md) - I did a stint of Hello Fresh and this is my review.
- [Apktool v2.11.1 Released](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/03/11/apktool-v2-11-1-released.md) - Apktool v2.11.1 has been released as a minor bug fix release.
- [Video Game Trailers](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/03/10/video-game-trailers.md) - The art of video game trailers - some still sitting with you 20 years later.
- [Watching your Frontier bill slowly rise.](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/03/03/watching-your-frontier-bill-slowly-rise.md) - As years went by and my price for Frontier service slowly increased - I finally set aside some time to get my bill back to a sane amount.
- [Pi-hole: 7 years later](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/02/24/pi-hole-7-years-later.md) - Another year - this time 7 years with a Pi-hole on my network. This time taking the major v6 upgrade of Pi-hole that has been in development for years.
- [Computers, Cars & Creatures](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/02/17/computers-cars-creatures.md) - A weekend of fixing a computer, losing a car tire and visiting some creatures.
- [The anger of a few.](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/02/10/the-anger-of-a-few.md) - Always a few bad apples that make everyone's life a bit more difficult.
- [Halo 2 Map Editor: Prometheus](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/02/03/halo-2-map-editor-prometheus.md) - A Halo 2 original Xbox map editor twenty years in the making was finally released - Prometheus.
- [Tampa Gasparilla 2025](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/01/27/tampa-gasparilla-2025.md) - My first Tampa Gasparilla in 2025 after living in Tampa for almost 9 years.
- [Home Owner Woes](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/01/20/home-owner-woes.md) - A new home can be great, but it can also jump start a never ending process of things to fix.
- [Apktool v2.11.0 Released](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/01/15/apktool-v2-11-0-released.md) - Apktool v2.11.0 has been released with support for API 35/36 including fixes across the board with an upgrade to smali/baksmail.
- [Predatory iOS Cleanup Applications](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/01/13/predatory-ios-cleanup-applications.md) - Like millions of Americans during Christmas I traveled to meet up with family members and enjoy the holidays. As one of the younger tech-enabled family members, I got to experience the immediate sadness of noticing my Grandma's phone had two apps installed that were charging her $7.99 weekly. Now a…
- [Travel Blog: St Augustine, FL](https://connortumbleson.com/2025/01/06/travel-blog-st-augustine-fl.md) - Onward to a mini vacation across Florida to St. Augustine before locking in the new year.
- [A Year of Blogging (2024)](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/12/30/a-year-of-blogging-2024.md) - My 2018 resolution was simple. Blog once a week. 2024 is over and I've been blogging weekly for 6 years.
- [The Cicada 3301 Mystery (Puzzle 3 Solve) - Part 4](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/12/23/the-cicada-3301-mystery-puzzle-3-solve-part-4.md) - We pick up where we left off in the January 2014 puzzle - this is Part 4
- [Olive Oil & Vinegar](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/12/16/olive-oil-vinegar.md) - Change is never fun, but changing out your oils/vinegars with some robust new brands is a valid reason for change.
- [Goodbye cPanel](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/12/09/goodbye-cpanel.md) - After years of price increases I've finally retired my cPanel server and moved to hosting websites without it.
- [Travel Blog: Roanoke, VA (2)](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/12/02/travel-blog-roanoke-va-2.md) - Back to Roanoke Virginia for another family Thanksgiving - this time for a bit of a longer trip.
- [Internet Sleuths & The Yi Peng 3](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/11/25/internet-sleuths-the-yi-peng-3.md) - A few days ago I signed up for Blue Sky and one of the first things I randomly spotted in my zero follower "discovery" tab was this thread. It was discussing how the above Yi Peng 3 ship crossed both the C-Lion1 and BCS undersea Internet cables when they were mysteriously cut. Those two cables have…
- [A Halo 2 Tournament - 20 years later.](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/11/18/a-halo-2-tournament-20-years-later.md) - On the 20th anniversary of the revolutionary release of Halo 2 - a tournament (LVL50) was put on with original hardware in honor of the anniversary.
