Jamie Thingelstad

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Nov 20, 2024: Lefse: Freddy's v. Laura's It is nearly Thanksgiving and the time I start to crave some lefse! I come from family where lefse was made from scratch and I’ve taken part in …

Nov 19, 2024: 1,000 days today. Ukraine marks 1000 days of full-scale war. “For 1,000 days, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been confronting the enemy on the …

Nov 18, 2024: Mujjo Leather Case for iPhone Every iPhone I have had, since the original iPhone, I’ve had an Apple Leather case for. The iPhone 14 Pro was the last phone I got that I could …

Nov 18, 2024: Reading the newest book from Yuval Noah Harari, Nexus. Sam Harris interviewed him on Making Sense, Information & Social Order, and I got the book …

Nov 18, 2024: The Urban Wing sauna was delivered today! Darin and crew did a great job. It fits in the spot just right. I love how bright it is inside. Can’t wait …

Nov 18, 2024: Stories are to people as programs are to computers.

Nov 17, 2024: How much does a Things 4 Good candle cost to make? Now that we have the fourth year of the Things 4 Good 2024 Fall Fundraiser behind us I thought it would be fun to really figure out how much a single …

Nov 17, 2024: Weekly Thing Supporting Memberships I have launched a Supporting Membership offering for the Weekly Thing. I previewed it in Weekly Thing 299 and shared it on the Weekly Thing Forum. So …

Nov 17, 2024: I’m hosting the IndieWeb Carnival in April 2025 and I’m getting pretty excited about it. Starting to think through themes and such. 🤩

Nov 17, 2024: Thoughts after writing 300 newsletters On November 9th I sent the 300th issue of the Weekly Thing. I sent the very 1st issue on May 13, 2017. It took 7 years 5 months 3 weeks and 6 days to …

Nov 16, 2024: You can find me on the web. So much chatter lately on leaving social platform this to go to social platform that. The new thing. The better thing? …

Nov 16, 2024: Tammy and I went to the sold out 7 Nights in the Entry at the Parkway Theater, part of the Sound Unseen 25th Annual Film festival. Chris Strouth of …

Nov 16, 2024: RIP @thingles The steps… I deleted my tweet history in 2016. I didn’t want my archive on a site that I didn’t control. I left Twitter in 2017. Micro.blog …

Nov 16, 2024: How I’m handling Twitter embeds from deleted accounts I’m seeing a lot of people that I was connected with on Twitter X deleting their profiles. This actually ends up having an impact on my blog because …

Nov 15, 2024: Tammy and I went to A Real Pain tonight. I thought it was fine and a bit boring. The reviews say it is “powerfully funny” which I …

Nov 14, 2024: We had a great group from #TeamSPS at the Minnesota Tekne Awards ceremony tonight!

Nov 14, 2024: Dig the cool display design for the Minnesota Tekne Awards stage. Fun to see the displays in a non-traditional layout that is connected to the …

Nov 14, 2024: This Melin hat may be one of my favorite new pieces of SPS swag. 🤩🧢

Nov 14, 2024: Wrapping up Growth Summit #TeamSPS did a Give Back event where we assembled 1,000 SolarBuddy lights. Impact 4 Good led the team through the exercise. …

Nov 14, 2024: Incredible morning building connections at SPS Growth Summit! Incredible keynote from Riaz Meghji! So much great energy and talent as we continue to …

Nov 12, 2024: Last night we finished watching Season 7 of Young Sheldon. We watched this show mostly as a family, except Mazie mostly being off to college. It …

Nov 11, 2024: Went out for a walk and claimed the Veterans Day Challenge badge in Apple Health.

Nov 10, 2024: We saw Tina Schlieske’s Birthday Show at The Dakota and it was incredible! She was joined by her sister Laura and they hit a ton of great songs …

Nov 10, 2024: Things 4 Good Four Year Impact We’ve now done our Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser for four years. With the amazing support of this community we have raised $22,739 for …

Nov 10, 2024: Things 4 Good 2024 Fall Fundraiser Insights We had a great time hosting our 4th annual Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser. We raised $7,010 in donations for our four non-profits. I also like to take …

Nov 10, 2024: Things 4 Good 2024 Fall Fundraiser Results We completed our annual candle sale raising $7,010 for the four organizations we picked! That is a 21.8% increase from 2023, double the growth of …

Nov 10, 2024: Waited until it was cold enough before swapping this light out. New light should prohibit access by hornets attempting to build nests again.

Nov 9, 2024: First time playing Upwords. Sort of like Scrabble with stacking tiles. Fun but got hard and took a long time to play. Tammy was the winner by a long …

Nov 9, 2024: This morning Weekly Thing 300 went out and a couple hours later my cellphone rang. It was Rajiv Pant calling out of the blue to congratulate me on the …

Nov 9, 2024: The business of social media is the business of addiction. These are the tobacco companies of our time. At some point in the future… …

Nov 8, 2024: I have scheduled Weekly Thing 300 to go out tomorrow morning! This project that I started in June 2017 cause I wanted to play with a newsletter is now …

Nov 8, 2024: MISRC Digital Leadership Conference I attended this mornings MISRC Digital Leadership Conference: Charting the AI Journey and also spoke on a panel with Jean Machart and Elwin Loomis …

Nov 6, 2024: A nice evening for a movie so we watched IF.

Nov 5, 2024: I voted on October 17 via mail and thanks to the impressively well run Minnesota voting system I can confirm my ballot was accepted by the election …

Nov 3, 2024: Day 1 of Things 4 Good sale was great and we sold 67 candles for our charities. Getting ready for Day 2 at our house. Have 93 candles left of the 252 …

Nov 2, 2024: Playoff soccer! We are UNITED! ⚽️

Nov 2, 2024: I burned four of the runes I collected along with 75,000 FOXY to mint my Summoned Fox #9569! Famous Fox Federation is still a super fun NFT project.

Nov 2, 2024: Raking! 🍂

Nov 2, 2024: For the very first time ever outside of our private events, Things 4 Good Candle Fundraiser at the Mount Olivet Holiday Boutique! A bit confusing how …

Nov 1, 2024: Not one undecillion, but two! Russia ordered Google to pay a fine of two undecillion roubles (roughly …

Oct 31, 2024: The Things 4 Good 2024 Candle Fundraiser POAP is ready to share with folks at this weekends event! It is a good example of how I’m not a …

Oct 30, 2024: I just ordered an unofficial micro.blog t-shirt ! I went with blue. Thanks to Jim Mitchell for getting this available.

Oct 30, 2024: We poured the last batch of candles for this weekends Things 4 Good Candle Fundraiser! Pre-labeled, so trim wicks and ready to go. I’m very happy with …

Oct 28, 2024: Solved today’s NY Times Mini crossword in under 1 minute. 🤩

Oct 28, 2024: We started watching Jungle Cruise last night and finished it tonight. We saw it in 2021 at a drive-in and was fun to watch again. Tyler is a fan of …

Oct 28, 2024: Upgraded to iOS 18.1 and took less than 10 minutes on the “waitlist” to get provisioned with Apple Intelligence. Looking forward to playing with this. …

Oct 27, 2024: October roses at Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.

Oct 27, 2024: There were a lot of fall displays at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum today.

Oct 26, 2024: Mazie and her friend Faith made this incredible homemade Apple Pie. Will be tomorrow’s breakfast! 🥧

Oct 26, 2024: Autumn.

Oct 26, 2024: Nearly Halloween. 🎃

Oct 26, 2024: This three minute video recap of the SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission highlights so many incredible achievements.

Oct 26, 2024: Ten minutes with items from the recycling bin and I made a DIY “ramp” to place in our mail slot! Envelopes kept getting mangled and jammed …

Oct 26, 2024: Mazie and her Cousin Nora wanted to bake this afternoon so they both decided to do something ad hoc featuring Nutella. Both were very tasty treats. 🤤

Oct 25, 2024: Tammy and I made another four dozen Things 4 Good candles for next weekend’s fundraiser!

Oct 23, 2024: Having this frustrating issue with iOS 18.0.1 on my new iPhone 16 Pro where it refuses to connect to any Bluetooth devices — even my Apple Watch. A …

Oct 22, 2024: My Mom and I made our way to St. Olaf tonight to see Mazie perform in the Chapel Choir tonight. It was great performance titled I Want to Go Home: …

Oct 21, 2024: Money and Elections In 2010 Citizens United. The court held 5–4 that the freedom of speech clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting …

Oct 21, 2024: Tammy and I made our first batch of candles for the Things 4 Good 2024 Candle Fundraiser! Tonight we poured Just Crackle and Winter Wonderland and …

Oct 20, 2024: We saw Mike Birbiglia‘s newest performance The Good Life at the State Theater tonight. He is an incredible performer — so many laughs.

Oct 20, 2024: Our trip to Chicago for MEA was all electric in the Tesla Model Y. We’ve not done that many road trips using the Supercharger network and it …

Oct 20, 2024: Chicago MEA Trip Log Thursday Depart at 6:12a Charge at Mauston. Charge in Janesville, walk to Culver’s that was closed Lunch at Culver’s in Janesville Arrived …

Oct 19, 2024: A trip to Chicago is not complete without a meal at Lou Malnati’s!

Oct 19, 2024: Chicago skyline.

Oct 19, 2024: We had a great time on the Architectural Boat Tour of Chicago.

Oct 19, 2024: The L crossing the river in Chicago.

Oct 19, 2024: Tammy had read about Soloway Coffee, a Ukrainian owned coffee shop in Chicago, and we rented some bikes and rode to the Lincoln Park neighborhood to …

Oct 19, 2024: While making our way to a coffee shop in Lincoln Park we ran across Oz Park in Chicago. It was a fun discovery. We didn’t have time to find the …

Oct 19, 2024: We visited the Art Institute of Chicago specifically to see one of the original Great Wave pieces that they have there. The Great Wave is one of …

Oct 19, 2024: While walking from Buckingham Fountain to the Art Institute of Chicago we took in the Abraham Lincoln: The Head of State in Grant Park.

Oct 19, 2024: Buckingham Fountain in the early part of the major display.

Oct 19, 2024: “The Bean”

Oct 19, 2024: Breakfast at Wildberry is a tradition for us in Chicago.

Oct 18, 2024: Our evening plans were a bit in flux and we decided at the last minute, very last minute, to go to the Wayfarer theatre and see White Bird. Very good …

Oct 18, 2024: Prairie Grass Cafe had “Chicago Magazine’s #1 Sirloin Burger” on the menu and Tyler and I couldn’t pass up an award winning burger. It delivered — so …

Oct 18, 2024: Browsing the Ebisu Life store at Gurnee Mall. All Japanese products.

Oct 18, 2024: After our flight simulator we went to Sixty to Escape and did the Mystery Manor room. It was a great room with interesting puzzles. We had to use one …

Oct 18, 2024: Flying a 737 Tyler and I had a blast at Extreme Flight Simulation flying a 737. Tyler got the pilot chair and I took the co-pilot spot. We did a full pre-flight …

Oct 18, 2024: This morning we made our way to Arlington Heights and met CJ Chilvers for breakfast at Scratchboard Kitchen. I have followed CJ’s blog and newsletter …

Oct 18, 2024: This Waukegan, IL Tesla Supercharger is the largest I’ve ever seen. 20 charging stations with Gen 3 capacity. ⚡️

Oct 17, 2024: We had a great time having our minds blown seeing Siegfried Tieber doing a guest performance at Dennis Watkins’s Magic Parlour.

Oct 17, 2024: We had an incredible dinner tonight at Perilla. The Korean styled steakhouse was amazing.

Oct 17, 2024: Great but short time exploring the Museum of Science and Industry upon arriving in Chicago today.

Oct 17, 2024: Captured the Tesla Coil at the Museum of Science and Industry at 120 fps and playing back at 1/4th speed. Super cool. ⚡️

Oct 17, 2024: Ferrofluid under magnetic pull. Super cool to zoom in. Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Captured with 5x camera on iPhone 16 Pro.

Oct 16, 2024: My cousin Josh’s column today, Night Riders Lament, was really good.

Oct 13, 2024: North Shore Weekend Log Friday Drive to Duluth. Pizza and beer at Ursa Minor Brewery. Ice cream at Love Creamery. Check into Airbnb just past Duluth. Hot tub & homework. …

Oct 13, 2024: We’ve driven by Glensheen Mansion many times and finally we stopped and took a tour. It is a pretty incredible residence. Worth stopping!

Oct 13, 2024: We thought it was going to be very cold and rainy but the rain held off and the day turned incredibly nice for us to hike up to the Fifth Falls at …

Oct 13, 2024: Morning stop at the Great Lakes Candy Kitchen — treats for home!

Oct 12, 2024: Grand Marais Light.

Oct 12, 2024: Artists Point in Grand Marais.

Oct 12, 2024: World’s Best Donuts in Grand Marais. Pro tip: you can order the night before and skip the line entirely!

Oct 12, 2024: Stop at Fika Coffee, my favorite coffee shop on the North Shore, on our way to Grand Marais this morning.

Oct 12, 2024: Our Airbnb for the weekend up north is a converted garage set in the woods. Nice place!

Oct 12, 2024: Exploring FIFA Collect I’ve been intrigued with FIFA Collect for a bit. My interest was piqued when I saw that they are dropping collectibles with “Right to …

Oct 11, 2024: Short walk after pizza to Love Creamery for delicious ice cream!

Oct 11, 2024: Delicious pizza and beer at Ursa Minor Brewing tonight in Duluth.

Oct 10, 2024: Many of the SPS Commerce leadership team took in the Minnesota Business Partnership annual event. We were joined by Megan Tischler who was highlighted …

Oct 6, 2024: Tyler and I were joined by Max and Levi at Orchestra Hall today to see the Minnesota Orchestra perform Star Wars: A New Hope In Concert. Tyler and I …

Oct 6, 2024: We had a great time cheering the runners in the Twin Cities Marathon this morning! Our friends host a Marathon morning every year with the highlight …

Oct 5, 2024: We saw The Wild Robot tonight at Edina 4. It was a new story to most of us however Mazie had read the book. I thought the animation style was very …

Oct 5, 2024: The Thingelstad and Fernandez families ready for the TC 5K! Results Mazie (45798): 7:12 min/mile pace — amazing! Came in 12th out of 1,335 women and …

Oct 1, 2024: Ordered these awesome new MNUFC license plates for my car! Go Loons! ⚽️

Oct 1, 2024: Transferring to the new iPhone 16 Pro!

Sep 30, 2024: Tammy and I went to see the Cowboy Junkies at The Dakota tonight. Both of us have enjoyed the Cowboy Junkies but hadn’t seem them live. The show …

Sep 29, 2024: Tammy and I went to a very cool small performance by Gary Louris of The Jayhawks and Golden Smog at O’Shaughnessy Distilling. Just him and his …

Sep 29, 2024: Our Favorite Cheeseburgers Since we just tried a new burger place I thought it would be fun to capture our favorite places that the Thingelstad family goes to for cheeseburgers. …

Sep 29, 2024: We made our way to Wells Roadside tonight to try the newest smash burger place. This place has a cool location with a very classic drive-in feel. They …

Sep 28, 2024: Judged two novice rounds at the Minnesota Debate Teachers Association (MDTA) Jamboree today at Wayzata High School. Was fun to remember how to flow a …

Sep 28, 2024: Two AI Bots Discussing the Weekly Thing My friend Garrick recently shared about Two AI Bots Discussing His Work — a test he did using Google’s Notebook LM. I listened to the three …

Sep 28, 2024: Debate Season Begins Tyler is heading to the Minnesota Debate Teachers Association (MDTA) Jamboree today for his very first debate tournament and the official start of the …

Sep 26, 2024: Fall CIO Wine Tasting Evening Another incredible evening for the CIO Wine Tasting event hosted by Dee Thibodeau of Charter Solutions and Terri Naughtin of Naughtin Group. Tony …

Sep 24, 2024: ENS Continued Progress I continue to believe that despite the volume of scammers in crypto there is real value and important capability in this technology. Ethereum Name …

Sep 24, 2024: Ordered an iPhone 16 Pro today. I currently have an iPhone 14 Pro. I typically wait three years between upgrades. The camera improvements and ability …

Sep 21, 2024: Nice evening for a fire at Quarterdeck Resort.

Sep 21, 2024: The sauna at Quarterdeck Resort is incredible. Enjoyed a couple of cycles through here on our stay.

Sep 21, 2024: On the corner of Get Outside Trail and Smore Fun Way at Quarterdeck Resort.

Sep 19, 2024: Minnedemo 40 The 40th installment of Minnedemo had me wondering about the first one — I was there for Holiday Minnedemo in October of 2006! I have a lot of …

Sep 19, 2024: Was great to run into this amazing group of Minnestar superstars at Minnedemo 40: Adrienne Peirce, Lindsi Gish, Jenna Pederson, and Justin Porter!

Sep 19, 2024: Ran into Justin Porter as I arrived at Minnedemo 40! FORTY! We got a similar photo at Minnedemo 39!

Sep 16, 2024: Apple updates tonight: ✅ 4 Macs ✅ 3 iPhones ✅ 4 Apple TVs ✅ 3 HomePods ✅ 2 Apple Watches ✅ iPad Pro ✅ Vision Pro

Sep 14, 2024: We watched Tetris and it was great. Tetris is my favorite game ever. I can still get completely lost playing Tetris. We even had a Tetris shower! The …

Sep 14, 2024: Triple smashburgers for Tyler and I tonight! 🤤

Sep 14, 2024: Sauna on the way! For many years I’ve had the desire to get a sauna. Usually this has two peaks — one predictably in the winter when I think it would be so nice …

Sep 14, 2024: I took the pontoon back to La Canne’s for winterization and storage. I got it out on May 10th this year for 127 days on the water. With the …

Sep 12, 2024: After our TeamSPS Kubb Tournament a small group of us had a pickup game that was awesome. We had all 10 kubbs in play!

Sep 8, 2024: Tyler's Gaming PC: GPU Unlocked! Tyler hit his savings milestone yesterday so today we went to Microcenter to get the GPU for his gaming rig. A short while later he was carrying out a …

Sep 8, 2024: Sidewalk poetry found in Northfield in and around this mornings 5k.

Sep 8, 2024: We all completed the Defeat of Jesse James Days 5k Run/Walk and had a grand time. Tiffany and I walked the course in 57 minutes. Everyone else ran it …

Sep 7, 2024: Our neighborhood. 52nd Street, Lynnhurst.

Sep 7, 2024: In our neighborhood the Taschler’s host an annual Fry Party. What is that? They fire up multiple fryers and the guests bring fun things to fry. We …

Sep 7, 2024: You would be hard set to find a better desert than Pizzeria Lola’s warm Chocolate Chip Cookies and Fresh S’more Cookies with delicious soft serve ice …

Sep 7, 2024: Tyler's Playdate Game: The 5 Piece Sword The most open of the Summer Challenges I gave Tyler was to create a Playdate Experience. No requirements other than something that could be played on …

Sep 7, 2024: I got to thinking how many times we’ve seen The New Standards after we saw them last night. I searched my blog and created a list of The New …

Sep 6, 2024: The New Standards put on an incredible show at The Dakota tonight marking their 20 year anniversary as a band! We had a great night returning with our …

Sep 2, 2024: We went to the Minnesota State Fair three times this year, a record for all of us. Are we becoming “fair people”? Maybe. People complain …

Sep 2, 2024: Seeing the “Butterheads” in the Dairy Building at the State Fair is a must for me. As a bonus for going on the last day, I got to see all …

Sep 2, 2024: We made three trips to the Minnesota State Fair this year and the third visit really happened just because of Peachey’s Donuts. We wanted to go …

Sep 2, 2024: My Grandpa Ardell was a “John Deere man”, so whenever I see these green tractors at the Minnesota State Fair I take a moment to look them …

Sep 2, 2024: My GTD Structure I suppose I’m a “list person”. Although I would say I’m a GTD practitioner. I like the sound of that better. And my lists, or GTD system, …

Sep 1, 2024: Big week for my Famous Foxes mission chests!

Sep 1, 2024: Was feeling motivated this morning and published a robust iteration of my blogroll that has more sites and context on why I follow it.

Sep 1, 2024: Good morning! September is starting with a chill in the air.

Aug 31, 2024: We watched The Fall Guy tonight! Tons of action and a fun movie overall.

Aug 31, 2024: The Singing Sakatah Hills State Trail is closed right by Highway 60 and Dalton Ave near Cannon Lake. They have a section fenced off where the trail …

Aug 30, 2024: I currently have 326 different Masked Email addresses set in Fastmail. It takes effort but is a powerful way to limit tracking and increase security. …

Aug 30, 2024: First challenge for my lake camera was getting it off the ground to keep the raccoons from playing with it. Second was protecting the cable from water …

Aug 26, 2024: Eerie sky as this storm came in. There was a literal calm before the storm and then the wind kicked up big time. 70 mph winds. We’ve all gone to the …

Aug 26, 2024: Serious storm system coming through clearing out this incredible heat and humidity that we’ve had the last two days. There is a lot of energy in …

Aug 25, 2024: Did a 4-mile walk tonight around Lake Harriet with Tammy and Mazie and claimed the 2024 National Parks Challenge.

Aug 24, 2024: Scenes as Allianz Field emptied out tonight.

Aug 24, 2024: Wish the United would have won but we had a fun time (after the shade arrived) with my Mom and Kurt watching them play the Seattle Sounders to a 3-2 …

Aug 24, 2024: Floating down Minnehaha Creek in South Minneapolis.

Aug 24, 2024: Tubing Minnehaha Creek It was a nice hot day to enjoy a float down Minnehaha Creek today. Tiffany and Andrew were visiting so we got the tubes inflated, drove to Utley Park …

Aug 24, 2024: Don's Bench in Turtle Park Today we commemorated the 86th Birthday for Don Olson, Tammy’s Dad who passed away in January. Tammy arranged for the family to meet at …

Aug 23, 2024: Great night at the Minnesota State Fair with Tiffany & Andrew! 🎉

Aug 22, 2024: Extended my domain registrations with NameCheap for thingelstad.com, weeklything.com, jamiethingelstad.com, thinglestad.com, thingelstad.xyz, …

Aug 21, 2024: Steve Earle — Alone Again at the Dakota Last night Tammy and I saw Steve Earle at the Dakota. Mazie and I saw him last year at the Dakota. I also saw Earle’s Copperhead Road 30th …

Aug 18, 2024: The thing that bugs me about Now pages is that they don’t have history. How about a “Now” category and then redirect the /now URL to …

Aug 17, 2024: My Mom and Mazie (I chipped in too) decided it was time to reclaim the completely wild garden plot at the cabin. It took a couple of hours but is …

Aug 15, 2024: I queued up with the newest High Kings vinyl and got it signed after the show.

Aug 15, 2024: Tammy and I had a great time seeing The High Kings at the Parkway Theater tonight. 🎶

Aug 13, 2024: Tyler got his gaming PC assembled and running tonight! It was super fun to help him out with this. So many LEDs! 🤩

Aug 11, 2024: Wet Summer 💦 We’ve had 28.26" of rain in 2024, just 2.97" behind the wettest year on record in Minnesota. However that 1892 record had what must …

Aug 11, 2024: Only 52 °F on Cannon Lake this morning. The air still clings onto summer humidity as the sun gets up over the trees. But crispness of the cool air …

Aug 10, 2024: Due to all the flooding this year we just now got out on the pontoon!

Aug 6, 2024: Gorgeous evening for National Night Out!

Aug 4, 2024: The marine batteries in our pontoon are completely dead and my ancient car charger wasn’t doing the job. I had no idea they had these waterproof …

Aug 4, 2024: Gmails Spam Randomness I subscribe to my own newsletter via Gmail so that I can see how it is treating the Weekly Thing. I have Gmail configured to forward things to …

Aug 4, 2024: Dense DIscovery Launches DD Lounge Kai Brach at Dense Discovery just launched the DD Lounge for his Friends of DD (subscribers) and I am impressed with how he did it. I’ve been a …

Aug 4, 2024: Enabling with Automation I just sent Weekly Thing 291 / Ireland 🇮🇪 as a special issue all about Ireland. This issue didn’t follow my usual structure so I did all the assembly …

Aug 3, 2024: Gonna be a hot day today — agenda is chilling in the pool and celebrating my sisters birthday! 😎🎉☀️

Aug 2, 2024: I realized tonight that with fiber at our cabin the very old Apple TVs I have are limited by their Ethernet ports — can’t exceed 100 Mbps! Ordered two …

Aug 2, 2024: Today I Learned: Culver’s has a thing called a Pup Cup that is a free treat for your dog.

Jul 31, 2024: Drinkin' Hat My cousin Josh performing this original song “Drinkin’ Hat” that his brother Gabe started and they “worked out” …

Jul 30, 2024: League Cup: Necaxa v United Tonight’s League Cup game with Club Necaxa at Minnesota United FC was a wild time. It started with a hotly contested foul by Necaxa in the box …

Jul 28, 2024: Foo Fighters at Target Field I’ve been looking forward to seeing the Foo Fighters at Target Field for months now. I got tickets the first day of the pre-sale. This was even …

Jul 28, 2024: The Pretenders opening up for the Foo Fighters at Target Field. 🎶

Jul 28, 2024: Walking Canoe Bay's Gardens The gardens at Canoe Bay were a highlight of our stay there. I tried to capture it a bit with this 7 minute video walk around the path.

Jul 28, 2024: First time I’ve gotten a perfect in Strands! Strands #146 “Bedtime story” 🟡🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵

Jul 28, 2024: The gardens at Canoe Bay were filled with incredible flowers.

Jul 28, 2024: Delightful meditation garden at Canoe Bay.

Jul 27, 2024: Tammy and I toasting our 22nd Anniversary! 🥂💍🥰

Jul 27, 2024: At Canoe Bay, and a great view for breakfast.

Jul 26, 2024: Tammy and I had a fun time seeing Twisters at the Stardust Drive-In Theater in Chetek, WI!

Jul 26, 2024: We like to check out drive-in movie theaters when we travel. Tammy found the Stardust Drive-In and we wanted to see Twisters so off we went. This …

Jul 26, 2024: Incredible Halibut main course at Canoe Bay.

Jul 26, 2024: At Canoe Bay there are very friendly deer all over the property. They run around and seem to have a delightful time frolicking in the woods. They wont …

Jul 26, 2024: At Canoe Bay for our anniversary weekend. We were here once before any kids. Very tranquil.

Jul 24, 2024: 50th Street is closed at France Ave this summer and it is fun to see the area embracing a temporary pedestrian mall! I’ve suggested in the past …

Jul 23, 2024: Mazie and Grandma Kaye made a trip to Bob’s Produce today to get a box of the very first batch of Talbott Farms “Mountain Gold” …

Jul 23, 2024: Tammy and I saw Thelma tonight at the Edina 4 Theater. It was a really good story. Funnier than I expected at parts and sad as well. An insightful …

Jul 20, 2024: I always love watching smoke billowing out of the Big Green Egg. Three pork butts in for a finish smoke after 20 hours in the Sous Vides at 165 °F.

Jul 20, 2024: Shopping via Terminal My cousin Quinn had mentioned this place that sold coffee via the Terminal using ssh but I hadn’t remembered to check it out. He recently built …

Jul 18, 2024: Resurrecting two Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ units that I had from when I was running Pi-hole. Putting new images on them and will be a fun host for Tyler …

Jul 17, 2024: UNITED!

Jul 16, 2024: Absolutely perfect evening for a cruise down the St. Croix River on the Lady Chateau.

Jul 15, 2024: Stillwater Lift Bridge at night.

Jul 15, 2024: There is a gondolier on Lake Saint Croix in Stillwater!

Jul 14, 2024: Cuyuna Weekend 2024 We wrapped up a very fun weekend in Crosby exploring the Cuyuna area. Here is what the weekend covered. Thursday Arrived at Crosby Lofts just before …

Jul 14, 2024: Stopped to say Hi to the giant Walleye in Garrison, MN and see the expanse of Mille Lacs Lake.

Jul 14, 2024: Blog Pensieve I’ve been curating my blog for a couple of years now using a method I call Blog Gardening. I continue to garden my blog each day. It is a great …

Jul 13, 2024: We had pizza at Raffertys for dinner and made a return trip to High Wheel Confectionery for dessert!

Jul 13, 2024: We had a great afternoon paddling on Pennington Mine today!

Jul 13, 2024: Strands, the new daily word game on the New York Times, is pretty fun. Strands #132 “Hello kitty” 🔵💡🔵💡 🔵🔵🟡🔵 💡💡🔵

Jul 13, 2024: Hazy Hopricot IPA at Cuyuna Brewing in Crosby. Very juicy, very good. 🍺

Jul 13, 2024: Serpent sculpture by Serpent Lake in Crosby.

Jul 12, 2024: High Wheel Confectionary We were all super impressed and had a fun time visiting High Wheel Confectionary in Ironton. The ice cream was delicious with very generous scoops. …

Jul 12, 2024: Had some good brisket at Hudson Smokehouse for dinner tonight. Mac-n-Cheese was also very good.

Jul 12, 2024: Mountain biking on the Galloping Goose trail today.

Jul 12, 2024: Bike from Red Raven on Galloping Goose trail with Huntington Mine Lake in the background.

Jul 12, 2024: Family selfie on a stop while mountain biking the Galloping Goose trail in Cuyuna!

Jul 11, 2024: Family selfie at the Adam Turman mural outside of Victual in Crosby. We are visiting the Cuyuna Lakes area this weekend!

Jul 10, 2024: Summer Challenge: Create a Playdate Experience This post is part of the Summer Challenge Collection, a collection of tasks or projects for our kids to do over the summer. This is a very open ended …

Jul 7, 2024: Downtown Minneapolis in golden light from the rooftop of the Hewing.

Jul 7, 2024: We saw The New Standards play tonight outside on the rooftop of the Hewing tonight. They did a good performance as always but while the venue had …

Jul 7, 2024: I made it out to the pontoon to get the cover back up, replace a cover pole, and get the ponding water off the cover. Mission successful. There is …

Jul 7, 2024: I picked up four of these Weatherproof Electrical Connection Boxes to keep connectors safe outside at the lake, power and USB. Seems like a great …

Jul 5, 2024: Mazie took this fun handheld time-lapse of me making a round of smash burgers tonight. 🍔

Jul 5, 2024: When you want to watch France 🇫🇷 and Portugal 🇵🇹 in the Euros 2024 quarterfinals but you also want to be in the pool! ⚽️💦

Jul 4, 2024: The Channel Inn had an amazing fireworks show tonight! We drove over and watched through the glass roof in the Model Y. Then we drove to a home that …

Jul 4, 2024: Just realized that the Ubiquiti U6 Long-Range access points I’m using at the cabin need PoE+ (30W) and I’ve been using PoE-af (15W) injectors. May …

Jul 4, 2024: Knee high by the 4th of July? ✅

Jul 4, 2024: Transferred the pork butts to the Big Green Egg after 21 hours on the Sous Vides. Time for smoke and developing bark.

Jul 4, 2024: Happy Birthday America! 🇺🇸 Hope everyone has a great 4th of July! 🎆

Jul 4, 2024: “Remember to leave beer and guns out or Kid Rock won’t bring you fireworks tonight.” — Dylan 🎅

Jul 4, 2024: Break in the rain and everyone jumping in the pool! 💦

Jul 4, 2024: Having Hulk Hogan’s new Real American Beer — can there be a better beer for 4th of July! 🍻

Jul 3, 2024: My cousin @jellisatc posted his first new column — Making Hay — since I helped him get his website up and running. He’s also using micro.blog …

Jul 3, 2024: Fiber Installed at Cabin I met with Bevcomm on July 1 2023 to give them the go ahead to install fiber at our cabin. They thought it would take about a year and today — one …

Jun 30, 2024: Importing 240 Word Documents to Micro.blog This weekend I helped get my cousin Josh setup Rambling Josh, a new website to host the column he’s been writing for 20 years. He knew I used …

Jun 30, 2024: Rambling Josh My cousin Josh Ellis has been writing a twice-monthly column in the Burke County Tribune for nearly 20 years. He has been writing old school, …

Jun 30, 2024: I find it incredible that Pump 1 in our sump pump system has run 324,989 times. Pump 2 has only run 15,179 times. It also indicates that Pump 1 flow …

Jun 30, 2024: We decided to have dinner at Crisp & Green last night so that we could see Mazie at work! She was surprised when we showed up. Delicious bowls! 🥗

Jun 30, 2024: Lake Cam Properly Mounted Last week when I repositioned one of the UniFi G4 Cameras so that I could keep an eye on the flooding and the pontoon I didn’t consider raccoons …

Jun 30, 2024: Cannon Lake Flooding Update We stopped at our cabin yesterday to check on the flooding on Cannon Lake. Lucky for us the only real situation we are managing is our pontoon and …

Jun 29, 2024: It is fun to think back to 17 years ago right now, tweeting on iPhone launch day, when I got my hands on the original iPhone. What a journey! 🚀

Jun 26, 2024: Lovely stroll with Lucky this evening. A blooming Northern Catalpa, Minnehaha Creek brimming with water, and Asiatic Lilies.

Jun 25, 2024: Ledger Stax Arrived This weekend I received my Ledger Stax crypto wallet! I pre-ordered this in December 2022 because I loved hearing how Tony Fadell, who designed the …

Jun 25, 2024: Summer Challenge: Create a Counter using Shortcuts This post is part of the Summer Challenge Collection, a collection of tasks or projects for our kids to do over the summer. For this challenge you …

Jun 25, 2024: Summer Challenge: Write about a book This post is part of the Summer Challenge Collection, a collection of tasks or projects for our kids to do over the summer. For this challenge you can …

Jun 25, 2024: Summer Challenge: Write about a video game This post is part of the Summer Challenge Collection, a collection of tasks or projects for our kids to do over the summer. For this challenge write …

Jun 25, 2024: Summer Challenge: Do a photo walk This post is part of the Summer Challenge Collection, a collection of tasks or projects for our kids to do over the summer. This challenge is about …

Jun 24, 2024: Raccoons v Webcam With Cannon Lake flooded I had repositioned one of the UniFi G4 Instant cameras so it was pointing right at the boat. I’ve also been battling …

Jun 24, 2024: I received my Rabbit R1 tonight! I only had time to get it out of the box, do the basic setup, and get it updated. Will play more later.

Jun 23, 2024: Helped Tyler order the first three components for his Gaming PC from NewEgg. He’s officially starting that project. Fun!

Jun 23, 2024: Cannon Lake Flooded In September 2016 we experienced a major flood on Cannon Lake, and now in 2024 we are going through an even more severe flood. I’m going to use the …

Jun 23, 2024: On our walk around Lake Harriet today we took a stroll through the Rose Garden as well. There were many roses out in full bloom but it seemed like …

Jun 23, 2024: Just heard the water level on Cannon Lake is expected to increase another foot. Time to head to the cabin to make sure things will be okay. 🛟

Jun 23, 2024: The grapes in our backyard are coming along. 🍇

Jun 22, 2024: Going to be a long night with Dotson going out on a red card 🟥 in the 26th minute. Ugh! Go United! ⚽️

Jun 22, 2024: We saw Inside Out 2 today and thought it was just incredible. We all liked the first one and it was one of those rare movies that gets better in your …

Jun 22, 2024: Regular dose of Vitamin G while we were in Ireland.

Jun 22, 2024: Ireland 2024 Index In the spirit of Harper’s Index, for our Ireland trip. Kilometer driven: 1,907 Damages to car: none National Parks visited: 1 Bicycles rented: 8 …

Jun 21, 2024: Summer Challenge: Embed and Comment on Chess Game This post is part of the Summer Challenge Collection, a collection of tasks or projects for our kids to do over the summer. Fairly simple challenge — …

Jun 21, 2024: Summer Challenge: Spec a Gaming PC This post is part of the Summer Challenge Collection, a collection of tasks or projects for our kids to do over the summer. For this challenge …

Jun 21, 2024: Two recent headlines that will make Tammy very happy: Dr Pepper Ties Pepsi as America’s No. 2 Soda - WSJ Eating cheese plays a role in healthy, happy …

Jun 21, 2024: I dig Tetris and Tetromino things (proof? Tetris Shower), so this Tetris Font of course caught my attention. 🤩

Jun 18, 2024: Got home after two weeks in Ireland to our sump pump system being in alarm mode making a very loud alert — thankfully still working okay! It is …

Jun 18, 2024: Ireland 2024 Log - Day 18 Weather: Very nice, cool morning. Super humid in Minneapolis. Mazie goes for a short run. Tammy a walk for last morning treats. Breakfast at hotel. …

Jun 18, 2024: Back in Minneapolis! Can someone turn down the humidity? Yikes.

Jun 17, 2024: Our time in Ireland is winding down. It has been great. So many experiences and memories. Wonderful. Tomorrow is a travel day as we fly back home.

Jun 17, 2024: Ireland 2024 Log - Day 17 Weather: Another beautiful day. No jackets needed. No rain. Periods of sunshine. Our last full day in Ireland. Tammy and Mazie go for their runs in …

Jun 17, 2024: Music and Pubs On our last night in Dublin we decided to walk over to O’Donoghue’s Pub to listen to a traditional Irish music set. My cousin Josh has …

Jun 17, 2024: Dalkey Island On our day in Dalkey we caught a ride from Ken the Ferryman and he took us the brief distance to Dalkey Island. Dalkey Island is uninhabited now, but …

Jun 17, 2024: Sounds on Dalkey Island.

Jun 17, 2024: Dalkey Castle After getting to Dalkey we found our way to the Dalkey Castle to take a tour. This tour included actors portraying three different roles in medieval …

Jun 17, 2024: Taking the DART to Dalkey this morning.

Jun 16, 2024: Ireland 2024 Log - Day 16 Weather: Great weather. Maybe the best day we’ve had. Father’s Day! Breakfast at the hotel. Figured out Dublin bus logistics. Took C2 bus …

Jun 16, 2024: I’m a very lucky man to be father to these two! Happy Father’s Day!

Jun 16, 2024: We took the Book of Kells Experience at Trinity College today. It was cool to see this book that is over 1,000 years old. Along the tour you also go …

Jun 16, 2024: Windmill Lane Studio Tour We made our way to Windmill Lane today and took a tour of this famous studio. Windmill Lane was the studio where U2 recorded “Boy” and …

Jun 16, 2024: Me and my Guinness “Stoutie”.

Jun 16, 2024: Guinness Storehouse We joined thousands of our best friends on the Guinness Storehouse visit today. As a fan of Guinness this was a Father’s Day highlight for me. …

Jun 16, 2024: A fish riding a bicycle! (at Guinness Experience in Dublin)

Jun 16, 2024: Kilmainham Gaol Museum Visiting the Kilmainham Gaol Museum was one of the hardest tickets to get on our trip. Tammy had to be online at the exact right time before they sold …

Jun 15, 2024: Driving in Ireland Today, day 15 of our Ireland 2024 trip, we returned the SEAT Leon that we rented (hired?) from New Way for our trip. All in over those 15 days I drove …

Jun 15, 2024: Ireland 2024 Log - Day 15 Weather: Excellent day. Warmer day today. Depart Tubbrid Castle at 8:44 AM. Drive to Dublin. Pastries at Bua Coffee trailer. Took class at Experience …

Jun 15, 2024: The Samuel Beckett Bridge over the River Liffey from the Sean O’Casey Pedestrian Bridge.

Jun 15, 2024: On the Sean O’Casey Pedestrian Bridge crossing the River Liffey.

Jun 15, 2024: EPIC: The Irish Emigration Museum This evening we made our way to EPIC: The Irish Emigration Museum in Dublin to learn about the history of emigration in Ireland. EPIC is a newer …

Jun 15, 2024: The Temple Bar, in the Temple Bar District, in Dublin.

Jun 15, 2024: Experience Gaelic Games This morning after arriving in Dublin we went to Experience Gaelic Games to learn and play some Hurling, Gaelic Football, and Handball. In our time in …

Jun 14, 2024: Ireland 2024 Log - Day 14 Weather: Very good, periods of warmth, periods of cold. Was sunny for good portions. Scattered rain shower. Happy Birthday Mazie! 🎉 Depart Tubbrid …

Jun 14, 2024: Great cappuccino at Cafe le Coco in Kilkenny.

Jun 13, 2024: Today’s Guinness isn’t a Guinness, but instead an O’Hara’s Irish Stout Nitro. We had dinner at Brewer’s Corner and they …

Jun 13, 2024: Tubbrid Castle Tonight we arrived at Tubbrid Castle. This is the most unique Airbnb experience we’ve ever had. This 600 year old castle has been magnificently …

Jun 13, 2024: Ireland 2024 Log - Day 13 Weather: Rain. Wind. Crappy. Better as we got further South. Tammy and Mazie go for a run in Belfast. Continental breakfast in Titanic Hotel. …

Jun 13, 2024: Afternoon Tea at Titanic Hotel After having such a delightful afternoon tea at Adare Manor we thought we would try another this time at the Titanic Hotel after visiting the museum. …

Jun 13, 2024: Titanic Museum Today we visited the Titanic Museum in Belfast. It was an incredible experience, one of our favorites that we have ever visited. The museum itself …

Jun 12, 2024: On Day 12 of our Ireland trip and here is our driving path so far. Started in Dublin. We’ve almost made it around the country.

Jun 12, 2024: “Influencer Free Zone”. Tunnel entrance in Belfast.

Jun 12, 2024: Ireland 2024 Log - Day 12 Weather: Cool and nice. Not much wind. Warmer in Belfast. Up early to depart Airbnb at 7:00 AM. Drive to Giants Causeway. Cross into Northern Ireland …

Jun 12, 2024: I love how the Titanic Hotel displays room numbers. There are spotlights in the ceiling, and then a plate with the number cut out placed on the wall …

Jun 12, 2024: Tonight’s Guinness just a half-pint at the bar in the Titanic Hotel.

Jun 12, 2024: We solved the Titanic: The Final Hour escape room at Timescape in Belfast tonight. We finished with 8:32 remaining! Fun and challenging room.

Jun 12, 2024: Giants Causeway On our way from Ballyshannon to Belfast we took a big detour so we could go see Giants Causeway. We had seen this kind of columnar geology before in …

Jun 12, 2024: Cranes & Concrete. Belfast.

Jun 12, 2024: Antique car outside of Titanic Museum in Belfast.

Jun 11, 2024: I’ve been taking two daily supplements on our Ireland trip: Vitamin G and Vitamin I.

Jun 11, 2024: Ireland 2024 Log - Day 11 Weather: Reasonably pleasant. A little less windy. Cool temperatures. Relaxed morning recharging. Tammy and Mazie go for run. Jamie tends to photos …

Jun 11, 2024: Irish cows.

Jun 11, 2024: Today’s Guinness enjoyed at Whoriskey’s Pub outside of Ballyshannon.

Jun 11, 2024: Tyler and Mazie had a blast at their first surfing experience! Thank you Rossnowlagh Surf School! 🌊🏄‍♀️🏄‍♂️

Jun 11, 2024: Having a cappuccino on the beach from Sunny Jim’s while the kids learn to surf. 55 °F with 15 mph winds.

Jun 11, 2024: Tyler and Mazie wanted to try surfing in Ireland and there are a number of places that do surf lessons but we weren’t having luck with any of them. …

Jun 10, 2024: Ireland 2024 Log - Day 10 Weather: Overall good. Some sun. Kind of windy. Chilly but not too bad. Picked up to go baked goods and breakfast items at the Bakery Shack in …

Jun 10, 2024: Mazie has been enjoying feeding the Alpacas here at the Airbnb.

Jun 10, 2024: Today was filled with sheep as we ventured further north.

Jun 10, 2024: Silver Strand Beach After taking in the Sliabh Liag we set the navigation to Silver Strand Beach about 30 minutes North. We drove through the most remote part of Ireland …

Jun 10, 2024: Sliabh League Hike In the morning we took a boat tour to see Sliabh League from the water. We also wanted to see it from the surface on top as well. We made our way to …

Jun 10, 2024: Today’s Guinness at The Rusty Mackerel.

Jun 10, 2024: Sliabh League Boat Trip We met up with Paddy at the Teelin Pier this morning to take his Sliabh League Boat Trip to see the Sliabh Liag cliffs from the water. These cliffs …

Jun 9, 2024: Ireland 2024 Log - Day 9 Weather: Cool with gentle but steady rain much of the day. Today was a longer transit day starting in Doolin and making our way to Ballyshannon for …

Jun 9, 2024: Guinness in the hot tub tonight outside of Ballyshannon.

Jun 9, 2024: The kids meeting the Alpaca that live here at Cria Lodge.

Jun 9, 2024: Hawk Walk at Ashford Castle If I was living hundreds of years ago I would like to have been a person that hunted with a hawk. On our way to Ballyshannon we stopped at Ashford …

Jun 9, 2024: Enjoying a flat white from Coffeewerk + Press in Galway. Love the graphics on their cups. Delicious coffee.

Jun 9, 2024: On Quay Street as we explore Galway.

Jun 9, 2024: Final look at Doonagore Castle as we check out of Doonagore Cottage. On to Ballyshannon and a full day in Galway today.

Jun 8, 2024: Ireland 2024 Log - Day 8 Weather: Best weather yet. Good amount of sun. Reasonably warm. Not too windy. Another day spent entirely on foot. Activity for Tammy is 40,995 steps …

Jun 8, 2024: We got to take in a bit of Irish music tonight at Gus O’Connors in Doolin. The place was packed and it was very warm inside.

Jun 8, 2024: Pitch & Putt We are not a golfing family. I’m not a golfer. The extent of our golfing is really some mini-golf once in a while. But while in Doolin we walked by …

Jun 8, 2024: Hiking the Cliffs of Moher I was pretty anxious about today. Today was the day that we did the hike along the Cliffs of Moher. First of all, I’m fairly scared of heights. Going …

Jun 8, 2024: Nice cappuccino from Irish Crafts this morning.

Jun 7, 2024: Ireland 2024 Log - Day 7 Weather: Mixed bag. Periods of cool and cloudy, sunny and warm. It rained at times. Quickly changing and variable. We did everything on foot or bike …

Jun 7, 2024: Me sporting my Irish look with new Fisherman’s Sweater and Cap. ☘️

Jun 7, 2024: Exploring Inis Mór We took the ferry to Inis Mór to explore the island today. We rented e-bikes from Aran Bike Rental and took off from the port to check things out. We …

Jun 7, 2024: Doolin Ferry to Inis Mór We took the Doolin Ferry to Inis Mór, part of the Aran Islands. The first 10-20 minutes were pretty bumpy. The ocean swells were sizable and there was …

Jun 7, 2024: Cows grazing by Doonagore Castle this morning.

Jun 7, 2024: Woke up to these cows grazing outside our cottage window this morning.

Jun 6, 2024: Ireland 2024 Log - Day 6 Weather: Good weather today — partially cloudy and less wind. Tammy was up at 8 AM, completely ready to go and prepared by 9 AM. Everyone else awoke …

Jun 6, 2024: Sunset over a field outside of Doolin.

Jun 6, 2024: We walked from our cottage to McGann’s Pub in Doolin for dinner, Guinness, and music. All of it was delightful!

Jun 6, 2024: Checking in at the Cottage at Doonagore Castle for our stay near Doolin, Ireland.

Jun 6, 2024: Tammy modeling her new Ireland made Jack Murphy coat found at Adare Manor.

Jun 6, 2024: This would be the perfect spot for a Kubb pitch at Adare Manor!

Jun 6, 2024: Afternoon Tea at Adare Manor Today we had a special event — [Afternoon Tea](Afternoon Tea) at Adare Manor. The last time Mazie and I went to an Afternoon Tea she was three and it …

Jun 6, 2024: Last beach walk this morning in Ballybunion during low tide.

Jun 5, 2024: I am excited to see sync improvements to OmniFocus 4.3 for Apple Watch. The new watchOS app is very good but sync is always behind and makes it very …

Jun 5, 2024: It didn’t occurr to me that Ireland was going to have much longer days. We are used to Minnesota at 45 °N. Ireland is at 53 °N with over an hour of …

Jun 5, 2024: Ireland 2024 Log - Day 5 Weather: Windy, partly cloudy. Cool but pleasant. Very cold for water activities. A rare unscheduled Thingelstad vacation day with open options. …

Jun 5, 2024: My Barber sent me to McMunn’s in Ballybunion We ended our evening at McMunn’s of Ballybunion on the recommendation of my barber. How is that? 💈 Before leaving for vacation I made a stop at Dick’s …

Jun 5, 2024: After dinner at Namir’s we took the Cliff Walk for an evening stroll.

Jun 5, 2024: Ballybunion Beach Day We took a big part of the day today to explore and wander around the beach at Ballybunion. It was cool and windy all day so not a day for warming …

Jun 5, 2024: Walking the beach in Ballybunion.

Jun 4, 2024: Ireland 2024 Log - Day 4 Weather: Windy and rainy today and very cool. Highs around 55 °F. Breakfast at The Shire. Waffles and French Toast. Finished packing and loaded car. …

Jun 4, 2024: The view from where we are staying in Ballybunion with the sun low in the sky behind the cliffs as the tide is out.

Jun 4, 2024: Today’s pint of Guinness from Kate Kearney’s Cottage after completing hike over the Gap of Dunloe.

Jun 4, 2024: Hike the Gap of Dunloe We had an amazing time hiking the Gap of Dunloe today. We started at Lord Brandon’s Cottage and hiked up the steeper side. The first mile or two …

Jun 4, 2024: We had an amazing time with Dux and Gap of Dunloe Traditional Boat Tour today going from Ross Castle to Lord Brandon’s Cottage to then hike the Gap of …

Jun 4, 2024: Boats at Ross Castle readying to go out for the day.

Jun 4, 2024: The SEAT Leon is at capacity with our luggage.

Jun 3, 2024: Omni Show 136: How Jamie Thingelstad Uses OmniFocus Episode 136 of the Omni Show podcast just showed up with me as the guest! I recorded this a couple weeks ago with Andrew Mason and it is great to see …

Jun 3, 2024: Delicious pint of Guinness at O’Connors Pub in Killarney while listening to some music.

Jun 3, 2024: Ireland 2024 Log - Day 3 Weather: Cool in the morning and evening. Very comfortable the rest of the day. High of 62 °F. Jamie up at 8:00 AM feeling groggy. Stir everyone else …

Jun 3, 2024: Self-serve dog wash station in Killarney. First I’ve ever seen of that. 🐕🧽

Jun 3, 2024: The gardens around Muckross House were amazing.

Jun 3, 2024: Muckross Abbey was very interesting to explore and learn the history. The courtyard with the Yew tree was mesmerizing.

Jun 3, 2024: Great tree.

Jun 3, 2024: Visited Torc Waterfall, fairly crowded. Then walked all the stairs to the top, less crowded. Nice hike.

Jun 3, 2024: Had a fun day on our rented bikes from Killarney Bike Rental exploring Killarney National Park.

Jun 3, 2024: I do a lot of writing on my blog and the Weekly Thing. I hope that through writing regularly I can become a better writer. When we go on trips Mazie …

Jun 3, 2024: When we travel in Europe I’m always pleasantly surprised to see all the various privacy notices that websites are required to provide. I smile …

Jun 2, 2024: Today marks the 20th anniversary of thingelstad.com! Twenty years ago I posted about the difficulty in redeeming a hot air balloon gift certificate. …

Jun 2, 2024: Ireland 2024 Log - Day 2 Weather: Sunny. High of 67 °F. Pretty cool after sunset. Jamie gets some sleep on flight, everyone else not so much. DL114 arrives in Dublin slightly …

Jun 2, 2024: Drove three hours to Killarney today after landing in Dublin. Had to learn how to do everything opposite with right-hand drive, shifting with my left …

Jun 2, 2024: Our Airbnb for our stay in Killarney, Ireland.

