Erik Nygren
@erik.nygren.org
Internet Systems Architect, Maker, Father, Husband, tinkerer, IPv6 evangelist, IETF standards, long-time Linux user, and wanna-be mad scientist. Deals with complex systems and ops/infosec. $dayjob at Akamai (as20940) since 1999. Posts my own. He/Him
For a break from everything going on, a young raccoon encounters our hammock.
July 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
For a break from everything going on, a young raccoon encounters our hammock.
From one side it looks like a normal birthday cake, but turn it around and it's an entirely different story and the cake is ready to eat you.
May 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
From one side it looks like a normal birthday cake, but turn it around and it's an entirely different story and the cake is ready to eat you.
Oh hey, I hear it now as well. It's being discussed in another discord I'm on, and I bet local FB groups are grumbling.
Someone else posted its flight pattern and that it seems to be owned by www.vexcel-imaging.com
Someone else posted its flight pattern and that it seems to be owned by www.vexcel-imaging.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Oh hey, I hear it now as well. It's being discussed in another discord I'm on, and I bet local FB groups are grumbling.
Someone else posted its flight pattern and that it seems to be owned by www.vexcel-imaging.com
Someone else posted its flight pattern and that it seems to be owned by www.vexcel-imaging.com
Threateningly imperative neon sign partial failures.
January 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Threateningly imperative neon sign partial failures.
Last night my wife and I went to live Dar Williams performance in Boston. She's a singer-songwriter who is perhaps my favorite musical artist.
#DarWilliams #music
#DarWilliams #music
December 30, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Last night my wife and I went to live Dar Williams performance in Boston. She's a singer-songwriter who is perhaps my favorite musical artist.
#DarWilliams #music
#DarWilliams #music
It was fun watching the pitch sessions for the #MIT100k #entrepreneurship competition tonight, as well as connecting with the organizers and presenters and #MIT grad students! They all did a great job on the event.
December 4, 2024 at 4:05 AM
It was fun watching the pitch sessions for the #MIT100k #entrepreneurship competition tonight, as well as connecting with the organizers and presenters and #MIT grad students! They all did a great job on the event.
Both at the same time in the tree...
November 27, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Both at the same time in the tree...
Hawk and an owl in a tree behind our house in #SomervilleMA. The hawk was unhappy with the owl and they had a bit of a tussle, but the owl seemed unphased. Hopefully they can help us with our rats as long as neighbors or the city don't poison them first...
Video: youtu.be/ntkViBEHiWk
#birding
Video: youtu.be/ntkViBEHiWk
#birding
November 26, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Hawk and an owl in a tree behind our house in #SomervilleMA. The hawk was unhappy with the owl and they had a bit of a tussle, but the owl seemed unphased. Hopefully they can help us with our rats as long as neighbors or the city don't poison them first...
Video: youtu.be/ntkViBEHiWk
#birding
Video: youtu.be/ntkViBEHiWk
#birding
When I first saw a picture of the Casio Smart Ring, I thought it was another inspired creation by @nanoraptor.danamania.com, but no, it appears to be real. www.techradar.com/health-fitne... www.casio.com/jp/watches/c...
November 25, 2024 at 2:47 AM
When I first saw a picture of the Casio Smart Ring, I thought it was another inspired creation by @nanoraptor.danamania.com, but no, it appears to be real. www.techradar.com/health-fitne... www.casio.com/jp/watches/c...
Now we can track the dishwasher state! I designed and #3dprinted a hanging tag system for our dishwasher (using #FreeCAD) to show if it is Running, Clean, or Dirty. There's a mechanism which causes it to snap into position and stay there, but it can be rotated to change state.
November 24, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Now we can track the dishwasher state! I designed and #3dprinted a hanging tag system for our dishwasher (using #FreeCAD) to show if it is Running, Clean, or Dirty. There's a mechanism which causes it to snap into position and stay there, but it can be rotated to change state.
My wife and I finished restoring and rewiring my grandmother's 1940 Singer 201 sewing machine! It's ready for its next 84 years of service.
November 24, 2024 at 3:20 PM
My wife and I finished restoring and rewiring my grandmother's 1940 Singer 201 sewing machine! It's ready for its next 84 years of service.