- [Countries & Video Games](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/11/11/countries-video-games.md) - Is there any pattern to the winners of video games? Some countries
- [HTML to PDF (PHP) in 2024](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/11/04/php-html-to-pdf-in-2024.md) - In a journey to find the perfect PDF solution in PHP - I researched and tested a fair share of them.
- [Food & Fall Weekend](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/10/28/food-and-fall-weekend.md) - Halloween is almost here, but first a trip to Keel Farms Fall Fest and some good steak.
- [Decaying Technology](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/10/21/decaying-technology.md) - Technology decays whether its software or hardware.
- [Hurricane Milton & Tampa](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/10/14/hurricane-milton-tampa.md) - On October 9/10 of 2024 Hurricane Milton struck Florida a CAT3 storm, while swirling the gulf at CAT5 and left behind a wake of destruction - this is one story.
- [MKBHD & Wallpapers.](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/10/07/mkbhd-wallpapers.md) - MKBHD launches a wallpaper application (Panels) and its a rocky start.
- [Hurricane Helene & Tampa](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/09/30/hurricane-helene-tampa.md) - On September 26/27 of 2024 Hurricane Helene struck Florida as a CAT4 storm and left behind a wake of destruction - this is one story.
- [Conferences](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/09/23/conferences.md) - After attending a few conferences I've developed my own perception of some aspects of them.
- [Apktool v2.10.0 Released](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/09/17/apktool-v2-10-0-released.md) - Apktool v2.10.0 has been released with parallelization, reproducible builds and an upgrade to baksmali/smali.
- [Speak, Steak & Sinkholes](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/09/16/speak-steak-sinkholes.md) - A weekend of a speaking engagement, a steak and some sinkholes.
- [Tampa Flooding - Sept 2024](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/09/09/tampa-flooding-sept-2024.md) - Rain kept coming and coming - it led to some flooding and damage to Tampa.
- [Travel Blog: Naples, FL](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/09/02/travel-blog-naples-fl.md) - Another travel blog, this time heading roughly 2 hours away in a car to visit Naples.
- [Travel Blog: Anna Maria, FL](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/08/26/travel-blog-anna-maria-fl.md) - Another travel blog, this time heading roughly an hour away in a car to visit Anna Maria Island.
- [2024 Tour de France Femmes](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/08/19/2024-tour-de-france-2.md) - On August 18, 2024 the Tour de France Femmes ended again. A week long challenge of stages ending in the mountains.
- [Travel Blog: St. Pete, FL](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/08/12/travel-blog-stpete-beach.md) - Another travel blog, this time heading roughly an hour away in a car to visit St. Pete Beach.
- [First Comedy Show](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/08/05/first-comedy-show.md) - An impressionist Frank visits the Side Splitters Comedy Club in Tampa and I attend as my first comedy show documenting my experience.
- [Fast Food](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/07/29/fast-food.md) - Do you grow/age out of fast food?
- [2024 Tour de France](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/07/22/2024-tour-de-france.md) - On July 21, 2024 the Tour de France ended again. This time the winner changed in the hands of Tadej Pogačar of UAE Team Emirates.
- [Adult Life & Mortgages](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/07/15/adult-life-mortgages.md) - A story of some drama with mortgages and navigating those waters as an adult.
- [NBC & Peacock - Tour de France Viewing Experience](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/07/08/nbc-and-peacock-tour-de-france.md) - The Tour de France arrives yearly and this time NBC (Peacock) decided to no longer offer the World Feed.
- [Sushi](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/07/01/sushi.md) - Sushi is such an interesting meal that leaves you full, but not stuffed and a blast of combination of flavors.
- [Social Etiquette](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/06/24/social-eqtuitte.md) - A few weeks ago I went out to a semi-fancy dinner on date night. This place was so small and had to have about 10 tables in total. That small atmosphere paired with quiet music and not many patrons made it a very quiet and elegant dining experience. As we enjoyed some dumplings and sangria the door…
- [The disappointing starknet.io](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/06/16/the-disappointing-starknet.md) - I got a few emails and tweets calling out starknet and unraveled a messy provision program.
