DC540 Nova

Northern VA defcon group. Founded in 2018 in Fredericksburg, moved to Loudoun in 2019. Sometimes we make cool badges, but we always make friends and memories.

[DC540 Nova @dc540_nova]

@BentleyAudrey I'm sure you've seen Crip Camp, right?

[DC540 Nova @dc540_nova]

So I'm at a friend's beach house, third year in a row we end up here for a week, and after 7 hours of driving I go where you go after 7 hours of driving, and as it greets me I'm like, "oh hello, old friend."

[DC540 Nova @dc540_nova]

Tonight we're talking about the story my dad used to tell of when he ordered a baby alligator from the back of a magazine or something, and kept it in his basement for a while, until his father discovered it... Different times, I guess.

[DC540 Nova @dc540_nova]

I'm at Holden Beach NC for a few days. Forgot my headphones, and seems to be no Meshcore activity here. But hey, at least I can go skinnydipping in the pool.

[DC540 Nova @dc540_nova]

Where is the line between candid and flippant? I struggle sometimes. I strive to be candid but I worry sometimes that I come across as flippant and uncaring.

[DC540 Nova @dc540_nova]

I have to say I absolutely love the feeling of being part of a team that is engaged, all-in and totally thinking outside of the box. I wish my day job was this cool, and I wish this stuff was as lucrative as my day job.

[DC540 Nova @dc540_nova]

I am a complicated mashup of my dad's cop sensitivities (cynicism, suspicion and mistrust) and my mom's deep humanity and compassion. It's like they're battling it out on my shoulders with every interaction.

[DC540 Nova @dc540_nova]

@medus4_cdc It got even more amazing since then. So great having you over.

[DC540 Nova @dc540_nova]

Too much fun.

[Kevin Thomas @mytechnotalent]

Spending time with the greatest of friends! #DC540 #DEFCON #BadgeLife chapter friends planning a new badge for next year!

[DC540 Nova @dc540_nova]

Oh look here's another one. What are these people going to do when we release the next one? Slide over, make some room...

[DC540 Nova @dc540_nova]

Welp. Arrested. In a sealed room. Scotland Yard. Must have been the gold bangles we picked up in Room 104.

[DC540 Nova @dc540_nova]

Latest DIY treatment for ADHD: Spend HOURS over the last two weeks sorting and pruning email inbox, resulting in total unsorted INBOX contents dropping from over 6K to under 100 (not unread; I'm not a savage). The existence of unsorted emails is a mental burden.

[DC540 Nova @dc540_nova]

Wrapped up in online activities, I neglected my whiskey with its spherical ice for a sufficient time that it melted in a pleasing pattern.

[DC540 Nova @dc540_nova]

This evening my adult son pointed out an anime whose title included "Saintess" and I was confused. I always thought "Saint" was genderless and inclusive. I think he agreed. Moving on, later in the hot tub I silently wondered if there are "edgeladies" and of course there are.

[DC540 Nova @dc540_nova]

One of the greatest joys of #badgelife is when someone sends us photos or videos of badges we've made, on display in their new homes. Sometimes they seem shrinelike, and we feel honored, privileged and loved. Please keep that coming. It makes us want to make more.

[DC540 Nova @dc540_nova]

In which an old friend and I go to the movies, watch a newly-released documentary, and relive parts of our miscreant youth in our fragmented memory-leaking old man minds. Highly recommended if you were there, also if you were not.

[DC540 Nova @dc540_nova]

TIL that when I spend most of my weekend working in KiCAD, my dreams become KiCAD-infused.

[DC540 Nova @dc540_nova]

I am encouraged by the energy coming from my DC540 family after DefCon.

[DC540 Nova @dc540_nova]

Fam brought me a cheeseburger. It's a sign.

[Caroline @Jalanparis_]

Happiness is simple ✨
The world is so beautiful it would be a shame to miss it