I was wondering why our air purifier in the living room was so much louder than usual so I went to check. The pros and cons of having children who are engineers. Both intake and exhaust were covered like this with #Magnatiles.
#parenting
#parenting
November 17, 2024 at 3:34 AM
I was wondering why our air purifier in the living room was so much louder than usual so I went to check. The pros and cons of having children who are engineers. Both intake and exhaust were covered like this with #Magnatiles.
#parenting
#parenting
Photos from tonight's #PartialLunarEclipse.
September 18, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Photos from tonight's #PartialLunarEclipse.
My #MacGyver
moment of the week. Fixed my glasses with fishing line, superglue, & borrowed baking soda while on vacation in New Hampshire. A narrow part of the titanium frame split in half. Fishing line spliced it together, baking soda was an accelerate for the cyanoacrylate to make things solid.
moment of the week. Fixed my glasses with fishing line, superglue, & borrowed baking soda while on vacation in New Hampshire. A narrow part of the titanium frame split in half. Fishing line spliced it together, baking soda was an accelerate for the cyanoacrylate to make things solid.
September 4, 2024 at 1:04 PM
My #MacGyver
moment of the week. Fixed my glasses with fishing line, superglue, & borrowed baking soda while on vacation in New Hampshire. A narrow part of the titanium frame split in half. Fishing line spliced it together, baking soda was an accelerate for the cyanoacrylate to make things solid.
moment of the week. Fixed my glasses with fishing line, superglue, & borrowed baking soda while on vacation in New Hampshire. A narrow part of the titanium frame split in half. Fishing line spliced it together, baking soda was an accelerate for the cyanoacrylate to make things solid.
If you're in Vancouver for #IETF this week (ie, didn't have your flight cancelled), try and take a break for a walk through Stanley Park. Parts of it feel like you've stepped into a scifi B-movie or a Stargate episode (for good reason), plus you can get some fresh air. It's easy to get to by bus.
July 22, 2024 at 4:24 AM
If you're in Vancouver for #IETF this week (ie, didn't have your flight cancelled), try and take a break for a walk through Stanley Park. Parts of it feel like you've stepped into a scifi B-movie or a Stargate episode (for good reason), plus you can get some fresh air. It's easy to get to by bus.
#Aurora right from here in #SomervilleMA last night! It was my first time seeing it here. It was nowhere near as vivid with the naked eye but was still visible even with the clouds and city lights.
May 11, 2024 at 2:58 PM
#Aurora right from here in #SomervilleMA last night! It was my first time seeing it here. It was nowhere near as vivid with the naked eye but was still visible even with the clouds and city lights.
#IPv6 Transition Approaches Alignment Chart. Everyone is taking a different approach to IPv6 deployment, some better than others...
(I realized I'd started this a year or two back and never finished. I'm not sure I totally agree where all of these landed so am happy to revise for a future version.)
(I realized I'd started this a year or two back and never finished. I'm not sure I totally agree where all of these landed so am happy to revise for a future version.)
December 14, 2023 at 6:39 PM
#IPv6 Transition Approaches Alignment Chart. Everyone is taking a different approach to IPv6 deployment, some better than others...
(I realized I'd started this a year or two back and never finished. I'm not sure I totally agree where all of these landed so am happy to revise for a future version.)
(I realized I'd started this a year or two back and never finished. I'm not sure I totally agree where all of these landed so am happy to revise for a future version.)
I finished making a shallow wood bookcase for our kids' playroom! Now I just need to attach it to the wall and start migrating books into it. (It was an opportunity to learn some new construction techniques and an excuse to get some new tools.)
October 21, 2023 at 4:02 PM
I finished making a shallow wood bookcase for our kids' playroom! Now I just need to attach it to the wall and start migrating books into it. (It was an opportunity to learn some new construction techniques and an excuse to get some new tools.)
Ferrero Roche as a chocolate model of the Earth. (From the vault... First made and posted this elsewhere in 2006.)
October 9, 2023 at 12:12 AM
Ferrero Roche as a chocolate model of the Earth. (From the vault... First made and posted this elsewhere in 2006.)