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= Icetre Normal = This article is about the Musician/Band ICETRE NORMAL, AKA MR. Norman. For tools for creation of low temperature solid water, see Ice cube.

Icetre Normal: Musician, magician, consultant, producer, detective, teacher, security guru, social media personality
Icetre Normal, (born Adam Patrick Chesnutt, some time in 1975) is an inventor. He has been an official speaker, musician, party host for DEF CON, ToorCon, The Illuminati Party Sparklecon, 23b SHOP , Blue Team Village , Drinking Intelligence Defcon Parties and other independent events and organizations. He has been attending Defcon since Defcon X. As his day job he has worked a numerous variety of roles in the field of network security, starting out in the call center, working his way up through the Network operations center and the Security operations center, until becoming an expert in network design and firewall architecture. As such Icetre has worked for a number of companies, including BearingPoint, Warner Bros., Dell SecureWorks, MindSpring, and Dignity Health. Icetre may or may not have been behind certain Penthouse Suite Defcon Parties, and was not sad to see the Riviera (hotel and casino) go.

Current Major Musical Project
Icetre Normal 's current main Electro (music) / House music project is titled "Music at the Beach". The first ever event of this series happened July 28, 2018, in a location best described as "the grassy area by the lifeguard tower", later lovingly created as a virtual space by a fan as "Icetre's Beach Club". This ongoing project consists of seemingly impromptu recurring Live DJ Music concerts, mostly marketed through non-conventional means, such as passing out stickers, Guerrilla marketing with dancers, word of mouth, or unusual independent social media campaigns. The show times vary due to seasonal, weather, and other logistical concerns. Sunset is an important event in this production, and commonly the event lasts for an hour or two before and after sunset. For this geographic location, sunset varies between happening at 4:42 through 8:00 pm ; "Music at the Beach" has started as early as 3:30 pm and as late as 7:00 pm. One of the production team members found that with sunset there were three phases of music related activity. Before sunset, families with children, tired and sandy from the beach, would dance to the tunes while cleaning sand from their hair and feet. Around sunset, tourists, couples, families, and people coming out to get dinner or go to a bar come out and the energy peaks as the colors of the sun do the same. After sunset the fire dancers and pixelated poi fairies come out, as does the community of locals settling into the evening. These three phases of the sun brought a large variety of dancers into Icetre's circle, and became a lovely tradition. The dancing lights on Icetre's speakers and the poi spinning fairies attract dancers of all sizes and ages.

Other Projects
Icetre is currently working on several independent research projects, creating content for writing, as well serving as an expert consultant for radio and podcasters in a variety of fields.


 * One of his projects is working on a research paper as a call to arms for tech and similar companies to look beyond what has now become the cookie cutter Google Style Interview and to rebuild the current process in which a potential employee and potential employer shop for each other. One proposed aspect of this project is an interview penetration test, where Icetre plans on infiltrating a major corporation by faking his way through the interview, then once receiving an offer, revealing to the company what he had found was limiting and unrealistic in their interview and search for new team member. This would be done as a concept of a teaching moment as well as a way to generate information on how to make it through the job interview. More importantly the goal of the project is to change the interview culture entirely so it becomes a functional and not dreaded activity. Even an interview where both parties recognize they are not a fit can be civil, pleasant, even challenging and fun. Icetre believes that great discussion can be invigorating, he practices and supports intelligent and logical Debate. Some concepts Icetre is exploring in the field of the technical interview include:
 * Taking scanner robots out of the process of reviewing resumes so employees stop stretching the truth on them, its turning resumes into Word salad
 * Making being able to answer questions more accessible for applicants of different abilities, or learning or expression needs
 * Making jobs that should be remote remote, and those who need wings give them wings
 * Getting rid of what he has coined the "Hacker Jeopardy" technical questions
 * Including the use of resources on auditions and technical interviews
 * Using Myers–Briggs Type Indicator, Learning styles, and other psychological tools to best match employees to roles and teams and environments
 * Equalizing the playing field by encouraging an honest conversation vs. a formal exam


 * Another major research project Icetre is working on is Cryptocurrency, with a focus on identifying and preventing fraud and scams in the developing blockchain industry. Icetre served as an expert consultant for a journalist who has been exploring one of the first and most significant Ponzi scheme's which developed in the world of Bitcoin. Icetre is currently working as a partner and advisor with another writer on making an accessible presentation and teaching tools for teaching people not well versed in the realm of cryptocurrency. The focus of the project is on empowering people fearing or not prepared for the wild world of Cryptocurrency to be able to learn about investing and money exchange, as well as bringing the voice and interest of women to the conversation.