- [the non-stop hustle](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/06/10/the-nonstop-hustle.md) - When using the Internet turned from fun into a hustle.
- [The Cicada 3301 Mystery (Puzzle 3 Solve) - Part 3](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/06/03/the-cicada-3301-mystery-puzzle-3-solve-part-3.md) - We pick up where we left off in the January 2014 puzzle - this is Part 3
- [Travel Blog: Chicago (3)](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/05/27/travel-blog-chicago-3.md) - Another travel blog, this time with a repeat visit to Chicago for an Ingress event.
- [I hate flying](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/05/20/i-hate-flying.md) - I hate flying whether in the past, present and probably the future.
- [The EPA & Earth](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/05/13/the-epa-and-earth.md) - The EPA started in an increasing demand from the population upset about the damaging environment they lived in.
- [The Body Battery](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/05/06/the-body-battery.md) - The body battery recharges at night and drains in the day - tracking it all with some Garmin tech.
- [Humans](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/04/29/humans.md) - You live near humans. You interact with humans. You are a human.
- [Rebel Moon - Part 2](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/04/22/rebel-moon-part-two.md) - The 2nd part of Rebel Moon has dropped and it was so terrible I had to blog about it.
- [The East Fletcher Run](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/04/15/the-east-fletcher-run.md) - On a new running loop between Fletcher/Fowler in Temple Terrace that ended up escalating greatly.
- [Double Conference Day](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/04/08/double-conference-day.md) - A random Saturday attending two conferences (BSides & Devcon) at the same time - speaking at one while attending the other.
- [Watching xz unfold from afar](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/03/31/watching-xz-unfold-from-afar.md) - xz/liblzma is discovered to have some malicious code and the story began years earlier.
- [Pi-hole: 6 years later](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/03/25/pi-hole-6-years-later.md) - Another year - this time 6 years with a Pi-hole on my network. This time revamping the ad-lists in preparation for major upgrade Pi-hole v6.
- [Halo 2 & Insignia](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/03/18/halo2-insignia.md) - The original Halo 2 and Xbox Live is reborn thanks to the Insignia project.
- [A Child's Journey](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/03/11/a-childs-journey.md) - A child's journey is from the experiences from school to camps which often times define the child.
- [Open Source Entitlement](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/03/04/open-source-entitlement.md) - GitHub is a wonderful place to share code, but every once in awhile you'll get someone in your repository that you want gone.
- [The disappointing tea.xyz](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/02/26/the-disappointing-tea-xyz.md) - I got a pull request from "tea.xyz" related individual and unraveled a mess of a disappointing project.
- [The Growth of Tampa](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/02/19/the-growth-of-tampa.md) - Is Tampa growing a bit quickly? Or am I just too used to living in the less packed Kansas.
- [Derek Cardigan 7003](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/02/12/derek-cardigan-7003.md) - A story of trying to replace my broken Derek Cardigan glasses.
- [The Cicada 3301 Mystery (Puzzle 3 Solve) - Part 2](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/02/05/the-cicada-3301-mystery-puzzle-3-solve-part-2.md) - We pick up where we left off in the January 2014 puzzle - this is Part 2. 💡If you missed Puzzle 3 (Part 1) - head here. We ended Part 1 on an onion after solving a transposition cipher. At this point knowing what we know - the puzzle begins to fracture into various different paths. We haven't real…
- [AI & Cicada 3301](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/01/29/ai-cicada-3301.md) - In 2024 we take a look at the Cicada puzzle again - this time with the lens of AI.
- [Crowd Funding Products](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/01/22/crowd-funding-products.md) - Crowd funding projects is hit or miss.