Jun 1, 2024: Ireland 2024 Log - Day 1 Weather: Warm and Sunny in Minneapolis. Packing, packing, repacking, confused, not sure bringing the right things, packing. 🧳 Prepare camera, …

Jun 1, 2024: DL114 ready to take us to Dublin!

Jun 1, 2024: Edina Art Fair We made a quick visit to the Edina Art Fair after we finished packing for our trip to Ireland and heading to the airport. It was fun to get to see the …

May 30, 2024: Soon we start our trip to Ireland and I thought it would be fun to make a POAP for it. DALL-E got me started and I finalized it. I think it would be …

May 28, 2024: I’m giving micro.blog’s new audio narration feature a try. I used the new Zoom H1 Essential to record and added narration to my First …

May 26, 2024: A dozen bikes parked in the garage today. 🚲

May 26, 2024: Max and I enjoying a Grain Belt Premium at Pleasant Grove Pizza Farm.

May 25, 2024: Tammy and I have a highly optimized team approach to making smash burgers. It is a complex choreography that ends with delicious burgers. This years …

May 25, 2024: First Coffee in 54 Days This morning I had my first cup of coffee since April 1st — 54 days without the Black Gold in my cup. I was curious to see what the experience would …

May 24, 2024: Tough losses for the Timberwolves against the Mavericks. Tonight was heartbreaking with a bad call at the end and Naz Reid just barely missing the …

May 21, 2024: Awesome to see my Weekly Thing Seven Year Anniversary POAP highlighted in the most recent Week in POAP today. 🤩

May 19, 2024: Two decades ago when I started publishing on the web I would have never guessed that linking to websites, with no URL redirection or tracking tags, …

May 19, 2024: I’ve gotten into the NBA playoffs a bit this year. I’m was very happy (and a little surprised?) to see the Timberwolves beat the Nuggets in game seven …

May 19, 2024: Tammy and I saw The Decemberists at the Palace Theatre tonight. They were great as always. What wasn’t great were our seats — balcony row W.

May 19, 2024: This Blackened Swordfish with Spanish Rice special at 6Smith was so good I came back to have it a second time.

May 18, 2024: Great night for Minnesota United FC v Portland Timbers! ⚽️

May 18, 2024: Micro.blog just added a new feature to comment directly on a blog post on a hosted blog, instead of having to do it in the timeline on micro.blog. …

May 18, 2024: While we were at Theodore Wirth we also stopped by the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary and walked through the loop. It was really …

May 18, 2024: We visited the Quaking Bog at Theodore Wirth today. We’d never been there and I was lucky enough to have wore my Chaco sandals. If you go, be …

May 18, 2024: With just one final left next week Mazie is wrapping up her Freshman year at St. Olaf. She did an amazing job in her classes and made a ton of new …

May 17, 2024: Tyler and I went to see the Minnesota Orchestra Star Wars: The Last Jedi in Concert tonight. Having never been to something like this we weren’t …

May 16, 2024: Happy Vyshyvanka Day! We have celebrated Vyshyvanka Day in our Kyiv office for years now, but this year we also decided to take part in Vyshyvanka Day in Minneapolis as …

May 13, 2024: First soccer game for Summer 2024 season! Go Cobras! 🐍

May 12, 2024: First Dairy Queen bike ride of the year! 🍦

May 12, 2024: Seeing Purple Lilacs in bloom always reminds me of my Grandma Rose. They were her favorite. They smell lovely too. 💜

May 12, 2024: Helped Mazie create her very first resume. That seems like a milestone. 😀

May 11, 2024: We watched Arthur the King tonight. Our family is a sucker for dog movies and this one was no exception.

May 11, 2024: Very bright and showy Parrot Tulips at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.

May 11, 2024: Happy (early) Mother’s Day to my Mom! She joined us for an afternoon jaunt to the Minnesota Arboretum to see the tulips blooming and many other …

May 9, 2024: Cristo Rey UnGala 2024 This evening I was able to attend the first UnGala for Cristo Rey Jesuit High School. What is an UnGala? Think of your typical fundraiser kind of …

May 8, 2024: MnTech Tech Connect 2024 Today was Tech Connect 2024 hosted by MnTech at the Saint Paul RiverCentre. There were over 600 people this year and a number of good presentations. …

May 7, 2024: I collected the ENS 7th Anniversary NFT! I continue to be a big fan of ENS and think it is one of the most important crypto projects. Also see 6th …

May 6, 2024: I’m looking forward to Minnesota Technology Association Tech Connect 2024 event on Wednesday. To have a little fun I created a You’ve met …

May 6, 2024: I pre-ordered the Ledger Stax on Dec 10, 2022 and after a very long wait I got notified that they will be shipping in June! I have two on the way. I …

May 5, 2024: Bitcoin passed 1 billion total all-time transactions tonight! Currently at 1,000,196,488. 👏

May 5, 2024: Squirrels Eat Two Pounds of Chocolate For Mother’s Day I ordered some Freese’s Candy for Tammy. We had these when we were in Milwaukee and she has declared them her favorite …

May 4, 2024: Finished game of Five Crowns — Mazie was the winner!

May 4, 2024: My bro-in-law Max and I getting ready for the 80’s Prom Murder Mystery Party. 🕵️‍♂️

May 4, 2024: Double rainbow from earlier today. The primary rainbow was so colorful. Even the green is clearly visible. 🌈🌈

May 4, 2024: Reflections on No Coffee I haven’t had any coffee since April 1st. I’ve abstained from coffee and caffeine because of three different factors. I have high blood …

May 2, 2024: Constellation Fund Bright Night 2024 Tammy and I had an enjoyable evening at Constellation Fund Bright Night 2024. Constellation Fund uses a data-driven approach to fund a variety of …

Apr 28, 2024: At St. Olaf enjoying Mazie singing in Manitou Singers for the Spring Concert featuring Andrea Ramsey’s “Suffrage Cantata”. You can …

Apr 28, 2024: Recent concert that I most regret not going to — Bruce Springsteen.

Apr 27, 2024: We watched Champions tonight. Great movie and touching story.

Apr 27, 2024: We attempted to solve the Utopia room at Lock & Key Escape Rooms today — alas we didn’t quite get there. It is there hardest room, and we …

Apr 27, 2024: We had a delightful afternoon at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. Tulips are blooming! 🌷

Apr 27, 2024: For fun I added my website to the IndieWeb Webring. 🕸💍 I also added an h-card microformat tucked away in the footer of my site. I styled it not to …

Apr 27, 2024: My Morning Woke up around 5:30a to the chirps of a CO detector telling me the 9V backup battery is low. Let Lucky out and then realize a neighbor with two dogs …

Apr 26, 2024: Hard Miles We saw Hard Miles at Edina 4. Based on a true story, it tells the story of a counselor taking four young men in a correctional school on a long …

Apr 26, 2024: Happy Birthday to Tammy! 🎉 I took the afternoon off for Tammy’s birthday. Mazie wasn’t able to be at home so we drove to St. Olaf and took …

Apr 23, 2024: Playoff basketball tonight with Timberwolves v Phoenix. Aggressive ball! 🏀 50-51 at the half.

Apr 21, 2024: Blog Gardening Reflection Today was a particularly fun session of blog gardening: Realized that we walked the High Line in New York exactly 11 years apart and didn’t know it, …

Apr 20, 2024: Minnebar 18 Today was one of the biggest days of the year for the technology community of the Twin Cities — Minnebar 18! Once again Best Buy Headquarters was a …

Apr 19, 2024: We just passed the Bitcoin halving and are now in Epoch V! What an incredible journey so far. I found Bitcoin interesting in 2014. I ultimately …

Apr 19, 2024: Crucially important House of Representatives vote coming up to provide critical aid to Ukraine! I just got off the phone with Representative …

Apr 18, 2024: 2024 Minnesota Aspirations in Computing Award Ceremony The annual Aspirations in Computing event highlights the accomplishments of incredible young women that are doing amazing things in technology. For …

Apr 18, 2024: I attempted my first yoga class with Peloton today and learned that my flexibility is not where it needs to be to do yoga. Need to stick with the …

Apr 15, 2024: Added the new #TeamSPS Cyberweek 2023 challenge coin to my display case. What a collection!

Apr 13, 2024: Great to see The Little Mermaid Jr. at the Reif Center featuring my nephew Andrew as Grimsby.

Apr 13, 2024: Guinness at Rapids Brewing Company. 🍻

Apr 13, 2024: Nice afternoon walk in Golden Anniversary State Forest with my brother Isaiah and Tiffany.

Apr 13, 2024: Look up.

Apr 13, 2024: Tyler practicing hobo packing.

Apr 13, 2024: I’m two weeks into no coffee and this morning I thought I would try a mug of Pu’er Black Tea fully aware that it has caffeine but maybe …

Apr 13, 2024: The open foundation of the Fediverse continues to pique my interest and outweigh my disregard for social applications. I created Mastodon profiles and …

Apr 8, 2024: These new custom perspective capabilities in OmniFocus 4.2 are very welcome. I’ll be able to do some long desired use cases with these! 👏 Custom …

Apr 7, 2024: Gabe Mollica "Solo" at the Parkway Tonight Tammy and I saw Gabe Mollica perform Solo: A Show About Friendship at the Parkway Theater. First Ben Katzner opened things up. Katzner …

Apr 7, 2024: Semisonic at the Palace Theatre Last night Tammy and I went over to St. Paul to see Semisonic at the Palace Theatre. I have no idea how many times we’ve collectively seen …

Apr 5, 2024: We watched Howl’s Moving Castle tonight. I think it is one of my favorite Studio Ghibli movies. I think we’ve seen about half of the …

Apr 4, 2024: Day 4 without coffee and caffeine seemed to turn the corner. Felt a little less of a fog all day. Wasn’t tired all day. No headache today. I’ve felt …

Apr 2, 2024: No Coffee? I’ve been wondering how much caffeine is impacting me and yesterday, without much thinking about it, I decided to stop coffee for a while to …

Apr 2, 2024: Today I Learned: DNS and Wildcard Records One of my favorite features of Fastmail is mail routing. I can use that to create any number of ad hoc email addresses in the format of anything at …

Apr 2, 2024: I just completed all the blog posts for our Milwaukee Spring Break trip. This is the most complete job I’ve done using daily logs (1, 2, 3, 4, …

Mar 31, 2024: We saw the New Standards perform tonight at the Dakota. It was a great show and featured a number of new and newer songs. Steve Roehm was on fire on …

Mar 31, 2024: Happy Easter! We had family to Magic Pines and had a 90 Easter Egg Hunt outside looking for treats! It seems that only Mazie got the memo on dressing …

Mar 31, 2024: My friend @Bricker is lighting up his blog timeline with a bunch of new and old blog posts. Worth adding to your feed reader or timeline of choice. 🔥

Mar 31, 2024: I’ve been a fan of the IndieWeb community for years, but finally decided I should get a bit more active. I created my profile on the IndieWeb …

Mar 27, 2024: Milwaukee Spring Break: Day 5 Coffee and pastries at Pilcrow Coffee. Visit to the Milwaukee Domes after it was closed yesterday. Completed all of our stops! ✅ 9:37a Depart …

Mar 27, 2024: We made a last minute final stop at the Milwaukee Domes before we left town. The tropical and desert domes were relaxing and pretty to experience. …

Mar 27, 2024: Beautiful and tasty Cortado at Pilcrow Coffee on our final morning in Milwaukee. Part of the Milwaukee Spring Break collection.

Mar 26, 2024: Milwaukee Spring Break: Day 4 Jamie has morning coffee at Discourse Coffee and today Mazie joined as well. Brunch at Uncle Wolfie’s Breakfast Tavern. Mazie and Jamie have …

Mar 26, 2024: We had a great time escaping the “Invasion” room at 60 to Escape! The room was fun, surprising, and appropriately challenging. One of the …

Mar 26, 2024: We saw Call Me Dancer at the Oriental Theatre while in Milwaukee. The movie told the story of Manish and his passion to become a professional dancer …

Mar 26, 2024: We visited the Harley-Davidson Museum while in Milwaukee. None of us are huge motorcycle fans but it was still fun to see the history and progression …

Mar 26, 2024: The Ube Toast Crunch Oatmeal at Uncle Wolfie’s Breakfast Tavern is delicious and strikingly purple! Part of the Milwaukee Spring Break collection.

Mar 26, 2024: While waiting for our table at Uncle Wolfie’s Mazie found these stairs and got some exercise. Then Tyler caught wind and a race was required. Part of …

Mar 26, 2024: Return visit to Discourse Coffee this morning for a Moonwater (espresso, milk, honey, cinnamon, tellicherry black pepper, and applewood smoked sea …

Mar 26, 2024: I like this sculpture in combination with the buildings in downtown Milwaukee. Part of the Milwaukee Spring Break collection.

Mar 25, 2024: Milwaukee Spring Break: Day 3 Jamie has morning coffee at Discourse Coffee. Brunch at Blue’s Egg. Milwaukee Zoo. Rainy and pretty quiet. Big Putt’s Mini Golf — very …

Mar 25, 2024: We wrapped the day with 2 hours of tactical laser tag at Battle House Laser Combat tonight. We were split up on different teams. Tammy was excited to …

Mar 25, 2024: It was cool and rainy so a trip to Big Putts Mini Golf was perfect. We arrived and the place was packed, but after the first few holes things moved …

Mar 25, 2024: A cold morning with drizzling rain isn’t the ideal day to see the Milwaukee Zoo but we still made the most of it. Part of the Milwaukee Spring …

Mar 25, 2024: The barista “workbench” at Discourse Coffee has an incredibly broad array of mixologist components. 🧑‍🔬☕️ Part of the Milwaukee Spring …

Mar 25, 2024: Enjoying one of the most unique drinks I’ve ever had — Motörhead Latte (espresso, milk, pork fat + apple caramel, root beer bitters, apple powder, …

Mar 24, 2024: Milwaukee Spring Break: Day 2 Breakfast at Toast. Amazing time at Milwaukee Art Museum. Tyler did amazing job flying at Extreme Flight Simulation. Tammy and Jamie see Brett …

Mar 24, 2024: We went Duckpin Bowling tonight at Koz’s Mini Bowl. Koz’s has the oldest original Duck Pin bowling lanes with manual pin setters that sit …

Mar 24, 2024: Tammy and I saw Brett Goldstein’s standup show “The Second Best Night of Your Life” at the Riverside Theater while in Milwaukee. …

Mar 24, 2024: Tyler in Flight Simulator While on Milwaukee Spring Break we took a short drive 40 miles south to Gurnee, Illinois to visit Extreme Flight Simulation. Tyler wanted to try a …

Mar 24, 2024: There was a stack over two feet high of large sheets of paper in the Milwaukee Art Museum. They all had printed in very small print in the middle …

Mar 24, 2024: The Milwaukee Art Museum was incredible. It was one of our favorite art museums that we have ever been to. Incredible art set in an incredible museum. …

Mar 24, 2024: The architecture in the atrium of the Milwaukee Art Museum is amazing. It sets an incredible tone. Part of the Milwaukee Spring Break collection.

Mar 24, 2024: Family selfie in the atrium of the Milwaukee Art Museum with Lake Michigan in the background. Part of the Milwaukee Spring Break collection.

Mar 24, 2024: Looking good this morning Milwaukee! Part of the Milwaukee Spring Break collection.

Mar 23, 2024: Milwaukee Spring Break: Day 1 7:07a Depart home 7:24a Fill Mazda CX-9 with gas 12:03p Lunch at Archie’s Flat Top in Milwaukee: Triple Cheeseburgers for Tyler and Dad. 4 oz …

Mar 23, 2024: First museum stop was the Milwaukee Public Museum. We had a fun time exploring the European Village, Butterfly Wing, Streets of Old Milwaukee, Third …

Mar 23, 2024: Tammy loves Rice Krispie bars so when we passed Carrie’s Crispies we had to stop! We tried Original, Pretzel White Chocolate, Peanut Butter Cup, …

Mar 23, 2024: After arriving in Milwaukee it was time for lunch at Archie’s Flat Top. We are always game for a great cheeseburger. Tyler and I opted for a …

Mar 20, 2024: Quinn, Tyler, and I went to the Minnesota United friendly versus St. Patricks Athletic FC. The combination of a friendly and cold weather resulted in …

Mar 18, 2024: We watched Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves tonight. Good story and fun D&D vibes.

Mar 15, 2024: Picked up new Tesla Model Y today. Also see list of vehicles.

Mar 14, 2024: Pi Day 2024 cocktail: Shut Your Pie Hole. See Pi Day Collection.

Mar 14, 2024: Tammy’s π Day 2024 creations: Bumble Berry, Bailey’s Irish Cream Pie, Spinach Pie, Broccoli Cheddar Pie. See Pi Day Collection.

Mar 14, 2024: We had a great π day celebration with TeamSPS today! Many pies and some great Pi Day shirts too! See Pi Day Collection.

Mar 11, 2024: Lead With Influence: A Proven Process To Lead Without Authority I’ve met Matt Norman a few times. He is an incredibly outgoing, generous, and nice person that happily shares his insights with others. When he …

Mar 11, 2024: Today Bitcoin finally broke through the $70,000 resistance it had been bouncing off of for days now and immediately jumped past setting a new all-time …

Mar 11, 2024: Today Gnosis Chain activated the Dencun upgrade before Ethereum. I run a validator on Gnosis and POAP tokens are also issued on Gnosis. Gnosis vision …

Mar 10, 2024: Grandpa and Grandma Hanging out with my Cousin Josh the last couple of days brought many stories and remembrances of the farm. Many stories of Grandpa Ardell and Grandma …

Mar 10, 2024: Micro.blog Uploads Wish List I’m a fan of Micro.blog for hosting my website. For me it is a great mix of ease-of-use and powerful capabilities. Manton and team have done a great …

Mar 9, 2024: We watched Jumanji: The Next Level tonight — almost a year after we watched Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. It was a fun family movie night. Tyler …

Mar 8, 2024: Enjoying cigars around the fire with my cousins Josh and Quinn along with Kurt and Dylan.

Mar 8, 2024: Made my first visit to Stogies on Grand in St. Paul to get some cigars for tonight. Great selection and a nice walk-in-humidor. They have a lounge …

Mar 8, 2024: In recognition of International Women’s Day continuing my commitment to empowering all women, particularly in technology and leadership. #IWD2024 …

Mar 7, 2024: Fun night out seeing Gaelic Storm and The High Kings at the Pantages with my cousin Josh and his wife Dawn. Dinner at The Local before. Full Irish …

Mar 6, 2024: Bee Lab at University of Minnesota When Tammy’s Dad passed away one of the organizations that he supported was the Bee Lab at the University of Minnesota. As a thank you from the …

Mar 5, 2024: Power has been shut off to the entire hose now for nearly an hour for the electrical upgrades. Happy to see that the combination of UPS batteries and …

Mar 4, 2024: My friend Jim and I had a great time watching the Timberwolves beat the Trail Blazers tonight! 119 - 114 🏀

Mar 4, 2024: Bitcoin near or at new all-time highs today.

Mar 4, 2024: Home Electric Upgrade We’ve had a crew from Advantage Electric at our house for the last couple days and hopefully we’ll be wrapped up tomorrow. A wide variety …

Mar 3, 2024: Dune: Part Two After multiple delays Dune: Part Two arrived in theaters! Tammy got us all tickets for last night’s sold-out showing at Edina 4. I’m the …

Mar 3, 2024: Getting Tesla Model Y Yesterday we purchased a 2024 Tesla Model Y! This will be my primary car replacing the Mazda CX-9. Our Model 3 has become Tammy’s primary car …

Feb 29, 2024: Winter Along the Gunflint Photography Workshop Last weekend I drove up to Grand Marais to take Winter Along the Gunflint Photography Workshop with Bryan Hansel. It has been a decade since I took a …

Feb 29, 2024: How I burned $10,000 Meme coins are one of the parts of the crypto ecosystem that I have no interest in. They are pure speculation. I’m fine if folks want to do that, but …

Feb 29, 2024: Reviewing my On This Day page today made me do a double take — so few posts. Then I remembered it is leap day, and February 29, 2024 is only the 6th …

Feb 25, 2024: On Artist Point in Grand Marais in pre-dawn light to catch the sunrise.

Feb 24, 2024: Lake Superior, Grand Marais.

Feb 24, 2024: First time winter hiking today with these hiking crampons. Amazing stability and still easy to walk on.

Feb 24, 2024: Suggestion from Bryan Hansel to find your photography style — go through your photos for the year and pick your favorite single one from each month. …

Feb 24, 2024: Ice Climbers along the Cascade River.

Feb 24, 2024: How is it possible that I’m just now discovering how amazing Swedish Cream is. Wow.

Feb 24, 2024: Geared up for sunrise winter photography.

Feb 24, 2024: Out early shooting the sunrise. Good waves on Lake Superior.

Feb 23, 2024: Bryan Hansel getting everyone started on our workshop.

Feb 23, 2024: Morning coffee and pastry at 190° Coffee and Tea. Early morning snowfall. Heading on to Grand Marais.

Feb 23, 2024: Good morning from the Sundew in Duluth, Minnesota.

Feb 20, 2024: ENS: Blockchain Native Organization The section from the ENS DAO February 13th update impressed me. In January 2024, the ENS Protocol registered 39.8k new .eth domains, bringing the …

Feb 20, 2024: We’ve lived in this house for over a year and I’m now ready to tackle figuring out what uses so much electricity. Usage is far higher than …

Feb 19, 2024: Tammy and I finally watched Oppenheimer tonight. Incredible movie. Everything about it pulled me in.🍿

Feb 19, 2024: This chart of SPSC performance since IPO is amazing. Compared to the high growth tech giants — outperforms AMZN, MSFT, GOOG, AAPL. 🤩

Feb 18, 2024: Tyler and I watched TRON: Legacy again tonight. It is a great movie and made me think it would be fun to watch in the Vision Pro in 3D. 🍿

Feb 18, 2024: Game Store Tour Tyler and I had the day to ourselves and we decided to start with a trip to Tower Games to look around a bit, which then extended, and ultimately …

Feb 17, 2024: We were out with friends to see Martin Zellar at the Parkway Theater tonight. He performed his Neil Diamond show — covering an entire array of Diamond …

Feb 17, 2024: Valentin brought Medovik last night from Masha’s Cake. I got to try my very first slice today and it is delicious and so pretty! The honey and …

Feb 17, 2024: While blog gardening today I found random <0xa0> characters in over 100 blog posts. A quick search revealed it as the decimal for a non-breaking …

Feb 16, 2024: We had friends and colleagues from Ukraine as well as local folks that have moved from Ukraine over for dinner, lots of wine, and even more stories …

Feb 15, 2024: Watched Monday’s Daily Show with John Stewart and wish he was on every night. Seemed like riding a bike for him — was smooth and funny right away. …

Feb 15, 2024: I was very excited to read that OmniFocus is now on TestFlight for Vision OS! I enrolled and am now one step closer to having my core productivity …

Feb 12, 2024: We saw Jax Hollow at The Dakota for the first time tonight. Talented musician and performer. I think she is just getting started. 🎶

Feb 12, 2024: Honored to receive these amazing Ukrainian vyshyvanka from Yuri — visiting for the first time in five years. I’m looking forwarding to …

Feb 10, 2024: Very fun time playing in virtual reality at REM5VR today. Space Pirate and Elven Assassin still favorites.

Feb 9, 2024: It was great to see Mason Jennings at the Dakota tonight. The vibe of the Dakota is perfect for him. I left thinking it would be amazing if he did a …

Feb 9, 2024: It seems we were at a stoplight behind a Dungeon Master. 😎

Feb 9, 2024: I got a Magic Keyboard to pair with the Apple Vision Pro. I want to use the Vision Pro for productivity and typing is a must. I hooked it up (it is …

Feb 7, 2024: Minneapolis Downtown Council 2024 Annual Meeting I got to attend the 2024 Minneapolis Downtown Council annual meeting today at the Armory. Our own Karin Lucas chairs the board and addressed the …

Feb 6, 2024: Ordered a Magic Keyboard to pair with the Apple Vision Pro so I can dive into more of the productivity use cases.

Feb 3, 2024: I wanted to celebrate getting my Apple Vision Pro and what better way than with a POAP! I’m sharing this POAP with anyone that demos it with me …

Feb 3, 2024: You can drink a coffee while using the Vision Pro, but you may need to tip your head back so the coffee mug doesn’t get blocked by the Vision Pro.

Feb 2, 2024: Tammy and I had a great night seeing Words & Music by Dan Wilson at the Woman’s Club of Minneapolis. He was joined my John Munson for a few …

Feb 2, 2024: First experience in Spatial Computing. 🤩

Feb 2, 2024: At the Apple Store picking up my Apple Vision Pro!

Feb 1, 2024: The #TeamSPS tech team gave out this “I Stopped by the Tech Lab at SKO POAP” in the Product Partner Fair at Sales Kickoff 2024. We …

Feb 1, 2024: Curious Experts with Diana Kander The guest keynote for #TeamSPS Sales Kickoff 2024 was Diana Kander. She shared how expertise can slow down innovation and how to keep curiosity alive …

Feb 1, 2024: Day 2 of #TeamSPS Sales Kickoff 2024 was another great event. We started with an inspiring call to action from our Chad Collins and similar to …

Jan 31, 2024: I was using the Internet Archive Wayback Machine and stumbled on the Changes feature. It took a while for the visualization to populate but it is a …

Jan 31, 2024: I had a great first day of #TeamSPS Sales Kickoff 2024! So much energy and excitement in the room.

Jan 30, 2024: A warm welcome to the newest slate of Minnestar board members: Kathryn Frengs, Tim Herby, Muneeb B. Hafeez, Kevin Jansen, Robert Tomb, Matt Decuir, …

Jan 30, 2024: Backed Project Tapestry from Iconfactory Iconfactory launched a Kickstarter campaign for Project Tapestry today. Iconfactory is a great company that has built some of the most delightful …

Jan 29, 2024: Today Buttondown released a new comments feature! I’ve turned this on for the Weekly Thing — it is something I’ve wanted to try for a …

Jan 29, 2024: Online Handle Jim Nielsen’s Online Handles blog post caught my eye. I figured I would share too. Recently I started using jthingelstad just for clarity. …

Jan 28, 2024: Trying a Roomba for the first time and have it on a mapping run. I find myself talking to it: “No, don’t go there.” “Avoid that shag rug! You got …

Jan 28, 2024: Jumping into Obsidian I recently decided to give Obsidian a serious investigation and voluntarily dive down the “rabbit hole.” 🕳️🐇 The tipping point for me was …

Jan 27, 2024: I’ve followed CJ Chilvers writing for years now. His newsletter is one that I learn from and find inspiration in. He just released Principles …

Jan 26, 2024: The Weekly Thing is back from winter break — Weekly Thing 274 / Gibberish, Happyfeed, Airshow is ready to go out tomorrow morning with a ton of great …

Jan 25, 2024: Tammy and I saw American Fiction tonight at the Edina Theatre. I liked the movie and thought it was both funny and pointed in the message. There is a …

Jan 23, 2024: Let’s play hockey! My cousin Quinn joined us. Early lead with Minnesota Wild 2-0 over Washington Capitals. 🏒

Jan 21, 2024: Don Olson Obituary On Wednesday Tammy’s Dad passed away. Don was a good man that left the world better than he found it. He was surrounded by loved ones right up …

Jan 20, 2024: It just dawned on me that one of my favorite drinks and favorite donuts have the same name: Old Fashioned. 🤷‍♂️

Jan 19, 2024: 360 video from the #TeamSPS 2024 Social!

Jan 19, 2024: Exciting morning — warming up my fingers to get the Apple Vision Pro ordered! ✅ Pre-order complete with pickup scheduled at Apple Store on Friday, …

Jan 18, 2024: Excited to be at Timberwolves v Grizzlies game! 🏀

Jan 15, 2024: I’ve been finding micro.blog a bit noisy lately. I was contemplating what to do about it and then I remembered that there is an option to …

Jan 15, 2024: Have the next round of books to read for my book club assembled. 📚 Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence by Tim …

Jan 15, 2024: Interview with 612 Series creator Erik Halaas In October 2022 I found the 612 Series by Erik Halaas. This NFT collection resonated with me as a Minneapolis resident. I knew nearly all the …

Jan 14, 2024: Wallet of Satoshi Stops Serving US Customers It was about a year ago that I made my first purchase with Bitcoin Lightning. It was a tasty cappuccino from a vendor at Bitcoin Miami. I had read …

Jan 14, 2024: New POAP Onboarding Process A year ago (exactly!) I shared my POAP Wishlist which included three areas that I felt would be great additions to POAP. It is a year later and I …

Jan 13, 2024: We all went to the new Mean Girls movie tonight. I had seen the 2004 Mean Girls a long time ago but didn’t remember that much of it. The musical …

Jan 13, 2024: There is certainly some luck involved with Microsofts early investment and partnership with OpenAI. However, the strategy they have built to bring AI …

Jan 12, 2024: It might have been better if I never would have found out about these Bailey’s Irish Cream Minis. Delicious.

Jan 11, 2024: We watched Here Comes the Boom tonight. Kevin James is a great lead for this and the story has some laughs along the way.

Jan 10, 2024: Bitcoin ETF Approved Milestone day to recognize — SEC Approves Bitcoin ETFs for Everyday Investors. Bitcoin doesn’t need this to validate it or prove value but it is …

Jan 9, 2024: My 52nd Birthday POAP was highlighted in the newest This Week in POAP. 🤩

Jan 8, 2024: Just set calendar event to pre-order Apple Vision Pro on January 19th! 🎉

Jan 7, 2024: Another proof point that smoke detector low battery “chirps” always start when you are trying to sleep.

Jan 7, 2024: We saw The Boy and the Heron today. The animation was beautiful as you would expect from Studio Ghibli. The story was wild and took many turns. …

Jan 7, 2024: Tammy is our family trip planner extraordinaire and she has mapped out the general structure of our Ireland trip in June! We’ll be going …

Jan 6, 2024: Put together this fun Tribute to Galileo Galilei LEGO this morning. Reminded me of our bike tour in Tuscany when we stopped at Villa Galileo (building …

Jan 6, 2024: Just booked flights for our summer vacation to Ireland! We are excited for our first trip there. 🇮🇪 See Ireland 2024 Collection.

Jan 6, 2024: Birthday POAPs I’ve made it a tradition since my 50th birthday to issue a POAP token for my birthday and share it as a gift from me to others to celebrate the …

Jan 6, 2024: First time trying this Natural-Processed Coffee Beans from Myanmar that I got from Pair Cupworks. Delightful coffee with a rich and full flavor. …

Jan 5, 2024: We saw The Boys in the Boat at the Edina Theatre tonight and thought it was a great movie. It was a great underdog story told very well. The theatre …

Jan 4, 2024: Tammy and I watched Everything Everywhere All at Once tonight and found it a wild trip. One of the strangest movies we’ve seen, but also somehow …

Jan 3, 2024: Today is my 52nd Birthday, but I also share my birthday with Bitcoin. Happy 15th Birthday to Bitcoin! Genesis block was mined 15 years ago. 🎉⚡️

Jan 3, 2024: Family selfie on my 52nd birthday! 🎉

Jan 3, 2024: I created a POAP to share for my 52nd Birthday! Here are five claim codes! Each link can only be used once. See how to if needed. POAP.xyz/claim/rzx… …

Jan 3, 2024: Great way to start your birthday? A macchiato from Backstory Coffee that tastes as good as it looks. ☕️

Jan 2, 2024: Ferrari Tammy and I went to see Ferrari tonight. When I saw the preview for this movie we had just been to Italy and visited the Ferrari museums. In the movie …

Dec 31, 2023: It turns out it was Mrs. Peacock with the Candlestick in the Conservatory!

Dec 31, 2023: First time playing the Tetris Tabletop Game and it is pretty good. I’m a big Tetris fan, and this doesn’t have the zombie speed that the video game …

Dec 31, 2023: It is a family tradition to have fondue on New Year’s Eve. This years cheese fondue was particularly good.

Dec 31, 2023: After watching Flamin’ Hot last night we had to try some Flamin’ Hot Crunchy Cheetos! Hot indeed! 🔥🌶️

Dec 31, 2023: Tyler completed the Great Wave LEGO kit today. This is his favorite artwork and a very cool LEGO.

Dec 31, 2023: Notes on Complexity by Theise I finished reading Notes on Complexity by Neil Theise this morning. It is a quick read just under 200 pages, and I think would be best thought of as a …

Dec 31, 2023: Mazie finished this amazing Typewriter LEGO. The movement is impressive and it makes a “clacking” sound that is reminiscent of the real …

Dec 30, 2023: We watched Flamin’ Hot tonight and it was great! Wonderful movie and even better story! 🔥🌶️🍿

Dec 30, 2023: First time playing Tsuro. Super interesting strategy requiring an indirect approach to attacking other players.

Dec 29, 2023: Hector, Mazie, and I took Lucky on a walk for her 4th Birthday! Happy Birthday Lucky! 4️⃣

Dec 28, 2023: Played a round of Skittles tonight. Mazie scored 540 points on the last round to leap into first and win the game. Mazie 1,315 Jamie 1,040 Tammy 890 …

Dec 28, 2023: Tyler and Mazie made Cake Pops for the first time today. They tasted great! 🤤

Dec 28, 2023: Tyler completed this fabulous Starry Night LEGO kit. It looks amazing. 🎨🤩

Dec 28, 2023: Mazie and I got a barn selfie on our daily Lucky walk at the cabin.

Dec 28, 2023: Seasoning the griddle on the new Blackstone. Few applications in already. 🔥

Dec 27, 2023: Finished my Piranha Plant LEGO Super Mario build. Fun and unique build with many special pieces. I like how the mouth and leaves move. The hidden gold …

Dec 26, 2023: I assumed this project wouldn’t get done until spring but with nicer weather and no snow Mazie and I assembled the new Blackstone Flattop Grill! 34 …

Dec 26, 2023: Mazie and I had a nice walk with Lucky on our typical loop enjoying a break from the rain and temperatures in the upper 40s!

Dec 26, 2023: Christmas LEGO project for 2023: Piranha Plant from Super Mario collection. Progress after bag 2.

Dec 25, 2023: I adore this new ornament that Santa left for me 🎅🎄

Dec 25, 2023: Mazie’s Gingerbread house is epic this year.

Dec 25, 2023: Lefse flower with delicious lefse from Freddy’s Lefse! 🌺 🎄

Dec 24, 2023: Record warm Christmas Eve means traditional tenderloins on the Big Green Egg in shirt sleeves!

Dec 23, 2023: Mazie and I took Lucky for a walk today. Vests. Open water. No snow. Unusual for December 23rd.

Dec 23, 2023: 612 Series — Cherry and Spoon My favorite local NFT project has been 612 Series by Erik Halaas of StayNftyMpls. I’ve collected 35 of them, and am the only person to have one …

Dec 23, 2023: Everything happens so much. I won the auction for the “10 of 10” museum quality brass plaque that Jeff Atwood auctioned in his I Fight For The Users post. It arrived …

Dec 22, 2023: Wonka We saw Wonka this evening and all thought the movie was great. Wonka tells the magical origin story of Willy Wonka. Timothée Chalamet plays the role …

Dec 20, 2023: I dig the simple and distinct look of the new Minnesota state flag. Certainly a more modern look. Several years ago when I was still on the board of …

Dec 20, 2023: POAP just published the Year in POAP 2023 with highlights of the year. POAP is one of my favorite crypto projects! I’ve issued a bunch of them! …

Dec 18, 2023: Sam’s Christmas Village and Light Show We made our first trip to Sam’s Christmas Village and Light Show to see the 12 million lights that they have on display. It was our favorite holiday …

Dec 17, 2023: Strava 2023 Year in Sport My Strava 2023 Year in Sport!

Dec 17, 2023: Took in Tinsel Town at O’Donavon’s today with Tammy’s sisters and Olson bro-in-laws.

Dec 17, 2023: We had friends over and played SHEEPLE: The Best Game in the Ewe-niverse for the first time. It was a fun game to play in a group with a lot of …

Dec 15, 2023: People & Blogs: Me! When I first heard of Manuel Moreale’s People and Blogs project, I knew it was something I wanted to subscribe to and support. Keeping the web …

Dec 14, 2023: Tammy and I went to The Holdovers tonight at the Mann Theatres in Edina. We both enjoyed the movie and particularly liked the retro feel and pace of …

Dec 14, 2023: It was fun to be able to speak at the Mntech Tech Outlook 2024 event today. Dan Abdul, Sarah Engstrom, Eric Hanson, and I introduced our companies and …

Dec 13, 2023: Upgraded to OmniFocus 4 I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of OmniFocus 4.0 and today is the day! I haven’t used any of the betas so it is all new to me. It …

Dec 12, 2023: I was excited to be the first to claim tonight’s MN Blockchain Holiday Party POAP! Also see related POAPs.

Dec 12, 2023: Brandon Ferdig kicking off tonight’s MN Blockchain Holiday Party. The evening was a fun social event as well as a recap of the events the …

Dec 10, 2023: We are now a Ridwell house! A few months ago while walking our neighborhood I noticed some of these white boxes in front of houses with a Ridwell logo on them. Tammy was far …

Dec 10, 2023: First Visit to the Haberdashery In 2022 I worked with a style coach and it was a transformative experience. It’s been about a year now, and I have had one piece of homework …

Dec 10, 2023: It was an honor to be included in the Twin Cities Business 2023 Notable Leaders in Technology (detail page). Amazing to be part of a great company …

Dec 10, 2023: We had a great brunch and even more fun taking pictures in the Red Nose Room at Red Cow Uptown this morning. 🎄🧑‍🎄

Dec 9, 2023: After visiting the European Christmas Market we walked over to the Glow Holiday Festival at CHS Field. It was fun to walk amongst all the lights and …

Dec 9, 2023: We had a great time visiting the St. Paul European Christmas Market tonight. We had delicious food and checked out many different shops.

Dec 9, 2023: Excited to see Aladdin at the Orpheum!

Dec 2, 2023: We attended our first St. Olaf Christmas Festival at Orchestra Hall. This year was themed Love and Joy. This concert has been held since 1912. The …

Dec 2, 2023: First time stopping at Smith Coffee & Cafe and was very impressed with their coffee program and the pastries were great.

Dec 2, 2023: In celebration of our niece’s 16th Birthday she arranged a large group of family and friends to go to Feed My Starving Children and pack food …

Dec 1, 2023: New Standards Holiday Show 2023 We had a fun night at the 2023 New Standards Holiday Show tonight! This is a holiday tradition of ours and is always a fun evening. There were many …

Nov 27, 2023: Cyber Monday 2023! 🚀

Nov 26, 2023: What is your favorite iPhone? The other day Alex stopped by my office and asked me “What is your favorite iPhone that you have owned?” My first reaction was that sure …

Nov 26, 2023: Things 4 Good 2023 Fall Fundraiser Insights We had a great time hosting our 3rd annual Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser. We raised nearly $6,000 in donations for our four non-profits. A fun thing …

Nov 25, 2023: Watched Elf tonight! Tradition of ours every year right after Thanksgiving. This viewing was one of my favorites. What a great movie! 🎬🎄

Nov 25, 2023: A friend shared this powerful maxim with me. I have found it useful in recent conversations. Does the question need to be asked? Does the question …

Nov 25, 2023: I made my traditional Christmas season Toffee Bars today. My Grandma Rose always had these freshly made at the farm when we visited. Her and my Mom …

Nov 25, 2023: Tyler’s Christmas Twinkle Lights had a break in the wiring. Gave me the opportunity to get the soldering iron out. Working now! 💡

Nov 24, 2023: We got our Christmas Tree at Gifford’s Tree Farm in Lakeville today. We found a wonderful 10’ tree that is just right!

Nov 23, 2023: Happy Thanksgiving!

Nov 22, 2023: OpenAI Rewind: New Board, Altman Returns ⏪ Wow. First OpenAI… We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board of Bret Taylor …

Nov 21, 2023: Prediction: Microsoft will acquire OpenAI I’ve been following the self-created chaos at OpenAI since Friday’s shocking announcement that the OpenAI board fired Sam Altman. I …

Nov 18, 2023: We had a great time seeing my nephew Andrew Keating perform in Matilda Jr. at the Reif Center. He played the role of Mr. Harry Wormwood, …

Nov 18, 2023: While having dinner at Rapids Brewing we got to hear the beginning of Grant Glad’s set and I liked what he was playing a lot. 🎶

Nov 18, 2023: We had a nice hike in the woods of the Bass Brook WMA just across the dam at the Pokegama Dam & Rec Area. It was a nice way to enjoy the late fall …

Nov 18, 2023: We “successfully” solved Bigfoot’s Backyard Escape Room and helped Bigfoot find Littlefoot. The room had some challenges, but we …

Nov 17, 2023: Good Leadership Breakfast: Archie Black It was great to hear from Archie Black at the Good Leadership Breakfast this morning. I had never been to a Good Leadership event and I thought it was …

Nov 16, 2023: TeamSPS group photo at MnTech Tekne Awards!

Nov 16, 2023: We had an incredible day at the Microsoft Technology Center learning and exploring the many AI offerings we can use, and much more. Impressive stuff …

Nov 16, 2023: This AI display at the Microsoft Technology Center is a great way to show real-time AI capabilities. It showed picture description, object …

Nov 14, 2023: It was cool to get a tour of Worthington Aviation, an Air T company, today. It was impressive to see how they maintain and resell airplane parts. I …

Nov 12, 2023: I created my very first custom GPT tonight — GTD Coach. This GPT is designed to help practitioners of GTD that use OmniFocus improve their practice …

Nov 12, 2023: It was a gorgeous afternoon for a walk in the Natural Lands at St. Olaf with Mazie.

Nov 12, 2023: Things 4 Good 2023 Fall Fundraiser Results We completed our annual candle sale and, in total, raised $5,755 for the four organizations we picked! That is around a 10% increase from 2022! A huge …

Nov 12, 2023: UniFi Protect First Impressions I’ve used Ubiquiti UniFi networking at home for about five years. I’ve been very impressed with it, and when I heard that we were getting …

Nov 11, 2023: We had a fun time watching Red Notice tonight. Fairly ridiculous and a fun time. 🍿

Nov 10, 2023: I created a collection of TeamSPS events page to easily connect all my blog posts from a variety of our annual events. Great memories and more to …

Nov 10, 2023: Tina Schlieske put on an amazing show at The Dakota tonight in celebration of her 57th birthday. We had front row seats and the energy and emotion was …

Nov 10, 2023: Before the show at The Dakota.

Nov 10, 2023: reMarkable — you can do better than this? 😬 No, I’m not going to install Rosetta. I guess I’ll try to get along with using the web browser to …

Nov 9, 2023: Our team (table 40) had a great time at our Growth Summit 2024 Give Back event building a Piper Computer Kit with a Piper Make Rover. Team SPS made …

Nov 9, 2023: Growth Summit 2024 We had an amazing Growth Summit 2024 with Team SPS today! We had our North American team in person with over 1,500 in the Minneapolis Convention …

Nov 7, 2023: I voted! Just one election on the ballot so was fast. Minnesota does a great job running polling places. OmniFocus shirt seemed like a good tie in.

Nov 4, 2023: Candles are all set out for this weekends Things 4 Good Candle Fundraiser!

Nov 2, 2023: Thirteen years ago today I added my 100th login to 1Password. It is amazing to me that I’ve been using 1Password for that long! I now have 937 …

Nov 2, 2023: Impressive balloon display at The Depot. Are balloon displays a thing?

Nov 2, 2023: I’m giving micro.blog a post after moving from hugo 0.91 to 0.117. I’m confident that Tiny Theme 1.8.9 works with this, and am only using …

Nov 2, 2023: Speaking on a panel at Minneapolis CIO Summit this afternoon — Generative AI: Will it Revolutionize Customer and Employee Experiences? Looking forward …

Nov 2, 2023: Yuri sent me this photo of Kyiv looking great at sunset. I miss my trips there to visit the team.

Oct 31, 2023: Ready for Halloween Trick-or-Treaters but suspect the 32 °F and dusting of snow is going to keep counts low. 🎃👻🥶

Oct 31, 2023: Snow isn’t a great way to start Halloween! 🎃 👻🥶

Oct 30, 2023: iMac Upgrade It has been time for us to upgrade our 27" 3.7 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5 (2019) and 27" 3.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 (2017) both with 2TB …

Oct 30, 2023: Apple Silicon M3 is here! A MacBook Pro with an M3 Max has an incredible amount of power. Wow! I’ll be ordering two of the iMacs with M3.

Oct 29, 2023: We saw Spirited Away at Willow Creek Theater today as part of Ghibli Festival. First time we had seen it and enjoyed it a lot. 🍿

Oct 28, 2023: I’m gobsmacked by the awesomeness of RSS Club. I want to figure out something to publish RSS only now. And the logo is brilliant! I must make …

Oct 28, 2023: Excited to see the optical fiber connection installed to the outside of our cabin! Still won’t be setup until spring but this is a big milestone!

Oct 28, 2023: Last night Eight Sleep Autopilot made 25 temperature adjustments throughout the night. I can’t speak to the specifics (I was sleeping!) but I did …

Oct 27, 2023: We made the final batch of candles for the Things 4 Good Candle Fundraiser tonight. We have 204 candles with 8 different scents! Looking forward to …

Oct 26, 2023: Took a pre-order for the Things 4 Good Candle Fundraiser and the purchase was made with Bitcoin Lightning! ⚡️ That is the first sale for our annual …

Oct 26, 2023: Seeing Laamar & Lanue at the Dakota tonight. A collaboration between Geoffrey Lamar Wilson and Lanue. Never heard them before but am enjoying it. …

Oct 26, 2023: Rainy dusk in Downtown Minneapolis.

Oct 24, 2023: I claimed my POAP for participating in the KZG Ceremony. This is one of the POAPs that I will treasure for a long time, right alongside the ENS 6th …

Oct 22, 2023: Had a great time at Big Cedar Lodge and driving home today. Departed at 6:40 am after being the first customers at Truman’s cafe for coffee. 9 hours …

Oct 21, 2023: We went to The Haygood’s in Branson tonight.

Oct 21, 2023: Dogwood Canyon Pasture Raised Premier 32 oz Bison Tomahawk at Osage Restaurant. 🦬

Oct 21, 2023: View from our table at Osage Restaurant at Top of the Rock, Big Cedar Lodge.

Oct 21, 2023: Big Cedar Lodge Signature Old Fashioned (Russell’s Reserve 10 yr). Osage Restaurant at Top of the Rock. 🥃

Oct 21, 2023: We successfully finished “The Zeros” escape room at Escape Code today with 1 second on the clock! We missed one clue so had to make an informed guess …

Oct 21, 2023: Road Sign Math Rebooted As you drive on I-94 East toward the Twin Cities there is a wonderful road sign that always made me smile. I saw it regularly when I would return from …

Oct 20, 2023: Afternoon shuffleboard and pickleball!

Oct 20, 2023: We had a great fall cruise on the Lady Liberty at Big Cedar. I live boat cruises. Fall colors are a little late this year. 🍂

Oct 20, 2023: We had a fun round of mini golf this morning at Big Cedar. Great course and the large bass was a nice signature hole! 🕳️

Oct 19, 2023: Giant pretzel from Uncle Buck’s at Big Cedar. 🥨😮

Oct 19, 2023: Driving through Springfield, MO and into the Ozarks so have to listen to Big Smith (Apple Music). Great Bluegrass music! 🎶

Oct 19, 2023: Found some mathematically significant road signs on our drive for Road Sign Math! 🤓 There were a few good ones I wasn’t able to get a photo for too. 😔 …

Oct 19, 2023: On our way to Big Cedar Lodge for MEA weekend. Departed at 6:07 am and will be driving for 9 hours with a lunch stop at Culver’s in Liberty, Missouri.

Oct 17, 2023: Halfway through the day and I just realized I’ve had my undershirt on backwards. 🤦‍♂️

Oct 16, 2023: We all made 60 Winter Wonderland candles for the 2023 Things 4 Good Candle Fundraiser tonight!

Oct 15, 2023: We went to Cookin’ at the Children’s Theatre today and it was incredible. 90 minutes filled with action, story, and fun. This is a traveling …

Oct 15, 2023: Mazie is home for a short break and made some fresh St. Olaf Cookies tonight. These are so delicious! 🤤

Oct 15, 2023: DeFi with Agave sDAI on Gnosis Chain The recent announcement that Agave launched their Savings xDai on Gnosis Chain piqued my interest. This is connected with MakerDAO, the backers of the …

Oct 15, 2023: Comparing Sleep Stages with Eight Sleep and Oura Ring I find sleep data to be notoriously hard to correlate to reality. I’ve used a variety of devices over the years to track sleep and sometimes it …

Oct 14, 2023: Youth in Music 2023 We went to the 2023 Youth in Music Show at US Bank Stadium today to see my nephew perform in the Marching Band competition for Grand Rapids High …

Oct 11, 2023: We got our Eight Sleep setup and ready to use. First night using it! Currently cooling my side, and warming Tammy’s. I’m very hopeful that this helps …

Oct 9, 2023: Making another batch of candles for the 3rd Annual Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser!

Oct 9, 2023: I did my 400th Peloton spin class this morning! 30 min Classic Rock Ride with Matt Wilpers. 🎉

Oct 8, 2023: Look up.

Oct 7, 2023: We found this Thankful Tree on our walk and Mazie took the opportunity to add one.

Oct 7, 2023: Sidewalk poetry found walking from Carleton back to St. Olaf.

Oct 7, 2023: Homecoming Battle: Carleton Knights vs. St. Olaf Oles! 🏈

Oct 7, 2023: On Melby Yard at St. Olaf Homecoming and Family Weekend.

Oct 7, 2023: How I Find Links for the Weekly Thing The most common question I’m asked about the Weekly Thing is how I find the links for each week’s issue. I’ve already shared how I build …

Oct 6, 2023: We had a fun time with hypnotist Chris Jones tonight at St. Olaf’s family weekend. There were many people hypnotized and doing interesting things.