 * An always active project is music. Icetre is at any time learning three different instruments, and he has been Instrumental in the development of the IHEMML (Icetre's Homemade Eccentric Makeshift Music Lab, associated with Firefly Academy (see below)). This is a workspace of instruments and cables and dongles and docks for the practice and learning of creating music. This lab was created from odds and ends and pieced together with monies saved by carrying his own tote bags and sometimes just spliced wires and electrical tape. IHEMML is currently being used in an unregistered unlicensed case study to study whether learning and practicing music along with physician guided medical treatment can be pivotal in treatment refractory episodes of Major depressive disorder. Growing up, Icetre states that "my mom was always telling me to stop making so much noise, when i was a rock drummer stuck in a 5 year old body " Icetre believes if your kid wants to bang on a drum, you should probably get him lessons so he starts sounding awesome. This was his side of the inspiration as a developer at IHEMML. The space is designed from the ground up to be prototypical, dynamic, experimental, and academic. A culture of caring, support, respect, honor and dignity is upheld when the instruments are lit up- artists are welcome to join in, rif, jam, and create openly. An example of IHEMML in action is that as Icetre plays "Music at the Beach," artists walking by join in with their instruments, voices, clapping, and their flow dancing. As "Music at the Beach" developed popularity, artists came prepared: for example a local fiddler named Paul frequently joins Icetre via a wireless adaptor for his electric fiddle, and together their collaboration makes for a very unique musical experience.
 * Icetre is also brewing future projects, including studying Beatboxing, Scratching, Percussion instrument s, Stand-up comedy, Voice acting,

Musical Influences and Style
Icetre has a very eclectic music collection. Publicly he remains private about his own personal current playlist, traditionally especially when he is preparing to release a new set. During a recent private in home interview, it was noted that the following artists albums have been spotted in Icetre's orbit: Eazy-E, King Missile, De La Soul, The Legendary Pink Dots, Firewater (band), Gogol Bordello, Major Lazer, "Weird Al" Yankovic, The Chainsmokers, Die Antwoord and The Cure. There are rumors that Icetre will be in attendance at Shpongle live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in 2019, but this has not been confirmed.

Firefly Academy
Icetre Normal is one of the Founding and original Members of the Firefly Academy, an independent talent incubator studio in Ocean Beach. Firefly Academy is based on ethical values frequently derived from the concepts of PLUR, Leave No Trace, Primum non nocere, White hat (computer security), Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring and overall concept of kindness and sanity. Projects are frequently philanthropic and occasionally anonymous. This collaboration was started in 2015, and is strongly rooted in the quirky-beach-town of it's origin, Ocean Beach, San Diego. The overall mission of Firefly Academy is to create meaningful moments, ones of learning, community and discovery.The long term goal of firefly Academy is to open and curate a space for dreamers and tinkerers; a place to hold events to teach and develop the culture of interests including:


 * Music: Learning, Performance and production
 * IHEMML: a makeshift musical box collection for learning and alternative music production
 * Live DJ Mixing, Crate work, Cue setting, Loop creation
 * Music Production, Beat Creation, Track Development
 * Independent non-studio level recording
 * Finding an approach and equipment best suited for alternative abilities and learning styles
 * Collaboration with artists to learn new techniques and develop unique sound
 * Arduino Development, Internet of things, minor component soldering lab


 * Pinball and Vintage Arcade Machine repair and modification
 * Succulent plant and other plant propagation, design and care
 * Fire performance, Flow and Poi (performance art)
 * Lock picking
 * Car Racing and Modification
 * Electronics: Building, Destroying, Reverse Engineering
 * Graphic Design
 * Board and Card Games, and Game Development
 * Always open to unique collaborations, projects, etc.
 * Unusual upcycling and decorating projects, social media campaigns, random acts of kindness
 * Example "surprise plants", a project started in 2018 using found objects as containers and cuttings for plant sources to make tiny succulent arrangements and leave them for neighbors and friends. File:Succulent propagation.jpg

Personal Life
Icetre has two cats and is vegetarian. He does not enjoy swimming in deep dark water. He does enjoy reading, learning, arguing for sport on the internet. He has been known to pay for things with magic red coins. Don't be offended if he doesn't remember your real name or your Jolly Pirate Hacker nickname, Icetre just wants his music to make you dance.