- [Apktool v2.9.3 Released](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/01/20/apktool-v2-9-3-released.md) - A follow up hot-fix has been released on the v2.9.x release to fix a path traversal fix isolated to the Windows platform.
- [Exploring Trails](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/01/15/exploring-parks.md) - I visit parks around Florida and try to visit parks whenever I'm traveling - the end result is some of these photos.
- [We are all guests](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/01/08/we-are-all-guests.md) - We are all guests in this civilization - whether for digital software or utilities.
- [Apktool v2.9.2 Released](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/01/05/apktool-v2-9-2-released.md) - Apktool v2.9.2 has been released with a security fix.
- [A Year of Blogging (2023)](https://connortumbleson.com/2024/01/01/a-year-of-blogging-2023.md) - My 2018 resolution was simple. Blog once a week. 2023 is over and I've been blogging weekly for 5 years.
- [Too much Car Safety](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/12/25/too-much-car-safety.md) - Car Safety Systems keep growing in features, but are they becoming a danger to themselves?
- [It's Relative](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/12/18/its-relative.md) - Its all relative at the end of it.
- [Impersonating Projects](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/12/11/project-impersonation.md) - A site is built using my GitHub and my projects to entice people to buy a service. When you pay - you'll be blocked and money gone.
- [Apktool v2.9.1 Released](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/12/06/apktool-v2-9-1-released.md) - Apktool v2.9.1 has been released with bug fixes on top of the large v2.9.x release.
- [A Lost Friend](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/12/04/a-lost-friend.md) - Like what I'm sure happened for others - the pandemic and world events led to losing a friend.
- [Travel Blog: Roanoke, VA](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/11/27/travel-blog-roanoke-va.md) - Back to back travels this time to Roanoke Virginia for a family Thanksgiving.
- [Travel Blog: Atlanta](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/11/20/travel-blog-atlanta.md) - A quick trip to a nearby city for an Ingress event - the week before Thanksgiving.
- [Treated like Garbage](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/11/13/treated-like-garbage.md) - Companies and products change, but most the time its for the worse.
- [The Brain](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/11/06/the-brain.md) - The brain is such an interesting piece of the body - from memories to knowledge and how you respond to situations.
- [Travel Blog: San Francisco](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/10/30/travel-blog-san-francisco.md) - A trip again across the states - this time for a wedding in Berkeley, California.
- [Help me help you.](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/10/23/help-me-help-you.md) - The life of an open source software maintainer is never easy when you consider what types of issues you get submitted.
- [The Weaponized Process](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/10/16/the-weaponized-process.md) - Phone companies concern themselves with sim swaps, YouTube with copyright claims and Ingress with POI abuse - why is everything weaponized?
- [Apktool v2.9.0 Released](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/10/08/apktool-v2-9-0-released.md) - Apktool v2.9.0 has been released with Android 14 support, aapt2 as a default and a new resource modes flag.
- [Safety in Patterns](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/10/02/safety-in-patterns.md) - When a pattern is broken what can be determined.
- [Travel Blog: Malibu, CA](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/09/25/travel-blog-malibu-ca.md) - A trip across the United States taking me from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
- [Bye CentOS & cPanel](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/09/18/bye-centos-and-cpanel.md) - CentOS is going away and cPanel prices continue to go up - both of which means retirement for me.
- [C-135 Tampa Bypass Canal](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/09/11/c-135-tampa-bypass-canal.md) - A man-made canal to protect against floods.
- [Hurricane Idalia & Tampa](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/09/04/hurricane-idalia-tampa.md) - Hurricane Idalia came crashing into Florida just before Labor Day
- [Hobby Projects](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/08/28/hobby-projects.md) - A few PHP, Android and Java projects - what can happen when you aren't always working on hobby projects?
- [Travel Blog: Charleston, WV](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/08/21/travel-blog-charleston-wv.md) - Traveling to a Charleston, but maybe not the one you expect.
- [The dangerous corium](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/08/14/the-dangerous-corium.md) - Corium is such a dangerous form of Lava that we only hear about it in either cutting edge experiments or complete nuclear failure.