Oct 6, 2023: We got our tickets to the 2023 New Standards Holiday Show! I was amazed that within 6 minutes of the event going on sale all main floor tickets were …

Oct 4, 2023: We got our Hoist 3-Tier Dumbbell Rack put together tonight. We ran out of room on the vertical rack, and the heavier dumbbells never fit right on that …

Oct 4, 2023: Had a fun evening at the 2023 Minneapolis Downtown Council Annual Fundraiser at Mosaic. #TeamSPS’s own Karin Lucas chairs the MDC board and …

Oct 3, 2023: Scrambling to wrap up Tyler’s soccer game as a storm barrels in. Finished just in time. ⚽️⛈️

Oct 2, 2023: The conference rooms on #TeamSPS 5th floor in Minneapolis are named after Fictional Elements. To fill out the Fictional Element world even more, this …

Oct 1, 2023: Squash Blossom Farm and Sod House Theater Dinner We had a fun evening driving out to Squash Blossom Farm just outside of Oronoco, Minnesota for a Farm-to-Table dinner presented by the Sod House …

Oct 1, 2023: Switched things up with the 89 °F unusually hot day to get one last afternoon in the pool! 💦

Oct 1, 2023: Task Management for the Weekly Thing I’m often asked about how I create the Weekly Thing and how I’ve been doing it for over six years. People are usually curious about how I find …

Oct 1, 2023: I received an email this morning from a service I have no recollection of informing me that their terms of service were updated. I have no idea what …

Sep 30, 2023: We went to our last MN United game of 2023 tonight. They drew a 1-1 tie versus San Jose with plenty of scoring opportunities. It was a little sad …

Sep 30, 2023: Smooth Transition from Purchase to App There is a very common gap in customer experience that is often ignored when you buy a physical product that has to be shipped to you and it has an …

Sep 30, 2023: I created a Shortcuts Collection page to connect various blog posts I’ve written about Shortcuts and how I use them. Few posts so far, but …

Sep 30, 2023: Launch Apps Shortcut I’m a big fan of Shortcuts and find it useful for many small automation tasks, creating one off scripts really fast, and even building complex …

Sep 29, 2023: Starting AI for Business conference at Carlson School of Management, Management Information Systems Research Center (MISRC). Looking forward to a …

Sep 28, 2023: Huge thank you to Dee Thibodeau, Nick Hernandez, Ahmed Jamil for hosting the Fall CIO Wine Tasting! And thanks to Tony Peleska for hosting on their …

Sep 27, 2023: I’ve had the ScanSnap iX500 for years and the scanner is great but the software gets worse by the day. The “Scan to the Cloud” …

Sep 27, 2023: I just realized that one of our iMacs (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017) isn’t able to upgrade to macOS Sonoma! I’ve been debating if it is time …

Sep 26, 2023: Seems like $4 billion is the minimum cost to Amazon for missing the LLM wave. Amazon will invest up to $4bn in Anthropic, an American AI startup …

Sep 25, 2023: I’ve been gradually reducing my daily coffee from 24oz (4 cups) to 18oz (3 cups) and this morning starts 12 oz (2 cups). I’m trying to see if cutting …

Sep 24, 2023: Just ordered 108 additional candle vessels, more wax, and scents to fill out inventory so we can start making candles for the 2023 Things 4 Good …

Sep 24, 2023: How I Build the Weekly Thing One of the common questions I’m asked is how I create the Weekly Thing. There are two flavors of this question. One is about finding content and …

Sep 23, 2023: Smaller Images for Weekly Thing In the Journal section of the Weekly Thing I include any blog posts that I’ve made for that week. To keep things easy, I’ve always just …

Sep 22, 2023: Introducing Weekly Thing Forum I’ve been sending the Weekly Thing for six years. Every week I will get a few replies from people about a specific article, topic, or comment …

Sep 20, 2023: TeamSPS 2023 Kubb Tournament Today we held our 5th Annual TeamSPS Kubb Tournament! This event has now become a real tradition and many of our team look forward to playing Kubb …

Sep 20, 2023: I love that the gang at Good Enough is playing with some things that remind me of the early days of the web. They have a thermal printer you can print …

Sep 20, 2023: Thanks to Paul’s Fireplace Wood I’m ready for fall and winter fires! I love that they have the domain firewood.com. 🔥

Sep 19, 2023: Minnedemo 39 was awesome! It was great to see so many from our fabulous technology community, and to see the great demos that everyone shared. Thanks …

Sep 17, 2023: We had my step-dad Bruce over for dinner tonight with my his brother, my Uncle Tim. We were trying to recount the last time I had seen Tim and it was …

Sep 16, 2023: Look up.

Sep 16, 2023: This Athletic Brewing Waves of Sun is delicious. 🍻

Sep 16, 2023: Weekly Thing is back from summer break. I sent issue 261 this morning!

Sep 16, 2023: It is always a bittersweet day when we take the boat in for the fall. This summer was so full of travel, graduation parties, and other celebrations …

Sep 15, 2023: Congratulations to all the 2023 Minnesota CIO ORBIE Award winners and nominees! 👏

Sep 13, 2023: Feedforward. A new word to add to the word list.

Sep 12, 2023: Decided to take the leap (both Tammy and I) and sign up for Peter Attia’s new Early program. I’ve learned a ton from his podcast, and Tammy has …

Sep 12, 2023: Ready to cheer for Team USA vs Oman! ⚽️🇺🇸

Sep 12, 2023: Pregame dinner at Yum! in St. Paul before the US Men’s National Team game at Allianz Field! 🇺🇸⚽️

Sep 9, 2023: Spiral. Inspired by my brothers experimentation with this shot.

Sep 7, 2023: First fire of the fall and first time using the Solo Stove Yukon. 🔥

Sep 6, 2023: Thank You Elon I signed up for Twitter on Wed Dec 20 21:25:24 +0000 2006, claiming user number #82,903. Twitter quickly became one of the services that I used …

Sep 6, 2023: Some data on this summers heat. The past three months have been the hottest ever measured, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, an …

Sep 5, 2023: Tammy and I had a delightful dinner at Colita tonight and I had to gawk at this McLaren 720S in the parking lot. Don’t see cars like this often. Wow. …

Sep 4, 2023: Experiencing first power outage since moving into current house which has generator. Everything went off for about 2-3 seconds and then generator …

Sep 4, 2023: WordPress 100-Year Plan Recently WordPress.com announced a profound new 100-Year Plan for hosting websites. I’ve thought a lot about how to keep websites (mostly …

Sep 4, 2023: Mochi Donuts at Mochi Dough at Asia Mall.

Sep 4, 2023: Tyler and Levi having a great time at Sandbox VR in Eden Prairie. Very cool setup and an incredibly immersive experience.

Sep 4, 2023: Blog Gardening I have been blogging for nearly 20 years and have created thousands of blog posts in that time. I’ve hosted my blog on several platforms over …

Sep 3, 2023: Funny UX thing I’ve noticed with micro.blog. I use the “Reply” feature way more on the web than the macOS app. I suspect it is the …

Sep 3, 2023: We saw Gran Turismo this afternoon. I would go to this movie just to watch the racing scenes all over again. The “hybrid” view of the …

Sep 2, 2023: Today we took Mazie to St. Olaf to move into the dorm. She has four days of New Student Orientation before classes start. The campus is beautiful and …

Sep 1, 2023: Tomorrow a new chapter begins and we take Mazie to St. Olaf to start her college adventure. I don’t think I’ve ever experienced such a complicated and …

Sep 1, 2023: Homemade pasta night.

Aug 30, 2023: Awesome evening for soccer with a MN United 3-0 win over Colorado! ⚽️

Aug 29, 2023: Brandi Carlile at Minnesota State Fair Without a question this was the best concert that I’ve ever seen at the Minnesota State Fair, and for Brandi it was one of the best shows of …

Aug 29, 2023: Minnesota State Fair in Two Hours What do you do when the only opportunity for the State Fair is to arrive a couple hours before the Brandi Carlile concert in the Grandstand? There is …

Aug 27, 2023: Renaissance Festival 2023 We made our regular visit to the Minnesota Renaissance Festival today! We hit all of our favorites. Both kids made their regular attempts at …

Aug 27, 2023: Annual tradition at Renaissance Festival — Ring the bell! Dinged it 2 of 5 times. 💪

Aug 27, 2023: A few years ago we got a simple flat top grill at the lake and it has become one of our favorite ways to cook outside. I decided to upgrade and …

Aug 26, 2023: Made Swedish Pancakes this morning with my Mom. She prepared the batter and I worked the flat top. These pancakes are one of Tyler’s very favorite …

Aug 26, 2023: Tammy and I have both been digging into Peter Attia’s new book Outlive. The way he frames these health and wellness topics resonates strongly …

Aug 25, 2023: Picked up Mason Jennings records and a songbook.

Aug 25, 2023: Mason Jennings Album Release Show Mason Jennings did a great Album Release show tonight at the Parkway. He played a wide range of new songs and old. He was joined on stage by Dan …

Aug 25, 2023: Sailboats on Lake Harriet.

Aug 25, 2023: Birds resting on rocks at Lake Harriet this morning.

Aug 24, 2023: 32 Years of Ukraine Independence Ukraine is commemorating its 32nd year of independence today! 🇺🇦 It also marks the 547th day fighting Russia’s invasion. A stark reminder that …

Aug 22, 2023: I just registered 55419.eth and 55021.eth since the previous registrant let them lapse. The subnames capabilities in ENS make these zip code names …

Aug 21, 2023: Making Sense: Health & Longevity with Peter Attia The Health & Longevity episode of Making Sense with Sam Harris is a great overview of Peter Attia’s new book Outlive. Sam Harris speaks with …

Aug 21, 2023: I got my Good Enough Zine today! Thanks @bjhess and team — I’m looking forward to thoroughly going through this. 🥳 Want your own? See details in …

Aug 19, 2023: It was our families first time seeing Pink, but it was my Sister Alona and Craig’s fourth time. The show was amazing. So much energy, and the …

Aug 19, 2023: Our 13th time seeing Brandi Carlile, this time opening up for Pink. Fabulous show as always! 🎶 See list of Brandi Carlile shows.

Aug 19, 2023: First time any of us have been to the FARGODOME!

Aug 19, 2023: We got to see the SmallTown Strings (Brandi and band kids)play an afternoon show at Sidestreet Bar in Fargo.

Aug 19, 2023: Fargo from the 13th floor of the amazing Jasper Hotel.

Aug 19, 2023: Took Tesla to Fargo for concert so using the Superchargers today. Mazie getting some lunges in while we charge.

Aug 18, 2023: reMarkable I got a reMarkable 2. ✍️

Aug 17, 2023: We had our SPS Company Meeting at Orchestra Hall for the first time. It was a great venue and we had our annual Summer Picnic to follow. Such a cool …

Aug 16, 2023: Tyler's 1:1 with Archie A few weeks ago Tyler was saying how cool it would be to have a 1:1 with Archie Black, our CEO. I shared that with Archie and he said he’d be happy to …

Aug 16, 2023: Tyler seemed pretty comfortable in my office!

Aug 13, 2023: Delicious August lunch: Black Krim tomatoes, sliced mozzarella, Olive Oil we brought back from Italy, salt & pepper. 🍅

Aug 12, 2023: We watched Pink: All I Know So Far tonight as a warmup to seeing Pink with Brandi Carlile opening in Fargo next weekend.

Aug 12, 2023: Chilling in swing as sun goes down at Farmhilly.

Aug 12, 2023: Farmhilly 8 My friend, and fellow Minnestar Catalyzer, Adrienne Peirce has this amazing house that sits on eight acres of land, and they host an annual event with …

Aug 12, 2023: It is that time of year when our neighborhood has this delicious Gem Tomato stand run by our neighbors and friends the Millers. We brought home …

Aug 12, 2023: I was curating my On This Day section this morning and found this 15 year old reference to @bjhess! One of my favorite things about blogging is the …

Aug 12, 2023: Capturing the Micro.blog plugins I’m using now: Tiny Theme by @Mtt Tiny Theme add-on: Add Tinylytics by @Mtt Meta tags by @manton Search page by …

Aug 11, 2023: We had a fun night doing a Murder Mystery Dinner and I decided to really embrace my character. “Little Fitz is a vaudevillian star of the Music Halls …

Aug 10, 2023: It was great to see Steve Earle tonight at the Dakota on his “Alone Again” tour. Just him and his guitars sharing a wide array of songs from his …

Aug 10, 2023: It was awesome to hear Zandi Holup open up for Steve Earle tonight. She played a good set of original songs but unfortunately none of them are …

Aug 9, 2023: Mazie posted her first blog post about her photo walk in Soglio, Switzerland. She has her own micro.blog site for easy publishing. 🎉 She is a fabulous …

Aug 8, 2023: Allergies hit me hard today. Medicine didn’t seem to do much. Feels like something different than typical ragweed. Tammy also got it bad and she …

Aug 7, 2023: We decided to return to Switzerland tonight by watching the 2015 release of Heidi. I hadn’t seen the movie and wasn’t familiar with the …

Aug 4, 2023: It dawned on me that my Blockclock has upgradeable firmware and today I jumped from 1.07 to 1.22! I was also having intermittent WiFi issues and …

Aug 3, 2023: We all went to Barbie tonight and it blew right past my already high expectations. It was a fun movie while still covering important topics. Plus, the …

Aug 3, 2023: While we were in Soglio, Switzerland at the end of our hiking trip we all got our cameras out and did a photo walk of the village. Here are my ten …

Jul 30, 2023: Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 17 Weather: Warm morning in Florence. Airports fine. Pack up suitcases for journey home Breakfast at hotel Taxi to Florence Airport Tyler forgets Pokémon …

Jul 30, 2023: Breath it all in On the final evening of our Switzerland & Italy trip we slowly walked around the Duomo in Florence and took in the grandeur. We all admired it and …

Jul 30, 2023: Boarding the KLM Cityhopper in Florence to begin our journey back to Minneapolis via Amsterdam! 🛫

Jul 30, 2023: I’m more than twice as active when we travel versus “normal”. 🚶🏼‍♂️

Jul 29, 2023: Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 16 Weather: Hot and sunny. Breakfast at hotel Walk to cooking class pickup Ride to Accidental Tourist villa Pasta cooking class in Tuscan Countryside …

Jul 29, 2023: Restful.

Jul 29, 2023: Trees embracing.

Jul 28, 2023: Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 15 Weather: Warm and cloudy in the morning. Hotter and sunnier in the afternoon. Breakfast at hotel Short walk to meeting point for David and Duomo VIP …

Jul 28, 2023: Tuscan countryside.

Jul 28, 2023: Michelangelo’s David.

Jul 27, 2023: Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 14 Weather: Cool morning in Venice. Very nice. Much warmer in Florence in the evening. Nice in the shade. Bad restaurant choice for crêpes at breakfast, …

Jul 27, 2023: Tammy and I are celebrating our 21st Anniversary today in Italy. Our marriage is now old enough to drink! 🍻 With the help of the kids we recreated one …

Jul 27, 2023: We have arrived in Florence! 🇮🇹

Jul 27, 2023: Doorbell or Robot Face? 🤖 In Campo Drio la Chiesa in Venice.

Jul 26, 2023: Bulldog waiting patiently for its person to return in Campo Sant’Anzolo in Venice.

Jul 26, 2023: Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 13 Weather: Warm and sunny, cool evening Underwhelming breakfast at combo hotel Walk to Lagoon Excursion: Murano Glass, Burano and Wine Took boat to …

Jul 26, 2023: Gondoliers awaiting their tourists.

Jul 26, 2023: Sweet delights in shop window in Venice.

Jul 26, 2023: The colorful houses of Burano, Italy were amazing to see this morning.

Jul 26, 2023: We visited Venissa to see the beautiful vineyard and taste the unique native wine of Venice. I decided to bring a bottle of this special wine home.

Jul 26, 2023: Stop at Art Café to rest, get shade, and have a cappuccino in Murano.

Jul 25, 2023: Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 12 Weather: Cool and cloudy in morning. Warm and sunny in afternoon. Overall nice day. Underwhelming breakfast at Combo hotel. Walk to Venice in a Day …

Jul 25, 2023: Family photo on the Grand Canal of Venice at sunset.

Jul 24, 2023: Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 11 Weather: Started warm in the morning. Thunderstorms in Milan in afternoon. Warm in Venice. Great breakfast at iQ Hotel. Impressive spread. Check out …

Jul 24, 2023: We have arrived in Venice! 🤩

Jul 24, 2023: Cappuccino at Marchesi in Milan this morning. Has been operating since 1824, 199 years.

Jul 23, 2023: We went back to Mad Machines and completed the Time Machine room. This room is ranked 39th in the world and had incredible effects and awesome puzzles …

Jul 23, 2023: Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 10 Weather: Hot and hot Amazing breakfast at iQ Motel Catch express train 8803 from Milan to Modena for Ferrari Day! Walk out of train station wrong way …

Jul 23, 2023: Tyler and I were having fun watching the max speed of our train back to Milan. Hit 245 km/h or 152 miles/h. Felt fast! 🚄

Jul 23, 2023: We all got our photos at the Ferrari Museum in Maranello.

Jul 23, 2023: The Museo Ferrari Maranello exhibit for the various Formula 1 winners over the years was an incredible experience. Standing amongst such legendary …

Jul 23, 2023: On the express train 8803 this morning from Milan to Modena to visit Ferrari today!

Jul 22, 2023: We completed the Birth Machine room at Mad Machines in Milan, Italy! This is the 4th ranked escape room in the world and we had a great time. The …

Jul 22, 2023: Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 9 Weather: Warm and sunny in the morning. Breakfast in Soglio and sending goodbyes to our hiking group: Dave, Erik, Gary, and Theresa 👋 Tammy and kids …

Jul 22, 2023: Some photos inspired by Maique as I was walking around Varenna, Italy today. 📷🇮🇹

Jul 22, 2023: Having a cappuccino at Albergo La Soglina with the mountains, luggage ready, getting some tasks done before we start our travel to Milan. 🚌 B 632 Bus …

Jul 21, 2023: One of many waterfalls along the trail to Soglio.

Jul 21, 2023: After six amazing days of hiking in the Engadine the Thingelstad family all stepped foot in Soglio at the same time and marked the moment.

Jul 21, 2023: Hike to Soglio Our sixth and final day of hiking into the beautiful town of Soglio. Part of Switzerland & Italy 2023 collection. Also see Casaccia to Soglio from …

Jul 21, 2023: Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 8 Weather: Cool morning in Sils Maria. Big thunderstorm in mid-morning by Vicosoprano. Cloudy most of the day on trail. Nice on arrival into Soglio with …

Jul 21, 2023: On todays hike to Soglio we hit a large thunderstorm. We were luckily able to all huddle under this old out building with a decent overhang on the …

Jul 20, 2023: Sils Maria - Maloja Loop Today’s hike left right from the front steps of the Hotel Edelweiss and walked out of Sils Maria to a ascent above the tree line. The ascent was …

Jul 20, 2023: While hiking today we passed through Blaunca. This village is a collection of four or five houses and a wonderful stream feeding through it. These …

Jul 20, 2023: Grevasalvas Switzerland On our hike today we passed through the incredibly picturesque little village of of Grevasalvas. This little collection of houses was used for the …

Jul 20, 2023: Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 7 Weather: Very cool in the morning warming up through the day. Very pleasant all around. Breakfast at hotel Walk from hotel for hike Hike begins with a …

Jul 19, 2023: Hike Pontresina to Sils Maria I didn’t join the hike today and instead ran my wallet recovery mission. However, I asked that the family take a lot of pictures and here is there …

Jul 19, 2023: Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 6 Weather: Very cloudy with rain and thunder in morning. Clear through mid-day with additional heavy rain in late afternoon. Then cloudy and cool in the …

Jul 19, 2023: I think there is a huge potential for Generative AI in tools, but this is a heavy expense that is going to make it a tough decision. Microsoft …

Jul 19, 2023: Tyler felt this picture needed to happen. 🤣

Jul 19, 2023: Family selfie at the Hotel Edelweiss in Sils Maria. 🇨🇭

Jul 19, 2023: Walked out to Nietzsche’s Rock near Silvaplana-Surlej.

Jul 19, 2023: Wallet Recovered Yesterday I shared that I had lost my wallet. We were still juggling some logistics last night. The mountain huts we are visiting are cash only but …

Jul 18, 2023: Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 5 Weather: Cooler day. Very windy on the mountains today. Raced to chair lift before storm and lightning arrived. Depart Guarda and take bus to train …

Jul 18, 2023: Tyler, Mazie, and Tammy at the Segantini Hütte.

Jul 18, 2023: Hike to Segantini Hütte and Pontresina Another day of great hiking. Started with train ride to funicular and then a big hike up to the amazing hut followed by a traverse on the mountain and …

Jul 18, 2023: Pretty simple calendar for this part of our trip.

Jul 18, 2023: Current POV. Wow!

Jul 18, 2023: Lunch at Segantini Hütte. So amazing.

Jul 18, 2023: Lost Wallet Update: My wallet was recovered! Yesterday morning I realized I had lost my wallet. The previous day we had finished our first hike and while waiting …

Jul 17, 2023: Suggested Rule: The quality of a social network decreases by the square of the quantity of posts about social networks. Get above 10% and there is …

Jul 17, 2023: While we are in the Engadine Tammy has been hoping to find these amazing ceramic goats that we got and she adores from the first trip here 19 years …

Jul 17, 2023: Cold Therapy for Sore Hiking Feet Every town in the Engadine Valley has multiple water fountains that have the most delicious and pure drinking water just flowing out of them …

Jul 17, 2023: Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 4 Weather: Hot and sunny in the morning. Day cooled off a bit and was nicer in the mountains. Evening cool. Jamie realizes that he has lost his wallet …

Jul 17, 2023: After getting to Chamonna Tuoi I decided to take one of these mountain grade scooters back down. It was awesome! It took a bit for me to get …

Jul 17, 2023: Amazing spot for lunch at Chamonna Tuoi looking up at Piz Buin.

Jul 17, 2023: Hiking Guarda Out-n-Back to Chamonna Tuoi Day 2 of our Engadine Hiking adventure and today we hiked up the valley toward Piz Buin ending at Chamonna Tuoi for a delicious lunch of rösti and …

Jul 17, 2023: My son Tyler has debated blogging for a long time, and today he asked me to set him up. He just wrote his first post. Proud papa!

Jul 16, 2023: Hiking Scuol to Guarda We got into Guarda this afternoon just before 4pm. We made our way through the town to the Messier Lodge and unlacing the hiking boots felt so …

Jul 16, 2023: At the Via Engiadina crossing the Tasnan River rushing down the valley. 🥾

Jul 16, 2023: Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 3 Weather: Warm and sunny. Cooler in mountains but still hot and sunny at prime of day. Evening clouds and breeze with much cooler temps. Breakfast at …

Jul 15, 2023: Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 2 Weather: Hot and Sunny. Breakfast at Motel One Took Tram with luggage to Zurich HB Stored luggage at station (23-06, 23-09) S24 train to Kilchberg …

Jul 15, 2023: Some photos walking around Scuol, Switzerland.

Jul 15, 2023: We have arrived at the Hotel Guardaval in Scuol! 🏔️ We were in this exact same spot 19 years ago.

Jul 15, 2023: Tammy published her first blog post in over 11 years! 🤩

Jul 15, 2023: Short video of the demonstration chocolate line at Lindt Home of Chocolate.

Jul 15, 2023: We had a fun (and delicious) time visiting the Lindt Home of Chocolate in Kilchberg this morning.

Jul 14, 2023: Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 1 Weather: Warm & Sunny DL162 land In Amsterdam (10:26a) Sit on tarmac for 55 minutes waiting for gate to be available Clear passport control DL9568 …

Jul 14, 2023: Cappuccino to hold off the jet lag, Leica to grab sights walking around Zurich.

Jul 14, 2023: It was cool to see UBS prominently marketing their Bitcoin offerings in Zurich airport.

Jul 14, 2023: Hello 👋 from Amsterdam 🇳🇱 for about an hour. Heading on the KLM Cityhopper to Zurich 🇨🇭.

Jul 13, 2023: Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 0 Weather: Very nice warm day. Lyft to MSP. Super nice driver. Cheeseburgers at Shake Shack. 🍔🍔🍔 Mazie got a quesadilla somewhere else. DL162 to …

Jul 13, 2023: Starting our summer vacation. Boarding flight to Zurich with a stop in Amsterdam. ✈️

Jul 12, 2023: Up late setting up Tammy’s new Apple Watch Series 8 before we leave for vacation.

Jul 12, 2023: The #TeamSPS Coffee Guild met today and Rob Rutscher brought in his Decent Espresso machine along with the Niche Zero grinder and served up delicious …

Jul 9, 2023: I’m not particularly enthusiastic about Bluesky but I do have it setup and have micro.blog syndicating my posts. I do like how Bluesky supports …

Jul 9, 2023: Needed two more sets of hiking poles for our trip to Switzerland. Tyler and I went to REI and after consulting with the hiker in the store decided on …

Jul 8, 2023: Bubbles.

Jul 8, 2023: Look up.

Jul 8, 2023: These three pork butts spent 18 hours in the Sous Vides at 165 °F and are finishing with 2 hours on the Big Green Egg at 220 °F. 🐖🔥

Jul 8, 2023: Tammy and I by the pool.

Jul 8, 2023: What if Facebooks only goal with Threads is to damage Twitter. In this context, Twitter looks like Fitbit and Threads like Apple Health. Full …

Jul 8, 2023: My neighbors dock is not in good shape.

Jul 8, 2023: I love that my cousin Quinn has a blog, a micro.blog no less, and I can now see great stories from him online. 👏

Jul 8, 2023: Preserving your Writing on the Web Forever I suggested to some friends that I wanted to do everything I could to keep my websites and online writing around well after I’ve died. One of them …

Jul 7, 2023: This Athletic Brewing Mango Picante has some serious kick on the back end.

Jul 6, 2023: I got the pleasure to meet with Noah Jeffrey a couple of times in his ACE Leadership program with MnTech. It was cool to hear the things he was …

Jul 6, 2023: I’ve been using Butt Rub for a number of years, but made my first direct purchase from their website and got this awesome t-shirt as a free …

Jul 6, 2023: Tammy and I checked out Dinner Jazz with Jeremy Ylvisaker and Martin Dosh at Icehouse Minneapolis tonight. 🎶

Jul 4, 2023: Happy Birthday America! 🇺🇸🎉🎆

Jul 4, 2023: Independence Day Hike at Murphy-Hanrehan In just over a week we head to Switzerland for our hiking trip. I wanted to get a longer and harder hike in before we left so this morning Tammy and I …

Jul 3, 2023: Enjoying this Athletic Brewing Apricot Farmhouse. Refreshing and crisp flavor. 🍻

Jul 2, 2023: We had a fun night at the Dude Perfect Panda-monium show tonight. Tyler and I went to the 2021 and this show followed the same structure.

Jul 2, 2023: Thanks to very detailed directions from Matt Langford (@mtt) I was able to add NIP-05 Verification to my micro.blog hosted site with a custom plugin …

Jul 2, 2023: Current POV.

Jul 2, 2023: I love watching the Damselflies hover and cling to the Big Bluestem in the morning.

Jul 2, 2023: Micro.blog Ecosystem Support via a Community Fund? I’ve been having more fun on micro.blog lately in large part to the excellent work of Matt Langford and his delightful Tiny Theme for …

Jul 2, 2023: I’m trying some changes to my feeds. I’ve been a happy user of Feedbin for years and am going to give the Feedbin app a go on my phone …

Jul 1, 2023: Cigar time. 🔥

Jul 1, 2023: The ice cream truck always brings a smile, no matter what your age. 🍦

Jul 1, 2023: After 22 hours in the Sous Vides the pork butts transition to the Big Green Egg to get a bark and smoke em up. The liquid in the bags is in a sauce …

Jul 1, 2023: Another bumblebee busy collecting pollen.

Jul 1, 2023: Bevcomm is the Internet provider for our cabin and I met with the tech yesterday to help with the site assessment for installing fiber! It is likely …

Jul 1, 2023: Wild milestone. Apple, an American tech giant, surpassed $3trn in market value for the first time since January 2022, when it briefly became the first …

Jul 1, 2023: Bumble Bee busy harvesting pollen in the yard this morning. 🐝

Jun 29, 2023: Betwixt by Matt Semke This video short from Minneapolis artist Matt Semke (catswilleatyou) is incredible. The music is haunting.

Jun 28, 2023: Excited for this season’s international “friendly” MNUFC vs. FC Kaiserslautern! ⚽️

Jun 28, 2023: Happy Tau Day everyone! 🤓

Jun 27, 2023: I didn’t realize that Athletic Brewing had so many unique NA beers if you ordered direct. I got my first variety shipment today. The Tropical Sour was …

Jun 25, 2023: Ominous.

Jun 25, 2023: 28 min 39 sec We grabbed this final family selfie as we were leaving the floor of the Taylor Swift show at 11:21:50 PM. We had to wind through a fairly long winding …

Jun 25, 2023: Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour On Saturday afternoon we had no big plans for the night. We were going to make dinner for Tammy’s folks and visit, but that was it. The night …

Jun 25, 2023: Tasty morning waffles for Graduation Party from YOUniverse Foodie Waffles!

Jun 23, 2023: Got to see a living legend tonight — Willie Nelson & Family headlining the Outlaw Music Festival 2023 in Somerset Amphitheater. At 90 he still can …

Jun 23, 2023: Robert Plant & Alison Krauss at the Outlaw Music Festival 2023. Great stuff. 🎶

Jun 23, 2023: The decision to not get dinner before this show and get food here, in hindsight, was very consequential. ☹️

Jun 23, 2023: Guy gave me his hat while waiting in line for pizza at Somerset Amphitheater. Said he bought it today and it was too big for him. Fit me good. Is this …

Jun 23, 2023: I have never seen such slow and long lines for food at an event. Outlaw Music Festival 2023, Somerset Amphitheater — food trucks are not fast enough …

Jun 23, 2023: Trampled By Turtles on stage at the Outlaw Music Festival 2023 at Somerset Amphitheater. 🎶

Jun 19, 2023: I’m digging this new Alabaster Chess Set from Scali Alabastro that I got for Father’s Day. Tyler and I have already played a game on it. …

Jun 19, 2023: Juneteenth We had a great Juneteenth celebration for TeamSPS today! It was a fun event, with delicious snacks and beverages, ice cream, games, and a raffle. …

Jun 18, 2023: We finished off Father’s Day with a movie at home — my pick. I had wanted to watch 14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible for a while. What an amazing …

Jun 18, 2023: Happy Fathers Day 2023!

Jun 18, 2023: We had a 4.6 miles hike at Lebanon Hills Regional Park today. We took a significant part of the Voyageur trail. The weather was nice, no bugs to worry …

Jun 18, 2023: I decided to get the Leica Q2 out and do some family photos in the front yard. Father’s Day was a good enough excuse. Love how these came out.

Jun 17, 2023: Awesome night for MN Aurora FC v Bavarian United. Aurora with a commanding 3-1 lead in 58th minute. ⚽️

Jun 17, 2023: I’ve been collecting ekekonfts.eth “🔌 Ŝԝ𝞘ፐc₶” collection on Nifty Ink. I dig these and think the collection is a lot of fun. I want …

Jun 16, 2023: Bike ride to Lake Harriet Bandshell Music in the Park and ice cream from Bread & Pickle. Summer!

Jun 15, 2023: We went to An American Tail: The Musical at the Children’s Theatre tonight. It was a great performance. Wonderful songs, and a great story to …

Jun 14, 2023: Mazie's Surprise Carnival To celebrate Mazie’s 18th birthday and graduating from high school Tammy had a brilliant idea — surprise Mazie with a Carnival! Set up several …

Jun 14, 2023: Mazie Turns 18 Today we celebrated Mazie’s 18th Birthday! Both of the kids are out of school, and I took the day off, so we were able to make the day extra …

Jun 14, 2023: Bison are one of my favorite animals, and I learned something new about them today. When a storm is approaching Bison, unlike nearly all other …

Jun 12, 2023: London Welcoming Crypto? You may not be a fan of a16z (Andreessen Horowitz). You may not be a fan of crypto. But pushing fintech innovation outside of the United States is not …

Jun 12, 2023: Mazie’s High School Graduation today! It’s official!

Jun 11, 2023: We went to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 tonight. Enjoyed it a lot. 🍿

Jun 11, 2023: Pretty awesome spot to hang out!

Jun 11, 2023: Lucky thinks she is an 80 pound lap dog!? 😬

Jun 11, 2023: Beyond the Light by Layne Kennedy My friend Layne Kennedy launched a Kickstarter for his new book Beyond the Light. I met Layne when Tammy signed me up for a Dog Sledding Photography …

Jun 11, 2023: I had wished for a micro.blog plugin for NIP-05 Verification and then I realized there are many things that use Well-Known URI including NIP-05 …

Jun 11, 2023: Surveillance in URLs The Uniform Resource Locator is the glue of the web. Mostly we don’t think about URLs unless you create content on the web. Some browsers have …

Jun 10, 2023: Boat Day! Got the pontoon in the water. Annual voyage up Cannon River to Wells Lake and finally Cannon Lake. First time after Memorial Day.

Jun 10, 2023: Bitcoin Lightning makes the majority of the micropayment models that have been envisioned for the last two decades possible today. Instant, nearly …

Jun 10, 2023: Quiet weekend mornings on the deck enjoying a fresh cup of coffee and relaxing with Lucky are delightful.

Jun 9, 2023: I added a bit of metadata to my website to enable Bitcoin Lightning “tips”. One line to indicate my Lightning address. <meta …

Jun 9, 2023: “I don’t know what kind of carnage I inflicted in a past life to deserve it. I must have been Dracula or a spin instructor.” — …

Jun 9, 2023: I got a Sonos Move to add to my system and have a portable speaker that still has high audio quality. Happy with initial results! Sound quality is …

Jun 8, 2023: Wish List: Micro.blog plugin to create the static file needed for self-hosted NIP-05 verification. I think this would be really easy to make? And …

Jun 7, 2023: Kakhovka dam Ukrainian officials estimated that about 42,000 people are at risk from the flooding triggered by explosions at the Kakhovka dam in a …

Jun 6, 2023: Moving 1,000,000 Satoshis (0.01 Bitcoin) between Bitcoin addresses on-chain so I can claim a customized Wallet of Satoshi Lightning address. 😬 …

Jun 6, 2023: Apple Vision Pro Reactions We all watched the Apple Vision Pro segment of WWDC tonight. I wanted to watch it again, and I was curious to see what the rest of the family would …

Jun 5, 2023: Foveated Renderer. Oh yeah, always wanted one of those. 🤣 Apple Vision Pro announcement at WWDC 2023.

Jun 5, 2023: Apple Vision Pro is a real thing! Can Apple do for headsets what they did for Phones and Watches? Maybe. Partnering with Disney to bring their …

Jun 4, 2023: Love the street chalk at Edina Art Fair!

Jun 4, 2023: My cousin Quinn Chrest just got a blog! He is starting his career in technology and I urged him (nudged?) to get going with a domain and micro.blog. I …

Jun 3, 2023: Chess game with Tyler tonight. We both made a couple of major blunders, but he forced me to resign (I was black) and won the match. ♟️

Jun 3, 2023: Edina Art Fair 2023 We endured the very hot afternoon and visited the Edina Art Fair. This is one of our favorite art fairs every year. Some of the artists that caught …

Jun 3, 2023: This is the first time I’ve ever failed attestations running my validators on Gnosis Chain. Two things: Only zeroed out about two days of …

Jun 2, 2023: Blog turns 19! Today marks the 19th year of my blog at thingelstad.com! Over those 19 years I’ve written 8,186 posts totaling 493,751 words. My website is …

Jun 2, 2023: Today was Mazie’s last day of High School! 🎉 I took her out for our “last” last-day-of-school breakfast at Sun Street Breads before …

Jun 1, 2023: Need a reason to get donuts? 🍩 Tomorrow is National Donut Day and #TeamSPS is enjoying a day early this year! First Donut Day since the pandemic. See …

May 31, 2023: Today micro.blog added cross-posting support for Nostr! I’ve been having fun playing with Nostr using Damus as the client. Now I’ll be …

May 28, 2023: First round of Smashburgers on the flat top for 2023! 🍔🍔🍔

May 28, 2023: Move along quickly under the broken tree hanging across the bike trail. 🤞

May 28, 2023: Great day for a family bike ride to Dairy Queen! 🍦

May 27, 2023: We are UNITED!

May 27, 2023: Levi and Tyler ran around after the Minnesota United game and collected signatures from: Bongokuhle Hlongwane (21), Sang Bin Jeong (11), Kervin …

May 27, 2023: M - N - UFC! Come on you Loons! Minnesota United FC v Real Salt Lake tonight. ⚽️

May 27, 2023: First visit to Pleasant Grove Pizza Farm for 2023! Delicious and great vibes. 🍕🤩

May 27, 2023: Pool is open for the summer! 💦

May 26, 2023: At the Hook and Ladder with friends for Summer Breeze Yacht Rock Fest featuring The Lonesome Losers. 🎶

May 26, 2023: I now have a Bluesky Social account (thanks Maique for the invite!) and with micro.blog syndication anything I post on my blog will appear there too. …

May 25, 2023: Lightning Ideas Having finally gotten first-hand experience with Bitcoin Lightning, a workable and functioning micropayments option, it opens up a variety of …

May 25, 2023: Board Search Criteria A friend shared this Board Search Criteria used by Constellation Software and highlighted in their 2017 President’s Letter. I thought these …

May 25, 2023: "Bison & Bitcoin" I recently threw the term “Bison & Bitcoin” out with some friends. I love bison. 🦬 The name kept bouncing back to me and I thought …

May 24, 2023: Did 10 stair repeats on our walk tonight. 320 steps. Also breaking in new boots for our hiking trip this summer. 🥾 Tammy joined me and Mazie decided …

May 23, 2023: Ordered one of these orange Bitcoin Miami 2023 Special Edition Worlds Smallest Bitcoin Hobby ATM. I was blown away by this project at the show. It …

May 23, 2023: Another example of generated content fooling people. We are going to see a massive acceleration of this. We need to start signing content to have any …

May 21, 2023: Bitcoin Lightning: Fun, Fast, and Free-ish I’ve been casually investigating Bitcoin Lightning for a while. Lightning is a Layer 2 network on-top of Bitcoin and promises nearly free …

May 21, 2023: I got my Blockclock Mini at Bitcoin 2023 in Miami and have it setup at my desk. I’ve wanted one of these for a while and now I can remember the …

May 21, 2023: My QR Codes At Bitcoin 2023 we were talking with some folks from New York at our table while enjoying some Cuban chicken and rice. At the end of the conversation …

May 21, 2023: Good morning Miami! Learned a lot and enjoyed Bitcoin 2023. Heading home this morning. 🛫

May 20, 2023: Oh no! 😲 Neeva is shutting down. I’m saddened by this — I’ve enjoyed not having advertising alongside search results and seeing what an …

May 20, 2023: Clever — Fiat House of Cards. 🃏

May 20, 2023: The final session for Bitcoin 2023 on Nakamoto Stage “The Biggest Bulls” with Matt Odell, Adam Back (Blockstream), and Jack Mallers …

May 20, 2023: Zoltan Pozsar (Credit Suisse) & Arthur Hayes (100x Group) on Nakamoto Stage at Bitcoin 2023 on “New Monetary Order”.

May 20, 2023: Good macro session “Steady Lads” at Bitcoin 2023 with Mark Moss, Lyn Alden, and Preston Posh.

May 20, 2023: Good session on “Bitcoin Core Maintainers & the Path Forward” with Gloria Zhao, Niftynei, and Jess Jonas moderated by Steve Meyers at Bitcoin …

May 20, 2023: Interesting technical solutions to identity and privacy in the “Web 5: Open to Build” session with Daniel Buchner at Bitcoin 2023.

May 20, 2023: The Bitcoin Mining Museum was a fun time. The USB miners were a crazy flashback. And the very first mining rig, the Avalon1. 🤩

May 20, 2023: Apparently I’m at the age where I have to hang my sunglasses and my readers from my shirt. 😎🤓

May 20, 2023: The Art Gallery at Bitcoin 2023 is a cool experience with a lot of interesting art.

May 20, 2023: Worlds Smallest Bitcoin Hobby ATM This Bitcoin ATM is one of my favorite things I’ve seen at Bitcoin 2023. You put coins in the device, I put 3 pennies. You tap the screen and it gives …

May 20, 2023: Hot tub heated by a Bitcoin miner.

May 19, 2023: Happy Vyshyvanka Day TeamSPS in Ukraine celebrated Vyshyvanka Day together. Vyshyvanka Day is an international holiday that aims to preserve the Ukrainian folk traditions …

May 19, 2023: Google Cloud & Voltage party at Backyard.

May 19, 2023: Jack Mallers of Strike closed out Friday at Bitcoin 2023 with massive announcement of global expansion and Lightning improvements. ⚡️

May 19, 2023: Excited to see Arthur Hayes and Michael Lewis on stage at Bitcoin 2023.

May 19, 2023: Lyn Alden taking Nakamoto Stage with Natalie Smolenski at Bitcoin 2023 sharing deep financial insights.

May 19, 2023: Michael Saylor of MicroStrategy with Bill Miller IV on Nakamoto Stage at Bitcoin 2023. “The universal frequent flyer mile is the Satoshi.” Interesting …

May 19, 2023: Got a signed book from Bobby Lee of Ballet Crypto.

May 19, 2023: Connected with Vlad Stan of LNBits after the Nostr session and got one of the DIY signing kits he was sharing. Love a group huddled around a laptop …

May 19, 2023: Got to meet Will Casarin, developer of Damus, after the Nostr session.

May 19, 2023: “The Future of the Creator Economy” session with Layah Heilpern and Zuby moderated by Justin Rezvani on Nakamato Stage at Bitcoin 2023.

May 19, 2023: Great session “Nostr vs. Everything” with Will Casarin, Vlad Stan, and Pablo Fernandez moderated by Rockstar Dev at Bitcoin 2023.

May 19, 2023: Hector, Kerry, and I kicking off the day at Bitcoin 2023 in Miami!

May 18, 2023: Departing for Bitcoin 2023 in Miami Beach! Meeting up with Hector there.

May 18, 2023: Having free, and reasonably performant WiFi on flights is a real game changer. Paired with a small device like an iPad with a good keyboard it is very …

May 17, 2023: MNUFC v Houston Dynamo tonight. WE ARE UNITED! ⚽️🙌⚽️🙌⚽️

May 15, 2023: Tyler started playing Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom tonight and the intro was great. I’m not a gamer, but the story and world of Zelda is …

May 15, 2023: First night of Edina Soccer for Summer 2023 season! ⚽️

May 14, 2023: Created a new list: List of Brandi Carlile Shows. Suspect I’m missing some but this was a quick assembly of the ones I have blog posts for. 🎶

May 14, 2023: Family selfie with rainbow lights and finale fireworks in the background. The first ever Brandi Carlile’s Mothership Weekend was great!

May 14, 2023: Brandi Carlile closed out Mothership Weekend tonight with an epic set. After covering many of the recent top songs on Friday night, tonight they went …

May 14, 2023: After a lightning delay with evacuation and an impromptu dinner at Mezcal (yum!) we returned to the festival to see an abbreviated performance from …

May 14, 2023: We didn’t get to see much of Fancy Hagood. We arrived after they started and then lightning came through and they had to stop and have everyone leave …

May 14, 2023: Kids buried me in the sand today. Then we took turns putting each of them in the sand. 😊🏖️

May 14, 2023: Happy Mother’s Day from Brandi Carlile’s Mothership Weekend in Miramar Beach, FL!

May 14, 2023: Moo La La Ice Cream — yummy and great on hot day!

May 14, 2023: Magnolia trees are starting to bloom. Such beautiful trees.

May 14, 2023: Have been enjoying delicious coffee at 2 Birds Coffee + Cafe. The food is top notch too!

May 13, 2023: Hozier with a great set to close out Saturday night at Mothership Weekend. First time seeing them live and thought it was very good. 🎶

May 13, 2023: Mavis Staples bringing the power in a big way at Mothership Weekend. She ain’t messing around.

May 13, 2023: Have never seen Strawberry Pizza before and it is incredible. Wow! Well done Lost Pizza! 🍓🍕

May 13, 2023: Enjoying The Milk Carton Kids at Mothership Weekend. We’ve never seen them perform and like it a lot. Emmylou Harris joining them for a song was …

May 13, 2023: Found Zoltar in Miramar Beach.

May 13, 2023: Brandi Carlile made an impromptu appearance joining an artist on one of the beach stages at Mothership Weekend.

May 13, 2023: I took the opportunity with low Ethereum gas fees this morning to update my primary ENS domains to new resolvers, and also wrapped the four subnames …

May 13, 2023: Current POV. Miramar Beach, FL. 🏖️

May 12, 2023: Brandi Carlile took the stage to close out Friday night at Mothership Weekend. It was a great show with a full 2-hour set covering songs from a wide …

May 12, 2023: Love Wins. 🌈

May 12, 2023: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats gave a great show. Tons of energy. Great songs with plenty to dance along to.

May 12, 2023: Danielle Ponder started things off at Mothership Weekend. Her vocals were powerful. The songs were great. It was an impressive performance. She ended …

May 12, 2023: We have arrived at Brandi Carlile’s Mothership Weekend!

May 12, 2023: Hello Miramar Beach! 🏖️

May 12, 2023: tourist noun One who travels for pleasure. One who makes a tour; one who makes a journey for pleasure, stopping at a number of places for the purpose …

May 12, 2023: Just switched thingelstad.com to the new Tiny Theme from Matt Langford. I love the focus on simplicity and speed. The layout is really clean. I also …

May 12, 2023: Mothership Weekend Very excited to be heading to Brandi Carlile’s Mothership Weekend today! 🎶 Friday: Brandi Carlile, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, …

May 9, 2023: Thinking about making a crypto themed Wicky Thing Candle that you can only purchase via a L2 crypto network: Bitcoin Lightning, Gnosis, Arbitrum, …

May 9, 2023: Created a nostr account to play and see how it works. Using Damus on iOS for client. My public key is …

May 9, 2023: Finally figured out Bitcoin Lightning transactions. Ready to use Lightning at Bitcoin Miami. Want to try? Send some Sats to …

May 9, 2023: I applaud the Gnosis Chain Weekly moving to Ghost from Substack. 👏 Crypto and web3 projects oddly decide to have this extreme reliance on the most …

May 9, 2023: The first attempt to keep the squirrels out of these snacks we leave at the door failed in a single day. 😬🐿️

May 9, 2023: I claimed my ENS 6th Anniversary POAP for: thingelstad.eth, weeklything.eth, 0xjjt.eth, and magicpines.eth. Unfortunately I don’t have avatar …

May 7, 2023: Learning is to your mind, as moving is to your body. Both are key to thriving.

May 6, 2023: Tyler got to perform as part of the MN Statewide Honors Choir today. It was a lot of work but he enjoyed being part of it and the perfermance was …

May 6, 2023: Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s Largest Software Development Firms in the Twin Cities ranked by software developers.

May 6, 2023: Ethereum gas prices have been very high and sustained for a week now. This seems like the highest since the merge and the crazy highs of 2020. 🤔 I …

May 5, 2023: Thanks to an invite from Hector, I was able to join the Economic Club of Minnesota luncheon today with James Bullard, the President & CEO of the …

May 4, 2023: Tammy and I had a fun evening at Constellation Fund Bright Night event at the Fillmore. Constellations data driven approach to philanthropy and …

May 3, 2023: I purchased nnxyz abstract #0000 which comes with all 50 of the abstract collection. This is the fourth nnxyz collection that I have now. 🤩

May 3, 2023: MnTech Tech Connect 2023 I had a good time learning new topics and connecting with other technology leaders at the MnTech Tech Connect event today. My sessions: Technological …

May 1, 2023: A thesis I’ve pondered for years and won’t go away… The real “threat” to capitalism isn’t socialism or communism. The …

May 1, 2023: Got a pair of Lowa Renegade GTX Mid hiking boots to get ready for our hiking trip in Switzerland this summer. Excited to get these on the trail!

May 1, 2023: Tammy's NYC Birthday Trip Day 4 No rain! Work meeting in hotel. Ole & Steen for breakfast. Explore Bryant Park. Visit NY Public Library. Blue Bottle coffee. Return to Ole & …

May 1, 2023: We explored the New York Public Library and were blown away by the amazing architecture and special collection. Theoretically they have books too, but …

May 1, 2023: Our final morning in New York and it is not raining for the first time since Friday night! We get to venture out without rain jackets and umbrellas …

Apr 30, 2023: Tammy's NYC Birthday Trip Day 3 Rained all day. 18,065 steps. Yummy Liberty Bagels. Walked to B&H.. Ducked into Whole Foods to escape rain, got hot chocolate. Walked to High …

Apr 30, 2023: We successfully escaped from the Playground room at The Escape Game in New York! It was a fun room with a wide variety of puzzles to solve. It took a …

Apr 30, 2023: Seeking some respite from the constant rain we decided to see Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. at the Regal Cinemas in Battery Park. It …

Apr 30, 2023: Walking the High Line is now a tradition for any trip to New York. We hoped to find a break in the rain to make the walk but no break was to be found. …

Apr 30, 2023: Mazie gave a short recital at B&H Photo Video.

Apr 30, 2023: New York Bagels at Liberty Bagels in Midtown! 🥯

Apr 29, 2023: Tammy's NYC Birthday Trip Day 2 Rained all day. 17,823 steps. Kids got Dad coffee. Angelina for snack. Took F train to Brooklyn. Brunch with Greg and Annique at Frankies. Took F …

Apr 29, 2023: How about a few giant slices of pizza at nearly midnight? Sure!

Apr 29, 2023: Tyler and I talked up Harry Potter and the Cursed Child enough that with Tammy and Mazie along this time we decided to go again!

Apr 29, 2023: What do you do when you visit the Museum of Modern Art? Well for many it seems that you navigate your way to Van Gogh’s Starry Night and take a …

Apr 29, 2023: What to do when you want to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge but it’s raining? Go anyway. We were really wet by the time we got to the other …

Apr 29, 2023: We took the F Train to Brooklyn and had an awesome brunch with Greg and his family. Greg and I met as freshman roommates at the University of …

Apr 29, 2023: I tried several times earlier to participate in the (historic?) Ethereum KZG Ceremony but was never able to get in because so many people were queued …

Apr 28, 2023: Tammy's NYC Birthday Trip Day 1 Cloudy and started raining at night. 16,424 steps. Mint POAP for trip! DL2589 from MSP to EWR. Massive police incident at Newark Airport. AirTran to …

Apr 28, 2023: Seeing Bono’s “Surrender” at the Beacon Theater tonight was one of the most engaging performances I’ve ever seen. Two hours …

Apr 28, 2023: It is weird to me that I’ve been to Manhattan hundreds of times over the years, but I’ve never really gone into Central Park at all. We …

Apr 28, 2023: Ran into the Incredible Hulk at the LEGO Store on 5th Avenue. This place was great. We wanted to do more stuff than we had time.

Apr 28, 2023: Mazie and Tyler lit prayer candles for my Grandpa Ardell and Grandma Rose at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Apr 28, 2023: We were passing St. Patrick’s Cathedral and decided to go in and look around. It is was an amazing place to visit. It left us all a bit awe …

Apr 28, 2023: Catching NJ Transit from Newark to NY Penn Station.

Apr 28, 2023: Just claimed the POAP Tyler made for Tammy’s NYC Birthday trip to see Bono and much more. Love it! 🤩

Apr 27, 2023: Very excited to see Hamilton again tonight!

Apr 27, 2023: I’m really digging the new room name decals for 5th Floor of SPS Tower. Names shown: Jumbonium, Redstone, Coaxium, Kyber, Netherite, and Beskar. 💙

Apr 27, 2023: Conjecture: 🤔 As AI makes the Web more synthetic, Crypto will make it more human.

Apr 26, 2023: We tried Hu Milk Chocolate Bars today. Mixed reviews in the family but Mazie and I think they are amazing. Love the “beyond organic” focus of Hu.

Apr 26, 2023: Fun time watching The Lost City tonight. 🍿

Apr 26, 2023: We are celebrating Tammy’s birthday today! She is the heart and center of our family. 🥰🥳

Apr 25, 2023: It was cool to see the Minnebar 17 POAPs highlighted in the April 25 issue of This Week in POAP! Minnebar, America’s “largest and …

Apr 23, 2023: It was cool to see people playing Kubb in Bryant Park in New York.

Apr 22, 2023: Hector and I at Minnebar 17! I’m sporting my Community Supporter tag, as well as my awesome POAP pin! See also Minnebar collection.

Apr 21, 2023: Ringing the Closing Bell on Nasdaq The SPS Commerce executive team, along with our spouses, got to ring the closing bell for NASDAQ today! This was a career highlight for me as I …

Apr 21, 2023: Tammy and I had a great time exploring New York, and getting plenty of steps in, on a 5.5 mile walk this morning.

Apr 21, 2023: Gorgeous day to enjoy a walk along the High Line in Manhattan. Just one month after Tyler and I walked it and the everything was so much greener and …

Apr 21, 2023: As someone who is pretty terrified of heights, this Edge NYC experience seems horrifying. Lay on a glass floor 100 stories in the sky? Oh for sure no. …

Apr 21, 2023: Subway trains parked with Manhattan skyscrapers in the background.

Apr 21, 2023: Wasn’t planning on it but walked by B&H Photo Video and had to go in and experience the most amazing electronics store I’ve ever been …

Apr 20, 2023: Evening tacos at Los Tacos No. 1 after seeing Life of Pi. Tacos were amazing!

Apr 20, 2023: Tammy and I enjoyed seeing Life of Pi on Broadway at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. The performance were powerful and it was amazing how they brought …

Apr 18, 2023: It was great to join the Twin Cities Business Women in Leadership event and for SPS Commerce to be recognized as well! The data and stories shared …

Apr 16, 2023: Two days ago it was 87 °F, actually hot. Today cold, windy, and snowing. 🤷‍♂️

Apr 16, 2023: For a technologist, I can think of no better way to spend $20 than a month of experimentation with ChatGPT Plus. For another $20 the second best is to …

Apr 15, 2023: Voted for GIP-82: Gnosis DAO co-fund a community owned forest. I like all the aspects of this project and using a DAO as the organizing entity is very …

Apr 15, 2023: I’ve been searching for a super simple way to sign strings of text with my Ethereum wallet and share that proof with anyone online and generally …

Apr 14, 2023: It was great to see Aoife O’Donovan perform Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska” at the Turf Club tonight. 🎶

Apr 13, 2023: We are going to Brandi Carlile’s Mothership Weekend — gonna be great! 🎶

Apr 13, 2023: The ice is nearly gone on Lake Harriet, and the north shore of the lake was like a giant slushie with small chunks of ice. As the waves tossed them …

Apr 13, 2023: Doubled my exercise volume for the last 15 weeks. 💪

Apr 12, 2023: 2022 Minnesota Aspirations in Computing Award Ceremony It was great to join the Aspirations in Computing annual award ceremony and celebrate the impressive accomplishments of these young women. We are also …

Apr 12, 2023: Attended a presentation of the American Service (also see American Service in Ukraine) from Aswar Rahman. What they are doing to help Ukrainians that …

Apr 9, 2023: Fun seeing The Super Mario Bros. Movie tonight! I thought the movie was a lot of fun. I enjoyed how they brought the characters to life. 🍿

Apr 9, 2023: Happy Easter from the Thingelstad Family! 🐣

Apr 9, 2023: Easter Bunny partnered with MrBeast this year and brought all the Feastables for us to try! 🐣🍫

Apr 9, 2023: Watching the 120th edition of Paris-Roubaix through the Trouée d’Arenberg.

Apr 8, 2023: Tammy and I had a great evening at the Tina Schlieske show at The Dakota tonight. It was my favorite show of hers ever, but I’ve only seen her …

Apr 8, 2023: Digging my new Roll Bicycle C:1 City Bike from Tangletown Bike Shop. I’ve got a bunch of bikes, but I wanted to get a simple city bike to ride …

Apr 8, 2023: I liked the contrast of the trees and organic waiting to bloom now that the snow is gone with the concrete and graffiti.

Apr 8, 2023: Nice Saturday morning in St. Paul: Hot Hands for delicious Chicken Pot Pie. Roots Roasting for a delightful cup of coffee. A nice walk in Hidden Falls …

Apr 5, 2023: Complete Collection of 612 Series One of my favorite NFT projects is the 612 Series by Erik Halaas of StayNftyMpls. I like that it is a local project, made by a local artist, and the …

Apr 2, 2023: A big thank you to my bro-in-law Hector for nabbing me one of the first run NFTy FIGs of the Bored Ape Yacht Club. Mine is 619 of 5,000. It is a model …

Apr 1, 2023: We took a quick trip to Grand Rapids to see Annie Jr. at the Reif Center. Our nephew was playing one of the main roles. The performance was great. …

Apr 1, 2023: The several inches of snow last night is a big April Fools joke right? If we just wait a while we will get a big laugh and it will disappear? 😬

Mar 29, 2023: Building on Dreams — Avenues for Youth Tammy and I had a good evening at the 10th Annual Building on Dreams fundraiser for Avenues for Youth. Shayla Reaves was emcee with Katherine Meerse …

Mar 28, 2023: Minnebar 17 StayNftyMpls 612 Series Giveaway Minnebar 17 is coming up on April 22nd! For the first time ever, there will be Minnebar 17 POAPs given to all attendees, presenters, and organizers. I …

Mar 26, 2023: Tyler has been doing some coding projects and is liking it so I ordered some books to help him along: Coding for Kids: Python and Coding Projects in …

Mar 25, 2023: We watched Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle tonight and thought it was really fun. Better movie than I expected. Plenty of good laughs and fun action. 🍿

Mar 23, 2023: I’m digging these Women Cryptologists of World War II Stamps. During World War II, some 11,000 women labored day and night, helping to process …

Mar 21, 2023: Our 2022 Family Yearbook has arrived! This is the fifteenth book that Tammy has created. Everyone treasures them. 💗

Mar 20, 2023: New York 2023 - Day 3 Partial day: 10,069 steps. 4.6 miles. Pack bags and checkout of Arlo Midtown. Breakfast at Andrews NYC. Walk the Highline. Attempted Milk Bar but …

Mar 20, 2023: We finished our weekend in New York with a walk down the High Line. This is one of my favorite experiences in NYC. Other times on the High Line: 2012, …

Mar 19, 2023: New York 2023 - Day 2 21,964 steps. 11.48 miles. Andrew’s NYC for breakfast but too busy. Paris Baguette for mochi donut. Angelina for absolutly perfect macarons. …

Mar 19, 2023: Tyler and I successfully solved the Sugar Rush room at Exit Escape Room NYC! We had 3m 3s time remaining on the clock. Doing puzzle rooms with just …

Mar 19, 2023: Nintendo NY One of our must stop places for Tyler and I in New York was Nintendo New York! We got here on Sunday right at 11a when they opened. The store is …

Mar 18, 2023: New York 2023 - Day 1 19,922 steps. 10.01 miles. Bagels at Liberty Bagel. Taxi to Battery Park. Ferry to Liberty Island. Visit Statue of Liberty and Pedastal. Ferry to …

Mar 18, 2023: Tyler and I visited the 9/11 Memorial and Museum. It is strange to experience things that are so vivid in my mind but are things that happened before …

Mar 18, 2023: I would not do well on this elevator. 💀

Mar 18, 2023: In the crowd boarding the ferry from Ellis Island to Manhattan with the Statue of Liberty in the background.

Mar 18, 2023: Lady Liberty.

Mar 18, 2023: Tyler and I visiting with Lady Liberty!

Mar 18, 2023: You must have a New York bagel! So much cream cheese. Cinnamon & Raising with plain for me. Liberty bagel with Oreo cream cheese for Tyler from …

Mar 17, 2023: Tyler and I commemorated our New York 2023 trip with a special and extremely exclusive POAP! Only two issued. 😊

Mar 14, 2023: We enjoyed our tradition of π Day dinner of nothing but pies! Chicken Pot Pie was delicious, followed with a Nutella Pie. All homemade from scratch! …

Mar 14, 2023: TeamSPS had a great time celebrating π Day at 3:14pm today with 600 pieces of pie! 🥧 See Pi Day Collection.

Mar 14, 2023: Happy π Day! See Pi Day Collection.

Mar 14, 2023: Using my new IYK Disc to distribute POAP claim codes for the TeamSPS Pi Day 2023 event today! Made a sign to help people know what to do. 🤞 See Pi Day …

Mar 11, 2023: In the midst of a blizzard Jamie decided that it would be a good idea to take the older kids that had just finished sledding for an hour to town 11 …

Mar 11, 2023: From The Economist Espresso on March 11, 2023. American regulators closed Silicon Valley Bank amid a run on the tech-focused lender. The Federal …

Mar 10, 2023: 20 Years of Olson Family Vacation This weekend we are celebrating 20 years of Olson Family Vacations. In 2004 Tammy’s side of the family decided to have everyone get together for …

Mar 10, 2023: “To be normal you have to be abnormal.” — Tyler

Mar 5, 2023: Mazie and I enjoying the giant snowflakes earlier today. ❄️

Mar 5, 2023: Ekeko, a new artist on Nifty Ink, is a great example of what I dig about this site. It is like I get to see into the artists notebook and follow along …

Mar 4, 2023: We watched A Man Called Otto tonight and everyone thought it was an incredible story and engaging acting. Didn’t want the movie to end when it was …

Mar 4, 2023: Hosting Minnebar 17: Creating Digital Community with POAPs I’m going to host a session at Minnebar 17 on Creating Digital Community with POAPs! It is my first time back to hosting sessions at Minnebar in …

Mar 4, 2023: Hosting Minnebar 17: How to Newsletter Update: Sorry to say that this session had to be cancelled. We had some travel plans come up and we will only be able to attend Minnebar 17 for half …

Mar 4, 2023: Minnebar 17 POAPs I am excited to share that all attendees to Minnebar 17 will be getting a POAP token! In addition to the traditional t-shirt, there will be a unique …

Mar 4, 2023: Transferring NFTs in Bulk After I created additional Ethereum addresses for specific applications, I wanted to move existing assets to align with that. Ethereum Name Service …

Mar 4, 2023: Isolating Crypto Assets and Access For the last couple of years I’ve done all of my Ethereum activities using my thingelstad.eth address with the associated identity. I’ve …

Mar 4, 2023: Mazie’s going to be an Ole!

Mar 3, 2023: We went on a tour of St. Olaf today as Mazie works through her decisions on where she wants to go to college. It is a really pretty campus.

Mar 2, 2023: Nordic Village at Riva Terrace Tammy and I enjoyed a delicious 7-course Nordic Village experience. The food was great and the individual cabins were really cool with downtown in the …

Feb 27, 2023: I gave the “Always On Display” feature of the iPhone 14 Pro several weeks to get used to, but have finally turned it off. When the display …

Feb 25, 2023: Mason Jennings at The Dakota I don’t remember exactly when I heard Mason Jennings first album but it wasn’t long after it was out and I played it a lot. It was a real …

Feb 25, 2023: Scene from Potluck MN Food Hall.

Feb 25, 2023: I minted Cat #2230 of the Ukraine Cats Division. This NFT project is raising funds to help Ukraine defend itself. I think I’ll mint a few more …

Feb 24, 2023: The Bad Guys We finished our “snowpocalypse” movie series tonight with The Bad Guys. We watched three movies in three nights! That is a very rare thing …

Feb 24, 2023: Family game of Five Crowns tonight. Tyler won with just 66 points! Tammy had 86, Jamie with 108, and Mazie with 178.

Feb 24, 2023: From The Economist, World in Brief, February 24 2023. Sam Bankman-Fried, a former billionaire and founder of FTX, a collapsed crypto exchange, was …

Feb 23, 2023: Who Invited Charlie? We continued our “snowpocalypse” movie series tonight. This evening a bit more justified with over a foot of fresh snow on the ground. We …

Feb 23, 2023: MnTech Leadership Forum: Generative AI Today I hosted the MnTech Q1 2023 Tech Leadership Forum. The organization is changing the format of this event to have technology leaders run these …

Feb 22, 2023: Dog Gone With the “snowpocalypse” bearing down on us we decided to make it a movie night. We all love movies about dogs, especially Tyler. Tammy …

Feb 20, 2023: We had fun watching Amazing Race S34 E11 as they raced through Iceland and visited so many places that we were at this summer! 🇮🇸

Feb 20, 2023: Ukraine Stamps One of our team members from Ukraine was able to visit us here in Minneapolis for the first time since before the pandemic. The team sent three of the …

Feb 19, 2023: Florida Man may be the strangest board game I’ve ever played. With that said, a large group of adults having a few beverages would have a lot of …

Feb 19, 2023: I Adopted Thinking Face Emoji I ran across this Adopt a Character campaign from the Unicode Consortium and felt like a donation made sense. But what emoji to pick? After thinking …

Feb 18, 2023: Macaron Class We drove an hour out to Buffalo, MN this morning to take a macaron class at Abundant Kitchen led by owner Becki Melvie. Melvie shared that the recipe …

Feb 17, 2023: To Kill a Mockingbird We went to the Orpheum to see To Kill a Mockingbird with new screenplay by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Bartlett Sher. It was an incredible and …

Feb 13, 2023: Just received and registered IYK Disc 585! I’m eager to put this to use for an upcoming POAP distribution! 🤩

Feb 12, 2023: Tyler wanted his favorite cheeseburger from Lions Tap for his birthday dinner 🍔 and to eat in the Tesla while watching Abbott Elementary. ✅ Eating in …

Feb 12, 2023: Countdown at Mission Manner Tyler enjoys escape rooms and for his birthday we went to Mission Manor and did Countdown! We had a slow start with not much happening the first few …

Feb 11, 2023: We saw Avatar: The Way of Water in 3D EMAX at Emagine Eagan. The story was great and the imagery was amazing.

Feb 11, 2023: Extending the Minnestar Community Supporter Program In a recent conversation with Minnestar Executive Director Maria Boland Ploessl I was very pleased to hear about the amazing growth of the Minnestar …

Feb 10, 2023: Ice Palace We visited the Ice Palace at Fountain Hills Winery and thought it was really cool. We had dinner there and were blown away by the Wood Fired Pizza. We …

Feb 8, 2023: Three Kinds of Listening I loved the framing of these three kinds of listening from Carolyn Coughlin “Become a Better Listener” in episode 157 of the Knowledge …

Feb 8, 2023: Minneapolis Downtown Council Annual Meeting I was able to attend the Minneapolis Downtown Council Annual Meeting today. I believe this was the first back in the Armory since the 2020 meeting. …

Feb 5, 2023: Why are your eyes cast down? Look up and listen. The world offers its own poetry. Sidewalk poetry in Northfield, MN.

Feb 5, 2023: Fun and busy afternoon at REM5VR.

Feb 5, 2023: Not Writing for the Timeline I’m done writing for the timeline. There is a concept in Indieweb communities called POSSE. The acronym stands for publish on your own site, syndicate …

Feb 4, 2023: Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris We all enjoyed Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris. If your looking for a delightful and fun story this will hit the spot. 🍿

Feb 4, 2023: Art Shanty Projects We went to the Art Shanty Projects on Lake Harriet today. Tammy has been to this many times, but it was my first. I do like events like this that make …

Feb 3, 2023: Echo Forest Launch Today is the launch of Echo Forest. This NFT project has Minneapolis connections being led by Brooks Clifford and Matt Benesch. I minted two Wolf …

Feb 2, 2023: The Product Partner Fair for #TeamSPS 2023 Sales Kickoff is a whole new level of awesome! Tremendous amount of information, and even an incredible …

Feb 1, 2023: Mazie completed her first sewing project making this summer dress with the expert guidance of my Mom who has known her way around a sewing machine …

Feb 1, 2023: David Horsager on Trust David Horsager of Trust Edge gave a fabulous keynote for #TeamSPS 2023 Sales Kickoff. David’s passion about trust and how it impacts everything …

Jan 31, 2023: POAP Family The new POAP Family feature is a cool way to see what POAPs people share between events. I looked at holders of my 50th Birthday POAP and I was …

Jan 30, 2023: K’óoben pop-up We had an awesome evening at The Great Northern K’óoben pop-up at Glass House. A collaboration between chefs Gustavo Romero (Nixta), José Alarcón …

Jan 29, 2023: I won 5 SOL from one of my Famous Foxes mission chests this week! 🍀

Jan 28, 2023: Just bought tickets to see Aoife O’Donovan Plays Nebraska at the Turf Club! I’m a huge fan of Springsteen’s Nebraska and have …

Jan 27, 2023: Semisonic put on a great show filled with new songs and hits from the past. 🎶

Jan 27, 2023: It has been a long time since we’ve been to First Ave.

Jan 25, 2023: We watched the final episode of The Middle tonight and everyone thought it was a delightful wrap up of the story and gave the characters a wonderful …

Jan 25, 2023: Giving the Bear Blog Theme a try. I like the simplicity and speed.

Jan 22, 2023: Anti-Social Social media is a mess. I’ve lost track of what is social about it. It is a Skinner Box of addiction. The reductionism of a timeline is …

Jan 21, 2023: Tyler is learning to play chess. ♟️

Jan 21, 2023: I have never seen a CAPTCHA on an unsubscribe form! That is a new level of obnoxious. 😤

Jan 19, 2023: I was excited to see nnxyz, one of my favorite artists, publishing on Nifty.Ink again after a couple months away. Bought nnxyz rawblocks 49 to …

Jan 19, 2023: Film crew in the Cloud today shooting some video for #TeamSPS.

Jan 19, 2023: The remodel of #TeamSPS 5th floor is nearly done and we were able to move this week. It is great to be back on our “home” floor with a so many …

Jan 16, 2023: Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile was a really silly movie but a fun family time nonetheless. 🍿

Jan 16, 2023: POAP as a Business POAP is more than just a fun crypto product, it is also a business. I put some brief thoughts together on what I thought would be a POAP product that …

Jan 16, 2023: POAP Extensions I was pondering cool things that POAPs could have and three ideas came to mind. POAPs with Backs! POAPs are a bit like challenge coins, and physical …

Jan 16, 2023: Premium Features for POAP Issuers I got this survey to provide some feedback on features for POAP issuers but it didn’t have any comment areas, only quantitative inputs. So I put my …

Jan 14, 2023: POAP Wishlist POAP (pronounced poe-app) is one of my favorite crypto application. There is a good overview of what POAPs are for. I think POAPs are a great way of …

Jan 14, 2023: Neeva recently introduced AI search results. It works well for something so new. This search is a good example I was doing for Tyler where the AI was …

Jan 14, 2023: I’ve tried multiple times to participate in the KZG Ceremony for Ethereum and it times out after hours of waiting. The wait time is 10,143 …

Jan 8, 2023: iPhone Upgrade “Waterfall” today. New iPhone 14 Pro for Tammy and I, and our old phones heading to the kids who will finally be out of the …

Jan 7, 2023: Morning bowling at Tuttle’s with niece Nora. Mazie won. Let’s ignore the rest of the scores.

Jan 6, 2023: We escaped the Diamond Dilemma room at Missing Pieces with 17m 14s remaining — and only one clue used! Great teamwork with the kids cousin joining us! …

Jan 6, 2023: Bubble Tea Time Our niece loves Bubble Tea so we all enjoyed one at Chatime in the Mall of America. Jamie: Mango Smoothie with Crystal Boba Tammy: Açaí Berry Spritz …

Jan 3, 2023: POAPathon Future Thoughts On the December 30th POAPathon Community Call there was a request for feedback on where POAPathon should go in 2023. I thought about it and here are …

Jan 2, 2023: Scanning…

Jan 1, 2023: Having to get creative to thaw out the Big Green Egg. 🥶🔥

Dec 31, 2022: The Writer of the Family Mazie has a talent with words. Her writing is engaging and her creative use of words paints a vivid picture in your mind. We try to do whatever we can …

Dec 31, 2022: Holiday Week List During the week between Christmas and New Years I like to focus on some different things. Write a meaningful blog post each day ✅ What, Why, and How …

Dec 31, 2022: Mazie got started on her LEGO Typewriter! Through bag 3 building the keys. I’m excited to see this finished.

Dec 30, 2022: Organizational Dissonance As a leader you are always seeking to move your organization forward toward the market opportunity that you are seeking. Moving your organization …

Dec 30, 2022: The term “Web3”? Good: It describes a set of use cases that are easier for people to understand than “crypto”. Bad: It is …

Dec 30, 2022: Music Box for Playdate is a great example of simple, fun innovation on this unique platform. I love that you can create your own songs as well. …

Dec 29, 2022: Having a Style Coach I have spent most of my life really clueless about clothing and style. I’m fine protecting myself from the elements, but when it comes to dressing …

Dec 29, 2022: Today is Lucky’s 3rd Birthday! Some of Lucky’s favorite things: Walks, Food, Foxy Toy, Barking at things, Snow, Naps, Scratching Behind …

Dec 29, 2022: I finished the the Super Mario 64™ Question Mark Block LEGO build! There were a lot of little hidden details. The transformation from block to show …

Dec 29, 2022: Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego? When I was in high school in Minot, ND I used to volunteer for Craig Nansen, the Technical Coordinator for the Minot Public School District. I got …

Dec 28, 2022: On Audience Capture When I first started writing the Weekly Thing the email service showed me two reports that I knew I didn’t want to see. The first was who opened the …

Dec 28, 2022: Now that the temperatures are out of the deep freeze Mazie and I took Lucky on a walk. Walking on this snowmobile packed snow was like walking on …

Dec 28, 2022: Tyler’s LEGO Loop Coaster is really tall! The structure alone is very impressive. I can’t wait to see it go!!!

Dec 28, 2022: Through bag 9 of the Super Mario 64™ Question Mark Block LEGO. The inside contraption I believe will pop out when done. A lot of fussy small pieces. A …

Dec 27, 2022: Tyler is making great progress on the LEGO Loop Coaster, already done through bag 7!

Dec 27, 2022: Just finished bag 3 on the Super Mario 64™ Question Mark Block LEGO. This is a very fun build full of surprises already.

Dec 27, 2022: Polarizing Technology: Encryption and Crypto The fury and vitriol towards crypto is strong. People use words like “hate” and you can feel the emotion in their voice. I’ve had …

Dec 26, 2022: What, Why, and How to Improve Your Security and Privacy I thought I would share a few of the things that I personally do to improve my security and privacy online. I do all five of things I’ve …

Dec 26, 2022: I’ve been validating the Gnosis Chain for about three months now. I’m running 32 validators. Gnosis made the transition to using …

Dec 24, 2022: I really dig this CC0 is Punk sticker from Matt Downey. CC0 is totally punk!

Dec 24, 2022: The snow, subzero temps, and frozen lid on the Big Green Egg are too much to overcome. Need to find different way to cook tenderloin steaks. No …

Dec 23, 2022: Negative temperatures with even more negative windchills make the crackle of wood in the fireplace even better as night falls. 🔥❄️

Dec 21, 2022: Source of Attention “Take the thought itself as an object. Take the feeling of being the thinker also as an object. What is that feeling? It too must be an appearance in …

Dec 20, 2022: We got together with friends and had a great time escaping Cuckoo’s Clock at Missing Pieces. We escaped with 13m 36s left on the clock having …

Dec 18, 2022: I’m glad I grabbed a screen shot of the “Promotion of alternative social platforms policy” because now that same URL returns a 404 …

Dec 18, 2022: I feel like Twitter is disrespecting micro.blog by not including it in the banned list of platforms you can link to. Show some respect! Post is on …

Dec 18, 2022: This new “Promotion of alternative social platforms policy” on Twitter deserves memorializing for the pure idiocy of it.

Dec 18, 2022: The goalkeeping from Martinez was epic for Argentina! 🇦🇷 ⚽️

Dec 18, 2022: That was absolutely beautiful and epic. Tears or joy for Argentina. Messi the heart of it all. Mbappé gets golden boot. Love this game. Argentina 🇦🇷 3 …

Dec 18, 2022: Suddenly penalty kick and another in the back of the net goes Argentina 2 France 2!!! ⚽️ 1m 33s between goals.

Dec 18, 2022: GOAL!!! Argentina 2 France 0.

Dec 18, 2022: GOAL!!!! Argentina 1 France 0

Dec 18, 2022: Getting ready for history to be made! Tyler and I got a selfie with Messi! Cheering for Argentina at my brothers place on Lake Pokegama! 🇦🇷⚽️🎉

Dec 17, 2022: We had a great time at the Rock & Roll Christmas Show!

Dec 17, 2022: These tall pines are carrying a lot of weight. Lake Pokegama, MN.

Dec 17, 2022: Not your domain, not your words In the crypto community there is a common and very important saying: Not your keys, not your crypto. Meaning if you don’t manage the private …

Dec 16, 2022: Tammy and I had a fun night at Tina Schlieske’s Holiday Get-Together at the Parkway Theater tonight. 🎅🎄 Ho Ho Ho! Dinner beforehand at Sidecar - …

Dec 13, 2022: Hector and I at DelSur Empanadas celebrating Argentina’s 3-0 victory over Croatia to go to the World Cup Final! 🇦🇷⚽️🎉

Dec 13, 2022: Find Unique Addresses for Multiple POAP Events How do you get a list of unique addresses that have claimed any set of POAPs? Each POAP event allows you to download a CSV file that has the addresses …

Dec 13, 2022: I’ve created 27 POAP events that have had 630 tokens claimed from 354 unique addresses. Art for 4 of them from Poapathon. I 💚 POAP! Pretty cool! …

Dec 13, 2022: I frequently connect with a number of people in Ukraine. I was asking how the power situation was. I got a copy of their schedule. Weekday on the …

Dec 12, 2022: Crypto in Three Words While driving around on some errands I was yammering about something crypto related with the family. This is when they patiently listen a bit, and …

Dec 12, 2022: LilNouns DAO Votes Time for some LilNouns voting. Vote for Lower Reserve Price to 0.10 ETH Vote for Dot as engineering resident Vote against Marketing Outreach Pilot …

Dec 11, 2022: What in Ethereum ecosystem excites me This was originally published in Weekly Thing #237 as the featured link, but I’m also publishing it here for easy reference. As the creator of …

Dec 11, 2022: Christmas Gingerbread Houses for 2022! 🎄

Dec 10, 2022: I think one of the most challenging parts of crypto adoption is dealing with wallets. Making them easier-to-use is key. I couldn’t pass up …

Dec 9, 2022: Cheering for Argentina 🇦🇷 with Hector at Brit’s Pub as they won on penalty kicks against Netherlands 🇳🇱 in the 2022 World Cup will be a moment I …

Dec 9, 2022: You win some, you lose some. What a crazy World Cup! ⚽️

Dec 9, 2022: With Croatia knocking out Brazil (what!?), my EthSports World Cup 2022 hopes are done for.

Dec 8, 2022: We had an amazing evening at the Concordia Christmas Concert “Star of Bethlehem, Lead Us to Peace”. Fabulous performance.

Dec 7, 2022: Telegram is very popular in Ukraine, and I’ve become a regular user of it to keep in touch with friends in Ukraine as well as some crypto …

Dec 7, 2022: Upgrading to MarsEdit 5 was the easiest decision I made all day. 😊

Dec 7, 2022: Burn test for the small candles I made this weekend. Worked great. Scent strength is good.

Dec 4, 2022: First attempt at making smaller 2.5 oz Wicky Thing Candles. Also experimenting with a bold Double True North scent. Small vessels are harder to fill, …

Dec 4, 2022: Early Sunday morning. Fresh cup of delicious coffee. Fire started in fireplace. Everyone else still sleeping. Gratitude.

Dec 3, 2022: It was another delightful evening with The New Standards and friends at the 2022 Holiday Show. This is now one of the key traditions of our Christmas …

Dec 3, 2022: Ticket to Paradise Tammy and I went to Ticket to Paradise at the newly renovated Edina Theatre today. It was a funny movie, enjoyable, and very predictable. Pretty much …

Dec 3, 2022: Tammy and I went to a movie at the newly remodeled Edina Theatre today. The Shining treatment to the 2nd floor bar area is awesome. I had to use the …

Dec 3, 2022: Watched the recording of the USA v Netherlands World Cup game. Sad to see the USA leave the tournament but we played a tough game and had chances. Be …

Dec 3, 2022: Delicious coffee in St. Paul this morning at Yellowbird Coffee Bar.

Dec 1, 2022: I reserved three Ethereum Name Service (ENS) names for Minnestar: minnestar.eth, minnebar.eth, and minnedemo.eth. Minnestar doesn’t have a need …

Nov 29, 2022: Some coffee to start your day? “Coffee is for closers.” Love this. 🤩 #TeamSPS

Nov 28, 2022: Cyber Monday 2022! Great day to show all the work our teams do to deliver amazing performance! #TeamSPS

Nov 27, 2022: Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser Notes We had a great Things 4 Good 2022 Fall Fundraiser. With the help of many friends and family we raised $5,217 to support four good causes. Some notes …

Nov 27, 2022: Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser Distributed The Things 4 Good 2022 Fall Fundraiser raised $5,217 to support good causes! That is a $460 increase over 2021. We had around 100 visitors as well as …

Nov 26, 2022: We had a fun time at Cirque Dreams today at the Orpheum. There were very impressive acts with a fun Christmas theme. It was not as extravagant as a …

Nov 26, 2022: Made Toffee Bars this morning. Grandma Rose used to make sure these were around every time I was at the farm because she knew they were my favorite. …

Nov 26, 2022: Witnessing Lewandowski’s first World Cup goal in four appearances! POL v KSA 2-0 ⚽️🎉🤩

Nov 25, 2022: We got our Christmas Tree from Boy Scoot Troop 110’s sale at Mt. Olivet. Since it was just two blocks away we decided to carry it home. 🎄

Nov 24, 2022: Mazie had an awesome idea and collected things everyone was thankful for and then put it together. Love this! 🥰

Nov 24, 2022: Turkey check mid cook. So far so good. Going faster than expected.

Nov 24, 2022: From our family to yours, wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Nov 24, 2022: What did your Thanksgiving brunch cover? Mine included a review of Ethereum Layer 2 networks, side chains, how bridges work, and what your wallet …

Nov 22, 2022: I was intrigued by the interview on Pivot with Waze founder Noam Bardin on his new offering Post. He’s taking the community features that made …

Nov 22, 2022: Looking great today Minneapolis! 🙌

Nov 21, 2022: Just ordered 176 pounds of candle wax. 🕯️

Nov 20, 2022: I love that This Week in POAP highlighted our Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser POAP in the Nov 15 edition! ❤️ “POAPs for good: a POAP at a family …

Nov 20, 2022: Got my picks with ETHsports for the World Cup! I won the Spain 🇪🇸 entry via a raffle, and bought Germany 🇩🇪 (our pick to win), Brazil 🇧🇷 (tournament …

Nov 19, 2022: Ticket to Ride tonight. Tammy won by just 2 points. Mazie in 2nd. Then a big gap with me and Tyler bringing up the caboose.

Nov 14, 2022: Mainnet Merge Lapse 12 "Thing" The Mainnet Merge Paint Party was one of the fun events to celebrate the Ethereum Merge in September, and I put some pixels down and put …

Nov 14, 2022: I was reminded of The $1k Project for Ukraine today reading Fred Wilson’s blog. Connecting the dots with families in the Kherson region was the …

Nov 10, 2022: The POAP for this weekend’s Things 4 Good 2022 Fall Fundraiser is ready and it is awesome! This will be a fun collectible for those that come, …

Nov 10, 2022: We bottled Sweet Thing Honey tonight getting final preparations for our Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser this weekend! Labels go on tomorrow.

Nov 8, 2022: Ethereum reached another milestone tonight having 0% inflation since the Merge. Ultrasound Money status achieved. 🦇🔊 An estimated 650,652 eth (3.6%) …

Nov 8, 2022: We ended our day in small groups with #TeamSPS building bikes for kids! A fun event and doing a good thing at the same time. Team “Another Double” had …

Nov 8, 2022: Geoffrey Moore gave an amazing keynote at Growth Summit 2023 today. His strategies have been our playbook for many years. It was incredible to hear …

Nov 8, 2022: Looking forward to an amazing Growth Summit 2023 with #TeamSPS today! 🙌

Nov 7, 2022: Lil Nouns DAO Votes Some Lil Nouns DAO votes: Voted for The Lil Nouns Show. Voted for Federation. Voted against Nouns x MrBeast. I like the idea of Nouns and MrBeast, but …

Nov 6, 2022: First family movie night in new house. I finally got the family room setup. We watched Enola Holmes 2. Good sequel and looking forward to more. 🍿

Nov 6, 2022: Reddit Vault and ENS I recently setup a Reddit Vault so that I can play along with Reddit as they try various crypto features in the platform. I love that they did this by …

Nov 6, 2022: I just wrapped up another Poapathon contest to get a design for our Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser. The designers were amazing, creative, and put …

Nov 5, 2022: I’ve seen a lot of people trying out Mastodon. I use micro.blog and it supports Mastodon, so if you would like to follow my writing follow …

Nov 5, 2022: Early morning frost on the cattail marsh by County Road 11.

Nov 5, 2022: Morning run to MacDaddy’s Donut Garage in Ironton! Bringing back breakfast for the group. 🍩

Nov 4, 2022: Big Dipper. It is really wild to me that I could get this with my iPhone, handheld. Editing in Darkroom was critical.

Nov 4, 2022: Tasty beer flight at Cuyuna Brewing.

Nov 4, 2022: The Oura Ring detected I was sick before I did. This is what my 2nd round of COVID looked like as it started. It also noted elevated sleeping heart …

Oct 31, 2022: What must be the worst holidays for dogs: Independence Day and loud fireworks, Halloween and frequent doorbell ringing.

Oct 31, 2022: Happy Halloween! Thingelstad pumpkins for 2022!

Oct 31, 2022: 🎃.⌐◨-◨

Oct 30, 2022: We made another 90 Wicky Thing candles today for a total of 180 ready for the Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser!

Oct 30, 2022: I decided to give Reddit another try. In 2015 I deleted my account. Reddit hasn’t clicked with me, but I want to give it another go. I created a …

Oct 29, 2022: Making Wicky Thing Candles with the Digiboil is way faster and just easier. We made twice the candles in much less time versus multiple double …

Oct 29, 2022: We are doing our very first round of Wicky Thing Candles with the Digiboil. This thing can take a lot of wax! This is going to make candle production …

Oct 29, 2022: Sign a Message to Verify an Ethereum Address Cats Will Eat You posed a question on Twitter that I found interesting: What’s the easiest/free way to validate someone owns a wallet address? Easiest …

Oct 29, 2022: Since upgrading to macOS Ventura I can no longer launch Safari using LaunchBar. I’m constantly launching the wrong thing. I don’t get why …

Oct 29, 2022: Want a coupon code to buy something online? You have to have an account. Login and put the item in your cart, then leave the website. Abandon the …

Oct 28, 2022: The Duplicates and Merging feature in the latest version of Photos 8.0 is really nice. I’ve wanted a utility to do this for years and so far it …

Oct 25, 2022: I first got COVID 664 days into the pandemic, and 294 days later I tested positive today, twice. This time feels very different than last time. I’m …

Oct 24, 2022: Disney World Log Day 10 Weather: Warm and sunny. Steps: 9,908 Tammy and kids head to Magic Kingdom, Jamie hangs back to do some work things. Tammy and kids experience …

Oct 23, 2022: Disney World Log Day 9 Weather: Warm and sunny. Steps: 29,580 Most steps on any day! Check out of Sapphire Falls Drive to Polynesian Leave luggage at Polynesian Take …

Oct 22, 2022: Disney World Log Day 8 Weather: Best weather of the trip. Temperate and nice. Steps: 14,974 boat ride to Universal from Sapphire Stood in line for Minions and baled Rise …

Oct 22, 2022: We got a family picture with Optimus Prime at Universal Studios today.

Oct 22, 2022: The Thingelstad’s sporting our Dr. Seuss Things shirts at Universal Studios today!

Oct 22, 2022: The Butterbeer Ice Cream is incredible at Florean Fortescue’s in Diagon Alley.

Oct 22, 2022: We found the Mystery Machine! Scoooooby Doo!

Oct 22, 2022: Lard Lad Donuts. 🍩

Oct 21, 2022: Disney World Log Day 7 Weather: Cool and sunny. Steps: 13,194 Disembark from Galactic Cruiser Transfer to sapphire hotel water taxi to Universal Studios Ride Hogwarts …

Oct 21, 2022: Having a Frozen Butterbeer at the foot of Hogwarts Castle. 🪄

Oct 20, 2022: Disney World Log Day 6 Weather: Cool and sunny. Steps: 9,137 continued exploring Halcyon Shuttle to Batuu Exploring and missions on Batuu Ride Millenium Falcon Ride Rise of …

Oct 19, 2022: Disney World Log Day 5 Weather: Cold and sunny. Steps: 11,951 hang with family and sent them off to airport Check out of pop century Took skyliner to Caribbean resort to …

Oct 19, 2022: Aboard the Starcruiser Halcyon ready to help the Resistance. We visit Batuu tomorrow.

Oct 19, 2022: Registered jamie.⌐◨-◨ now that Noun Name Service ENS reservation period has ended. 🙌

Oct 19, 2022: Greetings from the Starship Halcyon!

Oct 18, 2022: Disney World Log Day 4 Weather: Warm and sunny. Steps: 20,148 skyliner to Hollywood studios Boat to Disney beach club Character breakfast shuttle to Magic Kingdom Mickey …

Oct 18, 2022: When in Disney?!

Oct 18, 2022: Happiest Place on Earth!

Oct 17, 2022: Went a little crazy and am registered in EIGHT of the Nouns Name Service PREMINT Missions! ✅ $500 of Nouns Coffee coupons ✅ 10 World of Noun ✅ 5 …

Oct 17, 2022: Disney World Log Day 3 Weather: Warm and overcast, heavy rain in afternoon. Steps: 20,758 Disney Skyliner to Epcot Breakfast at Patisserie, and other at Crepery Finding Nemo …

Oct 17, 2022: Idea: Could be really fun to give out a POAP along with candy on Halloween. Hmm… 🎃👻

Oct 17, 2022: Epcot Harmonious was an incredible show. Wow!

Oct 17, 2022: Family selfie at Epcot!

Oct 17, 2022: Having a fun day at Epcot with our family, my Mom, my Sister and her family! Photo in Italy after finishing some delicious pizza at Via Napoli.

Oct 17, 2022: Not going to let a bit of a downpour stop our fun at Epcot. 🌧️

Oct 16, 2022: Disney World Log Day 2 Weather: Warm and sunny. Steps: 17,354 Take bus to Animal Kingdom Go to Bugs Life Most restaurants not open but found breakfast at carts Go on Safari …

Oct 15, 2022: Disney World Log Day 1 Weather: Warm and sunny. Steps: 19,381 Skyliner to Epcot Ratatouille ride Breakfast at Patisseries Explored countries thru Italy Lunch at Via Napoli …

Oct 14, 2022: First day that my Gnosis Chain validators have earned over 0.5 mGNO. Also had 8 proposals, although missed one.

Oct 14, 2022: Disney World Log Day 0 Weather: Hot and steamy. Steps: 10,659 Flight lands Great ride to hotel with Reginald Arrive and Check-in at Pop Century Go to day 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …

Oct 14, 2022: Boarded DL2221 to Orlando to visit Disney World! Going to see Disney Classics with the family and then jump into Star Wars and visit Galaxy’s Edge. 🤩

Oct 14, 2022: First snowfall of 2022 on October 14th. It will all melt, but it is still a fun sight. Minneapolis, MN. ❄️

Oct 13, 2022: At today’s MnTech board meeting we heard presentations from the 2022 ACE Leadership participants as they finished the program. Wonderful group of …

Oct 9, 2022: Celebrating the Minnesota United victory — with a photobomber! 🎉⚽️

Oct 9, 2022: Watching the irrigation techs during halftime at Allianz Field is one of my favorites. Don’t know why. 💦

Oct 9, 2022: Minnesota United v Vancouver Whitecaps starting 2nd half. United leading 1-0, and playoff bound? ⚽️

Oct 9, 2022: Project “Float the Boat” is successful! Dock crew attached cables to the pontoons and pulled it back into the water with the winch. Once it was moving …

Oct 9, 2022: Got our Halloween pumpkins at Little Hill Berry Farm by Northfield this morning. 🎃 They also had a delicious Blueberry Pancake breakfast. 🥞🫐☕️

Oct 8, 2022: S’mores. 🔥

Oct 8, 2022: Cats Will Eat You created “Eleven Virtual Faces” collection and I liked all of them. I decided to get Virtual Face XI to add to my …

Oct 8, 2022: Fall is upon us. 🍂

Oct 8, 2022: Project “Float the Boat” has gotten harder. Cannon Lake is down another couple inches. The rear SeaLeg is up, but the front is stuck in the muck. …

Oct 7, 2022: Beautiful night for a campfire with a nearly full moon.

Oct 6, 2022: State of Blockchain 2022 Event MN Blockchain hosted their annual State of Blockchain event this evening at Fueled Collective in Downtown Minneapolis. This was the first event of …

Oct 3, 2022: Minted three Peepertoadz (265, 266, 267), a new project based on Cryptoadz by Messhup. Looking forward to the reveal.

Oct 2, 2022: So many family and friends around to celebrate with my Mom as she turns over another decade! Wish we could have kept going for a few more …

Oct 2, 2022: Grabbed my thingelstad.lilnouns.eth subdomain (transaction) via Lil Domains.

Oct 2, 2022: We are having a party to celebrate my Mom’s 70th Birthday today and we are marking the day with a special POAP! I used Poapathon to get a …

Oct 1, 2022: My Mom has a big birthday this year and her four sisters and brother all drove from North Dakota today and surprised her at dinner tonight. It was …

Oct 1, 2022: As the leaves begin to change and the air gets a little crisp, it is a good reminder that Minnesota in the Fall is the best time to listen to The …

Oct 1, 2022: Setting up another 12 Gnosis Chain validators this morning, for a total of 32 when activated. Based on validators by GC address that means I’m …

Sep 30, 2022: We returned to The Dakota to see The New Standards tonight. We’ve seen Chan, John, and Steve play there at least a dozen times, and they always …

Sep 29, 2022: Successfully claimed and staked my 4 GNO tokens from the Dappnode Gnosis Chain promotion. Now up to 20 validators!

Sep 29, 2022: We saw BLKBOK tonight at The Dakota and it was a great show and an amazing experience. His performance was unique, passionate, and extremely engaging. …

Sep 28, 2022: One of my favorite artists on NiftyInk is nnxyz. Tonight I created “nnxyz fan art #0001” merging my block lettering with some of his effect.

Sep 24, 2022: Garden status as fall is here: We are still pulling off lots of tomatoes. I had no idea a basil plant can get so big. The strawberries are very full …

Sep 24, 2022: The water level in Cannon Lake is down a lot. The first wheel on our dock is usually under water. The water level is so low that I cannot get the …

Sep 24, 2022: Avalanche (Tyler’s team) v Plymouth 2 team facing off on the pitch this morning. Minnetonka Rec Soccer. ⚽️

Sep 22, 2022: My Validators made five proposals today on Gnosis Chain. New high. 🏆 Still just a couple weeks into running my “at home” Dappnode Validator.

Sep 22, 2022: The RSS feed for the Pinboard’s Popular links stopped working on Sep 12th. Hoping this will be restored soon. 😬

Sep 22, 2022: The POAP for this years TeamSPS Kubb Tournament turned out just amazing! I created a Poapathon bounty and “InsertGenericArtName” just blew me away …

Sep 22, 2022: Minnedemo 37 It was great to see the Twin Cities technology community back together for Minnedemo tonight at the Reverview Theater. Minnedemo was also part of the …

Sep 22, 2022: I got my Ethereum Mainnet Merge POAP today! It goes perfectly with my Ropsten Merge and Goerli Merge tokens. Tyler got one too.

Sep 21, 2022: Great morning sharing keynote for Protolabs GTX event on Innovation Accelerated! Thanks to Rob Bodor for the invitation and Oleg Ryaboy there new CTO …

Sep 19, 2022: I decided to take a big “step up” in Wicky Thing Candles production and get a DigiBoil 9 gallon wax melter. Before we had three melters in …

Sep 18, 2022: Roadmap by Dariush I stumbled upon Roadmap by Dariush (0xDariush.eth, @0xDariush) and the project intrigued me. He’s hitchhiking from Armenia to Georgia and Turkey …

Sep 18, 2022: Got cutting-discs on the Dremel and trimmed a dozen or so drawer pull bolts to proper lengths. Tammy filed them down after.

Sep 18, 2022: Installed these cool modern sconces from Dutton Brown made right here in Minneapolis. I’m not very handy, but I have an unqualified confidence with …

Sep 18, 2022: Tracking active Lil Nouns DAO proposals. Voted for Lil Nouns DAO proposal 48 “Lil Nouns Weekly Newsletter”. Voted for Lil Nouns DAO …

Sep 17, 2022: First time running the Big Green Egg at our new house. Sous Vides beef tenderloin getting a finish on the fire. 🔥

Sep 17, 2022: Noted milestones of your kid driving: Gets permit and you begin the journey. Passes drivers test and has their own drivers license. You add their …

Sep 16, 2022: It always feels a bit like I’m breaking the rust off when publishing the first Weekly Thing after my 2-month summer break. Eventually it all …

Sep 15, 2022: Ethereum is now Proof-of-Stake!

Sep 14, 2022: I have my Gnosis Chain at-home validator running and added four additional validators to it tonight, for a total of eight validators. One of my …

Sep 14, 2022: Waiting for the Ethereum mainnet merge? Make your Gitcoin grants! I supported ENS Fairy, POAPin, Internet Archive, EFF, and ethstaker in Grant Round …

Sep 14, 2022: Participated in my first POAP Art canvas tonight as part of the merge call. Painted my “Thing” moniker in the lower right part of the …

Sep 14, 2022: Excited to watch the Ethereum merge happen live tonight!

Sep 14, 2022: Looking forward to the Ethereum mainnet merge tonight, and digging my Ropsten and Goerli merge POAP tokens. ❤️ POAP! 🤩

Sep 14, 2022: TeamSPS 2022 Kubb Tournament We had our 4th annual TeamSPS Kubb Tournament today. We were graced with impeccable weather to throw some Kubb. We had 16 teams of five or six people. …

Sep 12, 2022: Meow Wolf Meow Wolf seems impossible to describe. They describe their mission as We create immersive and interactive experiences that transport audiences of all …

Sep 11, 2022: Pedego Bikes on Cherry Creek Trail We saw these Pedego bikes at the Minnesota State Fair and Tammy saw they had a rental option in Denver. We got a couple of Element Fat Tire bikes and …

Sep 11, 2022: Brandi Carlile at Red Rocks We have seen Brandi Carlile play many times. Tammy discovered her years ago when she performed at showing of Wits. After we heard her a couple of more …

Sep 10, 2022: Heading to Red Rocks on Bus to Show to see Brandi Carlile! 🤩

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Sep 10, 2022: We had a fun time experiencing the “Beyond” show at the International Church of Cannabis. I tagged the new graffiti wall, and Tammy crushed it in the …

Sep 10, 2022: Denver Milk Market.

Sep 10, 2022: Denver skate park.

Sep 10, 2022: The view from our hotel room. 😕

Sep 10, 2022: First time returning to Hotel Monaco in Denver since our Honeymoon 20 years ago.

Sep 9, 2022: 9:08pm Flight got pushed back to 10:08p at 6:22p. Delayed heading to airport, and flight restored to original 9:08p departure at 7:25p. Quickly …

Sep 9, 2022: My Gnosis Chain home validator is spending the next day or so getting synced. The Dappnode Home i732 was relatively easy to get setup.

Sep 5, 2022: We finished the unofficial last day of summer with a nice bike ride around the lakes, dinner at Punch Pizza, and ice cream cones at Bread & …

Sep 5, 2022: We had a great time at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival today. It was our first time back since the pandemic. It was nice to be there. Labor Day is …

Sep 5, 2022: Signed "Proof of Stake" by Vitalik Buterin Vitalik Buterin is releasing a new book called Proof of Stake: The Making of Ethereum and the Philosophy of Blockchains. This is going to be launched …

Sep 4, 2022: This bat has been flying around our cabin for the last two days. Seems odd to see a bat in full daylight flying around but I guess it isn’t that …

Sep 4, 2022: Dairy Queen stop at the halfway mark of today’s family bike ride.

Sep 3, 2022: With Labor Day and some additional travel, I decided to extend the Weekly Thing summer break for two more weeks. Issue 226 will resume on September …

Sep 3, 2022: I couldn’t resist grabbing a nuNoun and picked up nuNoun 88. Yet another noun project. ⌐◨-◨

Sep 3, 2022: Ordered a Dappnode Home i732 so that I can run a validator for Gnosis at home. I’m a big fan of POAP and Nifty.ink, both of which run on Gnosis. …

Sep 2, 2022: Starting three pork butts for 18 hour cook in the Sous Vides! Finish smoke tomorrow. 🐖💧🔥

Sep 1, 2022: Minted Noun Cats The Noun Cats project was my “gateway” to the Nouns ecosystem. It is the first place where I found these projects embracing completely …

Aug 27, 2022: Great game today with Minnesota United beating Houston Dynamo 2-1. First half was a slow start but when the actual Dark Clouds arrived over the …

Aug 27, 2022: On our bike ride today as we were rounding our way around Lake Harriet and coming home Tyler caught the edge of the trail and crashed on his bike, …

Aug 27, 2022: We had a wonderful family bike ride around the three main lakes along with a lunch stop at Punch Pizza.

Aug 21, 2022: Ordered a bag of Nouns Coffee. Never would have guessed that to come out of Nouns DAO. ⌐◨-◨

Aug 20, 2022: Serene and pretty.

Aug 20, 2022: Time for a sunset fire on Pokegama Lake.

Aug 20, 2022: Just registered thingelstad.⌐◨-◨ on Noun Name Service. Cool to see that Food Noun 3 already shows my “nounish” name.

Aug 20, 2022: It was a perfect day for a 9.2 mile kayak down the Mississippi from Grand Rapids. We were going with the current so you could paddle as much as you …

Aug 20, 2022: Visiting my brother and family at their place. Super nice day on Pokegama Lake.

Aug 20, 2022: Putting in for a paddle down the Mississippi! ///doctor.senior.windy 47.232576, -93.522939

Aug 20, 2022: Delightful breakfast of delicious crepes in the yurt at Hotel Rapids this morning.

Aug 15, 2022: The Decemberists “Rise From the Bunkers” tour was great at Surly Brewing Festival Field tonight. Their music is so delightful. 🎶❤️

Aug 13, 2022: Zinnias in bloom.

Aug 13, 2022: My Mom is helping Mazie get the Tomatoes under control. Only 4 plants but they have all gone MASSIVE! 🍅

Aug 13, 2022: Need to declare war on these horrible Beatles going to town on our strawberries! 😲

Aug 10, 2022: We had a great time at the MLS All-Star v Liga MX All-Star game tonight at Allianz Field.

Aug 7, 2022: What a day! Started with an early wake up in Reykjavik finishing our Iceland trip and ended with a OneRepublic show in St. Paul!

