The Renderlab : About

About the Renderlab and RenderMan

Renderlab.net is the online extension of the real world 'Renderlab'. The Renderlab was named in keeping with the name of the maintainer, 'Renderman'. When he asked his friends many years ago, to use his alternate name, his friends started calling everything around him the Renderworld. The Rendervan, Rendercan, Renderchair, Rendercat and so on. So in keeping the computer lab and workshop in his home became the 'Renderlab'. The name 'Renderman' originally was given to him by friends many years ago while he was in high school with dreams of computer animation (before he found out that he had the technical skill, but no artistic ability). His penchant for taking over the entire lab of computers to use for batch network rendering earned him the nickname Renderman. Taken from the rendering engine developed and used by Pixar for their wonderful movies. I have no affiliation to them or any official claim to the name. So far they've not sued me or cared much about this. At worst it's led to some funny emails and situations.

Though the lab is actually a physical lab setup for testing security and playing with technology, for RenderMan, the real lab is all around you. Anywhere you go the oppourtunity for discovery is there. With research, the world is your oyster. This site is here to provide a place to share what has been discovered in the Renderlab with the rest of world for whatever value it may have. Not everything will be top shelf content. There's likely to be alot of dumb and weird in the mix as well. Not everything is computer/internet/technology related either. Like most people, Renderman is a person of many interests and hobbies.

The goal of Renderlab is just to have a place to share content and good ideas. There is no decernable agenda or motives other than the sharing and encouraging the freedom of informantion and ideas, even if (and especially if) some don't like them. Oh, and lots of beer. Can't forget that.

Should you be a company who believes RenderMan can be of some use to you or if your're a reporter wanting an sound bite from a hacker on some issue, feel free to contact me, however, such requests will be taken on a case by case basis and judged based on redeeming value of the project/report, and the requesting company. I've been burned in the past and am not keen on having it happen again.

There are some out there who take particular issue with me and my work. They figure me as a media whore and that I do nothing worthwhile. To my detractors and critics: I don't care. I do what I do and I post it for people to see. If they like it, great, if they don't so be it. If you don't like what I'm doing or saying, don't watch or listen.

Vital Info:

Name: RenderMan (Yes I have another name on my passport, but RenderMan is fully interchangeable and also a preference)

Email: render (AT) renderlab (DOT) net (GPG key below)

Twitter:@IHackedWhat

Sex: The name should explain it

Height: Tall enough to reach the top shelf in most cases

Weight: Bigger than a bread box, smaller than a yak

Hair: Tends to change with moods, seasons, job. Currently a Mohawk due to Charity and just plain trolling people

Age: Late 30's going on 24 (Bio age and mental disposition are separate things)

Dress:
- A Black Fedora often on my head (proper fedora, not a damn tribly. Suck it fedora haters)
- Mil-Spec BDU's (Black), rarely in shorts (usually also BDU's but only if it's hot as hades out)
- Random hacker or con t-shirt (Black)
- Hacker/geek branded short sleeved overshirt/workshirt
- Black hoodies and my signature black trenchcoat (proper trenchcoat, not some Hot Topic knock off) in colder weather
- Black combat boots, most often steel toed (highly versitile and practical), but also an afinity for Black and White wingtip oxfords

All of that said, I dress how I am comfortable and that can be anything and everything from pinstripe suits, to halloween themed novelty clothes, to my custom Tactical Kilt. I make no apologies for much of anything I do, let alone my appearance and dress. So be prepared to deal with the weird.

If you wish to email me, send to render (AT) renderlab (DOT) net

I prefer to encrypt my mail if possible as part of good security practices whenever possible. If you wish to send me secure email, my GPG key is below:

New GPG subkeys as of Jan 1st, 2016. Please Update your keyrings!!!

ASCII Armored File: RenderMan-gpg-public.asc

Fingerprint: 1987 EE05 B430 B4CA CC84 D2D3 2683 DEDC F155 84AC

Twitter:
I tweet occasionally under the username @IHackedWhat. This is now where I do most small announcements and communications.

About Myself:

RenderMan:
Sex: The name should explain it
Height: Tall enough
Weight: Bigger than a bread box
Hair: Tends to change with moods and seasons. Currently a Mohawk due to Charity
Age: 35 going on 18
Dress: A Black Fedora permanently attached to my head.

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