John Romkey

@romkey.com

Internet guy. he/him/his 🌈

I'm on a podcast! Thanks very much to @paulcutler.org for having me on the CircuitPython Show to talk about circremote, a utility I recently released. Paul is a gracious host and great conversationalist; it was a lot of fun chatting with him!

Paul Cutler@paulcutler.org · 10mo ago

New episode of The CircuitPython Show is out! Meet John @romkey.com, who created the innovative Python app circremote to push code to your microcontroller, get sensor data, and more. Find the show wherever you get your podcasts or visit www.circuitpythonshow.com/@circuitpyth...

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.

In lighter news, Amex is offering a "White Lotus Experience" at a Four Seasons in Thailand. Has anyone at Amex ever watched the show? Will people pay thousands of dollars to get their life upended, relationships shattered and maybe get murdered? Maybe if Jennifer Coolidge shows up and derps around?

Screenshot of Amex listing for "The White Lotus Thailand Experience" deluxe vacation package

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 mstdn.social/@romkey For now please enjoy this screen cap of a gnome fucking a pig from an Instagram ad.

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Many are feeling grief, fear, worry, anger right now and well-meaning folks may say not to worry, everything will be okay. I know this comes from a place of love and concern but try to give them space to feel their feelings instead of negating or invalidating them. Let them process their feelings.

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

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

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

photo of Jeff Bezos

keywords "Jeff Bezos" "Miami"

credit: Geekwire

I'm not sure who needs to see their video doorbell through their thermostat but if you think you do apparently EcoBee is there for you.

Raspberry Pi 5 looks very nice. If you're getting one, get the official power adapter. It uses a non-standard USB C power mode, 5V@5A; most power adapters won't work with it. Wish they'd used a simple barrel jack connector rather than a proprietary USB C mode that will lead to a lot of confusion.

I'm really hoping this comics anthology makes its funding goal... I'd love to read it and hope that the creators get the support they need. "We Belong" - An All-Black, All-Queer Sci-Fi and Fantasy Comics Anthology zoop.gg/c/webelong

Every time I see someone write "package" when they mean "packet" an old man inside my brain shakes a piece of coax ethernet cable at the sky and yells.

Reddit must be jealous of Twitter hogging the attention again. Now they're doing away with awards and coins (which I don't care about) but apparently won't be refunding people who spent money on coins. This is going to go well. https://bit.ly/reddit-f-u