Aug 7, 2022: Great OneRepublic show tonight! Set list was just right and hit all the favorites. Tyler’s favorite band. 🎶

Aug 7, 2022: Need to Breath opening for OneRepublic tonight at XcelEnergy Center. I hadn’t heard their music before. They put on a really good pre-show. 🎶

Aug 7, 2022: Iceland Log Day 16 Sunday, August 7th Cold morning in Reykjavik. Rainy day in Minneapolis. Up at 5:20a! 6:00a Depart Airbnb in Reykjavik. Return rental car to Enterprise …

Aug 6, 2022: Iceland Log Day 15 Saturday, August 6th Nice Icelandic day, a little misty in afternoon, no wind. Our final full day of this epic Iceland 2022 trip! To frame the day, …

Aug 6, 2022: Family selfie from the Sun Voyager in Reykjavik. Cool sculpture!

Aug 6, 2022: Reykjavik Pride is this weekend so we got to see the Pride Parade! Super fun, great event! Huge crowd with most joining the parade after the final …

Aug 6, 2022: We escaped from “The Mafia” room at Reykjavik Escape in 38m 44s with no clues! 🔓 Our first escape room outside of the US, and the only escape room in …

Aug 6, 2022: We had a delightful time last night at the Icelandic Sagas: The Greatest Hits. We learned new things and had many laughs. Plus we got to hang out with …

Aug 5, 2022: Iceland Log Day 14 Friday, August 5th Nice, warm in sun. Sprinkles in afternoon. Depart Blue View Cabin and travel to Reykjavik. Breakfast at Sandholt. Shopping and …

Aug 5, 2022: Family selfie from Reykjavik!

Aug 4, 2022: Iceland Log Day 13 Thursday, August 4th Morning was very cold and windy, and improved throughout day. Morning hot tub time. Depart Blue View Cabin. Explore Gullfoss. …

Aug 4, 2022: The Langistígur, or The Walk of Death, in Þingvellir National Park.

Aug 4, 2022: We happened upon this couple taking wedding pictures at Öxarárfoss in Þingvellir National Park today. Cute couple, amazing scene.

Aug 4, 2022: Me at the Lögberg (Law Rock) of the Alþingi in Þingvellir National Park. This is where the Lögsögumaður (Law Speaker) would preside over the assembly. …

Aug 4, 2022: This is the most extreme vehicle we have seen in Iceland yet! Mazie included for scale. 😲

Aug 4, 2022: Gullfoss!

Aug 3, 2022: Iceland Log Day 12 Wednesday, August 3rd Sunny & Windy Checkout of The Garage. Final visit with the horses and dogs. We enjoyed our time here. Take Herjólfur Ferry …

Aug 3, 2022: Funny joke from Logi at Into the Wild. What do you do if you are lost in an Icelandic forest? 🤔 Stand up. 🤣

Aug 3, 2022: Beautiful view on Westman Islands.

Aug 3, 2022: Departing on Herjólfur Ferry headed to the Westmann Islands for the day!

Aug 2, 2022: Iceland Log Day 11 Tuesday, August 2nd Great overall weather. Sunny. A few sprinkles. Up early for 8:30a departure with Into the Wild to go on Super Jeep tour of …

Aug 2, 2022: Beautiful evening on Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach by Vik.

Aug 2, 2022: Stopping to observe the power of Eyjafjallajökull with Into the Wild. Amazing.

Aug 2, 2022: Out on an excursion with Into the Wild to Þórsmörk (Thorsmork). Beautiful spot for lunch.

Aug 1, 2022: These old Icelandic houses at the Skogar Museum don’t seem to fit me so well. I look and felt like a giant.

Aug 1, 2022: Iceland Log Day 10 Monday, August 1st Very nice and sunny, with high winds in parts. Visited Skogafoss. Majestic waterfall. Did one-half (2.5 miles) of Waterfall Way …

Aug 1, 2022: We had some fun hiking companions on the trail today. 🐏

Aug 1, 2022: Kvernufoss. Very beautiful waterfall.

Aug 1, 2022: Family selfie at Kvernufoss!

Aug 1, 2022: Family selfie at Skógafoss!

Jul 31, 2022: While driving we wrote down words that we felt described Iceland well: Rugged, Dramatic, Varied, Simple, Windy, Rainy, Chilly, Rocky, and Volcanic.

Jul 31, 2022: Iceland Log Day 9 Sunday, July 31st Pleasant weather. Checked out Fosshotel Glacier Lagoon Five hour glacier hike on Vatnajökull Glacier with Troll Expeditions. Gas …

Jul 30, 2022: Svartifoss. I love the columns in the rock.

Jul 30, 2022: We had an amazing time on the Zodiac tour in the Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon today visiting the glacier and looking at icebergs. We even saw some …

Jul 30, 2022: Wonderful evening hike to Svartifoss.

Jul 30, 2022: Iceland Log Day 8 Saturday, July 30th Freaking cold and windy until 2p then really nice after that. Checked out of Fosshotel Vatnajökull. Drive to Jökulsárlón glacial …

Jul 30, 2022: Family selfie at Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon! 💙🇮🇸

Jul 30, 2022: Very good at this 3D Tetris game of packing the rental car.

Jul 30, 2022: Sticker on window in hotel. Dear guest. Please be advised that during strong winds the door can break. Do not open unless urgent. I ❤️ Iceland. 😊

Jul 29, 2022: Goðafoss.

Jul 29, 2022: Boat in Skjálfandi Bay on the Greenland Sea near Húsavík, Iceland.

Jul 29, 2022: We just wrapped up Day 7 of our Iceland 2022: Ring Road adventure. We are going counter-clockwise and are through the Northern areas and are now …

Jul 29, 2022: Iceland Log Day 7 Friday, July 29th Cool and Rain starting in afternoon. Start at Skarðás Country Cabins in Egilsstadir. Breakfast pastries at Fellabakarí. Visit …

Jul 29, 2022: You come across some pretty wild vehicles in Iceland.

Jul 29, 2022: Waterfall on way to Seyðisfjörður.

Jul 28, 2022: Iceland Log Day 6 Thursday, July 28th Windy but Mostly Sunny Breakfast at Fosshotel Mývatn. Drive to Borgarfjörður Eystri. Stop at Rjúkandafoss to stretch our legs and …

Jul 27, 2022: Tammy and I, along with Mazie and Tyler, celebrated our 20th Anniversary tonight while in Iceland with a nice dinner at Vogafjós, a farm-to-table …

Jul 27, 2022: Iceland Log Day 5 Iceland Log Day 5 Wednesday, July 27th Cool and Rainy throughout the day Our 20th Anniversary! Start in Fosshotel Mývatn. Drive to Dettifoss to see …

Jul 27, 2022: Upstream from Dettifoss is the beautiful “symphony” of waterfalls at Selfoss.

Jul 27, 2022: The power of Dettifoss is amazing. From the viewing area the falls fills so much of your field of view that you can lose yourself in the cascade of …

Jul 26, 2022: Iceland Log Day 4 Tuesday, July 26th Cool and Pleasant Start in Akureyri. Breakfast at Berlin Cafe, downstairs from Airbnb. Visit and explore Goðafoss. It is amazing. …

Jul 26, 2022: Travel lunch in Húsavík.

Jul 26, 2022: Visiting Goðafoss! Amazing.

Jul 25, 2022: Iceland Log Day 3 Monday, July 25th Cool and misty with some sun Start at Kirkjufell Guesthouse. Kaffi Grundarfjordur for coffee and croissants. Visit the Glaumbær Turf …

Jul 24, 2022: Iceland Log Day 2 Sunday, July 24th Cool and Partly Sunny in the morning, and Cloudy and cold in Evening Start at Silica Hotel in Blue Lagoon. Relaxation in mineral …

Jul 23, 2022: Iceland Log Day 1 Saturday, July 23rd Warm with Thunderstorms and Hail. ⛈ Start at home. DL260 cancelled overnight and we are now on an “on time” DL9900 …

Jul 23, 2022: Eastern Greenland at 10:50p from 37,000 feet on way to Iceland. Such a severe landscape in the midnight sun. 🇬🇱

Jul 23, 2022: DL9900 taking off now to Keflavik, Iceland. Announcement that we only have five airline attendants versus typical eight for Boing 767-300. All five …

Jul 23, 2022: After last nights delays and cancellations it is 😬 to see storms coming right as our rescheduled DL9900 is supposed to depart to Keflavik, Iceland. 🤞

Jul 22, 2022: Iceland Log Day 0 Friday, July 22nd Mostly Sunny, High 93 °F Start in Minneapolis, MN 11:41a DL260 8:20p departure delayed to 9:20p 6:26p DL260 9:20p departure delayed …

Jul 22, 2022: Lake Harriet this morning.

Jul 21, 2022: Returning to Iceland In September 2012 I went to Iceland for a weeklong photography trip with three friends. Iceland amazed me and left me in awe. I have wanted to return, …

Jul 16, 2022: Beautiful evening on Cannon Lake.

Jul 15, 2022: Something went terribly wrong with the carrots in the garden. Carrot Ball? Carrot Swarm? Eek. 🥕

Jul 13, 2022: Four Letter Words “If we can do 10, then 12 is only a little more.” “If we can just add this button to the UI.” “That has to be really …

Jul 11, 2022: Awesome to have fiber directly into the house. Well done US Internet! 👏

Jul 10, 2022: Putting Lutron Coséta switches in new house. Have wanted to try these out for a while. Starting with all switches on main floor, and will do rest of …

Jul 10, 2022: Voted for Lil Nouns Proposal 27 to Buy Noun 184.

Jul 8, 2022: Moving day has begun…

Jul 5, 2022: Our move is in full swing now. 📦

Jul 3, 2022: I love majestic tall prairie grasses, particularly Big Bluestem. They are my favorite landscaping feature.

Jul 3, 2022: Happy (4-1)th of July! 🇺🇸

Jul 3, 2022: Damselfly resting on Big Bluestem in the morning sun.

Jul 2, 2022: Zucchini have arrived!

Jul 2, 2022: Royal typewriter for disconnected writing at the cabin.

Jul 1, 2022: I’ve been wearing my Oura Ring for a few months and the sleep data is useful. They enable longer term analysis on the web. I’ve been …

Jul 1, 2022: I’ve always used my WiFi SSID to broadcast my website thingelstad.com. I decided to add another SSID for my ENS name thingelstad.eth as well. 👋

Jun 30, 2022: Voting for Lil Nouns DAO proposal 22 to fund Lil Grants Season 2.

Jun 30, 2022: Voted for Lil Nouns DAO proposal 21 to Buy Noun 235.

Jun 30, 2022: Got my Early Birbs I hold eight Noun Cats. I found the project before I really got intrigued by Nouns projects. I guess Noun Cats were my gateway to the greater Noun …

Jun 26, 2022: First time renting a Fluid Truck. Moving some things to the new house.

Jun 25, 2022: Just as I finally figured out the multiple programs, zones, durations and start times of our digital irrigation controller — I’m confronted with what …

Jun 25, 2022: Mazie was awarded Rookie of the Year by her softball coach. She had a great season with GAL.

Jun 25, 2022: UniFi Network for New Home Ordered network for the new home. Decided to stay with UniFi given the great experiences I have had with our current setup. Dream Machine with …

Jun 25, 2022: Girls softball tournament today! 🥎

Jun 25, 2022: Discovering all sorts of unusual devices while getting new house ready. RCA jacks, mini plug, Ethernet?

Jun 24, 2022: Moving into a new home presents many puzzles. Currently working out this one: 29 Cat 5e twisted pair runs 8 RG6 Coax runs B&O MasterLink network …

Jun 22, 2022: At Chanhassen Dinner Theatres for Footlose! Mazie and Tyler’s first time here. 🎶🎭

Jun 21, 2022: Today we closed on our new home! We weren’t looking but a truly unique and special property came on the market and we made the leap! We move back to …

Jun 19, 2022: Bringing the hat for Fathers Day. At Mazie’s softball game on 97 °F day. ☀️

Jun 19, 2022: These two make my life such an amazing and wonderful journey. I am one really lucky guy. My best to all Dads to have a great Father’s Day. ❤️

Jun 17, 2022: These are the things that work and have a real benefit when I’m feeling drained and want to be kind to myself: Double my usual meditation time. …

Jun 17, 2022: When left to my own devices, it surprises me how much of my daily food intake turns into a couple bowls of cereal with milk. 🥣🤷🏼‍♂️

Jun 16, 2022: First strawberries from the garden. So delicious. 🍓 We need to put straw down to keep them off the dirt.

Jun 16, 2022: The Playdate arrived! Preordered this about a year ago. Initial impression is great. Adorable device. And the crank is just so cranky! Can’t wait to …

Jun 15, 2022: I attended a whiskey tasting at O’Shaughnessy Distilling tonight. The four spirits we tried were fabulous, and the space was incredible. I need to …

Jun 15, 2022: Voted for Lil Nouns DAO Proposal 18 to Acquire LilNouns.eth ENS Domain. txn.

Jun 15, 2022: Voted for Lil Nouns DAO Proposal 17 to Buy Noun #102. txn.

Jun 14, 2022: Mazie turned 17 today! She is so smart, creative, and energetic. Her big day has been awesome. I’m so proud of her! 🎂🎉

Jun 11, 2022: Mazie and I packed rider packets for next weeks Minnesota Ironman Bike Ride today. Our task was unboxing and folding at least 2,000 t-shirts to be put …

Jun 10, 2022: Now that we have Jack Dorsey using “Web5” I assume all DNS and ENS names of “web[0-9]+” are being reserved. 🤦‍♂️

Jun 10, 2022: I can now declare some level of basic competency with the irrigation controller and its various programs, schedules, start times, durations, and …

Jun 10, 2022: Mazie and I at our first ever MN Aurora FC game! Awesome that we get to see women’s professional soccer in the Twin Cities! Aurora v Chicago. ⚽️🎉🙌 …

Jun 10, 2022: Dinner at Crisp & Green, Mazie’s favorite restaurant.

Jun 10, 2022: Mazie and I went on a tour of the University of Minnesota today. It is part of her college exploration and I wanted to show her where I went to …

Jun 9, 2022: Awesome dinner at 6Smith on Lake Minnetonka with Hector, Max, and Denny. Perfect weather, delicious food, and awesome people.

Jun 8, 2022: TeamSPS is always pushing forward, and earning. Karin Lucas welcoming the team as we keep leading the way!

Jun 7, 2022: Voted for Lil Nouns DAO Proposal 13 for Retroactive Funding and Lil Grants Pool. txn.

Jun 7, 2022: Voted for Lil Nouns DAO Proposal 10 to Buy Noun #253 from Nouns DAO. txn.

Jun 7, 2022: Tammy and I at the 2022 SPS Social! 🎉 Also see 2018 and 2016.

Jun 6, 2022: Nice night for Glen Lake GAL Softball! Mazie covering 2nd base. 🥎

Jun 6, 2022: The new window manager that Apple announced at WWDC today, Stage Manager, looks interesting. I like how the experience works on a variety of display …

Jun 6, 2022: No Kowalski’s — there is no such thing as a Watermelon Tenderloin! 🤦‍♂️

Jun 5, 2022: Edina Art Fair 2022 The Edina Art Fair has returned from the pandemic this year! Mazie and I made a quick visit and the art was great! Some artists that caught our …

Jun 5, 2022: Tostado Chilaquiles with Slow-Roasted Pork at Hola Arepa is one of my favorite brunches in the Twin Cities.

Jun 4, 2022: My Introduction to the POAP Community I shared this introduction on the POAP Discourse server on January 8. I’m publishing here on my blog as well for posterity. I’m still a big fan of …

Jun 4, 2022: I always like to see all the American Flags flying on the north-western shore of Cannon Lake. 🇺🇸

Jun 4, 2022: Strawberries are coming in the garden! Fresh picked strawberries are a family favorite. 🍓

Jun 1, 2022: Joined Lil Nouns DAO I won the auction for Lil Noun 1416 and am now a member of Lil Nouns DAO, a Decentralized Autonomous Organization. Lil Nouns is a connected project to …

May 31, 2022: Sigur Rós at State Theatre We saw Sigur Rós at the State Theatre this evening. I first heard of Sigur Rós from their 2008 album Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, which I got …

May 30, 2022: We all went to Top Gun: Maverick on opening weekend. We saw it at Emagine Willow Creek in the comfortable recliners. Everyone loved the movie! …

May 30, 2022: Magic Pines Summer of 2022 POAP I’m doing what I consider another fun Proof of Attendance Protocol, or POAP, token! We greatly enjoy our summers at the lake and we have a lot …

May 29, 2022: Gift for Weekly Thing POAP Holders I saw this HELLO “Ink” on Nifty.Ink and I just thought it was a fun image. The author had minted 100 of them for only 0.10 DAI ($0.10 USD) …

May 29, 2022: LEGO World Map The LEGO World Map is complete! There are two very notable things about the LEGO World Map. I think this is the ideal LEGO for someone that is really …

May 29, 2022: Afternoon bike ride to Dairy Queen! Perfect 10-mile round trip with an ice cream in the middle.

May 28, 2022: First Smashburgers of 2022! Delicious. 🍔

May 27, 2022: Getting pizza at Pleasant Grove Pizza Farm and watching the sunset.

May 21, 2022: I’ve been telling the family that we should all have a Hungry Man dinner. Maybe even with TV trays. They are skeptical, but got me one for lunch …

May 21, 2022: Mazie is planting the garden She loves to garden and commune with the plants. The strawberries and blueberries did well over the winter.

May 21, 2022: Boat Day Selfie Cold morning requiring hat, jackets, and gloves on May 21. This may the most Minnesotan picture of me. I think I look a bit like my …

May 21, 2022: It is Boat Day 2022! Got the pontoon from LaCanne’s, went under I-35, up the Cannon River, through Wells Lake, and then home to Cannon Lake. Cold …

May 19, 2022: Lots of hail and heavy rain showed up out of nowhere in Downtown Minneapolis.

May 15, 2022: I’ve been exploring various “noun” crypto projects recently. When I found The Internoun Project I decided to grab the Wikipedia noun …

May 15, 2022: Firmware upgrades are the best. 🤓

May 14, 2022: Gorgeous night for some Minnesota Twins baseball! ⚾️

May 14, 2022: We had a fun time shooting Nerf pellets at each other in various games at Urban Tactical Combat today.

May 14, 2022: I just sent issue 219 of the Weekly Thing, which also marks the Five Year anniversary! It is also my first issue back after an unscheduled break. It …

May 12, 2022: At Children’s Theatre Company for Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Musical! Tyler is a big fan of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.

May 11, 2022: I’m the top collector on Nifty Ink. I just have so much fun here. It is one of my favorite web3 sites.

May 11, 2022: Very intense thunderstorms tonight. Knocked power out for an hour and still counting. AT&T internet service stopped working but just came back.

May 8, 2022: Outdoor sculpture at Hermitage Farm in Kentucky. Delicious Mother’s Day brunch at Barn8.

May 8, 2022: Atwood Farms, Kentucky.

May 8, 2022: Good morning from Goshen, KY. Horse country. Beautiful.

May 7, 2022: Kentucky Derby Bets Race 6 Gun It (5) to Place Race 7 Doppelgänger (10) to Show Race 8 Bells the One (6) to Win Kimini (4) to Win Race 11 Public Sector (3) to Show …

May 7, 2022: This was a very unique place to stay before going to Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby. Woke up in the Airstream to the sound of horses neighing.

May 7, 2022: Race 7, Churchill Downs. Win for Jack Christopher!

May 7, 2022: Mint Julip and Lily. Derby Day! 🏇

May 7, 2022: Checking out the horses by the Twin Spires of Churchill Downs. Derby day! 🏇

May 6, 2022: Boarding flight for the Kentucky Derby! 🏇

May 5, 2022: Great first game of the Twin Cities Soccer Leage season for Park Valley United FC v Eden Prairie SC. Tie match 1-1. ⚽️

May 1, 2022: It is heartwarming to see homes in the Twin Cities supporting Ukraine. 🇺🇦💙💛

May 1, 2022: Connect the dots.

May 1, 2022: “Sunshine and Rainbows”, Mazie’s first drawing on Nifty.Ink! I’ve been cajoling her a bit that I think she would find it fun …

May 1, 2022: Turning Red was a good afternoon movie on a cold and rainy Sunday afternoon. I liked the depth of the story, and that the plot is primarily driven …

May 1, 2022: Tyler did the MEL Science “Tin Hedgehog” project this morning. It was great to see him learning and having fun with it. I had fun too.🧑‍🔬

Apr 30, 2022: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent was a really fun movie. The Nicholas Cage playing himself the movie constantly fluxes in this meta between the …

Apr 27, 2022: I got my invite code to the Coinbase NFT beta today. I setup my profile and it all worked really easy. The social aspects of commenting on NFT’s …

Apr 26, 2022: CODA was a powerful movie, great story, great acting. Delightful to watch.

Apr 25, 2022: All the chatter about Musk buying Twitter and taking it private misses an important point: Twitter failed as a public company.

Apr 24, 2022: Far too cold 🥶 and blustery 💨 for a softball doubleheader! 🥎

Apr 23, 2022: We had a big exterior project done this fall that finished in the winter. With the snow gone, I offered the kids a bounty to find nails in the yard. …

Apr 23, 2022: The dock crew is so fast to put in docks I didn’t even see them doing it! We did wave as they left. 👋

Apr 23, 2022: The kids still like to argue about who got the biggest piece of stuff. So, sometimes I remove the debate. I took the 41g.

Apr 23, 2022: Not sure what Minnesota did to deserve this “spring”, but can we take it back? Send an apology somewhere? 😐

Apr 23, 2022: Support Ukraine via Nifty.Ink 🇺🇦 I have wanted to create my own “ink” on Nifty.Ink and my artistic capabilities are pretty limited. My one talent is block lettering. I …

Apr 23, 2022: ring rang rung by Cats Will Eat You I recently discovered the work of Cats Will Eat You, a Minnesota artist who has created and published a new, original piece of art every day for the …

Apr 20, 2022: I got my Sideline Behavior certificate from Soccer Parenting and The Sideline Project! The information about distracting behavior was more useful than …

Apr 17, 2022: I have been very impressed with all the innovations the Famous Fox Federation has done. I suspect the continued growth in the “floor …

Apr 16, 2022: Go United! M-N-UFC! ⚽️

Apr 16, 2022: First United game of the 2022 season! Minnesota United v Colorado Rapids. 37 °F! 🥶 Tied 1-1 at half! ⚽️

Apr 11, 2022: Powerful performance by DakhaBrakha from Kyiv, Ukraine at The Dakota in Minneapolis tonight. 🎶🇺🇦 Support Ukraine.

Apr 9, 2022: Turks & Caicos 2022 Day 8 Pack up and clean out of White Villa 1. Get COVID tests at Seven Stars to clear for flight. Churro stop at Coco Van. Delicious. Return to White Villas …

Apr 8, 2022: Turks & Caicos 2022 Day 7 Sapodilla Beach. Kyle was our Beach Concierge. Rented an umbrella. Kids played in sand. Rented Jetski! Drank coconut water out of freshly opened …

Apr 8, 2022: Sunset on Grace Bay, Turks & Caicos.

Apr 7, 2022: Turks & Caicos 2022 Day 6 Breakfast at Somewhere Cafe. Snorkel at Coral Gardens. Ice Cream at Patty’s Place. Shopping. Tyler got turtle souvenir. Bought matching …

Apr 7, 2022: These flippers are huge! Tyler’s head provided for scale.

Apr 7, 2022: Afternoon cocktails at Somewhere Cafe on Grace Bay. Cheers! 🍹🌴☀️

Apr 6, 2022: Turks & Caicos 2022 Day 5 Breakfast at Shay Cafe. Pool time at Villa. Tyler did homework. Made Pina Coladas. Tammy conference call. Long Bay Beach to hang out. Tons of kite …

Apr 5, 2022: Turks & Caicos 2022 Day 4 Captain Jack full-day tour with Grace Bay Adventures. Snorkeling at Coral Gardens. Many turtles including Giant Turtles. Toured the canals Half moon …

Apr 4, 2022: Turks & Caicos 2022 Day 3 Morning massage at Villa for Jamie. Tammy and Mazie took an adventurous walk. Lunch at Hemingway’s at Sands Resort. Delicious Pina Coladas. …

Apr 4, 2022: Grace Bay in Turks & Caicos. View from Hemingway’s where we had lunch.

Apr 4, 2022: A whole lot of corks.

Apr 3, 2022: Turks & Caicos 2022 Day 2 Breakfast at Shay Cafe. Browse shops by resorts. Jamie got vacation hat at Goldsmith’s Grocery stop at Graceway IGA. Explored the White Villas. …

Apr 3, 2022: My hat for Turks & Caicos! It has become so predictable that I will forget my hat at home that I should just start planning to get a new hat on …

Apr 3, 2022: This is a good spot to have a morning coffee. ☕️🌴

Apr 2, 2022: Turks & Caicos 2022 Day 1 Shuttle to airport via Landline. Dinner at Barrio in MSP Terminal 2. Flight to Turks was delayed 2.5 hours due to storms over Florida. Arrived in …

Apr 2, 2022: We arrived in Turks & Caicos! Our flight was delayed almost three hours due to storms in Florida. Time to drive on the left side of the road! 🎉

Apr 2, 2022: Countdown to vacation! ✈️🌴⛱

Mar 31, 2022: I could pass on any additional nasopharyngeal COVID tests.

Mar 27, 2022: Support Ukraine There are many organizations doing good work in Ukraine. I am going to maintain this list and update it as I find anything new. The people of Ukraine …

Mar 27, 2022: Enjoying this incredible Double Fermented Gesha special 2nd Anniversary Coffee from Pair Cupworks. ☕️ Strawberry, Vanilla, & Bananas Foster! …

Mar 26, 2022: Market Value up 12.4% Our city shared this update on the assessed market value of property. 2022 Assessment Report The 2022 Assessment Report is in. Edina’s total Estimated …

Mar 25, 2022: Taylor Hawkins drum solo from Oct. 18, 2018 Foo Fighters show. RIP. 😢

Mar 25, 2022: Shocked and saddened to hear that the Foo Fighters Taylor Hawkins has died. He and Grohl are the soul of the Foos. Ugh. Only 50! 😢

Mar 23, 2022: Tammy and I had such a great time seeing Elton John tonight at his final show ever in St. Paul, Minnesota — the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour. At 74 …

Mar 23, 2022: We tried Creekside Supper Club for the first time and had a great dinner. Popovers are amazing. Ribeye delicious. Roasted corn chowder. Butter Cake …

Mar 22, 2022: Our last stop before leaving Nashville was a backstage tour at the Grand Ole Opry. We got to see the artists entrance, the Opry post office, all of …

Mar 21, 2022: Escape Game: Timeliner We went to The Escape Game in Nashville and did the Timeliner: Train Through Time room. We did it with another family, a dad and three boys. The room …

Mar 21, 2022: We visited the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. It was really cool to see so much history. The exhibits were fabulous as well. And some …

Mar 21, 2022: We stopped into Goo Goo Chocolate and took the Taste of Goo Goo class where we all got to make our own Goo Goo Cluster by hand. I didn’t know …

Mar 21, 2022: Spotted the Nashville Party Wagon! 🚜

Mar 21, 2022: Ryman Auditorium We visited the Ryman Auditorium and saw the birthplace of country and bluegrass music. It seems fitting that the Ryman was originally built as a …

Mar 21, 2022: Delightful cappuccino at Drug Store Coffee in the Noelle Hotel in downtown Nashville. ☕️

Mar 20, 2022: We’re in Nashville so of course we should go to the Wildhorse Saloon and learn how to do the Boot Scoot ’n Shuffle! We all took their …

Mar 20, 2022: Space Camp We had a fun weekend at Family Space Camp! 🚀 Our program included runs in the Multi Axis Trainer, the 5D weightlessness trainer. We ran an entire …

Mar 20, 2022: Thingelstad Family is ready for our mission! 🚀 I asked everyone to give me a “stoic” look for the picture. 😊

Mar 19, 2022: Mazie did the Multi-Axis Trainer at Space Camp today. She reported it was fun and did not feel dizzy at the end.

Mar 19, 2022: Selfie with Saturn V rocket at Davidson Center in U.S. Space & Rocket Center.

Mar 18, 2022: Flying to Nashville, TN tonight! 🛫 First time in an airport since March 13 2020!

Mar 17, 2022: We had our #TeamSPS St. Patrick’s Day celebration for the first time since 2019! Something green, some Guinness, and we even had some Hurling! 🍀

Mar 14, 2022: Tammy made our traditional Pi Day dinner: homemade Chicken Pot Pie and Peanut Butter Pie! 🥧 See Pi Day Collection.

Mar 14, 2022: We had a great Pi Day celebration for #TeamSPS. Somehow I managed to take pictures of the setup and forgot to take more when the people showed up! See …

Mar 13, 2022: I made the leap today — got a Leica Q2. We have a number of trips this year, and will be getting a lot of shots with this.

Mar 13, 2022: Went through all my photography gear and filtered out the stuff I no longer need or don’t use. National Camera took it all off my hands for a good …

Mar 13, 2022: I’ve been using Telegram recently to stay in contact with folks in Ukraine. I decided to create a channel for thingelstad.com and a channel for the …

Mar 12, 2022: Tammy’s grandparent’s cuckoo clock is ticking again at our cabin thanks to Blackstone Manor Clock Repair.

Mar 5, 2022: Someday the Wordle will be STEAM. And on that day, I will win.

Mar 5, 2022: Consider for today: Take a moment to reflect on how much the world has changed in the last 10 days. Consider how those changes may affect your current …

Mar 3, 2022: Tech Inclusion Alliance at MnTech Tech Talent It was great to get to be part of the MnTech Tech Talent event today with Caroline Karanja as she shared the details of the new Tech Inclusion …

Mar 3, 2022: Slack’s delayed send feature is nice, but I wish there was an option to delay sending to when the person is next online, instead of a specific …

Mar 1, 2022: Tammy creates a family book each year and 2021 is another great keepsake. These books are going to be treasured by the kids, even more in the future …

Feb 28, 2022: Imagine Dragons Mercury Tour We all went to see Imagine Dragons Mercury Tour at the Target Center. Imagine Dragons is Mazie’s favorite band, and she is a particularly big …

Feb 28, 2022: We are ready to head to a Minnesota Aurora FC soccer game! ⚽️

Feb 27, 2022: Buildings in downtown Minneapolis lit up in Blue and Yellow for Ukraine. 🇺🇦

Feb 23, 2022: Russia Attacking Ukraine tonight deeply saddens me. I have a wonderfully talented technology team of 100 people in Kyiv and we are trying to keep …

Feb 22, 2022: Dogsledding with Wintergreen It was 2009 when I first went dogsledding at Wintergreen! That trip was just me, and it was Layne Kennedy’s photography workshop. It was an …

Feb 21, 2022: Frozen head shots at the end of todays dogsledding adventure!

Feb 21, 2022: Two minutes on the dogsled trails out with Wintergreen Dogsled Lodge today. We had to stop and start the sled so you hear the “woah” and “hike” …

Feb 21, 2022: A quite minute on the dogsled trails out with Wintergreen Dogsled Lodge today.

Feb 20, 2022: Snowmobiling Around Tower We had a fabulous day on the trails with snowmobiles! We got to Lake Vermillion Houseboats right at 9a to get our snowmobiles and helmets. We were on …

Feb 19, 2022: Downtown Ely. Nice to see the theatre open again!

Feb 19, 2022: Snow sculptures in Whiteside Park in Ely, MN.

Feb 19, 2022: Highway MN 169 heading into Ely.

Feb 19, 2022: Given the state of US politics, wouldn’t now be an ideal time for the creation and launch of a new political party? The two “products” on offer seem …

Feb 18, 2022: Tina Schlieske at The Dakota Tammy and I saw Tina Schlieske doing her Sinatra to Simone show at The Dakota and it was incredible. She puts so much passion and energy into it that …

Feb 17, 2022: Mike Birbiglia at Pantages Theatre Tammy and I went to Mike Birbiglia’s newest show at the Pantages and it was so great. We’ve seen him before and like previous times the …

Feb 16, 2022: Giant wall of pizza boxes waiting to be filled at Hello Pizza.

Feb 16, 2022: Quordle Tried Quordle for the first time today. This may be my favorite Wordle variant.

Feb 13, 2022: Phantom Wallet for iOS Love that Phantom Wallet is now available on iOS. Has integrated browser, support for staking accounts — just like the Chrome plugin. Can now use …

Feb 13, 2022: Introduction to MrBeast Tyler is a pretty big fan of a handful of “YouTubers”, and usually at the top of his list is MrBeast. I’ve been more pessimistic …

Feb 12, 2022: We had Tyler’s birthday dinner at his favorite restaurant, Lion’s Tap! It was our first time dining inside there since the pandemic …

Feb 12, 2022: We escaped Video Game Mayhem at Trapped in 56m 59s! The room was setup for the adult version. We did this room in 2019 setup for kids and finished it …

Feb 12, 2022: We returned to Mess Hall Art Experiences to have some fun with paint! Tyler wanted to go as part of his birthday. We had a great time as always. Tyler …

Feb 11, 2022: Totally agree with Paul Graham’s take on NFTs. NFTs can be used for so many different things that you're inviting history to make a fool of …

Feb 9, 2022: Neeva Premium with NFT Neeva recently rolled out their premium search offering. I’ve been using it as a tester for months and it was a “no brainer” to me …

Feb 9, 2022: Final prep for afternoon presentation to the amazing #TeamSPS sales team. ☕️🙌

Feb 7, 2022: I find Nerdle much harder than Wordle. 😬 nerdlegame 19 5/6 ⬛🟪🟩🟪⬛🟩🟩⬛ ⬛🟪🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩🟪 🟩⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟪🟩🟩🟪🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 nerdlegame 20 6/6 ⬛⬛🟪⬛⬛🟩🟪⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩⬛ …

Feb 6, 2022: Remembering Matthew Dornquast I first met Matthew when he was CTO at Fallon. It must have been 1997. I don’t remember how we got introduced to each other. We both went to the …

Feb 6, 2022: The Winter 2022 issue of Reading Things, our family newsletter on books and reading, is out now! 📚 In this issue: My Brigadista Year, We Are Not From …

Feb 5, 2022: It is cool to see increased workouts showing a new baseline. I started working out with a trainer and have a more structured program.

Feb 3, 2022: I dig the new .day top-level domain. Not sure how I want to use it yet, but I decided to register thingelstad.day and weeklything.day. For now …

Jan 30, 2022: Tammy and I had a wonderful weekend at Wild Rice Retreat in Bayfield.

Jan 27, 2022: We are looking forward to our first Minnesota Aurora soccer game! ⚽️ — Thingelstad Family, Community Owners

Jan 22, 2022: I setup my profile on Strava to connect around fitness activity. If you are on Strava, give a follow and I’ll follow back. 🤝🚴‍♂️

Jan 22, 2022: I signed up for a year of Neeva Premium. I’ve been using Neeva for several months and have valued the ad free experience. I’m very curious …

Jan 22, 2022: My first ever proposal for a DAO was voted on and approved! elfDAO will be including Toys for Tots in their distribution this year. Now to add three …

Jan 22, 2022: Adding Solana (SOL) and Polygon (MATIC) tokens during this crypto market downturn. I’m very impressed with Solana and the solutions people are …

Jan 20, 2022: Peloton has given back all of the pandemic gains experienced. Either $PTON was overvalued in Q1 2020, or it is oversold now. Still an exceptional …

Jan 16, 2022: Instead of posting Wordle games regularly I made a collection of Wordle games. 🤔

Jan 15, 2022: After three months of very little activity, The Divine project finally took off today! I have Divine 1211 and I decided to mint three more (4040, …

Jan 15, 2022: I am greatly enjoying How Iceland Changed the World by Egill Bjarnason. Interesting history and stories. It is also a great prelude to our trip there …

Jan 14, 2022: When I read articles from people sharing their bespoke Obsidian setups I think one of the best things I’ve done for my productivity is to completely …

Jan 12, 2022: Web 1 → read-only, publish Web 2 → read-write, APIs, social Web 2.5 → semantics, microformats, payments (bank) Web 3 → trust, identity, ownership, …

Jan 12, 2022: We just booked the flights for our 2-week trip to Iceland this summer! I can’t wait to return and this time with the whole family. Iceland is …

Jan 9, 2022: Enjoyed Ron’s Gone Wrong tonight. It was a super fun movie, with a good story, and a good criticism of social apps and kids. Plus Ron was an …

Jan 7, 2022: The Omicron variant is spreading at an incredible rate. 👀 Via The New York Times (Jan 7, 2022).

Jan 6, 2022: At SPS one of our engineers started a thread for everyone to share their “Frequently Used” emoji from Slack. It was really fun and …

Jan 5, 2022: I got really lucky on my first Wordle. Wordle 200 2/6 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 See collection of Wordle game.

Jan 4, 2022: 664 days into the COVID-19 pandemic and I got it. 😞 Two days after significant exposure. Fully vaccinated and boosted. Symptoms are congestion, low …

Jan 3, 2022: We just barely beat the new Robot Rampage room at Trapped Puzzle Rooms in St. Paul. 59m 36s. Whew! It was a fun room!

Jan 3, 2022: We had a fabulous hike in the snow at Wood-Rill SNA today.

Jan 3, 2022: Family selfie on my big birthday! 5️⃣0️⃣

Jan 3, 2022: The Big 5 O Song! Tammy surprised me with an amazing gift for my 50th Birthday today — my very own song! A full on rock song for me featuring the family. I love it! It …

Jan 3, 2022: My daughter has a great way of framing my big birthday! 🤣

Jan 3, 2022: Jamie v5.0.0 Today I turn fifty! 🎉 I don’t find that I have a lot of profundity to share. But here are some thoughts… I have never regretted being …

Jan 2, 2022: Wicky Thing Tealights Yesterday I made more 12oz candles, as well as some tealight candles. After realizing that the small tealights needed to be on a towel to slow down …

Jan 2, 2022: We made it 662 days into the pandemic before having a confirmed COVID-19 exposure. We are all vaccinated and three of us are boosted. 🤞🦠 Bummer for me …

Jan 2, 2022: New reported Covid-19 cases via The New York Times. I wonder what this Omicron spike would like like without vaccines. The slope of that climb is …

Jan 1, 2022: First attempt at making tealight candles along with some regular Wicky Thing candles. Requires precision for 0.5 oz pour. Towel under the tealights is …

Dec 31, 2021: Blokus is another New Years Eve tradition. Tyler (Blue) won this year with just 4 points left. Tammy (Green) with 8, Jamie (Red) with 11, and Mazie …

Dec 31, 2021: Every New Years Eve we play Clue and for the first time in memory I won! On my very first turn I guessed Mustard, Knife, Lounge and randomly hit both …

Dec 31, 2021: Shelfie of next round of books my book club is reading: The Blocksize War (my pick), Empire of Pain, The Florentines paired with Aeschylus I (only …

Dec 31, 2021: Time for our traditional New Years Eve fondue dinner.

Dec 29, 2021: Movie tonight was Free Guy and it was pretty fun! The various riffs on gamer culture were all really funny. Tammy’s pick. 🍿

Dec 29, 2021: Today is Lucky’s 2nd birthday! She is officially no longer a puppy. Mazie and I took her on a nice, cold, snowy walk and she loved it. She got a lot …

Dec 29, 2021: Horse at sunset.

Dec 29, 2021: Today’s board game was Settlers of Catan! We messed up the rules more than a few times, and the game took a long time to wrap up, but still liked it. …

Dec 28, 2021: Totally enjoyed In The Heights tonight. Great movie and incredible performances. Wow. My movie pick. 🍿

Dec 28, 2021: Tonight’s board game was Photosynthesis. Mazie’s pick, and she won with a good lead! 🌳

Dec 28, 2021: Visiting A Central Minnesota Farm by Layne Kennedy My friend and amazing photographer Layne Kennedy put together this short video of life on a Central Minnesota Farm. I love how he captures it all so …

Dec 28, 2021: Lucky enjoys snow so much. When it is snowing she wants to be outside all the time. She eats mouthfuls of snow whenever she can. She seems completely …

Dec 28, 2021: Cannon Lake.

Dec 28, 2021: Horse out in the field with a light coating of snow. This is on our regular walking route at Magic Pines.

Dec 28, 2021: Famous Fox Dens Multichain I’m so impressed with Famous Fox Federation! Today they announced that you can associate your Ethereum address with your Fox Profile on Solana. …

Dec 28, 2021: Angry Bunny Club Jigsaw Puzzle We make a custom jigsaw puzzle each Christmas. This year I also took my collection of Angry Bunny Club NFT’s and created a custom puzzle from …

Dec 27, 2021: Mazie picked Stargirl for us to watch tonight. It was a great story, well told, and touching. Great family movie. 🍿

Dec 27, 2021: Blokus tonight. Tammy and I tied at 15. Tyler at 18. Mazie at 19.

Dec 27, 2021: I love this new micro.blog Posts Stats Plugin from Amit Gawande! “Total Words Written 445,145 (that’s almost 11 novellas).” See all the numbers on my …

Dec 27, 2021: Tammy finished another puzzle today. The 1,000 piece “The Lion Is Awake” by Souther Salazar. 🧩

Dec 26, 2021: We all watched Flipped tonight. Great, heartwarming movie. Tyler’s pick.

Dec 26, 2021: Ordered a 2022 Continuous Wall Calendar from Kairos Cognition today. Going to try using this as a family planning tool this year.

Dec 26, 2021: It has only been a week since the last update on the siding and window project but things are progressing nicely. The weather is getting very cold now …

Dec 26, 2021: Tyler got started on his Christmas LEGO, building Old Trafford - Manchester United stadium! ⚽️ This is going to be amazing to see finished!

Dec 26, 2021: Mazie started her Christmas LEGO today too, the Roller Coaster! 🎢 She has already complete the Carousel 🎠 and Ferris Wheel 🎡 and this will complete …

Dec 26, 2021: I got Trekking the National Parks Trivia for Christmas this year. It is a fun and fast game to play. You get to learn things too. I got Trekking the …

Dec 26, 2021: Land of Things Christmas Puzzle Today Tammy put together this years custom Christmas Puzzle that we made for her and it came out really well. It was definitely the hardest puzzle we …

Dec 26, 2021: The Angry Bunny Club has been on a roll lately with active trading driving the floor price up significantly. I dig my collection of 19 bunnies that …

Dec 26, 2021: All of my deep knowledge of technology, software, networks, WiFi… it all comes crumbling apart when there is no hot water and the water heater won’t …

Dec 26, 2021: LEGO World Map Starting in on my Christmas LEGO project: World Map! Item 31203, 11,695 pieces. Unlike any other LEGO project I’ve ever done. 🤩 Painting with LEGO? …

Dec 25, 2021: Hit a poor raccoon that was crossing I-35 on our way to the cabin tonight. Couldn’t see it at all until it was too late. Struck driver side front …

Dec 25, 2021: I thought I knew all the esoteric strategy lawn games, and then Tammy surprised me with Kingdom! I’m intrigued! May this usurp Kubb?

Dec 25, 2021: Covid Christmas is Complicated. 😬🎄

Dec 25, 2021: Santa 🎅 left me Dave Grohl’s book The Storyteller and a National Parks mug that you can check off as you visit. Santa knows me very well. 😊 …

Dec 24, 2021: Christmas Eve 2021 will now be known as The Night Before Covid Exposure Notifications. 😬

Dec 24, 2021: My Grandma Rose always made Krumkake. My Mom makes the Krumkake now. I took my first attempt making it tonight. Holiday traditions.

Dec 24, 2021: Our tradition to have steaks on the Big Green Egg on Christmas Eve.

Dec 22, 2021: I joined the POAPathon this morning and got my USA POAPathon Holiday Spectacular token! The POAPathon is a 24 hour event featuring holiday POAPs from …

Dec 21, 2021: Happy Winter Solstice! ❄️

Dec 19, 2021: “Bottom starting” my Big Green Egg to thaw the gasket and get it open for Beef Tenderloin in a couple of hours. ❄️🔥

Dec 19, 2021: Happy to see that micro.blog’s new scheduling feature can also be used to create a new post in the past. I used to have to go to MarsEdit …

Dec 19, 2021: I’ve been intrigued by NFTs ever since I came upon them. Why? For as long as computers have existed they have made it easier and cheaper to make …

Dec 18, 2021: Somehow we hadn’t seen National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation so we watched it tonight. Some good laughs! 🎄

Dec 18, 2021: We debated for a long time if we were going to setup Christmas at the Cabin this year given the big project and related mess. We decided that …

Dec 18, 2021: Great Christmas tale told in a nine tweet thread. Happy Holidays! Please enjoy this very bankless holiday tale. (1/9) pic.twitter.com/K3oj8d4vz5 …

Dec 18, 2021: All the stuff from Seth Godin: Markets often persuade us that we don’t have enough. Communities remind us that we do. Compelling, and I think true. It …

Dec 18, 2021: We are in full swing on the residing and window replacement project with Keyprime. All the windows have been replaced, most of the old cedar siding …

Dec 18, 2021: A new study by researchers at Imperial College London found no evidence of a difference in severity between the Omicron variant of covid-19 and the …

Dec 17, 2021: Quantum Mirror at REM5VR Tammy got us tickets to see the Quantum Mirror exhibit at REM5VR. We’ve been to REM5VR many times for VR games, but this Quantum Mirror is a …

Dec 15, 2021: Joined the Famous Fox Federation with Fox #7164. I staked it to collect $FOXY tokens. Having fun on Solana.

Dec 15, 2021: Great list from Ryan Holiday. 🤔 9 short rules for a better life: Wake up early Focus on effort, not results Read every day Strict with yourself, …

Dec 15, 2021: Calm in Minneapolis but it is because we are in the middle of this huge rotational system. 😬

Dec 15, 2021: I don’t know if it’s even helpful for me to have this much data. 😬

Dec 15, 2021: Severe weather coming through tonight. Unusual to have tornado watch in December! Hoping for the best. 🤞

Dec 13, 2021: I updated all of our iPhones, iPads, Apple TVs, Macs, and Apple Watches. All went smooth except an old iPad Pro that my son uses. It refused to run …

Dec 13, 2021: Taking my first try at staking some crypto. Phantom made it easy and with a couple of clicks I staked some SOL with stake.systems. Curious to see how …

Dec 12, 2021: Namebase Squatters Now that I have ENS setup as well as SNS setup, I ran across Namebase (HNS) recently and found it intriguing. Namebase does something that I think is …

Dec 12, 2021: Registering Solana Name Service Tokens I have been using Solana a good amount lately, namely for Angry Bunny Club (have 19 bunnies now). I decided to see if there was an equivalent of the …

Dec 11, 2021: We had a great time being creative with paint and canvas today at Mess Hall Art Experiences! 🎨

Dec 11, 2021: We visited the Norway House’s Gingerbread Land today. There weren’t as many on display as previous years but it was fun to have this tradition again.

Dec 10, 2021: 8-Bit Christmas was a fun holiday movie, especially if you loved your Nintendo when you were a kid! 🎄

Dec 10, 2021: We got three four independent COVID-19 exposure warnings from Washburn High School today. 😬

Dec 6, 2021: Taking an at-home COVID-19 test during a break in a meeting while working from home. Very 2021… 😒 Result: Negative.

Dec 5, 2021: The kids love it when Dad makes oatmeal. Whipped cream for the win! 🤩

Dec 5, 2021: I’m a fan of POAPs and have created many POAP events of my own. The ConstitutionDAO POAP is the first I decided to migrate from xDai to the …

Dec 4, 2021: We watched King Richard tonight and I thought it was fabulous. Will Smith gives an amazing performance that completely pulls you in. The stories of …

Dec 4, 2021: We checked out Betty Danger’s in Northeast tonight to see Felicia’s Navidad! It was like tinsel and decorations exploded everywhere!

Dec 4, 2021: 2021 New Standards Holiday Show After last years hiatus it was fabulous to see The New Standards Holiday Show for 2021 today! This is one of our favorite traditions each holiday …

Dec 2, 2021: Got my Pfizer booster dose tonight! I’m happy I was able to get it two weeks earlier than I was scheduled for. 💉💉💉

Dec 2, 2021: Nov 11: Variant identified in Botswana. Nov 14: Identified in South Africa and Hong Kong. Nov 23: Designated name B.1.1.529. Nov 26: WHO Classifies …

Nov 28, 2021: These Angry Bunnies keep multiplying. 🤩 Had six, now eleven. My Minnesota is showing with all the plaid. Details on each NFT. Saving the last spot for …

Nov 28, 2021: Whoever came up with putting grid lines on the back of wrapping paper is a genius. 🤩

Nov 28, 2021: Things 4 Good on Endaoment I had been thinking it would be really cool if Donor Advised Funds (DAF) were open to accepting crypto tokens as deposits. There has been a lot of …

Nov 28, 2021: Now that Apple has Shortcuts working on all platforms, I would like to renew my wish list item of having my Mail.app signature be a Shortcut so that I …

Nov 28, 2021: Mazie is making steady progress learning to drive. This is not a view I’m used to.

Nov 28, 2021: Extended my registration periods for thingelstad.eth and weeklything.eth so the tokens would be upgraded to the new ENS Metadata Service. Instead of …

Nov 28, 2021: Now that you can register any DNS .com domain on ENS I would love to dual-register thingelstad.com but the gas is beyond ridiculous. The registration …

Nov 27, 2021: Booked my appointment for my Pfizer booster shot today. I was surprised that the earliest I could practically get in was three weeks from today. I …

Nov 27, 2021: We all enjoyed watching A Boy Called Christmas tonight. Mazie and Tyler had read the book. It was a great new Christmas movie for all. 🎅

Nov 25, 2021: Happy Thanksgiving from my Mom and I! 🦃🍁🍽

Nov 25, 2021: Wishing everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍁🍽

Nov 25, 2021: Thanksgiving 2021 scene of the crime. 🚨

Nov 25, 2021: Thanksgiving Turkey out of the oven. Now for the rest.

Nov 23, 2021: Making Wassail Tea means that it is officially the beginning of the holiday season for us!

Nov 22, 2021: Four Thousand Weeks as Rings I’ve been reading Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman. The title comes from the fact that if you live to be 80, …

Nov 20, 2021: Faribault Woolen Mill Tour We took the tour of the Faribault Woolen Mill today. We learned a ton of interesting things about milling wool as well as the fact that Faribault …

Nov 20, 2021: Tyler and I played as a team and came in 2nd in Ticket to Ride Japan. It is a fun variant with the community bullet train encouraging some cooperative …

Nov 20, 2021: The two most important ingredients when making lasagna are: Italian Opera Love ❤️ Mazie and I made this pan with plenty of love, and the Three Tenors …

Nov 20, 2021: Tammy and I at Keepsake Cidery enjoying a crisp fall day.

Nov 20, 2021: Firewood delivery moved and stacked. 🔥

Nov 17, 2021: ConstituionDAO ConstitutionDAO caught my attention right away. This DAO is forming to raise a fund to bid on one of two privately owned authentic copies of the US …

Nov 17, 2021: Did the 30-min Foo Fighters ride with Emma Lovewell on Peloton tonight. Put all I had into it with a strive score of 68.0, which was 260 kJ. Foo …

Nov 15, 2021: Tammy and I enjoyed the 7 Course Tasting dinner at the pop-up Guacaya Bistreaux in Glass House. Authentic Latin Caribbean Tapas & Libations. Chef …

Nov 13, 2021: The new Clifford: The Big Red Dog is a nice rendition of a classic story.

