John Romkey

Internet, IoT, smart homes, microcontrollers, software, food... he/him. 🌈

2025-06-09

@incanus we could definitely make this be a thing…

2025-06-09

@incanus if only!

2025-06-08

@adamshostack "Texan style vegan chocolate loaf" is the kind with beef in it, right?

2025-06-08

replying to ChatGPT: "but I have a beard you silly goat"

An illustration of a bearded "hacker" wearing a hoodie with three hands, with a small bucket labelled "S3", a railing labelled "RAILS" and an amulet that says "ESP32", sitting in front of a notebook computer. Nearby is an android representing ChatGPT saying "That sucks."
2025-06-08

Inspired by a friend at PDX Hackerspace.

to ChatGPT: "generate an image of what it feels like chatting with me on any given day. Be as vulnerable, honest, brutal as you can be. thank you"

AI-generated image of a man holding his head in his hand saying "I feel like I'm talking to a brick wall" and an android labelled "ChatGPT" saying "Sure thing."
2025-04-01

Welcome to April 1, the day when you shouldn't believe everything other people say, whether it's online or not. Just like every other day.

2025-01-30

Completely out from using any Meta sites. They're monetizing the suffering of their own user base in order to better align with fascists. I'll be here and at bsky.app/profile/romkey.com

For now please enjoy this screen cap of a gnome fucking a pig from an Instagram ad.

An advertisement for a 1920's terracotta garden gnome that appears to be fucking a pig, via an advertisement on Instagram
2025-01-17

"Fix your hearts or die"

Rest in peace, David Lynch. We will miss you.

them.us/story/david-lynch-in-m

2024-11-06

A lot of folks are feeling grief, fear, worry, anxiety, anger right now.

A lot of well-meaning folks are going to try to tell them not to worry, everything will be okay, etc. I know this is coming from a place of love and concern but...

Please, try to support the people who are scared and angry in feeling their feelings. Give them space to be scared, to worry, be angry, to grieve. Don't negate or invalidate those feelings. They need the chance to process their emotions and not suppress them.

2024-11-03

Harris/Walz. Not just because Trump is a menace to democracy, civility and the rule of law. Not just because 4 more years of Maya Rudolph playing Harris on SNL. Because I think they're well suited to help us through the next 4 years and will do a good job in a difficult time.

#makeitso

2024-05-13

@rmd1023 @mike

IS NOTHING SACRED ANYMORE???

And now this is part of my head canon, that one of Zorak's henchmanti assumed his place for Space Ghost Coast to Coast

2024-02-14

@vroomb thank you! ❤️

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2024-02-09

Setting up my wearables installation with the CETI Institute in the Lloyd center (old GAP storefront) for the Portland Winter Lights Festival. Just need to clean up and tape down the power wires now. There are lots of other people setting up awesome original illuminated projects in the same space. If you're in the area, come by and check it out sometime this weekend. Info here: ceti.institute/event/constella

2023-12-18

@feurig that’s super annoying. Another reason other than cats that I’m glad Apple brought back MagSafe.

2023-12-08

@ChrisWellens Apparently that was too reasonable and positive an action for them to take.

2023-12-06

23andMe is really going for "set the sleaze factor to 10"... after recent hacks on customer data they're rewriting their arbitration policy in very anti-customer way.

You have about 30 days to opt out (details in the article).

If you're a customer I'd encourage you to both opt out and contact customer service to let them know how you feel about restricting customer rights in light of their recent hacks.

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

2023-11-21

Suing people who stopped doing business with you because you supported nazis, racism and antisemitism doesn't seem like a good business plan.

2023-11-05

@PricklyHeart I would actually pay a bit to help that happen, especially if it’s a one way trip

2023-11-04

@SteveBellovin Emailing total strangers with random email addresses seems the only equitable way to deal with this windfall.

2023-11-04

I can't be the only person who might have wished this headline ended with "for space"

(spoilers right below it, it's actually "for Miami" as Bezos becomes Florida Man)

Screencap of headline: '"Seattle, you will always have a piece of my heart": Jeff Bezos leaving Amazon's hometown f...'

keywords: "Jeff Bezos" "Miami"

credit: GeekWire

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