- [The Disappointment Islands](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/08/07/the-disappointment-islands.md) - A little group of islands in the northeast section of French Polynesia.
- [Invalid CEN header](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/07/31/invalid-cen-header.md) - On July 17, 2023 I released Apktool 2.8.0 which was a very large release that unfortunately carried some regressions with it. Little did I know that on July 19 only a few days later I would be contending with a stressful bug (feature?) from OpenJDK that took the builds down for days. So to start th…
- [2023 Tour de France](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/07/24/2023-tour-de-france.md) - On July 23, 2023 the Tour de France ended again. This time the winner staying in the hands of Jonas Vingegaard of Jumbo-Visma.
- [Apktool v2.8.1 Released](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/07/22/apktool-v2-8-1-released.md) - Apktool v2.8.1 has been released as a quick patch release to cover some recent regressions from the last release.
- [Apktool v2.8.0 Released](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/07/17/apktool-v2-8-0-released.md) - Apktool v2.8.0 has been released with refactors, fixes and launching with a new documentation site.
- [Upcoming Apktool 2.8.0](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/07/17/upcoming-apktool-2-8-0.md) - A new version of Apktool is coming soon and I wanted to reflect on some of the changes coming towards this new 2.8.x release.
- [Bloggers Block](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/07/10/bloggers-block.md) - Is there such thing as a writers block for bloggers?
- [Hyundai Theta II Engine](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/07/03/hyundai-theta-ii-engine.md) - My 2019 Hyundai Sonata packs a Theta II engine and this post takes a deep dive through that engine's troubled past.
- [Retiring Technology](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/06/26/retiring-technology.md) - I've got a computer pushing 15 years old and I still use it daily. Why is retiring technology tough for me?
- [The Reddit Drama](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/06/19/the-reddit-drama.md) - Reddit is making some changes. Will it be the start of the end or blow by like nothing happened?
- [Superfund Sites](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/06/12/superfund-sites.md) - The nation's most contaminated sites are documented and lodged via the EPA's Superfund program.
- [The FP Movies](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/06/05/the-fp-movies.md) - An odd series of movies where battles are fought on the dance pad.
- [CSS Framework Evolution](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/05/29/css-framework-evolution.md) - CSS Frameworks have evolved so let's take a look through the ones I've used.
- [Project: Tampa Resists](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/05/22/project-tampa-resists.md) - An Ingress project built to recruit folks to the Resistance for the Tampa area.
- [The Tampa Gulf Parks](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/05/15/the-tampa-gulf-parks.md) - Due to Ingress I've visited so many parks that I wanted to recap my opinion about some gulf facing parks.
- [Lost Treasure: K'NEX](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/05/08/lost-treasure-knex.md) - Another look back in history towards another children's toy known as K'NEX.
- [Camera in the Attic](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/05/01/camera-in-the-attic.md) - I wired up a POE camera for my attic.
- [Travel Blog: Jacksonville](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/04/24/travel-blog-jacksonville.md) - Traveling to a Florida city on the other end of the state - this time Jacksonville.
- [Project: Leaf](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/04/17/project-leaf.md) - A project reborn with each Halo release. This iteration of Halo was built for Halo Infinite.
- [Random Stories](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/04/10/random-stories-winter-2023.md) - I've got a few stories to tell that don't fit a single post - so this is a recap of some events through story telling of the past few months.
- [300,000+ Scrobbles](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/04/03/300-000-scrobbles.md) - While I don't remember why - a long time ago in 2008 I signed up for last.fm and linked my Spotify account to it. This would then record every song I played for the past 14~ years. Someone at work recently mentioned last.fm and my account was still surprisingly active. With this new huge collection…
- [Homelab Software Recap](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/03/27/homelab-software-2023.md) - A homelab naturally needs some software and this is my list.
- [Written by a Human](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/03/20/written-by-a-human.md) - Year 2023 is the year of the AI, but does human generated content still exist?