Nov 13, 2021: We all volunteered at Free Bikes 4 Kidz today. Tammy, Mazie, and Tyler did cleaning of donated bikes. I tried my hand at the mechanic station working …

Nov 12, 2021: We had a fun time at the Washburn High School production of Grease tonight. 🎭🎶

Nov 12, 2021: We had an opportunity to celebrate with #TeamSPS CFO Kim Nelson and her Career Achievement recognition at the CFO of the Year Awards Luncheon today!

Nov 11, 2021: Angry Bunny Club I’ve been wanting to find an NFT project that I could be part of to learn and see first-hand what these are like. I wanted to find a project …

Nov 11, 2021: I’m a Member of the ENS DAO! I just claimed my $ENS governance tokens and am now a voting member of the Ethereum Name Service DAO. I decided to not delegate my tokens at this …

Nov 9, 2021: Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser Our Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser was a great success this weekend! We had more than 100 people stop in to buy Wicky Thing Candles, Jiggy Thing Puzzle …

Nov 9, 2021: The recent Tesla updates allow you to look through the cars cameras when Sentry Mode is activated. I’m not sure if there is much utility in …

Nov 9, 2021: I now have two crypto-based debit cards. The Coinbase one uses USD Coin (USDC). The Litecoin card is funded with Litecoin (LTC) that is liquidated for …

Nov 9, 2021: The new v2 Grammarly App for iOS is a huge step forward. Finally you can work with documents and not just via a custom keyboard. Now if we can get …

Nov 8, 2021: Nobody does project updates like Paul Boswell does. I love how he goes into details and pulls you along in the story. I’m looking forward to …

Nov 6, 2021: We had a great first day of the Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser! We had a steady stream of people most of the day and sold a lot of Wicky Thing Candles, …

Nov 5, 2021: All four of us “Things” are working away getting ready for this weekends Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser! Wicky Thing Candles being labeled, …

Nov 4, 2021: Tom Wujec gave a great keynote at #TeamSPS Growth Summit 2022! Technology advancement, innovation acceleration, fast feedback loops with a handful of …

Nov 4, 2021: It is incredible to be together with so many members of #TeamSPS today for Growth Summit 2022! 🎉🙌💙

Nov 3, 2021: Tammy creates a family yearbook each year. The 2020 one took a bit but arrived today and it is awesome. These are family treasures. She always keeps …

Oct 31, 2021: Punk Rock Candle When we make candles we measure out all the wax and scent, and then measure again as you pour into the various vessels. There is usually a little bit …

Oct 31, 2021: We just published the Fall 2021 issue of Reading Things! In this issue: This Is Your Mind on Plants, Calvin and Hobbes, Locally Laid, Ghost, Evicted, …

Oct 31, 2021: Halloween count of Ring doorbells: 12

Oct 31, 2021: Jack o’ Lanterns for Halloween 2021! 🎃

Oct 31, 2021: We had a great time watching the United defeat Sporting KC today 2-1! It was a great last regular season home game. It was only 47 °F and 3 of the 4 …

Oct 31, 2021: Lucky wanted to drive today.

Oct 30, 2021: We stopped in at SI Hobby in downtown Faribault for their grand opening today! Tyler got a few Pokémon card packs. We arrived about 10 minutes after …

Oct 30, 2021: Time for s’mores! 🔥

Oct 30, 2021: Our first year with the garden was a good success. We learned a lot and had successes and misses. Tammy and Mazie reset everything so we are ready to …

Oct 30, 2021: I really dig the clear vinyl of Brandi Carlile’s newest album. 🎶

Oct 30, 2021: The Detritus of Fall.

Oct 29, 2021: Tyler and I had an awesome time at the Dude Perfect 2021 Tour! We got tickets two years ago but it was moved due to COVID-19. The show was great. …

Oct 25, 2021: I like these new “What’s new” screens that Drafts started showing. This is a great way for a subscription product to make sure that …

Oct 25, 2021: Just upgraded my first machine to macOS Monterey. Very smooth. Took about an hour. I’m giddy to see Shortcuts on my Mac now! Going to be playing …

Oct 24, 2021: I loved this bit of public art in Indianapolis. The blue metal pushing the rusted metal to the side, juxtaposed with the grass and plants below, and …

Oct 24, 2021: Custom Puzzle Box Our upcoming Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser is going to have a lot of our Wicky Thing Candles, but we are also introducing a new custom product that …

Oct 24, 2021: Creativity on Shoes with Kicasso On our final evening in Indianapolis we did a completely new thing — we painted shoes! Kicasso is a one of a kind experience where you take a plain, …

Oct 24, 2021: MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 9: Drive home! Weather: Clear, cool weather the entire way home. 6:52a Coffee and pastries to go Blue Collar Coffee. 7:02a Depart Indianapolis. 9:14a ET / 8:14a CT …

Oct 23, 2021: MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 8: Explore Indy and Custom Kicks Weather: Little cool but sunny. Breakfast pastries and delicious coffee at Blue Collar Coffee. Explore area: City Dogs Grocer, Moonshot Games, …

Oct 22, 2021: MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 7: Rainy Day in Indy Weather: Cool with high in low 50’s and drizzle rain nearly all day. 🌧 Scrapped outdoor plans in afternoon as a result. Late wake up and …

Oct 22, 2021: We completed Alice’s White Rabbit Rescue at Twisted Room Escapes in Indianapolis tonight. 56m 40s.

Oct 22, 2021: It was cool to visit the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library today. Tammy loved his books in college. An amazing author, artist, and activist.

Oct 22, 2021: Indianapolis World War Monument on a rainy and cloudy day.

Oct 22, 2021: We had a fun time looking at dozens of Indy race cars over the years today at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. It is amazing how much the cars …

Oct 22, 2021: Camera wall at Bottleworks Hotel in Indianapolis.

Oct 21, 2021: MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 6: Cake Bake & Dune Weather: Cool today, and pretty blustery in the afternoon. Needed a light jacket for the first time. Coffee and pastries at Coat Check Coffee. Fun …

Oct 21, 2021: We went to see Dune tonight (opening night!) at Living Room Theaters here in Indianapolis. I loved it and it made me want to re-read the books again. …

Oct 21, 2021: We tried Duckpin Bowling for the first time today at Pins Mechanical. It was a lot of fun and more relaxed than normal bowling. Recommended!

Oct 21, 2021: We took in a lot of art today at Newfields.

Oct 21, 2021: We had a delicious lunch at the Cake Bake Shop in Indianapolis. This place is famous for their cakes and we would agree they are amazing.

Oct 21, 2021: The Fireworks of Glass Tower in the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is amazing. And underneath it the ceiling is clear and layered with …

Oct 21, 2021: We visited the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis today and I was blown away by the sports activities they had outdoors. Tons of opportunities …

Oct 21, 2021: Delightful flat white this morning at Coat Check Coffee in Indianapolis.

Oct 20, 2021: MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 5: Hermitage Farm Weather: Perfect. Check out of the Holy Goat. Breakfast at Con Huevos. Walk around neighborhood. Heine Brothers Coffee Ali Center Ice Cream Tour of …

Oct 20, 2021: Last stop in Kentucky we grabbed this family selfie with a gorgeous sunset at Hermitage Farm. Off to Indianapolis!

Oct 19, 2021: MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 4: Explore NuLu and The Holy Goat Weather: Incredible. Just perfect. Couldn’t dial it in any better with a knob. Delicious Cortado and brew at Quills Coffee. A bonus-round of …

Oct 19, 2021: I did a tour and tasting at Rabbit Hole distillery today. It was a great tour and you got to see the whole process up close. Amazing operation. I’m …

Oct 19, 2021: Visited Churchill Downs yesterday. Hanging out in Kentucky. Seems appropriate to watch Secretariat.

Oct 19, 2021: Our family is hosting our first Things 4 Good Fall Fundraiser! We’ll be raising money for four good causes by selling Wicky Thing Candles, Jiggy …

Oct 19, 2021: Damn fine Chocolate Chip Cookies from Please & Thank You in Louisville.

Oct 19, 2021: Poetry by Boots work discovered while walking around NuLu Louisville today.

Oct 18, 2021: MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 3: Tour Day Weather: Perfect. Couldn’t have asked for much better. Breakfast at Biscuit Belly. Tour at Churchill Downs. Tour of Louisville Slugger factory. …

Oct 18, 2021: Artwork on the side of The Holy Goat in Louisville, KY.

Oct 18, 2021: Fun Brandy Tour today at Copper & Kings distillery. It was interesting to see how different a distillery is from a brewery.

Oct 18, 2021: We went to the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory today. Learned that it takes 47 seconds for a computer to lathe a professional bat. And the …

Oct 18, 2021: We visited Churchill Downs today and took the Superstars & Spires Tour. The history of the race, the venue, and the horses. It made me want to go …

Oct 17, 2021: Just bought tickets to see the new Dune on Thursday when we are staying in Indianapolis. I’m super excited to see it. The whole family is going.

Oct 17, 2021: MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 2: Chicago to Louisville Weather: Wonderful weather. Sunny in Chicago. Clear weather for entire drive. 7:30a Good morning! Coffee at Fairgrounds. 8:40a Breakfast at Wildberry. …

Oct 17, 2021: Checked in to the coolest Airbnb we have ever stayed at, a restored 175 year old church! Incredible space detailed and appointed perfectly. 🤩

Oct 17, 2021: Construction on I-65 down to a single lane south of Indianapolis causing a 45-minute backup of traffic. 😳

Oct 17, 2021: Quick stop at Albanese Factory Outlet Store on the way to Louisville. Best Gummy Bears!

Oct 17, 2021: Mazie and Tyler both love Home Run Inn frozen pizza. We made a point to try it “in real life” in Chicago, skipping the freezer aisle for the first …

Oct 17, 2021: Looking great Chicago! 👋

Oct 17, 2021: Demand Justice sculpture opposite Buckingham Fountain in Chicago.

Oct 17, 2021: I loved the warm, cherry wood decore of the Chicago Athletic Association hotel. Fun spot to stay right in downtown Chicago.

Oct 16, 2021: MEA 2021 Road Trip Day 1: Drive to Chicago Weather: Cool in the morning. Nice and clear weather all day. Nice in Chicago. 6:00a Departed on schedule! 6:36a Enter Wisconsin 10:33a Enter Illinois …

Oct 16, 2021: Another amazing night of magic with Dennis Watkins at The Magic Parlour! My third time and it still blows my mind. This is up close magic and we got …

Oct 16, 2021: “Have Dreams”. Message on 300 East Randolph in Chicago.

Oct 16, 2021: Chicago skyline from Shedd Aquarium.

Oct 16, 2021: Great afternoon visiting the Shedd Aquarium. Always one of my favorite places in Chicago. The iPhone 13 Pro wide-angle lens is really nice for …

Oct 16, 2021: In Chicago so need to have some Chicago-style deep dish! Stop at Lou Malnati’s in Schaumburg for lunch! Chicago Classic (half just cheese). Yum!

Oct 15, 2021: Tomorrow morning we take off for our MEA 2021 Road Trip. We are stopping in Chicago, Louisville, and Indianapolis! 🛣

Oct 12, 2021: My book club enjoyed a delightful walk in Wood-Rill SNA tonight discussing Nature & Walking by Emerson and Thoreau.

Oct 11, 2021: Mazie did some parking lot driving for the first time tonight! We found an empty parking lot and did start / stop, figured out some basic turning, and …

Oct 10, 2021: Tyler introduced the family to Machi Koro tonight and we had a great time playing it. Easy to learn, fast to play, and fun strategy options.

Oct 10, 2021: Mazie doing homework. Mazie: Dad, do you know what a polyatomic ion is? Me: Ahhhh, no. Me now reading Wikipedia. Officially entered into that stage …

Oct 9, 2021: We had a nice campfire tonight and then decided to watch a DVD in the camper. We picked The Great Outdoors. Some good laughs, but a lot of pretty bad …

Oct 9, 2021: We visited Willow River State Park in Wisconsin for the first time today. We all were impressed with the falls. I even got to watch some trout working …

Oct 9, 2021: These Kunekune pigs are so friendly and filled with character. They like their tummies scratched just like a dog. At Sunrise Farm.

Oct 9, 2021: Hanging out with Nigerian Dwarf goats today. Yes, the goat jumped into the Tesla trunk all on his own. 🐐 At Sunrise Farm.

Oct 8, 2021: The extent to which Shortcuts on iOS 15 is broken is shocking. Any moderately complex shortcut will randomly fail from one execution to another, with …

Oct 7, 2021: Just got my flu shot! First time I’ve gotten one. The pandemic experience educated me on the importance of it. 💉

Oct 6, 2021: Our family created an all original custom jigsaw puzzle together! 🧩 We finished the box design and ordered 50 puzzles tonight. Celebration City is the …

Oct 4, 2021: On “my” Internet Facebook and all of its properties are blocked every day, so I didn’t realize they had some downtime today. The Internet works just …

Oct 3, 2021: Tyler and I after our team won today’s Edina Soccer match. I’ve been having a great time coaching the boys. They’ve won all four of …

Oct 3, 2021: A very common business mistake I see is attempting to adopt practices from companies with total revenue close to yours. I think growth rate is a …

Oct 2, 2021: Transferring data to the iPhone 13 Pro. Upgrading from the iPhone XS. Most excited to try out all the camera innovation over the last three years!

Oct 1, 2021: Twin Cities CIO of the Year ORBIE Award It was a huge honor to be recognized as the Large Corporate ORBIE Winner by Twin Cities CIO! I’ve been lucky to work with amazing people and in …

Sep 30, 2021: We sought out the Animales Burger trailer at Bauhaus Brewing Co tonight. Our first time trying their burgers and they were incredible! Wow! 🍔

Sep 30, 2021: We found our totaled out Honda Pilot going through the auction process. I wasn’t sure it was ours but we looked up the VIN and it is. They …

Sep 25, 2021: This is how we wish every MN United home game ended! Wonderwall! 🤩⚽️🖤💙

Sep 25, 2021: Great first half of Minnesota United v Houston Dynamo. MNUFC leading 2-0. ⚽️

Sep 25, 2021: I love this view. No matter how many times I’ve seen it. 🖤💙 GO UNITED! ⚽️

Sep 25, 2021: Ordered iPhone 13 Pro for Tammy and I. Both 512 GB. Sierra Blue for her, Silver for me. Trying out the iPhone 13 Pro Clear Case with MagSafe this …

Sep 25, 2021: We made some more Wicky Thing Candles this morning. 🕯 Mazie’s job was cutting down wax for the melting pots. She had some fun with the wax while doing …

Sep 24, 2021: We went to the Edina Homecoming Parade after the kids got done with school today. It was fun to see a High School Marching Band.

Sep 21, 2021: It was a stellar evening to connect, for the first time in two years, with this great group of local CIOs and CTOs. Kraus-Anderson was nice enough to …

Sep 20, 2021: Starting my first iOS & iPadOS 15 upgrades! I skip the public betas in large part so I can have the fun of doing big OS upgrades like a present. 🎁

Sep 18, 2021: I get mesmerized watching the sprinklers at Allianz Field during half time. There is something very serene about it. ⚽️💦

Sep 18, 2021: What a great Minnesota United game tonight! They defeated LA Galaxy 3-0! Great goals. Strong defense. Loved it! Cue Wonderwall! ⚽️

Sep 18, 2021: Our garden at the cabin has gone a bit wild on us. We haven’t been around enough to keep it well managed. The tomato plants are seemingly everywhere. …

Sep 18, 2021: Today was that sad day when I take the boat out for winter. I got 134 days on the water since I took it out. I went across Cannon Lake, across Wells …

Sep 17, 2021: Nice cool evening for a campfire and sunset on Cannon Lake. 🔥

Sep 16, 2021: For our recent team all-hands we had a photo theme on back to school. I used my very formal High School graduation picture, and decided to make set my …

Sep 15, 2021: TeamSPS 2021 Kubb Tournament TeamSPS had a great time playing Kubb today, connecting with colleagues, and having a fun time. We weren’t able to have this event in 2020 due …

Sep 14, 2021: Had a super evening with great MarketWatch friends. It has been decades since we worked together, but the stories are were as fresh as ever. Nick, …

Sep 14, 2021: Had my mini studio setup today to present at the MnTech CIO Forum: Straight talk on emerging technologies event. Green screen, mic, key light improve …

Sep 12, 2021: Final stop Up North at the Great! Lakes Candy Company and then on our way home!

Sep 12, 2021: Stopped at Cedar Coffee Company in Two Harbors for the first time this morning. Delicious pour over coffee and a great breakfast burrito. We will be …

Sep 12, 2021: Sunrise on Lake Superior. I always find it surprising how fast the sunrise happens. There are just moments from when you see that first glimpse of the …

Sep 11, 2021: North Shore Log Weather: Still a lot of warmth. Morning was very windy. Sunny and warm in afternoon. Cooled down at night. Depart Wild Pines Cabin. Drive to Grand …

Sep 11, 2021: Campfire and S’mores tonight on the North Shore.

Sep 11, 2021: We visited Gooseberry Falls today. We have had extreme draught conditions and the falls have been greatly impacted. The Lower Falls are completely …

Sep 11, 2021: We visited Sugarloaf Cove for the first time today. It has a nice loop hike and a fun shoreline. There is a trail that goes out to the point as well. …

Sep 11, 2021: Hiking Artist Point in Grand Marais. We stopped for a 5-minute silent meditation at the very end of the point.

Sep 11, 2021: We walked out to the lighthouse on the pier in Grand Maria’s today.

Sep 11, 2021: Worlds Best Donuts in Grand Marais! 🍩🤤

Sep 11, 2021: Nice spot to watch the sun coming up over Lake Superior and enjoy my morning coffee.

Sep 10, 2021: We stopped at Love Creamery in Duluth after dinner at OMC Smokehouse. It was our first time trying their ice cream and we were very impressed. The …

Sep 6, 2021: We watched Luca tonight for Family Movie night. It was a good story and endearing characters. 🍿

Sep 6, 2021: We had a delicious lunch at Home Plate Grill in Red Wing today. The Dugout burger was a great rendition of a smashburger. And the pretzel is giant and …

Sep 6, 2021: Had a fun family hike on Barn Bluff trail in Red Wing, MN today. We took the South Trail up and the Midland Trail offshoot on the way down. A bit over …

Sep 4, 2021: Tonights plan: Old Fashioned and Romeo y Julieta. 🥃

Sep 4, 2021: Time to play some Kubb at Birchwood Acres! Lake Pepin in the background.

Sep 4, 2021: I created an official Olson Family Vacation 18 POAP token!

Sep 4, 2021: Tammy made a themed scavenger hunt / puzzle for Olson Family Vacation 18. One clue for each year. Everyone had to think hard. Each family won a custom …

Sep 2, 2021: Women’s Soccer is coming to the Twin Cities! ⚽️ I love that this is being openly funded on Wefunder. You can buy a share for $25! Join me as a …

Sep 2, 2021: I decided to try a subscription to Sam Harris so that I can get full episodes of the Making Sense podcast. In addition to previous episodes, his …

Aug 31, 2021: Made some random candles tonight testing some scent levels and different burns. 👨🏼‍🔬🕯

Aug 31, 2021: Mazie made a Peach Melba Pie today. “I’M A PIE” 🤤🥧

Aug 29, 2021: We went to Canterbury Park to watch some horse racing today. We didn’t know it, but they also had Basset Hounds racing for fun which was a blast …

Aug 29, 2021: We went to the Minnesota State Fair today. My brother and his family were in town and we decided to go early so that we could avoid as much of any …

Aug 28, 2021: After months of little to no rain, it comes in buckets.

Aug 28, 2021: Just helped my brother escape his overpriced and bloated hosted email service and move his custom domain and all saved mail to Fastmail. 🤩

Aug 28, 2021: We visited the Van Gogh Experience and we all enjoyed it. It is an immersive experience built on Van Gogh’s artwork. I found it very captivating …

Aug 28, 2021: I’m a huge fan of Cook. Crazy big pay day. $750M. 💰 Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, received more than 5m shares in the firm and sold most of them, …

Aug 28, 2021: I first heard of Rivian via The Long Way Up. Their trucks look pretty amazing. The valuation seems crazy high, but this might be a good investment …

Aug 27, 2021: What do you do when a hard rain comes right as you put the smash burgers on the flat top? Get the umbrellas! ☔️

Aug 27, 2021: Our garden at the lake has gone wild! The tomatoes have pulled their cages out of the dirt! The tomatoes and squash are escaping to take over the …

Aug 25, 2021: I’ve been experimenting with Literal.club to connect and discover books and reading connections. If you are on Literal, I am jthingelstad. Lets …

Aug 24, 2021: Getting ready for our biggest Wicky Thing candle project! 110 lbs of soy wax. 144 vessels. 🤩 Lots of Wooden Wick boxes.

Aug 23, 2021: MN Nice Cream. 🍦

Aug 22, 2021: Just upgraded both of my Synology DS416 to DSM 7.0! Looks like a nice upgrade, with some configuration stuff to work through. ✨

Aug 22, 2021: We got our pottery shipment from Express Yourself Art Barn in Saugatuck today. When we finished our stuff was ready to go in the kiln. I love how …

Aug 22, 2021: Peach season is a big deal in our house. 🍑

Aug 21, 2021: Grand Rapids & Hibbing Log Weather: Cool. Mist and rain in the morning. Cool and mostly cloudy throughout the day. “Rock’n the 50s” Escape Room at Itasca …

Aug 21, 2021: Great beer flight at Boomtown Brewery in Hibbing tonight. Blueberry Wheat, Orehouse IPA, Nitro Milkshake IPA, and Enoremous Double IPA.

Aug 21, 2021: It was cool to check out the giant mining equipment on exhibit by the Hull Rust Mine View.

Aug 21, 2021: We took in amazing views of the Hull Rust Mine today. Incredibly large open pit mine. Looks like a man-made Grand Canyon.

Aug 21, 2021: We saw this giant Iron Man statue in Chisholm, MN today and had to stop and check it out. I thought it was awesome! 85 feet high, making it the 4th …

Aug 21, 2021: I liked this art from Clarence Morgan that we saw at MacRostie Art Center today. It reminded me a bit of the Squiggle project from ArtBlocks.

Aug 21, 2021: We won the “Rock’n the 50s” Escape Room at Itasca Historical Society in 40 minutes!

Aug 21, 2021: Pokegama Lake framed by trees.

Aug 20, 2021: I dig this FLÎKR Fire that we got in Vermont. Great ambiance! 🔥

Aug 20, 2021: Severe tree damage on Southern edge of Pokegema Lake right next to my brothers place from storm a week ago.

Aug 20, 2021: Tried both the White and Sweet tasting wine flights at Unwined Up North in Grand Rapids tonight.

Aug 19, 2021: We had our very first quarterly company meeting with some of the team in-person, masked, at the Minneapolis Convention Center. It was great to see so …

Aug 19, 2021: I am happy to back the Hack the Gap Book on Kickstarter! I’m looking forward to reading, and learning, from the stories of women and non-binary …

Aug 16, 2021: Made this Action in Feedbin to skip sponsored items in feeds. It works really well! title.exact:("Sponsor:" OR "(Sponsor)" OR …

Aug 15, 2021: After spending three nights on the Floathaus of Saugatuck I feel like I’m rocking on water even when I’m on completely solid footing.

Aug 15, 2021: Varmont Road Trip Index In the spirit of Harper’s Index, here is our index for the Vermont Road Trip. Airbnbs stayed in: Five Miles driven: 3,777 Spent on gasoline: …

Aug 15, 2021: Best Ice Cream of Vermont Road Trip On our drive back we went back and each of us picked the favorite ice cream we had on our Vermont Road Trip. It was interesting to me that we all …

Aug 15, 2021: Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 16, Sunday Weather: Perfect. Warm and sunny. 7:46: Depart Floathaus. 7:55a: Uncommon Coffee Roasters for coffee and pastries. 8:01a: Depart Saugatuck. 9:03a: …

Aug 14, 2021: Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 15, Saturday Weather: Perfect. Breakfast at GROW Café + Bistro. 🍽 Return shopping at Urban Found for Mazie. 🛍 Pottery projects at Express Yourself Art Barn. 🎨 …

Aug 14, 2021: The kids buried me in the sand today at Oval Beach. 🥳

Aug 14, 2021: Express Yourself Art Barn We love to visit Express Yourself Art Barn when we are in Saugatuck. They have a ton of great projects and the people that run it create a great space …

Aug 14, 2021: When we visited Roan & Black Gallery in Saugatuck yesterday the work of Kimmy Cantrell caught my attention in a big way. I was particularly taken …

Aug 13, 2021: Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 14, Friday Weather: Perfect day! Enjoyed a relaxing morning on the Floathaus. Amazing breakfast at Pennyroyal Cafe. Check out the art at Roan & Black. Iced …

Aug 13, 2021: Saugatuck Dune Rides Over the Years A trip to Saugatuck would not be complete without the Saugatuck Dune Rides. We took a ride with “Frosty” today and had a blast. We also …

Aug 13, 2021: One minute at Oval Beach, Saugatuck, Michigan.

Aug 13, 2021: Afternoon craft coffee at Uncommon Coffee Roasters in Saugatuck, MI.

Aug 12, 2021: Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 13, Thursday Weather: Clear morning until Pennsylvania with moderate to heavy rain. Crazy heavy rainfall in Ohio. Weather cleared up in Michigan and rest of the …

Aug 12, 2021: Floathaus of Saugatuck For our final destination of this Vermont 2021 trip we are capping off the unique places that we are staying with the Floathaus of Saugatuck. …

Aug 12, 2021: This is our third time in Saugatuck and we’ve gotten to know the place reasonably well, including what some of our favorite ice cream options …

Aug 12, 2021: Donut Boat After arriving in Saugatuck from Rochester this morning we went straight to Retro Boat Rentals to get our 4pm reservation for our Donut Boat. Only …

Aug 12, 2021: Sailboats at Tower Marine in Douglas, Michigan.

Aug 12, 2021: Very challenging driving in Ohio on I-90. Very heavy rain. High winds. Limited visibility.

Aug 11, 2021: On family vacations I still use technology, but as much as possible I try to put the Internet in “write-only” mode. I’ve done a …

Aug 11, 2021: Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 12, Wednesday Weather: 89 °F, feels like 103 °F. 🥵 Mad Hatter for breakfast. Rochester Museum & Science Center. Iced Maple Latte with extra shot at Ugly Duck …

Aug 11, 2021: Good Luck Burger One of the things we wanted to do in Rochester was to return to Good Luck to share a Good Luck Burger. “1 lb. house-ground, grass-fed local beef …

Aug 11, 2021: Sam Patch on the Erie Canal We took a 90-minute river Erie Canal cruise today on the Sam Patch. We got to go to Lock 32 and experience that and then went back the other way to …

Aug 11, 2021: Time-lapse video going through Lock 32 on the Erie Canal.

Aug 11, 2021: Perfect beer to cruise down the Erie Canal on a hot day? Ruby Red.

Aug 11, 2021: Erie Canal at Pittsford, NY.

Aug 11, 2021: Hot day! Ice cream stop at Pittsford Farms Dairy. 🍦 We stopped here in 2018 and wanted to return. Great place.

Aug 11, 2021: Arrays of knobs and dials are mesmerizing. Even old ones. At Rochester Museum & Science Center.

Aug 10, 2021: The kids are sleeping on an actual air mattress tonight, fulfilling the origin story of Airbnb! 😊

Aug 10, 2021: Updated COVID-19 graphs from today’s New York Times. The case count in Florida is pretty stunning. Minnesota is doing well. The best news is the …

Aug 10, 2021: Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 11, Tuesday Weather: Good weather, pretty hot. Started raining after we got settled in Rochester. Hot and humid in the evening. 7:45a: Depart Treehouse. 8:00a: …

Aug 9, 2021: Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 10, Monday Weather: Nice, clear day. A bit hot in the afternoon with temps nearly 90 °F. 9:09a: Depart Treehouse. 9:22a: Enter New Hampshire! 9:45a: 1h 15m wait …

Aug 9, 2021: Delicious “short pours” at Schilling Beer Co. tonight. Combover, Hopfenweisse, and Moonship on Blackberry. 🍺

Aug 9, 2021: Serious about the canning, and an incredibly precise display. 👏

Aug 9, 2021: “One of America’s 10 best towns and main streets!” Way to wear it proud Littleton! 🙌

Aug 9, 2021: Polly’s Pancake Parlor was delicious and the busiest place we’ve eaten at on our trip, by a long shot. 🥞 Tyler: 3 OREO Pancakes. Mazie: Buckwheat …

Aug 9, 2021: Ever since we did our Charlie Brown Tree with Adam Gale of Rust n’ Grain I’ve found myself appreciating tree carvings more. I love this …

Aug 9, 2021: Flume Gorge This morning we drove from St. Johnsbury over to New Hampshire for the day. Our first event of the day was an amazing 2+ mile hike to see the Flume …

Aug 9, 2021: Nice place to put your feet in the water and relax a bit. Littleton, NH.

Aug 8, 2021: Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 9, Sunday Weather: Still a bit rainy in the morning, but cleared up. Fairly warm in the afternoon. Evening turned out nice. 9:14a: Left 14 mins late for …

Aug 8, 2021: Levitt Amp Conert on Dog Mountain with Mike Mains and The Branches performing. 🎶

Aug 8, 2021: Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium We visited the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium today in St. Johnsbury, VT. The museum has been operating since 1889, and is a bit of a museum piece …

Aug 8, 2021: Dog Mountain Chapel When Tammy was researching our Vermont Trip she ran across a place called Dog Mountain just outside of St. Johnsbury, VT. Dog Mountain is a 150 acre …

Aug 8, 2021: Double IPA Lemon Cello from Hill Farmstead Brewery. Wow, unique and good. 🍋

Aug 8, 2021: We had a super coffee and chocolate stop at Rabble-Rouser in Montpelier today. First time I’ve ever been served a coffee in a mason jar with a lid. …

Aug 8, 2021: We saved the Mona Lisa in 56m 16s at the Greatest Caper Escape Room in Montpelier. Austin, the owner, has created a great room and makes sure everyone …

Aug 8, 2021: Family selfie at the Vermont State House in Montpelier.

Aug 8, 2021: The Treehouse in the mist this morning.

Aug 8, 2021: Connected Device Disclosures for Rental Properties We’ve been staying almost exclusively in Airbnb properties for a while now. We enjoy the unique accommodations and the ability to stay in …

Aug 7, 2021: Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 8, Saturday We are dedicating this day to our friend Ellen. Ellen is from this area of Vermont and most of the activities today are great suggestions from her! …

Aug 7, 2021: Bread and Puppet Theater I don’t know if we would have ever found Bread and Puppet Theater without a recommendation from our friend Ellen but it was well worth the …

Aug 6, 2021: Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 7, Friday Weather: Perfect. Drive to Manchester, VT. 🚙 Coffee at Charlie’s Coffee House. Better coffee elsewhere. ☕️ Breakfast at Little Rooster. 🍽 Alpine …

Aug 6, 2021: Pastime Pinball If you are any kind of a fan of pinball, Pastime Pinball would be your heaven. There is an amazing collection of pinball machines over the years, and …

Aug 6, 2021: Hildene: Lincoln Family Summer Home We visited the Hildene house, which was the private family house of the Abraham Lincoln’s only child that lived to adulthood, and became quiet …

Aug 6, 2021: Afternoon ice cream at Cold Cow Creamery. Tyler opted for a Blondie bar from a coffee shop instead. The Maple Shake was tremendous.

Aug 6, 2021: A Mile of the Appalachian Trail I have had a growing interest in the Appalachian Trail ever since I read Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods. So it was a special treat when we …

Aug 6, 2021: Alpine Slide at Bromley In my head Alpine Slides look dangerous. There is no good reason for that. Visually they look like a luge track and it makes me think of people on …

Aug 5, 2021: Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 6, Thursday Weather: Perfect! Hung out at schoolhouse and made breakfast using eggs from the farm. Walked the farm and checked out Studio Hill. Left for Saratoga …

Aug 5, 2021: We saw the Jungle Cruise at Hathaway’s Drive-in! It has become a bit of a tradition to go to a drive-in movie on trips.

Aug 5, 2021: Saratoga Racetrack We went to the horse track today! 💸 We’ve been to Canterbury Park with the kids and have had fun. Saratoga however is much, much bigger. It took …

Aug 5, 2021: Beer flight at Brown’s Brewery.

Aug 5, 2021: Great sign for a brewery.

Aug 5, 2021: Kaleidoscope Cafe On our drive to Saratoga we spotted Kaleidoscope Cafe and decided the mix of BBQ and homemade Ice Cream was the perfect combination we wanted for …

Aug 5, 2021: We took a walk around Studio Hill Farm this morning and checked out the Studio on the Hill. We saw people out working the fields, chickens doing what …

Aug 4, 2021: Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 5, Wednesday Weather: Great weather. Cool morning. Clear for our entire drive. Couple drops of rain on the sail. Cool in evening. 7:00a: Clean up Modern Accord …

Aug 4, 2021: We took an afternoon sail with Hudson Sailing. We had a great, relaxing time sailing up the Hudson River. The wind was really calm but Dan, the owner …

Aug 4, 2021: We visited the Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Buddhist Monastery outside of Woodstock, NY today. Unfortunately the buildings were closed due to COVID-19, …

Aug 4, 2021: Words we used to describe Vermont: Bucolic, Pastoral, Idyllic, and Verdant. The bar is high. 😊

Aug 4, 2021: Sign in a storefront in Woodstock, NY.

Aug 4, 2021: I’m eager to read Michael Pollan’s newest book, This Is Your Mind on Plants. We listened to Pollan on Tim Ferriss’ podcast and found it interesting. …

Aug 4, 2021: Blue and yellow sailboats on Rondout Creek connecting to the Hudson River in Kingston, NY.

Aug 4, 2021: We had some extra time this morning and saw a trailhead for Overlook Mountain Wild Forest. We stopped and had a nice little hike to start the day.

Aug 4, 2021: Great way to spend the afternoon. Sailing on the Hudson River. ⛵️

Aug 3, 2021: Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 4, Tuesday Weather: Perfect. Breakfast pastry stop at Saunderskill Farms. Rented bikes in New Paltz and ride the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail. Lunch at …

Aug 3, 2021: Ice cream at Sleeping Giant Ice Cream in Kerhonkson. 🍦

Aug 3, 2021: We have had a delightful time staying in the Modern Accord Depot in Accord, NY. Staying in a renovated train station has been a unique and fun …

Aug 3, 2021: Historic Huguenot Street We took a tour of Historic Huguenot Street in New Paltz, New York today. It was an interesting peek into this pocket of Calvanism in New York and the …

Aug 3, 2021: Tyler got the S’mores Milk Shake at Lola’s in New Paltz. Wow. 😮

Aug 3, 2021: Painting on the side of a building in New Palz, New York.

Aug 3, 2021: Biking Wallkill Valley Rail Trail This morning we rented bikes from New Paltz Biking and took a 16.2 miles round-trip ride on the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail. It was a wonderful ride …

Aug 2, 2021: Ready to watch Dune, again! Dune is perhaps my favorite sci-fi world. I read all six of Frank Herbert’s books in one summer and loved them. I saw Lynch’s 1984 version …

Aug 2, 2021: Recent NFT Activity This block of updates from today’s Modern Finance newsletter on recent activity around NFTs blew me away. Here are some fun NFT stats from the …

Aug 2, 2021: Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 3, Monday Weather: Perfect. Breakfast at Kerhonkson Diner in Kerhonkson. Drive to Bethel, about an hour. Woodstock Museum and Historical Site at Bethel Woods …

Aug 2, 2021: We are on a road trip and are playing Road Sign Math! Today we found a winner outside of Wurtsboro!

Aug 2, 2021: Tyler created a cairn of his own at the site of the Woodstock stage. He even added a little flower to it.`

Aug 2, 2021: The original site for Woodstock is just a little bit down the road from the historical marker. The original stage location has several cairns and …

Aug 2, 2021: While we were visiting the Woodstock site today we took the restored Bindy Bazaar Trail through the trees. I loved Carol Hummel’s crocheted …

Aug 2, 2021: The Magic Bus in the Woodstock & the 60’s exhibit at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.

Aug 2, 2021: Tammy and I at the official marker for Woodstock from the National Register of Historical Places! This was an incredible place to explore.

Aug 1, 2021: Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 2, Sunday Weather: Brief drizzle in the morning. Clear weather through entire route. Drizzle and very cloudy in Accord. 8:25a: Depart Cleveland 9:20a: Enter …

Aug 1, 2021: Today we have part two of the drive to get to our first real destination in Accord, NY. 475 miles. Should take around 8 hours. 🛣

Jul 31, 2021: Vermont Road Trip Log: Day 1, Saturday Weather: Slight fog in the morning. Good weather throughout route. 5:00am: Up early! 5:30a: Mazda odometer is 117 miles. 5:59a: Depart! Sunrise! 6:25a …

Jul 31, 2021: Spending the night in Cleveland, OH so we had to get some amazing Graeter’s French Pot Ice Cream.

Jul 31, 2021: Today we “blast off” 🚀 our road trip to Vermont with a 760 mile drive to Cleveland! 🛣

Jul 30, 2021: We head out on vacation tomorrow. I setup my email auto-responders on both work and personal accounts. Created Vacation deferral folders for Sanebox …

Jul 29, 2021: I sat outside for two hours tonight with my book club and now my eyes are burning. The air is very smoky.

Jul 25, 2021: We just sent out the Summer 2021 edition of Reading Things! Here in the Real World, Think Again, My Eyes Are Up Here, Klara and the Sun, Diary of a …

Jul 24, 2021: I’ve been following the development of the Playdate for a while. I love all the innovation — including games by season and the crank! The games …

Jul 24, 2021: Vermont 2021 Road Trip A week from today we depart on our summer vacation! We are heading out on a 2-week road trip to Vermont and back with stops in: Cleveland, OH Accord, …

Jul 24, 2021: Mazda CX-9 Carbon Edition We had no plans to be buying a new car right now, but with severe hail damage to our Honda Pilot costing over $23,000 to repair the insurance company …

Jul 24, 2021: “Not being busy is a competitive advantage. Most people are so strapped for time they can’t take advantage of lucky opportunities or …

Jul 23, 2021: The Magic Pines garden is really revving up now! I think we may have planted a bit much. The tomatoes are like a wild rave gone out of control, the …

Jul 22, 2021: Zen of Python I joined a Zoom meeting today and André Burgaud had this great background with a terminal screenshot. I had never heard of The Zen of Python before. 💙 …

Jul 20, 2021: Notes from Pantera Blockchain Call Companies highlighted: Alchemy: AWS for Blockchain? Offchain Labs: Layer 2 scaling solution for Eth, solid. Veem: Payment solution using crypto …

Jul 19, 2021: We got to meet Tony Oliva at the Taste Fore the Tour event tonight. Minnesota Twins baseball legend. ⚾️

Jul 18, 2021: Graphic owl mural framed perfectly by window at A-Mill Artists Lofts.

Jul 18, 2021: The Pillsbury A-Mill looks great at night.

Jul 18, 2021: Great LIVE performance by Tina Schleske, her sister Laura, and band at the Aster Cafe tonight.

Jul 18, 2021: Damselfly (I think?) hanging out on the Big Blue Stem.

Jul 18, 2021: MN United v Seattle Sounders. HOT day for soccer. ⚽️

Jul 17, 2021: Sun setting behind sailboat on Cannon Lake. I shared this photo on BitClout and a couple of hours later it hit the global feed and Ani15 posted a …

Jul 17, 2021: Interesting to watch this weed harvester working to clean up Cannon Lake a bit.

Jul 16, 2021: Love this framing around time. An investment is an investment of capital, a meeting is an investment of time. — Balaji (@balajis) July 16, 2021

Jul 13, 2021: I’m having a blast playing and exploring POAP tokens. I’ve created a few for various events to experiment.

Jul 11, 2021: Tyler and I have been enjoying watching Star Wars: The Bad Batch. Good story.

Jul 10, 2021: Tools of the craft for Big Green Egg. Something to start fire. Strong and long tongues. Precise, high-quality thermometer. 🔥

Jul 10, 2021: Finished the three Sous Vides pork butts with a nice smoke this morning. Time to pull!

Jul 10, 2021: Cherry tomatoes. Corn. Zucchini. The garden is coming along quiet nicely!

Jul 10, 2021: This is one of my favorite weekend hangouts before the family gets up. Very calm and peaceful. Serene.

Jul 9, 2021: Great weather today so worked on the porch all day.

Jul 9, 2021: Bought a little more Bitclout $CLOUT to play with creator coins and Bitclout NFTs shortly. Buy the dip? I’m jthingelstad there. It reminds me of what …

Jul 6, 2021: Started sous Vides on first of three pork butts for pool party this weekend. One butt a day, then finish smoke them all on Saturday. 🐖🔥

Jul 5, 2021: Mazie made a nice homemade sign for delivery people to grab a Clif Bar when they drop off a package. 💛🙏

Jul 5, 2021: Mazie harvested lettuce from the garden today. I have no idea what we will do with this many greens! 🥬 😳

Jul 4, 2021: Gorgeous evening boat ride on Cannon Lake before fireworks.

Jul 4, 2021: Finishing pair of pork butts on the Big Green Egg! 🔥 Gotta have barbecue on 4th of July!

Jul 4, 2021: Awesome 4th of July Golf Cart parade at Cannon Lake! 🇺🇸🥳

Jul 4, 2021: Wishing everyone a great Independence Day! Happy Birthday to the U S of A! 🇺🇸🥳

Jul 3, 2021: I love mornings at the cabin with the Tour de France in July. 🚴‍♂️🇫🇷

Jul 2, 2021: Today was a fabulous day — early 4th of July pool party and tons of fun! Every #4thofJuly @thingles hosts an amazing get together to celebrate …

Jul 2, 2021: Enjoying a gorgeous morning on the deck with Lucky. Sun still low. Cool breeze.

Jul 1, 2021: My crypto home screen as of July 2021.

Jul 1, 2021: Bees Balm is fully in bloom.

Jun 29, 2021: Couple of pork butts rubbed and ready for the sous vide! After 24 hours in the water each they will finish on the Big Green Egg for the weekend. 🔥

Jun 29, 2021: Nice night for some youth soccer! Go Lancers! ⚽️

Jun 27, 2021: Look up. 👀

Jun 26, 2021: Seventeen cheeseburgers? No problem on the flat top! 🍔 🍔 🍔 🍔 🍔 🍔 🍔 🍔 🍔 🍔 🍔 🍔 🍔 🍔 🍔 🍔 🍔

Jun 26, 2021: Rained most of the day today so I was able to finish the Saturn V LEGO build. For sure my favorite LEGO I have done. The size is impressive! 🚀

Jun 26, 2021: You’re never too old to go play in the rain. ☔️

Jun 26, 2021: The Saturn V LEGO build might be my favorite LEGO yet. The way that it comes together is delightful.

Jun 26, 2021: I love the look of native tall grasses. Plus they provide great support for birds and other animals.

Jun 25, 2021: Our garden has taken off with enthusiasm! Strawberries sending shoots. Ears of corn starting. Zucchini overload. Tomato plants flourishing. …

Jun 24, 2021: Crypto Allocation (June 2021) Time for another Crypto Allocation update. The last two months have seen a huge draw down in all crypto markets. Here is NYDIG Market Update on June …

Jun 24, 2021: REM5 for Good: Simulacra Two REM5 for Good ran a digital art event, Simulacra Two, and in addition to other options they offered NFTs of a number of items. I missed the real event …

Jun 23, 2021: First MN United game since Oct 20, 2019! So awesome to be here with the chants, drums, and smoke! MN United leading Austin FC 2-0 at half. ⚽️ 19,209 …

Jun 21, 2021: Random Forecasts We all try to predict the future. Particularly in business, sports, finance, etc. I like to recall a story that Larry Kramer, CEO of MarketWatch, …

Jun 20, 2021: We ended Fathers Day by watching RV. Loved it. Made me want to go on another long RV trip. 🛣🍿

Jun 20, 2021: We walked through the Lyndale Park Rose Garden on our way around Lake Harriet today. The flowers were beautiful.

Jun 20, 2021: It was a fabulous Father’s Day 2021! Waffles with berries and whipped cream to start the day. Family walk around Lake Harriet. Visiting Family. …

Jun 19, 2021: We watched Raya and the Last Dragon tonight. It was a fun movie, great animation, and a classic storyline. The five quests reminded us of Trolls World …

Jun 19, 2021: Family supply chain overload as demand has dropped precipitously.

Jun 18, 2021: Drinks at Lake & Irving on the patio. fig & rye (fig infused templeton rye, orange bitters, sugar) and bee’s knees (gin, strega, honey, …

Jun 16, 2021: I love when friends surprise you with the gift of a good book! I’m looking forward to reading Tiny Habits. Thanks Nick! 📚

Jun 16, 2021: My book club met in person for the first time since Jan 30 2020. It was great to see everyone “IRL” and discuss Ishiguro’s “Klara and the Sun”. Great …

Jun 15, 2021: Crypto Links Balaji Srinivasan shared these links in a tweet. I’m putting them here for reference, with a couple of my own added. Main List Mastering Bitcoin …

Jun 14, 2021: Yellow Biser typewriter.

Jun 14, 2021: Makes me very happy to see people back in the park listening to music at the Lake Harriet Bandshell.

Jun 14, 2021: Great evening for a bike ride around Lake Harriet.

Jun 13, 2021: 848 Day Streak Yesterday ended my 848 day meditation streak. Streaks are a great way to build habits. They can also become obsessions. I had certainly been there, …

Jun 12, 2021: Sunset on Cannon Lake.

Jun 12, 2021: I love our new Escher inspired log “tables” for our fire area. These were logs left over from the Peanuts Tree that Adam Gale carved. Another great …

Jun 12, 2021: I’m so happy to have our Andrew Carson wind sculpture back up after being in storage a couple of years. It is one of my favorite pieces of art. It is …

Jun 12, 2021: I didn’t get the Weekly Thing done last night, but I got up early this morning and finished issue 190 with 28 minutes to spare! 😅

Jun 10, 2021: Was so impressed with Everything Legendary vegan burgers while watching Shark Tank S12 E15 that I placed an order before the segment was done. Can’t …

Jun 9, 2021: Great evening with The New Standards at Crooner’s Lounge. Rupert made an appearance! And was then taken off the stage by the venue! 🤣🎶 See list of The …

Jun 9, 2021: Launching the Tesla app gives this error. Force quit doesn’t help. Hmm…

Jun 8, 2021: I dig the “scooper wall” at the new Sweet Science at 50th & France.

Jun 8, 2021: I’ve been testing the new calendar integration with Craft and after a week have decided to upgrade and keep exploring. I’ve been using …

Jun 6, 2021: Our daughter has a job this summer, and in preparation we got her a checking account and a check card. To test it out tonight she took us out to …

Jun 6, 2021: Our garden is in and hoping all the plants enjoy their new home. Tomatoes, squash, carrots, Brussels, blueberries, lettuce, beans, and more. 🌱

Jun 4, 2021: Very pretty sunset colors on the lake tonight.

Jun 4, 2021: Our raised garden beds are mostly in. We’ll be preparing the soil and planting shortly. Final step will be placing our Andrew Carson wind sculpture in …

Jun 2, 2021: Decided to take in a gorgeous day and work on our porch today. iPad Pro in Sidecar display is nice to have more desktop.

Jun 1, 2021: Got A Calendar of Wisdom from Painted Porch. Discovered the book via Ryan Holiday so figured it should be my first purchase from his book store! Will …

May 31, 2021: Weather recovered for Memorial Day! Sun is out! ☀️🕶

May 30, 2021: Making breakfast outside is such a blast. And you can make dozens of pancakes in no time at all! Sausage tastes better on the Big Green Egg. 🥞

May 29, 2021: EUFA Champions League final! ⚽️ Manchester City v Chelsea. Chelsea finishes first half with 1-0 lead. 🤩

May 25, 2021: Gorgeous evening for a baseball game! ⚾️ Minnesota Twins v Baltimore Orioles. Last place battle between AL Central and AL East.

May 24, 2021: Rainbow wallet now has web profiles so you can see collectibles with a browser. See my thingelstad.eth collectibles.

May 24, 2021: Upgraded to iOS 14.6 and after everyone was updated setup Apple Card Family. Worked really well. Very streamlined setup experience. Curious how my …

May 24, 2021: Zoom Feature Suggestion: Connect to my contacts and show telephone callers by name instead of redacted phone number.

May 22, 2021: Opening the pool for the summer!

May 22, 2021: Watching FC Bayern München v FC Augsburg, the final game of the Bundesliga season. Hoping to see Robert Lewandowski best Gerd Müller’s single …

May 21, 2021: My Mother and Kurt went to Uranus, Missouri and brought us back a nice treat from the Uranus General Store. “The Best Fudge Comes From Uranus.” 😜

May 20, 2021: My Apple AirTags arrived today! Two are for special keys. Not sure what other two will be for.

May 20, 2021: Constellation Fund is hosting Bright Night, a free virtual fundraiser tonight at 6:30pm! 💡 You can join the stream with just an email address. They …

May 20, 2021: Paul Boswell, creator of the Turing Tumble, just launched Spintronics on Kickstarter. I’m in! Turing Tumble was brilliant, and this looks …

May 18, 2021: Disintegrating Shoes Thanks to the miracle of vaccines we were able to enjoy some drinks on a patio this evening with our board members for the first time in over a year. …

May 16, 2021: Minnesota Twins v Oakland A's Minnesota Twins v Oakland A’s. Great afternoon for a baseball game! ⚾️ Let’s go Twins! Three run homer for the Twins! Kramarczuk’s Polish Sausage with …

May 15, 2021: Flooded Forest Kayak Tour My brother Isaiah and his family were visiting this weekend and we drove to Wabasha for the Flooded Forest Kayak Tour with Broken Paddle Guiding. …

May 13, 2021: Four Years of the Weekly Thing Today marks the four year anniversary of the Weekly Thing! Issue 1 was sent May 13, 2017. When I started this project I figured I would do it for a …

May 13, 2021: Wish: Tesla "Learn to Drive" App Mazie is taking drivers education and soon we are going to find a vacant parking lot and I’m going to have her get behind the wheel and drive. …

May 13, 2021: Crypto Markets and Kids Soccer On Wednesday May 12 at 5:06pm CT Elon Musk tweeted that Tesla would no longer accept Bitcoin to buy cars. The company also has $1.5B of Bitcoin on …

May 11, 2021: I love the #TeamSPS Cyberweek 2020 Shirt, and for the first time a paired challenge coin! 🪙 The challenge coin was also minted as an NFT. We also …

May 10, 2021: Sat down to figure out what was wrong with my 27-inch 2019 Retina 5K iMac. Beach balls. Terrible performance. Random crashes. Turns out the Fusion …

May 9, 2021: A very Happy Mother’s Day to my Mom!

