Nate Johnston@natejohnston@fosstodon.orgfosstodon.org

Time to start cooking for the Johnston cookie party! A couple thousand cookies! Party is on Saturday but we have to start cooking now - mostly dough preparation.

I wish all my code could be sung like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yup8gIXxWDU

This is fantastic!

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/09/nist-proposes-barring-some-of-the-most-nonsensical-password-rules/

Looking forward to attending the DPDK summit next week! I'll be virtual but I have a lot to learn about this technology space. #dpdk #nfv https://cvent.me/dgMy4R?sms=7&cn=fy_sdVSaSlyZF3QSUCfe_g

IKEA time #Ikea

Bad hot take: my initial reaction was “Why does space Pharrell Williams have a tzompantli? Did he fly back to the Aztec Empire?” #lego #legospace #aztec #pharrellwilliams

That's a cute trash panda face in the comments https://www.universalhub.com/2024/raccoon-its-head-stuck-sewer-grate-rescued-some

I don’t know what on earth changed in the last day but the political spam coming to my phone has surged to amazing levels. This is insane. And to whoever hated me enough to subscribe my phone number to political fundraising hysterics texts that I never agreed with and do not want: I hate you right back buddy. #USelections2024 #textspam #iwillbeavenged

Saw #Twisters the other day - it was fantastic! Now seeing #DeadpoolAndWolverine - let’s see if it holds up as well!

Today’s shirt in honor of CrowdStrike.

Amazing read on AI - the current state and the future. The author may be a bit aggressive, but I have to say that his sentiments resonated with me. #ai #generativeAI https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again

Starting our vacation to the Southwest USA, we flew to Oklahoma City to catch our connection. Nice little airport. Everywhere we go we always see a buffalo - it’s our family spirit animal - and so we start auspiciously with a buffalo blessing our path. #okc #buffalo

THIS IS WILD #cybersecurity

https://samcurry.net/hacking-millions-of-modems

I hope this did not affect any of the friends I have over in Azure land...
https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-lay-off-hundreds-azure-cloud-unit-business-insider-reports-2024-06-03/

The first rule of cloud disaster recovery is that no matter how many geographies you have, if you’re in a single cloud you have a single point of failure. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-cloud-accidentally-nukes-customer-account-causes-two-weeks-of-downtime/ #unisuper #googlecloud #arstechnica

‪Birthday #TBT 1978. This remains my standard for a good birthday: a midday nap. ‬

‪I used to love riding around in the station wagon trunk, acting like it was my playhouse. ‬

Happy to accompany my daughter to rally in support of Jewish students at the George Washington University campus yesterday and call for the return of all hostages. #Israel #BringThemHomeNow