- [Letting Dependabot merge](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/03/13/letting-dependabot-merge.md) - About a year ago I hit 100% code coverage on an open source project known as Leaf. I blogged about this when I hit that coverage marker and after a year its worked out quite well. Adding new large features is a pain from all the requirements, but little changes here and there I've now got full conf…
- [Grafana & Prometheus](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/03/06/grafana-prometheus.md) - A few weeks ago a Raspberry Pi I ordered quite awhile back showed up. This Pi was designated to be my new data collection Pi. The programs Prometheus and Grafana were new to me, but research showed these were the ones to use. For those unaware - these programs pair quite well together. For a quick…
- [Pi-hole: 5 years later](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/02/27/pi-hole-5-years-later.md) - Another year - this time 5 years with a Pi-hole on my network. This time joining with PADD and a Grafana dashboard.
- [3 months of mail](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/02/20/3-months-of-mail.md) - I collected my mail for 3 months and now diving into the report.
- [Personal Weather Station](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/02/13/personal-weather-station.md) - I purchased a personal weather device and mounted it outside. Now the analytics won't stop coming.
- [Air Quality](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/02/06/air-quality.md) - An odd discussion about air quality and the greatness of fresh air.
- [Layoffs on Layoffs](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/01/30/layoffs-on-layoffs.md) - On January 20, 2023 I saw a new thread on the top of Hacker News named: "Google to reduce workforce by 12k". This linked directly to a post from Sundar Pichai about letting go of 12,000 employees. If we look at Google's size though, 12,000 employees is barely 6% of the workforce so while 12,000 sou…
- [Dangling Domain Abuse](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/01/23/dangling-domain-abuse.md) - In January 2023 I noticed a new owner verified on a domain I controlled. Shortly later I had an extra 500,000 links added.
- [Callous Tampa](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/01/16/callous.md) - On the way to work one morning I experienced what has occurred more often recently of a car interaction where I just thought - "what an ass". This time the event was just an individual in a right hand turn only lane that decided they wanted to go straight after already being in the intersection. Of…
- [Evolution of Food Taste](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/01/09/evolution-of-food-taste.md) - An evolution of food tastes over the years from child to adult.
- [A Year of Blogging (2022)](https://connortumbleson.com/2023/01/01/a-year-of-blogging-2022.md) - My 2018 resolution was simple. Blog once a week. 2022 is over and I've been blogging weekly for 4 years.
- [I'm Sick](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/12/26/im-sick.md) - Haven't been sick in awhile - this time it strikes hard on the week of Christmas.
- [2022 World Cup](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/12/19/2022-world-cup.md) - The world cup came and went - lets recap the major moments of this year.
- [Medicine Advertising](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/12/12/medicine-advertising.md) - The United States is one of two countries in the world that allow prescription medicine advertisements on TV.
- [React Native Packages Woes](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/12/05/react-native-packages-woes.md) - It seems some React Native packages are really popular, but littered with bugs or abandoned. Why is this?
- [Open Source & Saying "No"](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/11/28/open-source-saying-no.md) - An Open Source project can balloon to extreme sizes and then lose purpose of why it started - a rant.
- [Apktool v2.7.0 Released](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/11/24/apktool-v2-7-0-released.md) - Apktool v2.7.0 has been released with features and fixes.
- [The United States of Wall Street](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/11/21/the-united-states-of-wall-street.md) - The World Cup 2022 starts soon in Qatar, which seems wrong. FTX has collapsed, which seems suspect. Does money corrupt all?
- [Door to Door - Better Earth](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/11/14/door-to-door-better-earth.md) - Better Earth (Solar) visits my door in Tampa - tempting to me sign up for Solar.
- [The Research Begins](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/11/07/the-research-begins.md) - Some experiments I'm looking forward to running in 2023.
- [Hellraiser](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/10/31/hellraiser-movies.md) - The remake of the 1987 Hellraiser movie came out in 2022. This time I recap all Hellraiser films from 1987 to now.