May 8, 2021: We just published the very first issue of Reading Things! 📚 If you enjoy books check it out! This is a new project from our whole family. 👋

May 8, 2021: Ethereum is up 32% in the last week, over 11% in just the last 24 hours! Hard to say what is driving it up, but it has definitely diverged …

May 8, 2021: We’ve had our pontoon for a few years and the hassle of taking the cover off and on each weekend was resulting in less trips on the water. This …

May 8, 2021: Today is Boat Day 2021! I got the boat out of storage from LaCanne’s Marine and took it back up the Cannon River for the summer! This is such a fun …

May 8, 2021: Tammy put together her 50 Puzzle today. It was so rewarding seeing the final puzzle at full size. The images came out great. The little details all …

May 5, 2021: Upcoming reading list: Klara and the Sun by Ishiguro, A Man at Arms by Pressfield, Evicted by Desmond, Radical Markets by Posner and Weyl. Excited to …

May 4, 2021: Ten Richest Men, Thirteen Divorces It seems completely predictable that Elon Musk and Larry Ellison would represent over 50% of all the divorces amongst the 10 richest men. The …

May 4, 2021: My daughter is taking drivers ed., and the classes are online so we can all hear. I can report that just like the 1980s, drivers ed. is mostly filled …

May 4, 2021: I love seeing the constant innovation in Drafts! We now have Drafts Capture for the Web? I never considered this but there are a number of times when …

May 4, 2021: App Store Subscriptions I did an audit of my App Store subscriptions recently. This seems like a good process to do on an annual basis. My annual subscriptions totaled …

May 2, 2021: Fabulous performance from The New Standards at Crooners Supper Club tonight. It is so great to see live music! See list of The New Standards shows.

May 1, 2021: Look up. 👀

May 1, 2021: Dandelion farming.

May 1, 2021: On 4/30 at 11:29am I got an email from OpenSea officially announcing that they are adding support for Polygon (MATIC). Polygon is a network built on …

May 1, 2021: Making progress on the LEGO® NASA Apollo Saturn V build.

Apr 30, 2021: Just preordered three ElevationLabs TagVaults so I can use AirTags on boat and pool keys!

Apr 28, 2021: Four Great Years of Micro.blogging! When people write about blogging platforms or services they often focus on features and functions. I say hogwash to that. There is only one thing that …

Apr 28, 2021: Sooki & Mimi Tammy and I went to Sooki & Mimi for the first time and had their Prix Fixe Menu, titled “A Celebration Of Spring Flavors And …

Apr 26, 2021: We had an amazing day celebrating Tammy’s 50th Birthday! 5️⃣0️⃣ Cycling, Tennis, Patrick’s Bakery, Heather’s, 50 Balloons, Milk Bar Birthday Cake, …

Apr 26, 2021: Fifty Puzzle Tammy enjoys doing puzzles. The kids and I have started a tradition of making her a custom Christmas puzzle each year. This year we decided to do one …

Apr 25, 2021: Tammy has a “big birthday” tomorrow and the kids and I have been busy for a few weeks getting things ready for it! We are all super excited to …

Apr 25, 2021: Used the relatively low Ether gas prices today to register weeklything.eth on the Ethereum Name Service, including reverse. I already have …

Apr 25, 2021: I love how the Bike Vault Airbnb is completely themed around bicycles and even uses bikes as artwork. They have notes with each bike highlighting what …

Apr 25, 2021: Trying to get one of my ICANN domain names, thingelstad.xyz, registered on Ethereum Name Service but stumped on DNSSEC error message from ENS, but …

Apr 24, 2021: Galloping Goose MTB Trail I haven’t been mountain biking for over 10 years. My Specialized M4 StumpJumper has seen a lot of neglect over the last decade. But yesterday we …

Apr 24, 2021: Cold day, but still on a vacation-y trip, so afternoon ice cream from Rave Creamworks!

Apr 24, 2021: This Cuyuna Lakes mural by Adam Turman right by Victual (go there) is fabulous.

Apr 24, 2021: Victual We shopped for a bit in Victual in Crosby, MN this morning. The passion of the owners and the quality experience were great. If you are in the area a …

Apr 24, 2021: I dig this art piece by Matt Postier of Cykel in Ironton, MN. Made of reclaimed cogsets welded together.

Apr 23, 2021: From the Bike Vault in Crosby, MN. 🤣 I am bikesexual. I’ll ride just about anything.

Apr 20, 2021: Chauvin Trial Concludes Just under a year ago George Floyd was murdered in police custody under the knee of Derek Chauvin. Today our whole family gathered around as news of a …

Apr 20, 2021: I got my second shot of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine this morning! 💉💉⏳ Many people I know have not felt well after the second dose so I’m …

Apr 18, 2021: Crypto Allocation (April 2021) I’ve been building out my approach to crypto. I shared my allocation in March and updated it this weekend. Notes: I’ve been increasing …

Apr 18, 2021: We hung The Frame by Samsung today and I am impressed with it. It is discrete. The picture quality is good. It is fun to have different art on it and …

Apr 17, 2021: Stopped by Five Watt Coffee for the first time since the pandemic and got an Iced Kingfield, my favorite fancy coffee drink. So good. Thank you Paul …

Apr 17, 2021: We checked out Vivir for brunch this morning and were blown away. We got the Torta and the Chilaquiles Verde. Delicious. Will be back! 🤤

Apr 17, 2021: Had a great ride this morning on Matt Wilpers 75-minute Power Zone Endurance Ride. My first 75 minute ride so a PR by default. 815 kJ. Definitely …

Apr 16, 2021: Emoji Vaccine Status I like the idea of using Emoji to indicate status. Fun! Okay, looks like we're doing this. If you also want to participate, change your Twitter …

Apr 16, 2021: Had first lunch from Avocadish today via Foodsby. Southwest Bowl was delicious! Will be a repeat customer for sure, and next time will try the Avo …

Apr 16, 2021: From today’s Economist Espresso: Pfizer’s chief executive said that people everywhere are likely to need a third dose of covid-19 vaccine within 12 …

Apr 14, 2021: 2021 Minnesota Aspirations in Computing Award Ceremony Great night joining the Minnesota Aspirations in Computing Award Ceremony tonight and recognizing so many young women that are making their mark in …

Apr 14, 2021: Reading List: Think Again Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know by Adam Grant arrived today. This book hit my radar via Three Star Leadership and Tools …

Apr 13, 2021: Got my Elgato Key Light added to my setup. Having it attach to the desk is key for the standing position. It is also nice to be able to control color …

Apr 11, 2021: Mazie finished her LEGO Grand Piano build today. It is one of the most intricate LEGO I have ever seen. You can connect it to your phone and it will …

Apr 11, 2021: I started building the LEGO® NASA Apollo Saturn V this morning. I’ve wanted to build this for a long time. 🚀

Apr 10, 2021: Today’s project: Pork butt time on the Big Green Egg! Stack of wood chunks to pump up the smoke. 🤤🐖🔥 Smoking along at 2pm. Will be time to wrap soon. …

Apr 10, 2021: Registered thingelstad.eth on ENS In my continuing exploration and learning about Ethereum I decided to setup what would be my usual entry on the Ethereum Name Service (ENS). The same …

Apr 9, 2021: Lucky looking so very peaceful as she takes an afternoon nap. 💤

Apr 8, 2021: Ready to put the steaks on the Big Green Egg! 🔥🥩

Apr 8, 2021: Called up Bevcomm today and upgraded our DSL connection at the cabin to the fastest that we can provision. Hopefully this resolves the lag I’ve …

Apr 7, 2021: Incredible night for a fire on Cannon Lake.

Apr 2, 2021: We watched The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe tonight and it was a fun remembrance of reading the book when I was a little …

Mar 31, 2021: Sharing my current allocation of crypto investments. Skin in the game. The information provided on this website does not constitute investment advice, …

Mar 30, 2021: I got my first shot of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine this morning! I had to reflect on the timeline. First case of COVID-19 on December 31 2019 …

Mar 28, 2021: I get my first vaccine shot on Tuesday! 🤩 From the Vikings training facility to local churches, our vaccine roll-out is leading the nation with more …

Mar 28, 2021: Brandi Carlile at the Ryman Auditorium We were excited to watch Brandi Carlile stream her first live show tonight from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. Brandi and the Twins have done a …

Mar 27, 2021: The Cactus Blossoms at First Avenue Tonight we streamed The Cactus Blossoms as they played live to a limited 50-table audience at First Avenue. It was great to see them play live, and …

Mar 27, 2021: “Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.” — Atomic Habits (p 38) I made four votes for the person I wish to become …

Mar 26, 2021: Enola Holmes We watched Enola Holmes tonight and enjoyed it a lot. Witty story and characters. Millie Bobby Brown was great in the lead.

Mar 25, 2021: Pileated Woodpecker I’ve been fighting a Pileated Woodpecker, and losing. This woodpecker has been visiting our house every morning. It usually shows up between …

Mar 25, 2021: New Desk and Chair After way too much deliberation I decided to head to Podany’s today and come home with a new chair and a sit-stand desk. I should have done this …

Mar 24, 2021: Container Ship Queue Having the Ever Given, a massive container ship, stuck in the Suez Canal and halting all normal activity through the canal is a familiar problem to …

Mar 18, 2021: From today’s Economist Espresso: Coinbase, America’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, was valued at $68bn ahead of its planned stockmarket listing. …

Mar 15, 2021: The Boy Who Would Be King Tyler and I read The Boy Who Would Be King together tonight. It is a good book, and the story and points are made well. The illustrations are also …

Mar 15, 2021: From today’s Economist Espresso: The valuation of Stripe reached $95bn in its latest funding round, the highest of any privately held startup in …

Mar 14, 2021: Final day of driving today with the home stretch to Minnesota! 🙌 2:00a Daylight savings time takes an hour. 6:31a Left Liberty, MO. 7:58a Entered …

Mar 13, 2021: Today is the longest segment on our drive back home. Over an hour driving through extremely dense fog. 5:31a MT Left Moriarty, New Mexico as of on …

Mar 12, 2021: I can’t wait to sing Wonderwall with my fellow MN United fans soon! ⚽️🎉

Mar 12, 2021: Today we end our Arizona Escapades and start the long trip back home to Minnesota! We have had a great time here. 🤩 445 miles today. Honda Pilot is …

Mar 11, 2021: Vecina For our final dinner in Phoenix we went to Vecina and had an incredible meal. The food was so flavorful and incredibly presented. We shared everything …

Mar 11, 2021: Nemesis Club: Evil Robots For our final day in Arizona we decided add an Escape Room to the agenda. Tammy researched this and she wasn’t planning on doing one, but the …

Mar 11, 2021: Hiking Camelback Mountain Today was our final day for hiking in Arizona and we decided to end with the big one, Camelback Mountain! The Cholla Trail is closed right now, so it …

Mar 11, 2021: Techies who Peloton First Ride When Minnestar decided to launch these “Techies who …” communities I was really excited to get a Peloton group setup! As if by design, …

Mar 10, 2021: UTV in The Rolls We have always thought it would be fun to rent a UTV and go out for some trail riding. We gave American Powersport Rentals a call and Duke got us all …

Mar 10, 2021: Pinnacle Peak Every Wednesday that we have been in Arizona, Tammy has been able to meet up with her Mom and hike Pinnacle Peak. Most of the time Mazie has been able …

Mar 9, 2021: Drive-in movie at West Wind in Glendale, AZ! There must be 10 screens here. 🤩 Seeing Tom & Jerry. 🍿

Mar 9, 2021: Chelsea’s Kitchen Tammy and I had a delicious lunch today at Chelsea’s Kitchen! We started with Prickly Pear Margaritas, one of our favorites. The New Mexico Hatch …

Mar 9, 2021: Trail panorama on Infinity Loop Hike.

Mar 9, 2021: Infinity Loop Hike This morning Tammy and I hiked the Infinity Loop trail in Dreamy Draw. We were looking for a longer hike without much elevation today, so this 5 mile …

Mar 8, 2021: Recognizing International Women’s Day 2021 and Choosing to Challenge! We will advocate for and support the women in our lives. #ChooseToChallenge …

Mar 7, 2021: Silver King Smokehouse We took a drive today and for lunch stopped at Silver King Smokehouse in Superior. It was a spectacular lunch most centered around brisket. Their …

Mar 6, 2021: It was family movie night and we watched Flora & Ulysses. It is a fun story about a squirrel with superpowers. 🍿

Mar 6, 2021: Desert Botanical Garden Wanting to experience even more desert plant life we visited the Desert Botanical Garden today and it was incredible. Everywhere you looked there were …

Mar 6, 2021: Music Instrument Museum We visited the Music Instrument Museum today. This place was absolutely incredible. You could spend an entire day here pretty easily. They had an …

Mar 6, 2021: I’m trying to mint an NFT on Zora.co and am shocked by the variability in the network fee. I’ve checked multiple times and the price has …

Mar 6, 2021: Observation about the Phoenix area — everything is a 30 minute drive away. No matter where you are or where you are going. It is such a sprawling …

Mar 5, 2021: Arizona Chimney Cakes We tried Trdelník for the first time with a visit to Arizona Chimney Cakes. Tammy came across this unique offering and it was compared to churros …

Mar 5, 2021: After our hike at the Lost Dutchman and the delightful drive on Arizona State Route 88 we stopped at Tortilla Flat, proudly stated population 6. It is …

Mar 5, 2021: Arizona State Route 88 goes right along Canyon Lake on the way to Tortilla Flat. It even has two fun single-lane bridges that you have to negotiate …

Mar 5, 2021: We took the incredibly scenic Arizona State Route 88 to visit Tortilla Flat after our hike at Lost Dutchman State Park. The sun was on it’s way down …

Mar 5, 2021: We visited Lost Dutchman State Park and hiked the Treasure Loop Trail. There is a story hear about a lost mine that brings some intrigue to the …

Mar 1, 2021: Day 29 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Light Light coming through one pattern and making another pattern.

Feb 28, 2021: Day 28 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Up Mesa has 296 days with sun a year. When you look up you usually see a completely blue sky, dotted …

Feb 28, 2021: Broken Arrow Trail in Sedona We had a great hike on the Broken Arrow trail in Sedona today. We were a little hesitant since some folks online had commented that there were a lot …

Feb 28, 2021: When we were visiting Sedona today we stopped at Tlaquepaque and revisited a spot from the last time we were in Sedona. We remembered a photo we took …

Feb 27, 2021: Day 27 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Pompasetting Mazie gave me a showing off look. Seemed equal parts sassy to me. 😊

Feb 27, 2021: Grand Canyon We took a weekend getaway to Flagstaff, AZ and today we visited the Grand Canyon. It was Tyler’s first time here, Mazie’s second but the …

Feb 26, 2021: I am greatly enjoying the Hip Chalet we are staying in Downtown Flagstaff, Arizona. The place has a great vibe to it, and delightful accommodations.

Feb 26, 2021: Day 26 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Favourite I went to my archives and am sharing Tammy’s favorite picture of me. I like it too. 😊 This …

Feb 26, 2021: Delicious pizza from Pizzicletta in Flagstaff, Arizona. Great toppings, unique pies. Plus homemade Gelato. 🍕🍨

Feb 25, 2021: Day 25 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Code Micro.blog code.

Feb 25, 2021: Outdoor dining.

Feb 24, 2021: This “10 years” Easter Egg in the Apple Store app is fun.

Feb 24, 2021: Day 24 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Baby Baby Saguaro cactus! 🌵

Feb 23, 2021: Day 23 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Banana Tyler talking on the Banana-phone. 🍌📞

Feb 22, 2021: Day 22 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Spell Good way to start the day. 🌅

Feb 21, 2021: Day 21 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Colors Technicolor Saguaro Cactus from our hike in Cave Creek. Edited with Procreate.

Feb 21, 2021: Mazie and I at The Grotto Cafe after our hike in Cave Creek. The Grotto has an amazing outdoor patio space. It was Lucky’s first attempt at joining us …

Feb 21, 2021: Hiking in Cave Creek This morning we drove to Cave Creek Regional Park to go for a hike. It was about 40 minutes from where we are staying but well worth the drive. We did …

Feb 20, 2021: If you are in Mesa, Arizona and looking for delicious pizza make your way to Myke’s Pizza . We’ve been there twice now and it is amazing. Pair it with …

Feb 20, 2021: We watched Finding ‘Ohana tonight. Good option for family movie night.

Feb 20, 2021: Day 20 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Weather The weather was gorgeous at Saguaro Lake today.

Feb 20, 2021: Wind Cave Trail We hiked up the Wind Cave trail this morning and had a great time. Tammy declared it perhaps her favorite hike ever. It was 1.7 miles with 800 feet of …

Feb 20, 2021: Approaching Crypto I’ve recently clarified my thinking on Bitcoin and related crypto. To be transparent, I’ve followed this for years and had plenty of …

Feb 19, 2021: Day 19 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Alive Blooming flowers on their way to be fruit.

Feb 18, 2021: Watching Perseverance land on Mars today was another amazing example of engineering and discovery being done at amazing levels. Perseverance has a …

Feb 18, 2021: Day 18 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: At home We aren’t at home, so I am doing at Airbnb instead.

Feb 17, 2021: Record cold hits Central United States on Feb 17, 2021 via New York Times.

Feb 17, 2021: COVID-19 Maps on Feb 17, 2021 via New York Times.

Feb 17, 2021: COVID-19 Update on Feb 17, 2021 via New York Times.

Feb 17, 2021: Day 17 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Still Had to use my library today. Grand Tetons. Mt. Moran from Oxbow Bend.

Feb 16, 2021: Day 16 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Erudite. Erudite vibe.

Feb 15, 2021: Noah Purifoy Outdoor Museum Today we visited the Noah Purifoy Outdoor Museum in Joshua Tree. We weren’t familiar with Purifoy, but his background is very impressive and the …

Feb 15, 2021: Skull Rock Trail After hiking Ryan Mountain Trail and checking out the famous Skull Rock, we decided to take a hike amongst the giant rocks along Skull Rock Trail. The …

Feb 15, 2021: Day 15 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Reflection. Reflection, self-portrait.

Feb 15, 2021: Skull Rock in Joshua Tree National Park.

Feb 15, 2021: Ryan Mountain Trail Hike Today we got up early and were on the trail at 8am to hike to the top of Ryan Mountain in Joshua Tree National Park. We hit the trail and were …

Feb 14, 2021: Day 14 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Compassion. I struggled to get a photo for this one. I ended up having the kids pose for me as the sun …

Feb 14, 2021: We did the Titanic Room at Escape Room Palm Springs today. They isolate everyone so it’s as safe as can be. It was a fun room, it not a bit …

Feb 14, 2021: We followed this DIY Modern Architecture Tour of Palm Springs today. One of the stops was Elvis Presley’s Honeymoon Hideaway. It was under …

Feb 14, 2021: Picture with Frank Sinatra’s star in Palm Springs, CA.

Feb 14, 2021: I find wind generators mesmerizing. 🌬

Feb 14, 2021: Happy Valentines Day! My daughter crafted these amazing Valentines cards for us.

Feb 14, 2021: The morning view from the Art Loft Airbnb in Joshua Tree, California. Inspiring.

Feb 13, 2021: Day 13 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Make. A great place for making.

Feb 13, 2021: The Cholla Cactus Garden at Joshua Tree National Park. They are pretty but hazardous to touch. Keep your distance.

Feb 13, 2021: Joshua Tree.

Feb 13, 2021: Heading to Joshua Tree National Park for a couple of days. 4h 30m drive. 👍 It is amazing how long it takes to just get out of Phoenix!

Feb 12, 2021: Day 12 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Sporg. A group gathered to watch and attempt to sporg a frisbee off the roof.

Feb 12, 2021: It was Tyler’s birthday today and we decided to get a really cool Minecraft themed cake to celebrate. Lesley’s Creative Cakes did an …

Feb 12, 2021: Tyler got Mario Kart Live for his birthday and we’ve already had a ton of fun playing it. We setup a couple of quick tracks and it is really fun …

Feb 11, 2021: Day 11 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Machine. This new M1 MacBook Pro is an incredible machine.

Feb 10, 2021: Day 10 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Energy. Electrical energy into light. 💡

Feb 9, 2021: Day 9 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Mudy. While visiting the Salt River wild horses today I noticed this horse that had been having some …

Feb 9, 2021: Salt River Wild Horses Today we visited Coon Bluff Recreation Area to see the Salt River wild horses. The non-profit Salt River Wild Horse Management group helps provide for …

Feb 8, 2021: Day 8 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Hope. This is the first Saguaro cactus flower, arriving over a month early, showing hope for another …

Feb 7, 2021: Saguaro National Park We visited Saguaro National Park today. We didn’t have a ton of time so we only (and accidentally actually) went to the East park. We did a quick hike …

Feb 7, 2021: Sabino Canyon We visited the Sabino Canyon Recreation Area today on our day trip to Tucson. We took the shuttle to the top of the trail and then made our way down …

Feb 7, 2021: Day 7 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Craving. Treats from Mesa Donuts. 🍩

Feb 7, 2021: Driving to Tucson for the day and introducing the kids to some country music with Hank Williams Sr., Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and even The Cactus …

Feb 6, 2021: Day 6 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Sport. Wasn’t a lot of “sport” options today but Tyler likes to wear Bayern gear nearly everyday. ⚽️

Feb 6, 2021: Boyce Thompson Arboretum We visited the Boyce Thompson Arboretum today and had a great time walking the loop around the arboretum. On the way back we went up on the hillside …

Feb 6, 2021: Great Coffee at Pair Cupworks I had a great start to the day with a visit to Pair Cupworks this morning. I had a top notch cappuccino followed by a cup of Costa Rica pour over. The …

Feb 5, 2021: Today I learned that these cactus are incredibly sharp. The needles will go right through light hiking shoes. Ouch. They are very pretty though, …

Feb 5, 2021: We had a nice hike on Lost Dog Wash trail today. 3.3 miles. Took multiple wrong or missed turns though. 😬🥾

Feb 5, 2021: Day 5 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Pets. Lucky taking a break during our hike at Lost Dog Wash trail.

Feb 4, 2021: Day 4 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Layers. Pancakes layered on top of each other.

Feb 3, 2021: Day 3 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Comfort. Nice comfortable spot to enjoy the day.

Feb 2, 2021: Gorgeous warm day for a quick walk at Desert Trail Park. 🌵

Feb 2, 2021: Day 2 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Morning beverage. Delicious Guatemalan coffee from Pair Cupworks. Big carafe, thermos, cup.

Feb 1, 2021: This is my workstation setup for our February stay in Mesa, AZ. The mStand is critical to getting the screen and camera at a good height. The 12.9” …

Feb 1, 2021: Day 1 of the February Photoblogging Challenge: Close up. It is novel for us Minnesotans to see lemons growing in the yard of this rental that we are …

Jan 31, 2021: Fun to see a wind generator blade getting transported down the road. It had a pilot vehicle in front and behind as well.

Jan 31, 2021: I thought North Dakota had the record for roads that go straight as far as the eye can see. It turns out Arizona gives it a very good run for the …

Jan 31, 2021: Today’s point of view for the next several hours. Impressive volume of semi-trucks on I-40.

Jan 31, 2021: Day two on way to Mesa, Arizona departing from Elk City, Oklahoma. 835 miles, 12.5 hours, 4 states. 5:57a Left Elk City, OK 6:33a entered Texas 8:54a …

Jan 30, 2021: These Duke’s Hatch Green Chile sausages are delicious. Great flavor and the Hatch chiles are great.

Jan 30, 2021: Family selfie by Clear Lake, IA on the road with the Honda Pilot stuffed full!

Jan 30, 2021: Big road trip to Arizona this weekend. Today’s drive is to Elk City, Oklahoma from Minneapolis, Minnesota! 913 miles, 13 hours, and 5 states. Log 6:04 …

Jan 28, 2021: We played Exploding Kittens for first time tonight. Silly game but quick and fun.

Jan 26, 2021: I love geeking out on all the AV gear when recording. This setup was great!

Jan 24, 2021: Capturing the moment with the Bernie Sanders Mittens Meme and the Peanuts Tree. Image by the artist himself, Adam Gale.

Jan 24, 2021: Bring Back Inline Replies The vast majority of the email I reply to I do a simple top reply. Particularly on mobile. It is fast and simple. However, I have started replying to …

Jan 24, 2021: I 💛 micro.blog I noticed that it was four years ago today that I signed up to back Indie Microblogging on Kickstarter. Micro.blog has evolved so much since launch …

Jan 24, 2021: Better Weekly Thing Description Writing to describe myself or one of my projects is hard for me. Those little “About” boxes all over profile pages on the web fill me with …

Jan 23, 2021: Snowy trail taking Lucky for a walk.

Jan 23, 2021: The kids thinking about summer on the frozen pool. 🥶😊

Jan 23, 2021: The new Good Day Coffee in Faribault has some incredibly good pie! Recommended if you are in the area.

Jan 21, 2021: I so enjoyed these articles from CJ Chilvers on personal websites and link posts. He captures a lot of what I love about my own website and why I have …

Jan 18, 2021: As part of our Martin Luther King day we all watched Selma tonight. It is a powerful movie and a stark reminder of how recent the events of the civil …

Jan 18, 2021: Starting to read The WEIRDest People in the World by Joseph Henrich. My book club is reading this. Looks interesting, and long. 📚

Jan 18, 2021: Tammy, Mazie and I were looking for a long hike today so we drove to Lebanon Hills Regional Park and hiked the Voyager Trek Loop for 5.4 miles. It was …

Jan 18, 2021: 2021 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast I was able to attend the 2021 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast this morning. It was a great way to reflect on the messages of King as part …

Jan 17, 2021: We watched Trolls World Tour tonight. It was fun and I liked all the music in it. Tiny Diamond cracked us up a lot. The story has very obvious …

Jan 16, 2021: We had a John Hughes movie night with my brother and his family with Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. There is more swearing than I remembered, or at …

Jan 16, 2021: My brother Isaiah and his family visited this last weekend and on Saturday we noted the 5th year since we first met. In those five years we have …

Jan 16, 2021: Lucky and I at Victoria-Evergreen Park in Minnetonka.

Jan 14, 2021: Noticed in Streaks today that I have meditated 700 days in a row. Meditation has become a bedrock habit. It has also become a key component of my …

Jan 10, 2021: Family Screen Time Review We are trying something new thinking about our family and how we use our devices, most notably our iPhones. We all have enabled Screen Time on our …

Jan 10, 2021: Bitcoin has gone crazy this year. That is more than a 10x price change in the last year, most of it in the last month! Doesn’t seem correlated to …

Jan 10, 2021: We take Lucky on a walk nearly every day and usually go through Pamela Park for a 1.2 to 1.6 mile loop. With the pandemic the ice rink and ponds have …

Jan 10, 2021: I got my Peloton “Cooldown 2020” video this weekend. I think its fun that they make these and kudos to them for making them easy to download and keep. …

Jan 9, 2021: New 60-min Peloton PR I hit a new 60-min PR in Matt Wilpers Power Zone Endurance Ride this morning. 676 kJ versus my previous 653 kJ from Sep 26, 2020. It was another Zone …

Jan 7, 2021: This seems like a moment in time worth noting. The founder of Facebook and one of the richest people in the world (also holding special shares of …

Jan 7, 2021: My daughter gave me this great workout shirt for my birthday and my Fit By Fifty project. I absolutely love it. 🤩 One year to go!

Jan 7, 2021: CTO Spotlight: Candid Conversations wth Minnesotan Leaders I got a chance to join Jac Stark and Nels Pederson of Tech.MN for this CTO Spotlight conversation. We covered a wide range of topics. It was a good …

Jan 3, 2021: We all watched Soul tonight and liked it a lot. The story, message, visuals were all awesome! We will definitely watch it again. 🍿

Jan 3, 2021: We had a fabulous afternoon XC skiing at Theodore Wirth today. It was our first time out as a family, and we had a blast!

Jan 2, 2021: Watched Ad Astra tonight. Enjoyed it. It was pretty much what I expected, which was just fine with me. 🍿🚀

Jan 2, 2021: I’ve had a “soft” goal for the Weekly Thing to get to 1,000 subscribers and it got there today! Plus it is fun that Buttondown sends …

Jan 1, 2021: We watched Ralph Breaks the Internet tonight and everyone liked it. I loved all the various references to different websites. Wish there would have …

Jan 1, 2021: Tammy and the kids took their new Christmas Ice Skates out for the first time. We went to a frozen pond in Pamela Park. Everyone had a great time! ⛸🤩 …

Jan 1, 2021: I always like the fireworks on the Apple Watch on the New Year. 🥳

Dec 31, 2020: Kicking off our family New Year’s Eve with a French 75 and getting the fondue started! 🥂 Sinatra, Brubeck, and the New Standards are on shuffle. …

Dec 31, 2020: Tyler completed his LEGO® Nintendo Entertainment System™ project in just three days! He got very focused on it and worked through all 2,646 pieces. …

Dec 29, 2020: Making some more Wicky Thing Candles tonight. All candles made with 🔥 and ❤️. 😊

Dec 29, 2020: Lucky enjoying her 1st Birthday with one of her favorite bones! 🦴 🐶

Dec 29, 2020: I finished my LEGO® International Space Station Christmas project. This was a fun LEGO to assemble. 🛰

Dec 29, 2020: Tyler is making great progress on his “biggest ever” LEGO® project. The Nintendo Console, Super Mario Bros cartridge and the Game …

Dec 27, 2020: Lucky (Bernedoodle) is right at home in the snow. ❄️

Dec 27, 2020: The kids are starting their biggest LEGO® projects ever. Mazie is building the IDEAS Grand Piano with 3,662 pieces and Tyler the Nintendo …

Dec 26, 2020: We’ve made a tradition of making Tammy a custom puzzle for Christmas. With some help from her sister Michelle, they put it together. It is built …

Dec 25, 2020: Best can coozy ever.

Dec 24, 2020: Ready for Christmas! I’m slightly infatuated with all things Swedish, and love these Adam 7 Swedish candelabras.

Dec 24, 2020: Working on “bottom starting” the Big Green Egg. It’s frozen shut and I need to make our traditional Christmas Eve tenderloin steaks! 3 °F 🥶❄️🔥

Dec 24, 2020: One of my favorite things at Christmas is filling this wall with the faces of friends & family as we receive cards. We get to have all of you …

Dec 24, 2020: Yesterday morning there was no snow and we were thinking out hopes of a White Christmas we’re in vain. Today we have plenty! ❄️

Dec 21, 2020: Winter Solstice 2020 Today we “celebrate” the Winter Solstice. Here in Minneapolis the sun will rise at 7:48 am and set at 4:35 pm. We’ll get 527 minutes …

Dec 20, 2020: We watched The Christmas Chronicles: Part 2 tonight. Good sequel to the first one. Great family movie heading into Christmas. 🎄🍿

Dec 20, 2020: Twitter 14th Anniversary How about I celebrate with a blog post instead. 👍 Twitter notified me today that it was my 14th Anniversary on Twitter. I signed up on Wed Dec 20 …

Dec 20, 2020: Tyler tonight shared his favorite YouTube gamer Mr. A-Game’s birthday, which was a little surprising to us that he knew that. So Tammy asked him …

Dec 20, 2020: Lucky looking good after her trip to the groomer.

Dec 20, 2020: Set a back-to-back 30-min PR today during Sundays with Love! 415 kJ, +7 over yesterdays 408 kJ. This PR was credit to riding with a bunch of friends — …

Dec 19, 2020: We went to the Glow Holiday Festival at the Minnesota State Fair tonight. Fun time but we think the lights would look cooler with snow on the ground.

Dec 19, 2020: This Pomegranate Gimlet may be one of my favorite new drinks! Delicious! 🍸

Dec 19, 2020: Commenting and Reactions added to Link Blog I’ve been toying with the idea of having commenting on my Link Blog. I ran across Hyvor Talk and just set it up to give it a try. It has a …

Dec 19, 2020: Hit a new 30-min PR in Jess King’s Sweat Steady ride today! 408 kJ, +3 over previous PR. 🙌🚴‍♂️ #FitByFifty

Dec 19, 2020: "Ted Lasso of newsletters" CJ Chilvers shared a shout out to The Weekly Thing in his newsletter this week: I love The Weekly Thing by Jamie Thingelstad. It’s the Ted Lasso of …

Dec 18, 2020: Family movie night! We watched Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey on Netflix. Great story and everyone enjoyed it! 🍿

Dec 17, 2020: Today we announced that Data Masons is becoming part of SPS Commerce! This is a great combination and I’m looking forward to all we will do together. …

Dec 16, 2020: Facebook’s opposition to Apple’s privacy enhancements on their platform is a strong positive signal. The fact they are so worried about it …

Dec 13, 2020: Dancing on the Pedals Today I did my fourth day in a row on my Peloton bike. I can tell that the workouts I’ve been putting in over the last months are having a big impact. …

Dec 13, 2020: From NY Times Dec 13 2020.

Dec 13, 2020: Travail Kitchen Family Meal: Lamb Ragu over Parisian Gnocchi We got the Family Meal from Travail Kitchen this weekend and I cooked it up for dinner tonight. It was a delicious Lamb Ragu dish with Gnocchi. The …

Dec 13, 2020: Brandi Carlile We absolutely loved watching the Brandi Carlile livestream Still Home for the Holidays tonight. It was a great collection of Christmas music filled …

Dec 12, 2020: We watched Abominable tonight for Family Movie night and it was great. Wonderful story and very touching. Even better than I expected. 🍿

Dec 9, 2020: Yes the Walker is closed right now with the pandemic but we watched the British Arrows Greatest Hits online tonight and it was full of great stuff. …

Dec 8, 2020: Pandemic Date Night Like many Tammy and I haven’t had a “typical” date night during the pandemic. Restaurants are take out only. Movie theaters are closed, and …

Dec 7, 2020: Parallel Zoom Pacing It turns out I pace a decent amount. Last week I was on a Zoom call and also took a call on my cell. I muted my audio but left the video on and one of …

Dec 5, 2020: We watched the live stream of Home Free’s Warmest Winter Holiday Special tonight. It was a fun time with good music, Wassail Tea, and the usual Home …

Dec 5, 2020: Here I am pretending that Lucky is a lap dog. She is confused if she should be happy about the attention or terrified that her paws are not on the …

Dec 5, 2020: Nice day for a campfire. 🔥

Nov 30, 2020: Hygge.

Nov 29, 2020: Tyler and I made the first Christmas cookies of the year.

Nov 28, 2020: The data in this graph is pretty amazing. From Why we are underestimating Zoom & it’s impact?.

Nov 28, 2020: I’m not sure what happened with our bandwidth usage this month but it was way up from any previous month and we just used our one “free" …

Nov 26, 2020: Family tradition to watch A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving on the evening on Thanksgiving. 🍿

Nov 26, 2020: We celebrated our first Pandemic Thanksgiving today. I cooked turkey breasts in the Sous Vides and finished on the Big Green Egg. Tammy put the rest …

Nov 26, 2020: This mornings 45 min Turkey Burn Ride with Robin Arzon had 50,000 live riders! That is an entire good size city, spinning together. What a cool …

Nov 26, 2020: This was the worst production outage I’ve experienced in Amazon Web Services, lasting over 21 hours. AWS has also published the full incident …

Nov 22, 2020: We got takeout from Petite León for the first time tonight and thought it was great. We enjoyed the Roasted Beets, Pollo al Carbon, Le Petite …

Nov 21, 2020: Buttondown says that I have written 448,665 words in the first 166 issues of the Weekly Thing. The average non-fiction book has less than 100,000 …

Nov 21, 2020: We watched Doolittle for family movie night and we all enjoyed it a lot. It is a bit crazy, but all fun in its craziness.

Nov 21, 2020: Preparing Wassail Tea. This is always the official beginning of the holiday season to me!

Nov 18, 2020: I set a new PR tonight in Kendall Toole’s 45-min Metallica Ride! 571 kJ, +18 over previous. I pushed very hard on this one. 87% of time at …

Nov 18, 2020: I leveled up my webinar broadcasting capabilities with the addition of a green screen. This setup worked incredibly well with Zoom for our all team …

Nov 16, 2020: Happy that Noodlesoft has made Hazel 5 a regular application, and no longer part of System Preferences!

Nov 15, 2020: Tammy and I watched Brittany Runs a Marathon tonight. Fine movie with a happy ending. May make you want to run a marathon. 🍿

Nov 15, 2020: Family game time this afternoon. First Five Crowns which Tyler won. Then a game of Blokus that Mazie won (Yellow) and for the first time played all of …

Nov 15, 2020: We had a nice 4.4 mile hike around Pike Island at Fort Snelling State Park today. This is 15 mins from our house but we had never been here! We will …

Nov 14, 2020: Family movie night with Call of the Wild. We all enjoyed it. We also tend to love dog movies. 🍿

Nov 14, 2020: Family time with Monopoly: Yellowstone edition.

Nov 14, 2020: We volunteered at Feed My Starving Children today for the first time since the pandemic. They have modified the process to make it a safe as possible. …

Nov 14, 2020: Tyler and I have been playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons and we roped Tammy and Mazie in with us. Today all four of us played at the same time and …

Nov 13, 2020: I upgraded two iMacs and a MacBook Air to macOS Big Sur. One of the iMacs was not happy after upgrade but booting into rescue mode and reinstalling …

Nov 13, 2020: Charts via The COVID Tracking Project. Record growth in COVID-19 spread. Hospitals are full. So far deaths have not increased as much because the …

Nov 12, 2020: Delicious Barbera d’Asti. 🍷

Nov 10, 2020: Covid-19 new cases by day setting records.

Nov 10, 2020: Growth Summit 2021 Today #TeamSPS joined together around the world for Growth Summit 2021! We had a great event, with the show being broadcast live from the Minneapolis …

Nov 8, 2020: Link Blog Relaunched I got my Link Blog up and running again. It is still plenty rough around the edges. This gives the links that I share in the Weekly Thing a permanent …

Nov 8, 2020: Lucky. 🍀

Nov 8, 2020: Just tried Buildzi for the first time. This is a great, fast family game. You can give the younger ones a head start too. A lot of family fun.

Nov 7, 2020: I am very proud that we have elected our first ever Woman Vice-President, Kamala Harris. I learned a bit as well from her wearing a “Suffrage White” …

Nov 7, 2020: I love our outdoor patio space at night. A warm November day bonus with no bugs! The Yellow Table is a recent addition. I hung the yellow Herrnhuter …

Nov 7, 2020: Election +4 days.

Nov 6, 2020: S’mores! 🔥

Nov 6, 2020: Incredibly nice weather today. We got to do a November family bike ride!

Nov 6, 2020: Dave has a good plan for today. Today I plan to read something good, take my students seriously, teach outdoors, try to be kind, spend time with my …

Nov 4, 2020: Coronavirus Nov. 4, 2020 via New York Times

Nov 4, 2020: "Learn to play the violin" I love this Drucker quote that my coach shared with me. Drucker, who believed that the most effective managers look across a range of disciplines and …

Nov 4, 2020: Tried the Pear Brandy from Dampfwerk Distilling tonight. Very good. Thanks to Lee Zukor for introducing me to this local distillery. 🥃

Nov 4, 2020: Time for a cocktail. Old Fashioned 🥃🍊🍒 If you are wondering about the Maple Syrup, I use that instead of Simple Syrup. Tammy suggested it and I really …

Nov 4, 2020: 2:03pm on the day after the 2020 Election.

Nov 4, 2020: 5:49am on the day after the 2020 Election.

Nov 2, 2020: Taking Inventory Let’s take an inventory for a moment. We are now eight months into the pandemic and it is weighing heavily on people. Here in the midwest it …

Nov 1, 2020: Celebrating the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s 30th Anniversary by converting from an annual to a monthly supporter. Join me and donate today!

Nov 1, 2020: Lightroom is giving me troubles, and Photos is too. My iMac is stuck at “Restoring from iCloud…" and is behind other devices. Articles online …

Nov 1, 2020: I’ve been trying to export a single photo taken in 2008 from Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC. It has taken over 15 minutes of time loading various …

Nov 1, 2020: Seems like a mixed message.

Oct 31, 2020: First time playing Trekking the World. Game setup took a bit to figure out but we got the hang of it fast enough. Was cool to learn about the world …

Oct 31, 2020: Working on my bartender skills. Old Fashioneds and Lemondrop Martinis. 🍸

Oct 31, 2020: Happy Halloween! 🎃

Oct 30, 2020: Madison Lake, Minnesota.

Oct 30, 2020: These results are incredible, and seem almost unstoppable. “America’s biggest tech firms reported dizzying figures, as each surfed on the pandemic’s …

Oct 29, 2020: Lasagna assembly! 👨‍🍳🇮🇹

Oct 28, 2020: Got a new PR this morning in Kendall Toole’s 30-min Metal Ride. 🤘 405 kJ, +3 kJ over prior. Redlined the entire last half of the ride. #FitByFifty

Oct 27, 2020: Tyler and I are playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons together and we are using ACNH Exchange to get good prices for Turnips. I’m using it as an …

Oct 25, 2020: I wonder how many Neural Engines the iPhone will need before it can properly adjust exposure for snow scenes. 😖

Oct 24, 2020: Won afternoon game of Trekking the National Parks. Me 47, Tyler 42, Mazie 36, and Tammy 33.

Oct 24, 2020: Birds We returned from a walk and there was a massive congregation of birds in the pine trees.

Oct 23, 2020: Fun #TeamSPS project for a Friday afternoon. Enlisting the kids to help with decorating. ☝️

Oct 23, 2020: Lucky went out during lunch and got herself into a good bunch of mud! 🤦‍♂️

Oct 21, 2020: I did a 10-min full body stretching program on Peloton tonight. My flexibility is very lacking. Ouch. #FitByFifty

Oct 21, 2020: With a team in Kyiv I’ve been keeping an eye on COVID-19 cases in Ukraine. Infection rates have been growing steadily since mid-summer.

Oct 21, 2020: Just updated my list of newsletters I subscribe to with some recent additions and changes. We need more ways to discover newsletters so this is my …

Oct 20, 2020: My boat motor won’t run and its been a saga. The shop is coming to fix it, or tow it, later this week. In the meantime, snowy boat. 🤦‍♂️❄️🚤

Oct 20, 2020: First significant snowfall for Twin Cities. This should all melt and let us get back to raking. 🍂❄️

Oct 18, 2020: Trying tagging people whose articles I am commenting and sharing in the Weekly Thing. Example on LinkedIn and Twitter for issue 161. Will be watching …

Oct 18, 2020: Cashed in a chip with the kids and got them to watch Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace. They have resisted Star Wars but this one was their favorite …

Oct 18, 2020: Made a 3 1/2 lb tenderloin special dinner tonight. Cubed the tip and fried with olive oil and garlic. Put the rest in Sous Vides for 3 hours and a …

Oct 17, 2020: October in Cross Lake, MN. Bikes collecting snow. ❄️

Oct 17, 2020: 41% of voters already completed voting seems high for the middle of October. I wish this had a comparison to previous years. As of Oct 15, 68 percent …

Oct 16, 2020: Lake Superior selfie. 😊

Oct 16, 2020: First time visiting Black Beach today, just outside of Silver Bay.

Oct 16, 2020: Technically we did hike some of the Superior Hiking Trail today. 🥾🗺

Oct 16, 2020: We had a great hike up the Temperance River Falls today.

Oct 16, 2020: Upper Falls of the Temperance River.

Oct 16, 2020: Looking at a Winter Snowstorm warning with 3-5 inches of snow we decided to end our MEA weekend early. We detoured back to Cross Lake and are going to …

Oct 16, 2020: My Theory of RVs: All RVs represent a giant set of compromises to make the space work. The key an RV you love is finding one where you agree with the …

Oct 16, 2020: Getting World’s Best Donuts in Grand Marais. They close for the winter tomorrow! 🍩☕️❄️

Oct 15, 2020: The autumn wave of the coronavirus has reached a dangerous new stage. The number of new daily cases has risen almost 50 percent in the U.S. over the …

Oct 15, 2020: There is an official station to take a selfie with Split Rock Lighthouse, so we had to stop and take one! Look close on right side of photo for …

Oct 15, 2020: Gooseberry Falls was great today. Great sights. Lots of fun hopping around rocks. Even with cold weather still a lot of fun.

Oct 15, 2020: Mandatory stop at Betty’s Pies outside of Two Harbors. We got Blueberry, Strawberry Rhubarb, Toffee, and Butterfinger slices to have after dinner. …

Oct 15, 2020: Always stop at Great! Lakes Candy Kitchen on the North Shore. Business still thriving and adapted to pandemic. Delicious chocolate. Yum.

Oct 15, 2020: Lunch at New Scenic Cafe is a must do for us when we visit the North Shore. They have an outside operation during the pandemic and many spots with …

Oct 15, 2020: Dinner in Grand Marais at Voyageur Brewing Company. Drinking limited release Devil’s Kettle Dry Hopped with Galaxy Hops, in the room it was brewed. 🍺

Oct 14, 2020: We went to Ursa Minor Brewing to get pizza and a drink. I had the delicious Blackberry Shenanigans sour. The pizza was very good too! Happy to have …

Oct 14, 2020: Rain made our stop at Jay Cooke State Park’s Swinging Bridge far too short. The light was really cool, and the scenery was awesome. We are going to …

Oct 14, 2020: Rainy drive from Cross Lake to Duluth. 🌧

Oct 14, 2020: Picked up the Winnebago View for our 5-day road trip. Initial impression of the View is positive. It feels very spacious when the extension is out. …

Oct 14, 2020: A Day In The Life photo challenge submission from Garrison, MN (46.293720,-93.823915) at 12:09 PM CT. 48 °F. Giant fish sculpture along Mille Lacs …

Oct 13, 2020: Tomorrow we are renting this fabulous 2018 Winnebago View and going on a short loop around Northern Minnesota. Duluth, Grand Marais, Grand Rapids, and …

Oct 13, 2020: The daily chart from The Economist showing the price ranges of the iPhone since launch puts some perspective on the price of the newest iPhones, as we …

Oct 11, 2020: Facebook and Twitter Have Lost Control From recent actions I think that we must conclude that Facebook and Twitter have now explicitly acknowledged that their platforms are being used in …

Oct 11, 2020: This weekend I wired up two additional platforms that I’m syndicating to. I’m now sharing to Mastadon and am …

Oct 11, 2020: In Paul Jarvis Sunday Dispatch today he highlights how he disagrees with the assumption in “main-stream startup culture” that you have to …

Oct 10, 2020: Family movie night, National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets. Fun movie. Very similar to the first one. 🍿

Oct 10, 2020: Mazie took this hilarious photo of Lucky today. Love it. 🤣

Oct 10, 2020: We found another use for the leaf blower today! 🛹💨

Oct 9, 2020: We had delicious pizza from Pizzeria 201 at their pop up spot by 10,000 Drops in Faribault tonight. 🍕🍹🤤

Oct 9, 2020: It was great to see the current ACE Leadership class present at todays MnTech Board meeting. They formed multiple teams and engaged with Genesys …

Oct 7, 2020: Mississippi River Lowered The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has lowered the Mississippi River by 12 feet to inspect locks and dams. We went tonight to see what it looked like …

Oct 6, 2020: I upgraded the video conferencing setup in my home office. Setup a studio light that I’ve had for photography. Got an Audio-Technica AT2005USB …

Oct 5, 2020: Government Websites Should be Surveillance Free Excuse me while I vent for a moment. Today I tried to visit the State of Minnesota COVID-19 resource page. I wanted to see what the State of Minnesota …

Oct 4, 2020: Brandi Carlile’s Campfire Singalong Streaming Brandi Carlile’s Campfire Singalong. Love the intimate feel, like joining them for a jam session around the fire. 🔥 It’s great to get some …

Oct 4, 2020: Happy Birthday to my amazing, awesome, and astounding Mom! 🎉 I would literally be nothing without her. I have been so lucky to have someone to guide, …

Oct 4, 2020: Dancing Bear Chocolate First time visit to Dancing Bear Chocolate to get treats for my Mom’s birthday. They also made a custom Carrot Cake for her that was delicious and …

Oct 4, 2020: Cocktail Emoji Triples I was texting recently and wanted to reference an Old Fashioned and it dawned on me that there was a perfect emoji reference for that drink! Old …

Oct 2, 2020: Voted! ✅ I prefer voting by mail. We get the kids involved. We can do research on the smaller down ballot elections and make more informed decisions. …

Oct 2, 2020: It took 6 months for COVID-19 to go from the March lockdowns to the White House. COVID-19 is still less than one year old! Trump Tests Positive for …

Oct 2, 2020: The covid-19 recession is the most unequal in modern U.S. history.

Oct 1, 2020: Hit a new 30-min PR and passed 400 kJ of output in Irène Sholz EDM Ride. 402 kJ, +8 over previous PR. 48% of ride at or above VO2 Max range. Was …

Sep 29, 2020: Had a great evening with a couple of friends sitting around the fire, drinking an Old Fashioned or three, and having good laughs. 🥃🔥

Sep 29, 2020: I enjoy Dense Discovery and the variety of topics that Kai brings to the newsletter. It was an easy decision to sign up for the new Friend of DD …

Sep 29, 2020: A “twofer” of geeky humor in one shirt. Stay at home, wear a mask.🤓

Sep 27, 2020: Finished a much needed organizing and upgrading of my home office setup. This is working much better on every dimension.

Sep 27, 2020: Amazon’s marketing strategy with Ring seems to be: Make you worry about something you weren’t worried about yesterday. Sell you a product …

Sep 26, 2020: Delicious plate of tomatoes grown by our old neighbor. 🍅

Sep 26, 2020: Enjoying this home brew Belgian Witbier with Coriander and Orange Peel that my friend Garrick gave to me. Refreshing. Tastes like summer. 🍺

Sep 26, 2020: Hit a new 60-min PR in Matt Wilpers Power Zone Endurance Ride this morning! 653 kJ, a 10% jump over previous 591 kJ. It was a Zone 2 / 3 ride but I …

Sep 25, 2020: Mazie cross country meet today In Chanhassen. Running 5k. 👏

Sep 24, 2020: Sous Vides Brisket Trying Sous Vides brisket for the first time. Trimmed down the flat. Simple salt and pepper. Texas style. Cut in half to vacuum seal for the bath. In …

Sep 23, 2020: Tyler defeated Monk Maz Koshia and got the Master Cycle Zero in Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It is amazing to me how far the story goes in this game.

Sep 23, 2020: First time we’ve had a full unplanned Xfinity service outage during remote work and school. Switched everyone to use their phones as hotspots. …

Sep 20, 2020: Rosalia A few days ago we happened to go to Rosalia on their very first night open to the public. Rosalia is the newest restaurant from Daniel del Prada, and …

Sep 20, 2020: My Octopus Teacher We enjoyed watching My Octopus Teacher tonight. It is a touching story capturing the year that Craig Foster spent visiting this octopus every day. My …

Sep 20, 2020: Hit a new 45-minute PR on Peloton this morning in Jenn Sherman’s class. 553 kJ. Not sure about Yacht Rock for spinning though. 😬 Helped to a PR with …

Sep 19, 2020: Updating firmware is one of my favorite things. 🤓 Updating the new IntelliConnect.

