kyleejohnson

kyleejohnson, 4 days ago to random

I swear to god if I don’t get a superpower out of this soon, I’m gonna ask to speak to the manager. https://mxtthxw.art/@mxtthxw/112500971285748815

kyleejohnson, 7 days ago to random

Gazing into my crystal ball, I foresee microplastics all of a sudden becoming a Very Important Problem That Must Be Addressed.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/22/1252831827/microplastics-testicles-humans-health

kyleejohnson, 13 days ago to random

This is the way. https://mastodon.social/@fesshole/112453111195393244

kyleejohnson, 17 days ago to random

I really want Philly elected officials to get behind this kind of thinking on how to streamline the permitting for this kind of stuff. Hopefully, "safer, cleaner, greener" is more than just a campaign slogan.

https://billypenn.com/2024/05/13/philadelphia-street-safety-design-approval/

kyleejohnson, 21 days ago to random

Could someone explain this to me? Is this somehow related to the bears vs dudes discussion?

kyleejohnson, 22 days ago to random

Naming a mascot Birdy McBirdface feels like one of those “most Philly things ever.”

https://billypenn.com/2024/05/08/philadelphia-phoenix-ultimate-frisbee-new-mascot-birdy-mcbirdface/

kyleejohnson, 1 month ago to random

I have some good news to share. Monday I'm starting at the Philadelphia Airport as Director of IT Infrastructure and Operations. The Airport is another City department, and because this is all happening before my last official day with OIT, I can do this as a transfer and maintain my vacation/sick time as well as service credit towards pension.

I'd like to thank everyone who's reached out over the last couple of weeks to help me during this strange time of transition. It meant a lot to me.

kyleejohnson, 1 month ago to random

I feel like the Venn diagram of people who bought a #wankpanzer and those who invested in Truth Social is a circle. A really fucking stupid circle.
https://climatejustice.social/@chu/112295634446842796

kyleejohnson, 1 month ago to random

I'm realizing this morning that one of the (very few) benefits of being unemployed is that there are no Mondays. This morning I had my yogurt/granola/m&ms concoction that I usually do on Saturdays. I'm going to go for a walk later this morning like I do on Sundays. I'm going to read and probably watch a movie later, which I usually do on Tuesdays when my spouse is with her knitting group.

Days have no meaning and time is a construct.

Kona brewing ad where two native Hawaiians sit on a beach talking about how mainland folks celebrate Friday, but not Thursday. They decide to Thursday little Friday. Then one of them realizes it’s Monday, so that call that Tiny Tiny Friday.

kyleejohnson, 1 month ago to random

Well, I guess I should round out my social media posting about this here. Today my job with the City of Philadelphia was eliminated as part of restructuring within the Office of Innovation and Technology. If someone is looking for a former CIO with experience in municipal government and higher education, I'd be happy to chat. #FediHire

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyleejohnson/

kyleejohnson, 1 month ago to random

We’re going through some leadership transition at my work, and I reminded of the idea that the smartest person in the room is almost never the one with all the answers. It’s the person who says, “I don’t know, but we’ll find out together.”

kyleejohnson, 2 months ago to random

I got a text from an unknown number that said, “are you OK?” I mean, not really, but before I spill my guts to a random phone number I’m definitely asking “who dis?”

kyleejohnson, 2 months ago to random

OK Boomer.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/03/20/1239537074/u-s-drops-in-new-global-happiness-ranking-one-age-group-bucks-the-trend?utm_medium=JSONFeed&utm_campaign=news&utm_source=press.coop

kyleejohnson, 2 months ago to random

I’m having a very bad day, and somehow this doofus that never wants to be close knows what I need right now.

kyleejohnson, 2 months ago to random

My work is starting to require more in office time, so this morning I have to leave early so I can get into the office for an 8:30am meeting…

… on Teams.

Malcolm Reynolds from Firefly looking confused. He starts to say something, changes his mind, and then just folds his hand to his mouth, even more confused.

kyleejohnson, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

My spouse and I are going to Italy this summer for our 25th wedding anniversary. Anybody got any tips on how to dress so we don't scream TOURIST. I’m willing to invest in some clothes, as I think it's going to be too hot for my "business casual" work attire. I'm trying to find a middle ground between these two options:

kyleejohnson, 2 months ago to random

In a seminar on Generative AI. The first speaker says he’s an Elon Musk fanboy. Which pretty much says all you need to know about Generative AI.

kyleejohnson, 2 months ago to random

I've gotten to a point in my life (way too late) where work is not even in my top five priorities. I do my job well for the time they are paying me, but if I'm not feeling well I call out sick, and when I want to take time off I do.

(also, I'm testing the quote post feature in Ivory - no idea what this will look like to others)
https://aus.social/@ajsadauskas/112047928780616916

kyleejohnson, 3 months ago to random

As part of the fedi’s never ending enshitification series, I bring you “so you wanna eat lunch at lunch time? That’ll be an extra $2.”

https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/27/24084527/wendys-surge-dynamic-pricing-ai-2025

kyleejohnson, 3 months ago to random

Applaud for me. I was replying to a post, and the more I typed, the more mansplainy it sounded. Two edits later to make it “funny," I just gave up and deleted it.

kyleejohnson, 3 months ago to random

I cannot stress this enough. Do NOT, under any circumstance, have anything related to the security of your home attached to a cloud service. You're one breach away from everyone seeing your stuff or getting into your home. I do a lot of home automation (all local, no cloud), but for my doors, keys are the best option.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/19/24077233/wyze-security-camera-breach-13000-customers-events

kyleejohnson, 3 months ago to random

I am so psyched for today! Let's Go Taylor's Boyfriend's Sportsball Team!! I hope they get a hole in one!!!

kyleejohnson, 3 months ago to random

One of the best single sentence analyses of the Supreme Court I've seen.

“And if this Supreme Court—a Supreme Court controlled by six conservative justices, three of whom owe their life-tenured seats to Trump’s benevolence—twists itself into logical pretzels to breathe new life into Trump’s political career, you are allowed to conclude that that Supreme Court is, in fact, breathtakingly full of shit.”

https://ballsandstrikes.org/legal-culture/trump-colorado-supreme-court-case-history-and-tradition/

kyleejohnson, 3 months ago to homeassistant

I've been waiting for over 2 years for something I could use to replace my Logitech Harmony remote (since Logitech dumped it and it has a cloud config that could die any day). I spent a pretty large sum of money on a remote that can't even stay connected to my wifi consistently. Got so fed up I grabbed an old Raspberry Pi and an RF remote with a dongle and glued it into #HomeAssistant via MQTT so I can control all my media devices with one little local only remote.

https://github.com/pkscout/rpi-keyboard-to-mqtt

kyleejohnson, 4 months ago to random

Oh god SEPTA needs one of these. I don't own a bike, but just the idea of trying to get my bike strapped to the front of a bus while everyone is waiting is enough stress to keep me from even buying a bike.

A cool lil training station where you can practice mounting your bike to a bus in peace.

https://mastodon.online/@mwichary/111835337070357578