<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:16:06 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@synapse/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Cinnamon Grand, Sri Lanka.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A couple of years ago, I had the opportunity to stay in the Cinnamon Grand during a trip to Sri Lanka. This is a beautiful old hotel, which unfortunately was damaged in this years terrorist attacks. I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@synapse/the-cinnamon-grand-sri-lanka</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@synapse/the-cinnamon-grand-sri-lanka</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[synapse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2019 07:02:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMgFgvuq3mfdhMWa7U6Q6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage - More Photos!]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I recovered a whole bunch more photos from my trip to Sri Lanka, so here is a selection of shots from my half-day visit to the elephant orphanage at Pinnawala. This guy is just taking his lunch with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@synapse/pinnawala-elephant-orphanage-more-photos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@synapse/pinnawala-elephant-orphanage-more-photos</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[synapse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2019 10:56:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMxnUvWsGXEttLSWVCKoU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage - A Sample of Photos]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I came across some photos I took during a visit to Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, near Kandy in Sri Lanka a couple of years ago. They were stored on a broken phone that I am recovering files from. For]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@synapse/pinnawala-elephant-orphanage-a-sample-of-photos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@synapse/pinnawala-elephant-orphanage-a-sample-of-photos</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[synapse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2019 10:10:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMx4frA6nVuys8VYUABcS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delegating to some new users I've onboarded.]]></title><description><![CDATA[So it has been a while since I last posted here, but those of you following me will notice I've been re-steeming/upvoting some content and delegating some SP to some users. I'd honestly nearly forgotten]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@synapse/delegating-to-some-new-users-i-ve-onboarded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@synapse/delegating-to-some-new-users-i-ve-onboarded</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[synapse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2019 09:56:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[More art at Bülowstraße...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ended up back at Bülowstraße again, and spotted a couple more bits of amazing graffiti that were tucked away. There's more around there I intend to photograph, just need to get some time to do so. Anyway,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@synapse/more-art-at-buelowstrasse-832955da1bce3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@synapse/more-art-at-buelowstrasse-832955da1bce3</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[synapse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2018 17:35:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMgBTnymYSdNURpNpWgW2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Street Art near Bülowstraße, Berlin.]]></title><description><![CDATA[So today I found myself passing through Bülowstraße on my way to a training I was attending. While on the ubahn, I noticed that there was a bunch of art on one of the buildings near the station, so I figured]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@synapse/street-art-near-buelowstrasse-berlin-1104445c49529</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@synapse/street-art-near-buelowstrasse-berlin-1104445c49529</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[synapse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 16:49:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMfYKDWmyYPZNUsqQWokz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some chalk art in Alexanderplatz]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spotted this recently whole getting a train from Alexanderplatz. Have seen evidence of other art there as well, but all scuffed up by people walking over it. I'll have to keep a closer look out for more]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@synapse/some-chalk-art-in-alexanderplatz-c616ec2225851</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@synapse/some-chalk-art-in-alexanderplatz-c616ec2225851</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[synapse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 08:16:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN5Rc6d6STctoku4BRmVY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pub Sandwich Board Art: The Castle, Berlin (DE)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Been a while since my last update, so here is some recent pub sandwich board art I came across in my travels. I was hanging out with some friends at a pub named "The Castle" in Berlin and noticed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@synapse/pub-sandwich-board-art-the-castle-berlin-de-5d942102da80a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@synapse/pub-sandwich-board-art-the-castle-berlin-de-5d942102da80a</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[synapse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:19:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMwykh3TUDRvd3FnbDmev?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Fallen Friends]]></title><description><![CDATA[The picture is of a tea light behind a pint of pilsner. The pint of pilsner is the pint I raise to some fallen friends. Due to distance and other complications, I couldn't make it to their memorials. So]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@synapse/for-fallen-friends-186db256c88c6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@synapse/for-fallen-friends-186db256c88c6</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[synapse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2018 16:46:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN3W6KMJfyiEqmzbzhAHt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Telnet Screenshot Tool Demo]]></title><description><![CDATA[So a while back after a discussion on Twitter, I had the idea to write a quick tool to take screenshots of telnet login banners. I then had the idea to compose the output into a video file for amusement]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dtube/@synapse/7zfu22ce</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dtube/@synapse/7zfu22ce</guid><category><![CDATA[dtube]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[synapse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2017 12:51:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnBfQwpdmjnxcSC62?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coinbase Account Checker Script]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I figured I'd share a little script I wrote a while back for checking how much my Coinbase account was worth. Its pretty crude, and needs some error checking and general improvements, but it is extremely]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@synapse/coinbase-account-checker-script</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@synapse/coinbase-account-checker-script</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[synapse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2017 15:22:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Cats in a Cat Cafe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ages ago myself and my other half went to the "Kitty Cafe" in Nottingham, UK. I had taken a bunch of photos, but unfortunately, most of them were on my iPhone. Which is dead... A couple, however,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cats/@synapse/some-cats-in-a-cat-cafe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cats/@synapse/some-cats-in-a-cat-cafe</guid><category><![CDATA[cats]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[synapse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2017 14:58:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs76AMDV4Vt6CBbg8Ey9uqBLa4bb2AZEA7gvSgdcMSgZZztZ5W1a5fnG79yWFgdReCN61qM8skkP8VBqNNLRce23PLFmtULN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Service Recommendation: all4btc.com]]></title><description><![CDATA[So recently, thanks to the blockchain-gods providing me some exceptionally good luck (Litecoin price going up, for example), I decided to treat myself to a replacement phone. My trusty OnePlus One has]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@synapse/service-recommendation-all4btc-com</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@synapse/service-recommendation-all4btc-com</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[synapse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 13:23:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs7888z98SgNYv8PBAvnx3MfRGDV6hzTycCBz18ThoE9ijgSzGm7q28BS22YEqkb29b6sJoT145RHNhoDTLNZ3xQAWGAvVGS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some miscellaneous photos from a brief trip to Utrecht, Netherlands...]]></title><description><![CDATA[So in August I went to the SHA2017 hacker camp in the Netherlands. At the end of the camp, when it began to rain really badly, my friends and I decided to stay a night in Utrecht, an absolutely lovely]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@synapse/some-miscellaneous-photos-from-a-brief-trip-to-utrecht-netherlands</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@synapse/some-miscellaneous-photos-from-a-brief-trip-to-utrecht-netherlands</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[synapse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2017 13:17:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs76SAy7LPoNGrsa6zJXAwb7zgVCB3d4zQpFJ94Q5zDcNu5KbBCaXt9y6jUj78fHVv9PT6tciFfj3qxqWMGdtsPTxQpfPoLr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hacking: The Narnia Wargames, Level 2: Smashing The Stack...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image: finding our NOP Sled using GDB... So, previously we covered playing (and winning) levels 0 and 1 of the Narnia wargames. Today, I am going to talk to you about how we defeated level 2. I want to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hacking/@synapse/hacking-the-narnia-wargames-level-2-smashing-the-stack</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hacking/@synapse/hacking-the-narnia-wargames-level-2-smashing-the-stack</guid><category><![CDATA[hacking]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[synapse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 15:02:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGEw1xifwYz2xp7RJEnNpBZq7dn2K62SpzXYYLXa3j2zbDBtm3rPkGjih1pwG4GXSaqcKvaaq8J4S2JwbXgpBQXjv2eLjNmPapt3iPdzgYt9zRxA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pub Sandwich Board Art: "Beer Is The Answer...", The Grove, Ealing, London (UK)]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I have not posted one of these in quite a while. This weekend I was exploring Ealing, in London, and came across this wonderful sign outside a pub named "The Grove". It made me laugh, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@synapse/pub-sandwich-board-art-beer-is-the-answer-the-grove-ealing-london-uk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@synapse/pub-sandwich-board-art-beer-is-the-answer-the-grove-ealing-london-uk</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[synapse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 13:56:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs75X4YU8CLBB72Ny86RWFngSLoaomxw4uQbVzwCPJ97mE4TYBBpr56K6WsZeVxqXrd4SqEidkp6HpL6k1MN9n671PGkTfie?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hacking: ROPEmporium's "ret2win" Challenges (32 and 64 bit!)]]></title><description><![CDATA[So the other day I came across a wonderful resource on learning Return Oriented Programming, an exploitation technique, called the "ROP Emporium". In this blog post, I'll outline how I went about]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hacking/@synapse/hacking-ropemporium-s-ret2win-challenges-32-and-64-bit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hacking/@synapse/hacking-ropemporium-s-ret2win-challenges-32-and-64-bit</guid><category><![CDATA[hacking]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[synapse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2017 16:34:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeRe8nUjG2BBux1yK8wF27WYpwitAJaLaoWAnkLZzbtLrzQT9UjKDee6MG6tYE9TjeEW6kvfeUvMs4a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hacking: The Narnia Wargames, Level 1: Polluting the Environment.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Authors note: This is being posted early, as I want to spend time AFK tomorrow... In yesterdays writeup we exploited the first level of the Narnia wargame hosted by Over the Wire. Todays writeup is a short]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hacking/@synapse/hacking-the-narnia-wargames-level-1-polluting-the-environment</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hacking/@synapse/hacking-the-narnia-wargames-level-1-polluting-the-environment</guid><category><![CDATA[hacking]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[synapse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2017 18:25:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGPKLQuxAL7oEwDJ42cT977qXjChZ3HsTB2KtVYGmKbsZUvFqe6mXZKvGSSx9syUSFu3dQPwQbQXYM78aSHFHDUYx4bLY7Rrzj5dfUgamw4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hacking: The Narnia Wargames, Level 0: A Simple Buffer Overflow.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been meaning to start a series of posts about some of the legal online hacking challenges, or "wargames", for some time now. I have a series of writeups in the works for the Natas web]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hacking/@synapse/hacking-the-narnia-wargames-level-0-a-simple-buffer-overflow</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hacking/@synapse/hacking-the-narnia-wargames-level-0-a-simple-buffer-overflow</guid><category><![CDATA[hacking]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[synapse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2017 13:45:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJR3iqPxDrevHK3vDeQGnHc8Wj8C8negcTHkSWHXESUJUJ7eJZ2ahFtb7LKs8AuLNWk93REnUx5btXbQEcnQosQF6wvL5uE8jvo4kCBbdQKwepCZr1iRFu2E?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guinness: Nectar of the Gods (The Lord Clifden, Birmingham, UK)]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, my favourite beer is Guinness, probably because I am a walking stereotype (red haired Irish guy who likes to drink). Anyway. Since I find myself living in the UK, it is quite hard to find a good pint]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/beer/@synapse/guinness-nectar-of-the-gods-the-lord-clifden-birmingham-uk-2017725t165826477z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/beer/@synapse/guinness-nectar-of-the-gods-the-lord-clifden-birmingham-uk-2017725t165826477z</guid><category><![CDATA[beer]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[synapse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:58:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMxpPov5bNCs2wQ8WJuVg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>