Grant Barton
I am an IT student in Bellingham, Washington. My favorite things include coffee, Washington-grown apples, and more coffee. I'm interested in finding ways to implement security in a user-friendly manner.
Bellingham Weather
Oh, what's that? You think I can't make a simple dynamic webapp using Flask and some API calls? Check this out:
| Day | Summary | Precipitation Chance | High Temp (F) | Low Temp (F) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Overcast | -- | 46 | -- |
| 11/19/19 | Possible drizzle in the morning. | 100% | 52 | 32 |
| 11/20/19 | Clear throughout the day. | 5% | 48 | 30 |
| 11/21/19 | Clear throughout the day. | 2% | 49 | 32 |
| 11/22/19 | Partly cloudy throughout the day. | 3% | 44 | 33 |
| 11/23/19 | Light rain in the evening and overnight. | 78% | 49 | 42 |
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Your Weather
Oh, what's that? That last table could easily have been a static page? You thought I wouldn't anticipate that thought? Check this out:
| Day | Summary | Precipitation Chance | High Temp (F) | Low Temp (F) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Overcast | -- | 46 | -- |
| 11/19/19 | Mostly cloudy throughout the day. | 57% | 53 | 43 |
| 11/20/19 | Partly cloudy throughout the day. | 8% | 54 | 39 |
| 11/21/19 | Clear throughout the day. | 4% | 54 | 43 |
| 11/22/19 | Possible drizzle overnight. | 24% | 66 | 49 |
| 11/23/19 | Drizzle throughout the day. | 93% | 63 | 46 |
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Education
Hmm, what's that you say? You respect independent problem-solving, but your HR department still requires college degrees? Check this out:
Western Washington University
Course Examples:
- Operating Systems I
- Technical Writing
- Databases
- Secure Software Development
Whatcom Community College
Course Examples:
- Cisco Networking IV
- Computer Programming II (Java)
- Business Law
- Industrial System Security
- HTML Fundamentals
Skills
Oh, huh? You thought I wouldn't provide a curated list of buzzwords, like every other applicant? Try these on for size:
- Networking: Cisco IOS, dynamic routing, TCP/IP, DNS
- Programming: Python, Bash, HTML/CSS
- Security: Wireshark, Metasploit, Kali Linux tools
- Operations: Ansible, Puppet, Debian
- DevOps: Git/Gitlab, Docker and Swarm, Hashicorp stack
- Metrics and Data: ELK stack, Icinga2, Splunk
- WA State Food Worker Card & MAST Permit
- Native English, conversational French
- Strong customer service skills
- Always excited to learn something new
My Favorite Tech News
Oh, what's that? You think I don't follow relevant news and blog sites? Here are just a few:
| Website | Description |
|---|---|
| Debian Bits | Blog of the Debian GNU/Linux project |
| Krebs On Security | A cybersecurity-focused blog by Brian Krebs |
| Phoronix | Linux hardware (and software) news by Michael Larabel |
| HackerNews | User-shared tech news, hosted by Y Combinator |
| Arstechnica | Generic tech and science news |
| Null Program | Tech with a focus on low-level programming and tools by Chris Wellons |
| Steve Klabnik | Rust and web-programming blog by Steve Klabnik |
| Zach Holman | Blog on the tech industry and culture |
| Ben Cox | Tech and networking blog |
| Association of Computing Machinery | Tech industry news |
| Cloudflare Blog | Blog of the Cloudflare corporation |
| Crowdstrike Blog | Blog from the security company Crowdstrike |
| Daniel Miessler | Security-centric blog |
| Cisco Talos Blog | Latest cybersecurity threat reports from the security team at Cisco |
| I'd Rather Be Writing | News and blog posts on modern technical writing |
| Latacora Blog | Random infosec opinions from the security firm Latacora |
| Random ASCII | Programming and tech pieces by Bruce Dawson |
Technologies Used to Run This Site:
What's that, you thought I wouldn't show some respect to the unpaid labor of those before me? 100% of what I do is stood atop the shoulders of giants: