John Fernkas

@tobydoyhowell @DnkSports This is awesome, Toby. Love seeing someone actually make something real. Huge congrats — shoes > likes any day.

Haven't posted on this account in awhile but I have an update: I started a pickleball shoe company Yes, it's random. Yes, I still work full time at Morning Brew. But I want to explain how @DnkSports came to be. During the pandemic I got very wrapped up in the online world. I was running the @MorningBrew account And spending a lot of time immersed in social media. It was great because I grew this account to nearly 30,000 followers. Bad because it optimized for the ephemeral parts of life: likes, views, etc. It was in the middle of that online journey I got the itch to make something real. I was always curious how things entered the world. How did this shoe on my foot come to be? This t-shirt on my back? manufacturing product design supply chain logistics ...the modern world feels like magic if you never dare to peek behind the curtain. That itch corresponded with a pandemic obsession with pickleball (it popped off in Florida where I was holed up during that time) And those dual obsessions culminated in my friend and I deciding to do the damn thing and try to make pickleball shoe. From scratch. With zero footwear experience. What followed was two and half years of basically willing a product into existence. Dead end designs. Tariff induced headaches. More samples than you'd ever imagine. But over many stop-start months—where there was plenty of internal doubt as to what the hell we were thinking—our shoe went from idea, to CAD file, to 3D printed model, to wearable sample, to final production. Dnk Sports is now a real life product you can buy and wear and I gotta say...there is no more surreal feeling than lacing up something you are directly responsible for bringing into this world. Hits harder than any likes ever could. So if you play pickleball know someone who plays pickleball or just are interested in what it's like designing and manufacturing a shoe consider checking out dnksports.com

@kyleplacy The Studio Display charges a MacBook via the same thunderbolt cable and also has several USB C ports on the back of the display for things like an ethernet dongle. That’s what I do with my Studio Display.

Anyone have a box/connector for multiple lightning bolt cables for a MacBook they love? I have a new MB with only two ports but I’d love to use Ethernet + Studio Display + charge.

@kyleplacy @Glassdoor My father-in-law is the Children’s Museum VP that oversees the store and is hiring this role… happy to connect you! 😉

Perfect! Thanks @Glassdoor. I love legos and the Children’s museum.

@HasBeenWizard Oooh… been part of the iOS fam for a long time but following for good app recommendations!

@soffes If you need a ride from the airport to go get the van, let me know! 🙂

Got it through an auction. Flying to Indianapolis on Thursday to pick it up 💯

I just bought a van. I guess we're doing this thing 😄 #vanlife

@CallMeWuz Congrats my friend!!

@awwstn I’m so sorry for your loss! We don’t know each other but any man wearing an @irishboatshop hat is okay in my book! I’m lucky enough to spend summers in Harbor Springs, Michigan and hopefully your dad was able to experience the beauty of it too.

In 1985, hours before having his whole stomach removed due to cancer, my dad snuck out of one hospital and into another to be in the room as I took my first breath. 36 years later, I made it cross-country in time to be in the room as he took his last breath. I love you, dad. ❤️

@soffes I peaked at your Home Assistant repo recently, after a few months of not touching mine, and now I’m jazzed to dive back in, clean up some things, and add some cool new stuff. Thanks! 😊

@ln_parker @weswinham Just @ me next time *throws head back in laughter while on mute* 😂 Although I’m not quick enough on the chat emojis sometimes and then it’s awkward

Who else laughs on a zoom, realizes you were on mute, then unmutes, then fakes a laugh? When people say funny things, they deserve the laugh!

@soffes Happy Birthday! 🥳

It's my birthday. I wrote a bit about how things have changed since my last birthday ✌️ soffes.blog/thirty-two

@CallMeWuz I’ve played around with @home_assistant and Almond! home-assistant.io/blog/2019/11/2…

Real quick, the entire economy depends on teachers, yet we’re not prioritizing their vaccinations. Have an okay night.

@tenderlove So cool! Excited for you to make the new design available.

Soldered together my new aq sensor

Bernie dressed like the inauguration is on his to do list today but ain’t his whole day.

Here’s a live video of @tobydoyhowell trying to get @MorningBrew to 100k followers by 5:43...

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@CallMeWuz I’m gonna go with 4B2!

Drones, man.

JUST KISS ALREADY!!

@soffes Sorry, somehow missed this! Yep, that is @tenderlove’s repo that helped me figure out what I needed to order and the files to have PCBs made. Here is my HA ESPHome config I used for the sensor: github.com/johnfernkas/ho…

Have a link to info about this project? Very interested!

How was your weekend?