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Guns, lots of guns

So for my xmass present I got a gun handling course from my wife for the two of us. I wouldn’t normally write about this, but the course was so impressive that I thought I”d say something. It was at BlueCore in Denver which is run by a handful of ex special forces folks including […]

January 5, 2012 | Crazy, Fun | No comments

Rescued kitten Stix, 9 months after being found in the gutter with a broken pelvis

My wife, Kerry, went down to California last thanksgiving for a brief trip with her sister Sandy. They were driving along in Fountain Valley with my niece and spotted a kitten lying in the gutter. As they approached her she hauled herself out of the gutter in a badly injured way. They immediately stopped and tried to […]

August 30, 2011 | Friends & Family, Fun, Introspection | No comments

Spooky fun with ssh on OS X

Want to freak out your wife/husband/kids? On a mac that you have access to: Go to ‘System Preferences’. Under ‘Internet & Networking’ there is a ‘Sharing’ icon. Run that. In the list that appears, check the ‘Remote Login’ option. Then ssh into your mac remotely by downloading putty if you’re on a pc or launch […]

November 20, 2009 | Apple, Fun | No comments

Efficiency

October 22, 2009 | Fun | No comments

CO

I’m in Colorado in a semi-rural area in Elbert County in the town of Elizabeth. I get a lot of work done here because there’s not much going on. This is taken from my macbook’s webcam pointed out the window.

October 11, 2009 | Fun, Randomness | No comments

Ever wondered how a pumpkin feels?

Took this tonight. Sister carving. Her new Canon G10 lowered inside a sloppy punkin.

October 31, 2008 | Fun | 1 comment

Skiing down Rainier

Video from 1 week ago with Joe H and Tom R skiing down Rainier from Camp Muir. Thanks Joe for putting all the clips together! We ran out of water about halfway down and the clip about the water bottle is me holding a squeeze bottle filled with snow that just refused to melt. We […]

July 7, 2008 | Fun | 1 comment

Hiked up to Camp Muir on Rainier and skied down

Had an amazing weekend with friends Joe Heitzeberg and Tom Romary. We met on Saturday evening in Rainier park. The campsite at Cougar Rock was full so we drove a few hundred feet down the road, parked at a trailhead, hiked in a bit and slept under the stars. We got up to paradise at […]

June 30, 2008 | Fun | No comments

Snowkiting and Powder in Utah

CRV and Bill Tai put together an awesome weekend in the mountains of Utah snowkiting. Thanks  Jeff Kafka and team for some awesome instruction. I think the most memorable moment was Chris Sacca getting up on stage at the local bar and singing Stairway to Heaven including the screamy bits at the end. Tell me […]

February 4, 2008 | Fun | No comments

Rugby World Cup tomorrow – South Africa vs England

Got this a few minutes ago from my Dad in South Africa:

October 19, 2007 | Fun | No comments

My name is Mark Maunder. I've been blogging since around 2003 when I started on Movable Type and ended up on WordPress which is what I use to publish today. With my wife Kerry, I'm the co-founder of Wordfence which protects over 5 million WordPress sites from hackers and is run by a talented team of 36 people. I'm an instrument rated pilot and I fly a Cessna 206 along with a 1964 Cessna 172 in the Pacific Northwest and Colorado. I'm originally from Cape Town, South Africa but live in the US these days. I code in a bunch of languages and am quite excited about our emerging AI overlords and how they're going to be putting us to work for them.