- [Mortgage Life Insurance](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/10/24/mortgage-life-insurance.md) - After obtaining my first mortgage the amount of sketchy insurance letters I got in the mail were unreal. I only have 10 in front of me of the ones I collected, but it easily had to be at least 50. All of these letters have the same type of structure, but not a single duplicated phone number or P.O…
- [Top 5 Tampa Pizza](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/10/17/top-5-tampa-pizza.md) - A personal top five of Pizza places in Tampa.
- [Cheating on the rise.](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/10/10/cheating-on-the-rise.md) - Cheating is on the rise - We've seen cheating in chess, fishing, video games and even Miss USA
- [NGINX, Ghost Blog and top of Hacker News](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/10/03/nginx-ghost-blog-and-top-of-hacker-news.md) - On September 27, 2022 I'm sitting at the office helping prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Ian and I stumble upon a thread on Hacker News with people discussing impersonation of others. I think "maybe they will like my blog I wrote last week", so I try and share my link and instead after submitti…
- [The Perfect Salad](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/09/26/the-perfect-salad.md) - There are an infinite amount of possibilities with a salad. What makes one perfect?
- [Someone is pretending to be me.](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/09/19/someone-is-pretending-to-be-me.md) - One random day - someone spills the beans. They were picked to impersonate me and get a job using my information.
- [Adult Life](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/09/12/adult-life.md) - Adult Life is a never ending supply of errands scheduled between work and fun.
- [The Penny Hoarder](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/09/05/the-penny-hoarder-on-quora.md) - Nothing in this world is truly free - lets take a look at The Penny Hoarder and take into account what you are really getting into.
- [Door to Door - Lumino Solar](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/08/29/door-to-door-solar-n-more.md) - Lumino (AKE) visits my door in Tampa - tempting to me sign up for Solar.
- [Spotty Frontier - Aug 2022](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/08/21/spotty-frontier-aug-2022.md) - On August 18, 2022 I had some Internet issues that were apparent at work and home. I documented my research journey into these issues.
- [The Big 30](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/08/15/the-big-30.md) - Another birthday, another Sunday - this time for the big 30.
- [2022 Tour de France](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/08/08/2022-tour-de-france.md) - On July 24, 2022 the Tour de France ended again. This time the winner switching hands to Jonas Vingegaard of Jumbo-Visma instead of the previous winner Tadej Pogacar. A lot of Twitter/Reddit folks were considering this tour the real challenge that Tadej would face. As the 2020 delayed COVID Tour ha…
- [Travel Blog: DC](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/08/01/travel-blog-dc.md) - Traveling to where bills become laws in a trip to Washington DC.
- [Twitter Argument and 10k Ninjas in Halo Infinite](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/07/25/twitter-argument-and-10k-ninjas-in-halo-infinite.md) - This post starts with a Tweet that I stumbled upon. I spotted the tweet posted in a Discord channel I was in and the unraveled image was the one above. I was curious because I built the website shown in the interface. That was the Halo Infinite Ninja Leaderboard on Leaf. I then looked at the commen…
- [Sandwich Shop Reviews 2022](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/07/18/sandwich-shop-reviews-2022.md) - A review of sandwich shops around Tampa.
- [Local News is Dead](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/07/11/local-news-is-dead.md) - We are more in tune with global news than what occurs in the city you live.
- [Entitlement and Compassion](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/07/04/entitlement-and-compassion.md) - Is the world getting meaner? It seems I can't go a day without someone making a scene.
- [Rebuilt Games](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/06/27/rebuilt-games.md) - When Roller Coaster Tycoon was aging - the community stepped in. When Sim Ant was dated - the emulators arrived. When Age of Empires was old - a remake arrived.
- [Basic Laravel Optimization](https://connortumbleson.com/2022/06/20/basic-laravel-optimization.md) - A hobby project is far more popular than usual - time to refresh on Laravel optimization techniques.

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