Sep 19, 2020: The hand washing feature in watchOS 7 seemed a bit silly but I turned it on and I’ve actually liked it. It is good at detecting washing, and it has …

Sep 19, 2020: I have wanted folders in Shortcuts since it was called Workflow. It is a huge help to have that in iOS 14. I rediscovered shortcuts I had forgot about …

Sep 19, 2020: iOS 14 is sharing an insight with me that it is using more battery. Neat insight, how about a fix? 😬

Sep 18, 2020: Saddened to hear of the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She has been a historic justice on the Supreme Court. She gave everything to the movements she …

Sep 17, 2020: The final thing we needed to do for our pool project was replace the septic system at our cabin. I think it’s good that I wasn’t there when they …

Sep 16, 2020: Slalom Presents: Realizing Racial Equity Many thanks to Slalom Consulting for their Slalom Presents: Realizing Racial Equality program. Hearing the more complete story from Ruby Bridges in …

Sep 15, 2020: Last night as we were getting ready to go to sleep I noticed that a helicopter had been circling overhead for a while. It was circling large swaths …

Sep 15, 2020: It was great to be on a panel today as part of Twin Cities Startup Week talking about Managing Global Teams During a Pandemic. Many thanks to the …

Sep 14, 2020: Two Second Test I spent a lot of my career in media and publishing on the web. During that time one of the things that I came to appreciate more completely was the …

Sep 13, 2020: Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center Before leaving the Lanesboro area we stopped at Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center and did a casual hike on their trails. We hiked down to the …

Sep 13, 2020: Orchards aren’t doing U-pick this year but Honeycrisp Apples are ready. We got some apples and delicious snacks at Blossom Hill Orchard & Farm in …

Sep 12, 2020: Root River Trail, Lanesboro to Peterson Tammy and I had a great 28 mile out-and-back ride on the Root River Trail today. We went east from Lanesboro and rode to Peterson. With Covid-19 some …

Sep 12, 2020: Lanesboro is a great central location on the Root River Trail to explore a variety of different cities in Southern Minnesota.

Sep 12, 2020: Picture stop at the Lanesboro Dam, built in 1868. Long exposures taken with Spectre.

Sep 12, 2020: We took a morning walk around Lanesboro. It had just finished raining and everything looked nice and there weren’t very many people out. We …

Sep 12, 2020: Habberstad House Bed & Breakfast Tammy and I are spending the weekend in Lanesboro and staying at the wonderful Habberstad House Bed & Breakfast. We have the Carriage House for …

Sep 8, 2020: First Day of School Today was the first day of school. First day of school during a pandemic. First day of school via distance learning. We still kept tradition. I made …

Sep 8, 2020: Mulan via Disney+ We watched Mulan tonight on Disney+ with Premier Access. The movie was great. None of us had seen the animated version so the story was all new and …

Sep 8, 2020: Lucky got shaved down at the groomer today. She had too many mats in her fur. She looks way different! An okay look, but we’ll let her fur grow out …

Sep 6, 2020: Family movie tonight, National Treasure. Tyler’s pick. Fun story. 🍿

Sep 6, 2020: Nice lunch today at Keepsake Cidery outside of Northfield. They have a great selection of ciders, sandwiches, and snacks. Worth the drive and they …

Sep 5, 2020: Some serious weather rolling through Cannon Lake tonight. Constant lightning. Heavy rain and thunder. Multiple waves of hail. Wind is only thing …

Sep 5, 2020: Mighty Fine Coffee Stopped by Mighty Fine Coffee today to check out the newest coffee option in Faribault. Met the two owners and brought home a bag of freshly roasted …

Sep 5, 2020: Good night for s’mores! 🔥

Sep 3, 2020: Heather’s in South Minneapolis has quickly become a family favorite for dinner out on their large patio. Our food has all been great, and the space is …

Sep 2, 2020: Kayaking the Crow River After our morning bike ride Tammy and I continued our day of fun and adventure with a late afternoon kayak down the Crow River. We met River Dragon …

Sep 2, 2020: Ride the Dakota Rail Regional Trail With the kids away with their cousin for a couple of days, I cleared my calendar and Tammy and I took a day to ourselves. We got started early with a …

Sep 1, 2020: Tammy and I finally watched A Star is Born. We both enjoyed it. Great acting. Music was of course great. 🍿

Sep 1, 2020: Martina’s New Patio Tonight Tammy and I went to one of our favorite restaurants in town, Martina. We were excited to see their new outdoor patio space. Patios have gone …

Aug 31, 2020: Thumbs Cookies were a perfect snack at the end of a long bike ride. Their KIRBY mobile unit was in Linden Hills.

Aug 31, 2020: Tammy and I had a perfect night for a gorgeous 15 mile ride around the the chain of lakes.

Aug 29, 2020: Lucky is 8 months old today. She looks so small in her 3 month photos now. She also has this adorable habit of crossing her front legs.

Aug 29, 2020: I took my Yama Cold Brew Tower out for the first time in a long time today and was reminded how delicious the coffee is from this process. Smooth and …

Aug 28, 2020: Potential Zoom feature: Autopilot When autopilot is on the Zoom client will automatically leave meetings at the scheduled time, and automatically …

Aug 28, 2020: Got a new 45 minute PR this morning in Sam Yo’s class! 122 out of 1,443 riders live. 523 kJ total output. 🚴🏼‍♂️🏆💪

Aug 25, 2020: Just finished an interview with tech.mn Jac Stark and Livefront Nels Pederson for their CTO Spotlight series. Looking forward to the published …

Aug 23, 2020: FC Bayern Münich celebrating their Champions League title! Great game! Nueur: “A human brick wall.” 21 consecutive wins. ⚽️🏆🇩🇪 Tyler was in full …

Aug 22, 2020: Kayaking Pokegama and the Mississippi We spent the morning kayaking down the Mississippi. We put in at Tioga Beach on Pokegama Lake, then Big Jay Goulde Lake, then Little Jay Goulde Lake …

Aug 22, 2020: These lanterns are very fun to watch fly. This one soared high above Pokegama Lake.

Aug 22, 2020: I came up with a new tag line for canoes: Canoes, what 100 years of innovation left behind. I’m not a fan of canoes. 😊

Aug 22, 2020: Enjoying a Lift Bridge Mango Blonde from my brothers dock on Pokegama Lake. 👍🍻

Aug 20, 2020: Discovered the Planters Nutmobile in our neighborhood on our evening walk tonight! Will be curious to see how this story evolves! 🥜

Aug 18, 2020: Just barely put up another PR this morning in Kendall Toole’s Metal Ride. 394 kJ (+1 over previous). Strong finish with Master of Puppets at the end. …

Aug 17, 2020: Oddball at REM5VR A couple weeks back we got to try REM5VR’s newest arena experience, Oddball. it is a VR version of laser tag. The four of us played and got to pair up …

Aug 15, 2020: I’ve made 71 loans on Kiva over the years and just setup Monthly Good that automatically funds loans. Great program since I like what Kiva does, but …

Aug 14, 2020: No fairs so this Pronto Pup stand has been open on the side of Highway 60 this summer. I stopped for dinner tonight. I prefer corn dogs but this was …

Aug 13, 2020: Hit a new 30-minute spin PR this morning! 393 kJ (+11 from previous). #FitByFIfty

Aug 12, 2020: This graph speaks volumes about the impact to society from the pandemic.

Aug 10, 2020: Very strong storm woke me and the dog up. Lots of thunder and lightning. Tripped the power. Pea sized hail. Scared Lucky enough she hid in the …

Aug 9, 2020: Double rainbow in Yellowstone National Park. 🌈🌈

Aug 9, 2020: Coronavirus maps via the New York Times.

Aug 8, 2020: Waited for a break in the rain to fire up the flat top and make smash burgers! Yum! 🤤🍔

Aug 8, 2020: Montgomery Brewing Hop Junkies Pineapple IPA tonight. Very good. Notable pineapple flavor. 🍺

Aug 8, 2020: Small but very intense storm coming through. Major thunder cracks. ⚡️⛈

Aug 7, 2020: Minneapolis Public Schools phased approach to managing COVID-19.

Aug 4, 2020: Mazie’s garden is thriving, and now it has an official placard. She has a real knack for gardening, and seems to enjoy it a lot.

Aug 2, 2020: Yellowstone 2020 Index RV spots: 5 Vehicles rented: 2 Miles driven: 2,721 on the RV Total cost of gasoline: $774.03 Pictures taken: 1,313 Times dumping tanks: 5 National …

Aug 2, 2020: This is one of the oddest places I’ve had to deal with a hornets nest. 😬

Aug 1, 2020: Awesome win by MNUFC over San Jose tonight! On to the semifinals against Orlando! ⚽️🙌

Jul 31, 2020: Most terrifying thing about renting the RV? Taking it to the truck wash before returning it and navigating this shockingly small entry! Should have …

Jul 30, 2020: Yellowstone Log: Day 13, Thursday Long drive home! Go through Mankato and have pizza at Dino’s Pizzeria! Arrive home 7:00pm. 2 hours to empty out RV, put stuff away, and clean …

Jul 30, 2020: Today is our final stretch with a 593 mile drive back to Minneapolis! We’ve had an awesome Yellowstone RV trip! 🙌

Jul 29, 2020: Yellowstone Log: Day 12, Wednesday Weather: Cool morning. Feels like rain. Mt. Rushmore Crazy horse Chuck wagon dinner

Jul 29, 2020: Family selfie at Mt. Rushmore!

Jul 29, 2020: We pulled into the Palmer Gulch KOA last night and got setup. Checking it out this morning and this is easily the fanciest KOA I’ve seen. They say …

Jul 28, 2020: Enjoyed a beautiful drive through the Shoshone National Forest today on our way from Jackson, WY to Mt. Rushmore in SD.

Jul 28, 2020: Yellowstone Log: Day 11, Tuesday Weather: Rain! Cool! Rain stopped after first hour or so and then pleasant driving weather Breakfast at Persephone. Visit Teton Park visitor center, …

Jul 28, 2020: We had delicious takeout burgers from Grazer’s in Newcastle, WY just before entering South Dakota!

Jul 28, 2020: Going to be covering over 470 miles today. Leaving Jackson, WY and checking in at Mt. Rushmore KOA tonight. We loved our time in the Tetons! 🛣

Jul 28, 2020: It was cloudy tonight but Wyoming Stargazing still got us out to see some cool stuff. Here is the moon tonight from Jackson, WY.

Jul 27, 2020: Yellowstone Log: Day 10, Monday Weather: Clear and Sunny, Warm. Cloudy into the evening. Tyler and Mazie met and hung out with Nola and Sebastian. Rented bikes from Dornan’s …

Jul 27, 2020: Hidden Falls by Jenny Lake in Grand Tetons National Park. This may be my favorite waterfall ever.

Jul 27, 2020: Grand Tetons. Mt. Moran from Oxbow Bend.

Jul 26, 2020: Yellowstone Log: Day 9, Sunday Weather: cool in morning. Warm and pleasant rest of day. Got up at 5a to do wildlife tour with Bush Buck Start at Teton village Moose Wilson road tons …

Jul 26, 2020: Afternoon ice cream from Jackson Drug in Jackson, WY.

Jul 26, 2020: Facial recognition doesn’t stand a chance with my pandemic vacation wear.

Jul 26, 2020: Bison in Yellowstone.

Jul 26, 2020: Tyler got the Collectors Edition Yellowstone Monopoly while in Yellowstone, and then played it a bit in the RV while driving in Yellowstone! Very …

Jul 26, 2020: We had a nice (socially distanced) walk along the Snake River / Emily Stevens Park in Jackson, WY with Kendra Gapinski and family! #TeamSPS

Jul 26, 2020: We played the Camp board game last night for the first time. Fun RV game. Good game that can be played with multiple ages at the same time. Tammy won!

Jul 25, 2020: Yellowstone Log: Day 8, Saturday Weather: great, clear, mid-70s Left West Yellowstone KOA. Returned rental car. Stopped at Lewis Falls. Lunch in RV at Jackson Lake overlook in Grand …

Jul 24, 2020: Yellowstone Log: Day 7, Friday Weather: mid 70s. Nice. breakfast in RV Gibbon Falls North Rim of Grand Canyon of Yellowstone River waypoint Inspiration point South Rim first …

Jul 24, 2020: The KOA that we are at has no WiFi and no cellular signal. We’ve been offline for 3 days except for an occasional stop in some town. Tonight we …

Jul 23, 2020: Yellowstone Log: Day 6, Thursday Weather: started out rain/drizzle. Cleared up and was great day. Up early! Fly fishing Lunch at golf course restaurant Back to Yellowstone fairy Falls …

Jul 23, 2020: We all had a great morning fly fishing on the Gallatin River! Tammy caught 2 trout, Tyler got a little Rainbow Trout and Mazie had a bunch of bites. I …

Jul 22, 2020: Yellowstone Log: Day 5, Wednesday Weather: lovely day Lower Geyser Basin Grand Prismatic Spring Biscuit Basin Mammoth Springs Roosevelt Arch Hell’s A-Roarin’ Outfitters

Jul 22, 2020: Afternoon ice cream stop in Gardiner, MT at the Yellowstone North Entrance. 🍦

Jul 22, 2020: Pulled into West Yellowstone KOA last night. Gorgeous drive here. They are not famous for their WiFi. 😜

Jul 22, 2020: Current news from Ennis,MT. 🎣

Jul 22, 2020: Short video tubing down the Madison River.

Jul 21, 2020: I’m sure that there are people that can look cool with a GoPro attached to their forehead. However, I am not one of them. 😬

Jul 21, 2020: We had a fabulous afternoon tubing down the Madison River today outside of Bozeman, MT. We went with Madison River Tubing and they set everything up …

Jul 21, 2020: Yellowstone Log: Day 4, Tuesday Weather: beautiful day breakfast at wild crumb Return to schnee’s Lunch in RV Tubing down Madison River Drive to west Yellowstone

Jul 21, 2020: We had a great dinner outside (pandemic!) at MAP Brewing last night. Perfect weather overlooking a recreational lake. The Midas Crush was great. 🍺

Jul 21, 2020: It was 2005 when Tammy first stumbled upon EarthRoamer and I instantly went down that “rabbit hole.” Yesterday we stopped for groceries …

Jul 20, 2020: Yellowstone Log: Day 3, Monday Weather: beautiful day breakfast in RV Morning hike with lamas lunch on trail ice cream at sweet peaks shopping in Bozeman, chacos, water bottle, rei …

Jul 20, 2020: Successfully managed the emptying of the grey water and black water tanks in the RV. Feels like this deserves some sort of merit badge. 🏅

Jul 20, 2020: Photos of us and our llamas as we get ready for our hike with Montana Llama Guides! 🦙 Tyler and Sunny D Mazie and Ian Jamie and Angelo Tammy and Theo

Jul 20, 2020: Afternoon ice cream at Sweet Peaks in Bozeman! Yeti Tracks, Mountain Mint, Bear Scat, 10 Year Birthday Cake. 🍦

Jul 20, 2020: Hanging out with Llamas this morning with Montana Llama Guides. 🦙

Jul 19, 2020: Theodore Roosevelt National Park We spent the night in Medora last night and before heading out on our way to Bozeman we decided to take a very brief trip into Theodore Roosevelt …

Jul 19, 2020: Yellowstone Log: Day 2, Sunday Weather: lovely day started day with breakfast in the RV Went to teddy rosevelt national park Spent 3 hours seeing highlights drove to Bozeman Dinner …

Jul 19, 2020: 417 miles on tap for today. Final of long drive days to get to Yellowstone area. Filling gas at Forsyth, MT. ⛽️

Jul 18, 2020: Yellowstone Log: Day 1, Saturday Weather: hot and humid in mpls, weather much better in Medora Getting on the road after stop at the grocery store to replace food that went bad in the …

Jul 18, 2020: Stopped to take pictures with Salem Sue! In New Salem, ND.

Jul 18, 2020: Today’s task. Next turn in 396 miles. 😊🛣

Jul 18, 2020: Hitting the road in the RV!

Jul 18, 2020: RV Learning: Mind the Main Power Switch! We’ve had our first mis-hap of our Yellowstone Road Trip and we haven’t even left the driveway yet! Last night a big downpour came through …

Jul 17, 2020: Yellowstone Log: Day 0, Friday Picked up the RV from Hilltop Rental. Loaded it with a bunch of stuff, half of which I’m guessing we won’t use. I suspect forgetting several …

Jul 17, 2020: Just picked up our 2020 Jayco Redhawk 22J from Hilltop Campers. We are getting it packed for our two week road trip to Yellowstone National Park! 🛣

Jul 16, 2020: The Robbinsdale water tower may be more accurately described as a cell tower that happens to have water too.

Jul 16, 2020: The knife ceiling at Travail catches your attention. 🔪

Jul 16, 2020: Travail Rooftop Patio Cantina Tammy and I went to the opening night of Travail’s Kitchen and Amusements Rooftop service tonight. We were lucky enough to grab tickets right …

Jul 16, 2020: Lucky got her first grooming today. She looks a little strange but is very fluffy. This was a partial grooming. Part 1 of 2…

Jul 15, 2020: Tammy and I enjoyed Self Made on Netflix. Very good four-part series on Madam C.J. Walker and the empire she built on hair products. 🍿

Jul 15, 2020: We went to Heather’s for the first time tonight. They have an amazing outdoor patio and the weather was just perfect. We loved our dinner: …

Jul 15, 2020: Coronavirus spread via New York Times Morning Briefing.

Jul 14, 2020: My fire table got hooked up to the gas line today. I love it! 🔥🤩

Jul 13, 2020: New 45-minute PR on Peloton tonight! 506 kJ v 486 kJ. Plus hit 2,000 minutes in 2020! #FitByFifty

Jul 12, 2020: Congrats to Minnesota United FC in defeating Sporting KC in Stage 1 of the MLS is Back Tournament! 1-2 ⚽️🤩 #SKCvMIN

Jul 12, 2020: Watched American Experience: Fatal Flood this evening. I didn’t know the history of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and the terrible racist …

Jul 12, 2020: Family bike ride with Dairy Queen in the middle! 🍦🚴🏼‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚴🏼‍♂️🚴‍♀️

Jul 11, 2020: Last night we enjoyed Dennis Watkin’s Magic Parlour at Home show. We’ve seen his amazing magic in Chicago, and this live experience over Zoom was …

Jul 11, 2020: Delicious pork butts on the Big Green Egg! 🤤🔥🐖

Jul 11, 2020: This Warpigs Foggy Geezer Hazy IPA is one of the coolest looking cans of beer I’ve seen. 🍺

Jul 11, 2020: I got my Peloton Century Club shirt yesterday! Like it!

Jul 11, 2020: Very impressed with Decadent Saint Ultimate Mixer! Just add water and it’s a delicious refreshing drink for a summer afternoon!

Jul 9, 2020: We capped off #TeamSPS TechJam 2020 with a keynote from Casey Rosenthal on resilient systems and the practices that enable and support that …

Jul 8, 2020: Jim Crow of the North Tammy and I watched Minnesota Experience: Jim Crow of the North tonight. It was incredibly eye opening to one form of systemic racism that I have been …

Jul 8, 2020: Love the enthusiasm and passion that Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is sharing with #TeamSPS during TechJam! “Spearheading the Future of Programming” His love …

Jul 7, 2020: Today we kick off #TeamSPS TechJam 2020! We have 31 presenters leading sessions that “follow the sun” with our teams around the world! The …

Jul 6, 2020: Cloud and Light on Cannon Lake.

Jul 6, 2020: Family bike ride on Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail to Dairy Queen and back. Perfect 10 mile ride! 🚴🏼‍♂️🍦

Jul 6, 2020: I dropped my iPhone in the water yesterday and when I went to charge it last night I got this notice. I was able to charge it this morning. However, …

Jul 5, 2020: Want corn knee-high by the Fourth of July? What does it mean when it’s over your head by the Fourth of July?

Jul 5, 2020: Made a short trip to Montgomery, MN tonight to get some delicious beer from Montgomery Brewing and great pizza to-go from Pizzeria 201. Eating on a …

Jul 4, 2020: The fireworks on Cannon Lake were even more amazing than usual this year. Our neighbor launched more big fireworks than many cities do! 🤩💥🧨

Jul 4, 2020: Hanging out in the pool watching fireworks overhead is pretty amazing. 😊💥

Jul 4, 2020: Happy 4th of July everyone — in fruit pizza! 🇺🇸💥

Jul 4, 2020: Pork butts done with their journey and time to shred. Thank you Big Green Egg and Sous Vides for the journey! 🇺🇸🔥🐖

Jul 4, 2020: 30 seconds of Big Green Egg Zen Smoke for your viewing and relaxing pleasure. 🔥

Jul 4, 2020: Pork Butts out of the Sous Vides baths and now onto the Big Green Egg for 3 hours of smoke! 🔥

Jul 2, 2020: We tried Grandpa’s Ice Cream in Fridley for the first time today. Great flavors. The people were super nice and everyone had masks and were well …

Jul 2, 2020: 4th of July barbecue prep started today. Rubbed two nice pork butts and ready for Sous Vides baths over next 48 hours.

Jun 30, 2020: Started reading The Bullet Journal Method. Recommended by Dan Grigsby to give it a full read versus just scanning the syntax. More depth here than I …

Jun 30, 2020: Our whole family was excited to hear that Arcade1Up is coming out with Ms. PAC-MAN! We will be swapping our PAC-MAN machine out as soon as we can. The …

Jun 30, 2020: I was in Google Street View today and was surprised to see that it had a picture of our house before it was completely rebuilt. It is fun to see what …

Jun 29, 2020: Lucky had her 6-month birthday today! She is 42 lbs now, and is still very much a puppy, but calming down some. She’s a great dog and learning more …

Jun 29, 2020: I’m getting even more excited about our upcoming RV road trip to Yellowstone National Park! It is going to be a great adventure! We are making stops …

Jun 28, 2020: I’m not very handy, so I get disproportionately excited when I do complete little home projects. New drier vent with guard installed! Last winter the …

Jun 28, 2020: The southwest dogleg of Cannon Lake is already extremely weedy with a lot of floating algae. The boat lanes look like roads. With July and August …

Jun 28, 2020: Email from our daughters high school: “Due to budget cuts, the number of counselors serving Washburn students has shrunk from 5 to 3. Though our …

Jun 25, 2020: We had a great backyard guitar performance tonight. 🎸

Jun 25, 2020: New 30-minute PR this morning! 378 kJ (+2 from previous). 39% of the time anaerobic! 🚴🏼‍♂️ #FitByFifty

Jun 24, 2020: This is bad. There are states safely reopening. Others should be following their lead. 😷

Jun 23, 2020: Tammy and I had dinner on the patio at Italian Eatery tonight. It was the first time we ate at a restaurant since March 15th! I surprised myself by …

Jun 23, 2020: Mazie is growing some peppers, Brussels, herbs, and other food in a raised garden bed this summer. She loves to tend to the plants and even likes …

Jun 21, 2020: Galaga was one of my favorite arcade games back in the day. I got this awesome Quarter Arcade Galaga Cabinet for Father’s Day this year. The …

Jun 21, 2020: I’m one lucky guy to get to celebrate Father’s Day with these two awesome kids and my wonderful wife. Happy Fathers Day to all the other …

Jun 21, 2020: We had a great day yesterday with my stepdad Bruce, sister Alona, and nephew Garrett! The kids had a great time in the pool! 🏊‍♂️ Break for video …

Jun 20, 2020: Picking strawberries at Straight River Farms this morning. 🍓

Jun 19, 2020: We commemorated Juneteenth today by getting dinner from two Black-owned businesses. Main course from Milton’s Vittles, Vino, and Beer and dessert was …

Jun 19, 2020: At Milton’s Vittles, Vino, and Beer to pickup dinner and things are very busy. I think the various Black-owned business lists have been effective in …

Jun 17, 2020: Game of Life with the kids tonight. 🎲 Dad: $2,710,100 Tyler: $5,000,000 Mazie: $3,300,000

Jun 17, 2020: Hit a new 30-min PR spinning this morning. 376 kJ, +10 kJ over previous PR. 🙌 #FitByFifty

Jun 14, 2020: We visited Minneopa State Park today and I can’t believe I haven’t seen these falls before. Impressive double falls with great viewing areas.

Jun 13, 2020: 🐖🍽🍺

Jun 13, 2020: Cracked the plate setter on my Big Green Egg but was able to position it to still hold the grid up. The smoke must go on!

Jun 12, 2020: I hit my Century Ride on Peloton today! Did my 100th ride with Ally Love’s 30-min 90s Ride. #FitByFifty

Jun 12, 2020: We had BarrkArt Fencing come and fence in our back yard so Lucky can have a space to run around. They did a great job matching the fence in with the …

Jun 11, 2020: What books are on my office book shelf? I recently shared a selfie from my office and a friend emailed me to ask what books I had on the book shelf behind me. I tend to keep multiple copies …

Jun 11, 2020: Distribution Center Simulation I was able to participate in one of the first run-throughs of our new Distribution Center Simulation! It was a fabulous experience that will help …

Jun 10, 2020: Gorgeous blue sky in downtown Minneapolis today.

Jun 9, 2020: Today was my first day in the office in 85 days. It is very quiet! Devices updated, password changed, and other things that were easier to do on …

Jun 7, 2020: We all watched The Secret Life of Bee’s tonight.

Jun 4, 2020: George Floyd’s memorial service was today and broadcast live. Tammy and I watched the entire service. Our daughter also joined us for it. It was …

Jun 3, 2020: Refusing to Amplify is not Censorship Recently Twitter made the decision to tag some of President Trump’s tweets as incorrect and limit distribution of them. Facebook decided the …

Jun 3, 2020: Thoughts on Recent Events Last week George Floyd was killed in a sequence of events that never would have happened to a white person. This has erupted the community here in …

Jun 1, 2020: Brandi Carlile celebrated her 39th birthday with a streaming concert from her home. It was great, and a wonderful time to embrace some beautiful music …

Jun 1, 2020: A lot of people and small businesses are going to need our help recovering and rebuilding along Lake Street in Minneapolis. Join me in making a …

May 31, 2020: Dragon docking with the International Space Station Watching the Dragon capsule slowly approaching the International Space Station. The space station was launched in 1998. The technology on it is 21 …

May 30, 2020: An amazing milestone with Falcon 9 successfully launching two astronauts on the way to the International Space Station! 🚀🇺🇸❤️

May 30, 2020: Every time the NASA and SpaceX commentators refer to Bob and Doug, the astronauts flying today, I can’t help but think of the other Bob and Doug.

May 30, 2020: NASA and SpaceX are cleared for launch. We are all watching to see history being made! 🚀

May 30, 2020: There are a lot of complicated things that I understand very well, however the impact holidays have on garbage collection schedules is not one of …

May 28, 2020: I wanted to keep my #FitByFifty objective very front and center for me throughout the day. I created a simple graphic and ordered some custom stickers …

May 28, 2020: I am excited to try out Omni Automation inside of OmniFocus! I’ve automated OmniFocus for years with Shortcuts and x-callback-urls for. But being able …

May 28, 2020: Tammy unlocked a perfect pandemic evening for us last night. First, get a bottle of a beverage of choice. We had a bottle of Moscato d’Asti. …

May 27, 2020: Bummer that the SpaceX / NASA launch is scrubbed for today. Next time! The control panel of the capsule is amazing looking.

May 26, 2020: I hit a new 30-min PR doing Jess King’s House Ride tonight. I pushed hard, the music was great. #FitByFifty

May 25, 2020: We watched The Biggest Little Farm tonight. This was part of a school assignment Mazie had to watch one of a list of movies and then write an essay on …

May 25, 2020: I made Sous Vide burgers tonight. I have wanted to try these for a long time since everything else has been so good on the Sous Vide, but I was …

May 24, 2020: Working through my first pool “issue”. The Saltwater Chlorine Generator was set too low (6%) while we were gone and the chlorine level dropped to near …

May 24, 2020: I don’t seem to ever get tired of looking at meat smoking on the Big Green Egg. Surly Hell is going perfect today too! 🔥🍺

May 24, 2020: Little snippet of an in-process project. Fun watching this take shape.

May 24, 2020: Heavy fog on Cannon Lake at sunrise.

May 23, 2020: Grateful to get to watch live Bundesliga with Bayern v Frankfurt today. It is very strange though with the stands completely empty. ⚽️ 55m: Yikes, two …

May 22, 2020: Tyler has gotten to Calamity Ganon in Legend of Zelda. Super difficult stage. He’s not going to finish him tonight.

May 22, 2020: Another visit to the Backyard Pandemic Barbershop! Learned tonight that the leaf blower works really well to get the hair off of you at the end. 💈

May 22, 2020: Hit a new 30-minute PR this morning on my Peloton Bike! Felt great too! #FitByFifty

May 22, 2020: Minnesota State Fair is officially cancelled for 2020 due to Covid-19. That seemed like the only possible outcome, but feels notable nonetheless.

May 20, 2020: 2020 Minnesota Aspirations in Computing Award Ceremony It was great to attend the Minnesota Aspirations in Computing Award Ceremony tonight held online. The accomplishments of these young women are …

May 20, 2020: Solid climbing intervals in this morning’s 30-minute spin workout. I like how the charts look. 📈 #FitByFifty

May 20, 2020: Who do I want to be during Covid-19? From Post Corona: The Cosmic Opportunity.

May 17, 2020: Super excited to be watching live Bundesliga play with Union Berlin v Bayern! While there are no fans in the stadium, it turns out I can yell at the …

May 17, 2020: Had to go out and raise the Sea Legs up a foot and adjust the pontoon cover poles in the middle of gale force winds and heavy rain. How did you start …

May 16, 2020: We enjoyed a nice short hike to the Hidden Falls at Nerstrand Big Woods State Park today. It was our first time to this state park but we will be back …

May 16, 2020: This graph of DNS requests by client at our cabin is a good example of how metadata and privacy interact. When did we get there? How many people were …

May 16, 2020: Time to smoke another pork shoulder! Big Green Egg charcoal with chunks of Hickory. 🔥

May 16, 2020: Tammy has coined the name “European Picnic” for what has become one of our favorite family lunches. Baguette, block of cheese, chocolate to finish. …

May 15, 2020: Happy 23rd Birthday BigCharts! On this day, 23 years ago, we launched BigCharts.com. The time before and after that was fun, stressful, and filled with unknowns. It was a great …

May 15, 2020: Micro.blog added a Custom 404 Page feature. I had sent Manton a note asking for this feature just a week ago. Love it! 💛

May 15, 2020: Such a pleasant evening on Cannon Lake tonight.

May 14, 2020: Economic Club of Minnesota “Our Economy and Health in Crisis” I was able to attend the Economic Club of Minnesota’s webinar today on “Our Economy and Health in Crisis”. My brother-in-law Hector …

May 14, 2020: We made the jump to an electric lawn mover tonight. We bought the 21" Self-Propelled EGO Power+ from Home Depot. Initial impression is amazing. …

May 14, 2020: Nice spin session on Peloton this morning, 30-min Rock & Roll class with Emma Lovewell! Geeky fun looking at the mPaceline graphs. #FitByFifty

May 14, 2020: All data that I have read points to this pandemic lasting for a long time. “The World Health Organisation warned that it might take five years to …

May 13, 2020: Great Season 40 of Survivor “Winners at War”. I wanted Natalie to win though. Tony played a strong game, but Natalie did something nearly impossible!

May 11, 2020: “The average number of passengers on a commercial flight within the U.S. right now: just 23. Every day, the airline industry is losing almost $400 …

May 10, 2020: Just upgraded one of my Pi-Hole servers to v5.0! All went completely smooth. The new group filtering is interesting. I may put all my Apple TV’s …

May 10, 2020: Lake & Irving is one of our favorite restaurants and they re-opened last week with a limited takeout menu. They have a great setup for getting it …

May 10, 2020: Family was craving for some Pavarotti ice cream tonight so Tyler and I made a stop at Sebastian Joe’s! Cold day but they were doing a steady …

May 10, 2020: Happy Mother’s Day to my amazing wife Tammy! She is the center of our family. 💕 Our very first pandemic Mother’s Day! 🤠

May 10, 2020: A very Happy Mother’s Day to my Mom, and to all the Mom’s out there!

May 9, 2020: Just wrapped up my first attempt at doing pulled pork using the Sous Vide. I started the Sous Vide last night. I let it run for 20 hours at 165. When …

May 9, 2020: Transferred the pork butt to the Big Green Egg after 20 hours in Sous Vide. Time for the finish smoke at 280 for 2-2.5 hours. Reducing the liquid from …

May 9, 2020: A good newsletter is usually: Consistent in frequency Consistent in format Endlessly repeatable with new content. — Austin Kleon

May 9, 2020: First Peloton FTP Test I did my first Functional Threshold Power test today. This is a good way to measure my fitness progress over time. Peloton doesn’t advertise it …

May 8, 2020: First time doing a pork butt using Sous Vide. Pork will cook at 165 in the water bath for 20 hours and will finish with a 2 hour smoke on the Big …

May 8, 2020: Unemployment from pandemic.

May 7, 2020: I am so excited to hear that Bundesliga is resuming the season! Tyler and I will be cheering for Bayern on May 17th! ⚽️

May 6, 2020: Tracking Pre-meal and Post-meal Hunger Level I’ve been tracking my food using Ate. One of my favorite features in Ate is that you can setup questions to answer about the meals, and tracking …

May 6, 2020: The Importance, Accessibility, and Inclusivity of Connecting Online We have all shifted quickly to online platforms for many of our interactions. It is easy to see some of the challenges with this. Technical barriers. …

May 5, 2020: Playing with mPaceline to see longer term trends in my Peloton bike work. Love this graph showing that I’m generating more power for same heart rate. …

May 5, 2020: Lemon Drop Martinis for Cinco de Mayo! 🇲🇽 🍋 🍸

May 4, 2020: The graphs that mPaceline makes from your Peloton bike rides are pretty impressive. I am looking for ways to track progress over longer time periods. …

May 3, 2020: The Tetris Shower that we did over a decade ago is still one of my favorite home projects we’ve done. 🤓

May 2, 2020: Lucky and I on the pontoon.

May 2, 2020: Boat Day! Beautiful morning to get the pontoon from storage. Heading up Cannon River to Wells Lake and finally to Cannon Lake! 🙌

May 2, 2020: Importing Jekyll site to micro.blog I successfully migrated my blog archive from Jekyll to micro.blog. I haven’t seen much written about this, so let me share how I did it. This …

May 1, 2020: Pandemic backyard barbershop tonight. Tammy did the honors. Number 1 plus. High and tight. USMC certified. Semper Fi! 💈

May 1, 2020: Tammy and the kids are so awesome — May Day baskets queued up for delivery to friends and family! 💐

Apr 30, 2020: Numskull Ms. PAC-MAN Tammy loves Ms. PAC-MAN so we got her this Quarter Arcade version for her birthday. It is a perfect replica, small and light but very well built. It …

Apr 30, 2020: My Defiant One Fat Bike still puts a big smile on my face.

Apr 30, 2020: I was explaining TV dinners to my kids and the whole concept made no sense to them. I told them my favorite was Hungry-Man Dinners Turkey Dinner, the …

Apr 29, 2020: Wasn’t expecting or trying, but surprised myself with a new 20-min spinning PR this morning on Peloton. 🙌🚴🏼‍♂️ #FitByFifty

Apr 28, 2020: Our new office space in Kyiv, Ukraine is coming along nicely and will be ready for #TeamSPS when we are able to return to the office! The pandemic …

Apr 25, 2020: We all watched Strike tonight. Fun and a little odd movie. Reminded us a little bit of Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Apr 25, 2020: We got takeout from Zetta’s tonight and thoroughly enjoyed the “somewhat original flatbread sandwiches”. I recommend checking this place out. The food …

Apr 25, 2020: Extreme Sandbox Heavy Metal Drive-Thru We joined my sister and her family for the Extreme Sandbox Heavy Metal Drive-Thru tonight. We had a fun time watching all the heavy equipment play. …

Apr 25, 2020: Anderson Center Sculpture Garden We visited the Anderson Center Sculpture Garden today in Red Wing. First time we had been there and it was a fun way to enjoy such a nice day.

Apr 25, 2020: We had a nice easy hike along the Cannon River by Red Wing today. We also got delicious pizza at Red Wing Brewing and pie at Stockholm Pie in Red …

Apr 25, 2020: Another great Peloton spin class with fellow #TeamSPS members this morning — 30 min 80s Rock Ride! #FitByFifty 🚴‍♂️

Apr 25, 2020: It turns out micro.blog is a pretty excellent live blogging solution. If you use the website you can append repeatedly to a post and just hit publish …

Apr 25, 2020: (mini) Minnebar Attending (mini) Minnebar this morning, the very first online Minnebar! It is awesome to see minnestar pivoting to further its mission during the …

Apr 23, 2020: SPS Commerce Celebrates 10th Anniversary as Public Company Yesterday #TeamSPS celebrated our 10th anniversary of going public on the NASDAQ. To celebrate team members shared pictures of themselves in SPS gear. …

Apr 23, 2020: We weren’t able to get our backyard fencing completed before we got Lucky, so we have erected this barrier that is so far holding her in. Fence …

Apr 22, 2020: Lucky figuring out how to stand on her hind legs and look out the window.

Apr 21, 2020: Tammy is on FaceTime call with sister. Mazie is on Zoom call with Piano teacher. Tyler is on FaceTime call with friend while playing Minecraft …

Apr 18, 2020: First smash burgers of the year! Delicious. 🍔

Apr 18, 2020: Clouds blowing through quick on a blustery day. Soon the leaves will be popping.

Apr 18, 2020: Riding with #TeamSPS Peloton spinners I got a new 30 minute PR (343 kj) this morning! 💥🚴🏼‍♂️ #FitByFifty

Apr 18, 2020: Suggestions for importing Jekyll blog to micro.blog? Micro.blog community: I need to migrate about 8,000 blog posts from a Jekyll site to micro.blog. Does anyone have suggestions or pointers to existing …

Apr 17, 2020: Just realized that other than taking Lucky for walks, I haven’t left the house since Sunday afternoon. 😬

Apr 17, 2020: Playing bartender at home. Strawberry Margaritas. 🍸

Apr 17, 2020: Family selfie wearing our custom masks with swappable HEPA filters made by my Mom! 😷🧵

Apr 17, 2020: Fun working from home upside — kids made waffles this morning and delivered a stack to me to enjoy! 🧇

Apr 16, 2020: The climbing jntervals in today’s spin class were epic. Whew. #FitByFifty

Apr 16, 2020: 22,034,000 unemployment claims. The orange highlight is data, not the edge of the image.

Apr 16, 2020: “Black gold.” ☕️🤩

Apr 15, 2020: Osmo Coding Duo Osmo was running a sale recently and I decided to fill out our collection. We got the Hot Wheels™ MindRacers which I didn’t think was going to be that …

Apr 15, 2020: What do you do when your new puppy figures out how to jump on the couch? 🤷🏼‍♂️

Apr 14, 2020: Had a great 30 minute spin class on Peloton this morning. #FitByFifty

Apr 12, 2020: As great as yesterday’s weather 🌤 was, that is how not great today’s weather 💨🌧 is. Brrr! 🥶

Apr 12, 2020: We took Lucky on a walk that was just too long for her puppy stamina yesterday so I had to carry her for a while.

Apr 12, 2020: Awesome pictures of Lucky (3 months old) that Tammy took yesterday. She’s such a cute puppy!

Apr 11, 2020: I liked the privacy and security benefits of having a Pi-Hole at home so much that I decided to put one in the cabin too. Next up cable management. 😁

Apr 11, 2020: Warsaw Business's Customer Appreciation Parade What can a small township in Minnesota do to bring some cheer to people during the Pandemic lockdown? A parade! Minus the throwing candy part of …

Apr 11, 2020: Gorgeous day — enjoying some time outside with a fire! 🔥

Apr 10, 2020: We have most of the Osmo games, and today we got Osmo Hot Wheels™ MindRacers. Kids and adults are having fun!

Apr 9, 2020: Got a strong reminder that you should not do a Spin class 10 minutes after eating dinner. 😬 #FitByFifty

Apr 9, 2020: High quality mid-day espresso is a nice upside of working from home. ☕️

Apr 8, 2020: Getting delicious takeout empanadas from Boludo tonight. They seem to be thriving with a ton of business. Great to see! 🥟🤘

Apr 7, 2020: Our kids are doing REM5VR Youth Innovation Lab PLUS. I’m impressed with the content, and they are enjoying it. This is a great idea to augment the …

Apr 5, 2020: I find it interesting that my Pi-hole blocks 10-20% of DNS requests made when nobody is home. Average of 200 DNS requests every 10 mins when nobody is …

Apr 5, 2020: Inspiring State of the State from Gov. Tim Walz tonight. Thank you. #StayHomeMN #OneMinnesota

Apr 4, 2020: We are in the middle of doing Get Knit’s “Stay at home Scavenger Hunt” today! The whole family is having a lot of fun!

Apr 4, 2020: Would be pretty nifty to get a Zoom app for Tesla. 😁

Apr 3, 2020: Lucky carrying a big stick.

Apr 2, 2020: GTD practitioners, what project names have you created as we have fallen into this pandemic? I’ll start, one called “Grow through the pandemic”. You?

Apr 2, 2020: Great 30 min spin class on Peloton today! #FitByFifty

Apr 1, 2020: With apologies to my regular barber Gene, I still need to keep it high & tight! Mazie and Tyler did the clipper honors today! 💈

Mar 31, 2020: My friend Mike Rock has picked up posting on his micro.blog (and Twitter by syndication). If your curious to see and here a bit from a Dr. perspective …

Mar 29, 2020: Lucky at 3 months Today is Lucky’s 3-month birthday, and the completion of her first week as part of our family. She is reminding us what having a puppy involves! …

Mar 28, 2020: Candle Making, Take Two I had a redo of candle making today. I messed up the first attempt. I did the fragrance all wrong and added about 20x more of it than I should have. …

Mar 28, 2020: Did a great 45-minute spin class on Peloton today! #FitByFifth

Mar 28, 2020: Sitting in our covered porch listening to it rain and thunder is one of my favorite things about spring.

Mar 27, 2020: I set a new 20-min PR on Peloton today! 🙌 #FitByFifty

Mar 27, 2020: Lucky chewing on a stick.

Mar 27, 2020: It seems that Lucky enjoys reading the classics. 😂

Mar 24, 2020: Apple update day.

Mar 23, 2020: Awesome spin class on Peloton with Jess King in the new studio. Great EDM music. 30 min EDM/Electronic Dance Ride #FitByFifty

Mar 22, 2020: We have a new dog! Lucky joined our family today! She’s our new Bernedoodle.

Mar 22, 2020: Getting takeout from Tap Society! Delicious cheeseburgers and we need to support our local businesses! 🍔🍔🍔

Mar 21, 2020: I’ve “rebooted” my gratitude journal. 🙏 This may seem like the worst time possible to do that, but I suspect that makes it the best time possible.

Mar 21, 2020: We watched A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood tonight. What a fabulous movie. Great performances as well. 🎬⭐️

Mar 21, 2020: Doing family voting process for potential dog names! Scout and Milo are at the top. Lucky, Cosmo, Sandy, and Ziggy are the next tranche.

Mar 21, 2020: Acts of Goodness I was able to spend some time this morning with my good friend Michael Rock on FaceTime over coffee. Mike is an emergency physician on the front-line …

Mar 21, 2020: Rapid Transitions: Edina Liquor This sales data is remarkable. From our municipal liquor store… Edina Liquor The three Edina Liquor stores were closed at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 17. We …

Mar 20, 2020: Yeah, about time. 🍺

Mar 19, 2020: After three days of working from home my daughter (14) asks “Dad, when do you do your work? All you do is talk to people all day?" 🤩

Mar 17, 2020: I’ve been using my Peloton gear more and would like to have more connections there. If you are on Peloton, give a follow to “JThingelstad”. 🙌🚴🏼‍♂️💦

Mar 17, 2020: Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone!

Mar 17, 2020: Donated to Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery. Organizations like this are going to need to help a lot of people soon. Think about where you might be …

Mar 15, 2020: We just did our first Family Fitness Challenge while we are staying inside more. Daily challenge for pushups, sit-ups, and plank! #FitByFifty

Mar 15, 2020: Family movie last night was The BFG. Good family movie. 🎬

Mar 15, 2020: Made my first try making candles. Wood wicks, soy wax. Pretty easy, but not a big fan of the scent I used. Maybe scent-free is the right option.

Mar 14, 2020: Celebrating π Day! Chicken pot pie, followed with Chocolate Peanut Butter pie. All homemade! 🥧🤤 See Pi Day Collection.

Mar 14, 2020: In this time of Covid-19 it would be a good gesture for Xfinity, AT&T, and other broadband and wireless carriers to remove data transmission caps …

Mar 13, 2020: I’m surprised the NY Times isn’t making an animated version of their Coronavirus maps available that shows the progression.

Mar 13, 2020: Currently noticing every single cough in the Orlando airport. 😷

Mar 11, 2020: Focus for the rest of the week!

Mar 8, 2020: Celebrating International Women’s Day 2020! 👍 #IWD2020 #EachforEqual See IWD 2024, 2021, 2020, 2020 @ SPS, and 2018.

Mar 7, 2020: Nice 5-2 MN United win over San Jose! 🙌⚽️

Mar 7, 2020: Family movie night with Mr. Popper’s Penguins. 🎬

Mar 7, 2020: Rummikub!

Mar 5, 2020: The top blocked domain that my Pi-Hole is protecting me from every day is api.segment.io. That isn’t a web browser thing that 1Blocker could …

Mar 5, 2020: International Women's Day 2020 We had a great event recognizing International Women’s Day at SPS Commerce. Great keynote and exercise around vulnerability and bias led by Brave New …

Mar 1, 2020: Enjoying Tina Schlieske doing solo acoustic show at the 318 Cafe in Excelsior. 🎶

Feb 29, 2020: Well, that isn’t supposed to be there. 😤

Feb 28, 2020: We had a lot of fun at REM5VR tonight! Beat Saber was my favorite. 🎮

Feb 27, 2020: I’m having a fun time with the Pi-Hole just to see the volume of DNS activity on my home network! Green line is total requests, blue is the number …

Feb 27, 2020: After the Tech Talent event today John Avenson, VP of Technology for the Minnesota Twins, took a small group on a short technology tour of Target …

Feb 27, 2020: MHTA Tech Talent 2020 Learned a lot this morning at the MHTA Tech Talent 2020 event! A wealth of data from Grant Riewe, Erin Olson, Sri Koneru, and Tim Welsh. The Success …

Feb 27, 2020: Maybe taking your blood pressure a couple hours after “breakfast for dinner” with bacon isn’t a great idea. 😬🥓

Feb 26, 2020: Configuring my Raspbery Pi 3B+ with Pi-Hole! 🤓 Pi-Hole up and running! Easy to setup. 👍

Feb 25, 2020: I find the Feb 22nd 2020 cover of The Economist so perfect. I love the imagery of these cybernetic bulls. And probably even more, I like the choice of …

Feb 25, 2020: Wow — Pythonista 3 finally got an upgrade to some of the newest iOS features! And release notes make it clear further Shortcuts support is on the way! …

Feb 24, 2020: Mimi Uploader may fundamentally change how I use micro.blog. It makes it much more compelling for longer blog posts.

Feb 24, 2020: Ticket to Ride Japan Our family enjoys playing Ticket to Ride and we have some of the expansion packs. When I saw the new Japan expansion pack I knew that was something we …

Feb 23, 2020: Playing some Skittles this morning.

Feb 22, 2020: Grilling cheeseburgers like it’s summer! 🔥🍔❄️

Feb 21, 2020: Just ordered a Raspberry Pi 3B+ so that I can finally setup a Pi-Hole server at home!

Feb 16, 2020: Small and intimate concert with Matt Wilson and his Orchestra at the 318 Cafe in Excelsior. 🎶

Feb 15, 2020: Watched Ford v Ferrari tonight. Loved it. Great story, acting, and action. 🎬

Feb 15, 2020: Thawing out the Big Green Egg so I can make dinner! Frozen shut! ❄️🔥

Feb 15, 2020: Finished my LEGO Yoda!

Feb 12, 2020: Brandi Carlile opened the new Fillmore Minneapolis tonight with an amazing sold-out acoustic performance. So good! 🎵 She is an amazing talent! See …

Feb 12, 2020: Courtney Marie Andrews did an amazing opening set for Brandi Carlile. Check her out! 🎶

Feb 12, 2020: Family selfie at the Fillmore Minneapolis!

Feb 12, 2020: The chandeliers at the Fillmore Minneapolis are a classy touch.

Feb 12, 2020: Excited for opening night at the Fillmore Minneapolis with acoustic set from Brandi Carlile! 🎶

Feb 12, 2020: Impressive progress in Minneapolis development shared at the Minneapolis Downtown Council Annual Meeting! Mayor Jacob Frey, Karin Lucas (go #TeamSPS), …

Feb 12, 2020: Great to see Jeremy Messersmith playing at the Minneapolis Downtown Council annual meeting!

Feb 12, 2020: Grateful to be able to partake in the Annual Meeting of the Minneapolis Downtown Council!

Feb 9, 2020: Minnesota Wild v Colorado Avalanche Minnesota Wild v Colorado Avalanche tonight! Go Wild! 🏒 Family selfie at Minnesota Wild game! Go Wild! 🏒

Feb 6, 2020: There was so much excitement and energy at the 25 different stations of the #TeamSPS Product & Partner Fair today, part of our 2020 Sales Kickoff!

Feb 5, 2020: Went to Jojo Rabbit tonight. Great movie, hard to explain. Go see it. 🎬

Feb 5, 2020: Excited for #TeamSPS Sales Kick-Off 2020!

Feb 2, 2020: Impressive Super Bowl and congratulations to the Kansas City and the Chiefs! Some excellent playmaking! 50 years! 🏈

Feb 2, 2020: LEGO Masters could be a really fun show.

Feb 2, 2020: Good first half for Super Bowl LIV. 🏈 Cheering for the Chiefs!

Jan 29, 2020: Tech Summit 2020 We’ve had a great first-half for our #TeamSPS Tech Summit 2020! 🙌 Streaming live to all locations too!

Jan 25, 2020: We had a lot of fun at Twins Fest today. It was our first time going. Lots of lines, and definitely know how to do it better next time. Was cool to …

Jan 21, 2020: The dentist let me check out the machine that milled my crown from a block of porcelain. The 3D scanning and modeling software was very impressive …

Jan 19, 2020: We saw Tina Schlieske at the Aster Cafe tonight. Intimate evening of new material. Unfortunately had the 2nd worst seat in the house. Otherwise was …

Jan 16, 2020: Just queued up the first issue of my Weekly Thing newsletter that will go out via Buttondown! I’m very excited about the improvements I made …

Jan 15, 2020: A bunch of #TeamSPS volunteered to demo multiple rooms at Erik’s Ranch & Retreats as they get ready to renovate them. Hard work! Great …

Jan 13, 2020: Easiest way to make customers not feel valued? Address communication with “Dear Valued Customer”. 😏

Jan 11, 2020: Outdoor fun at Central Park Ice Skating Loop. ⛸

Jan 11, 2020: We took turns hitting a couple hundred balls at Batting Cages of Minnesota. ⚾️

Jan 10, 2020: We had a great time at the Mediterranean Small Plates class at Kitchen Window. It was the first party-style participation class we’ve taken and it was …

Jan 9, 2020: Just finished Season 2 of Succession! Some awesome TV. Can’t wait for Season 3!

Jan 8, 2020: We went to Parasite tonight. Wikipedia calls it a “black comedy drama thriller”. Very original story, good movie. 🎬

Jan 5, 2020: Went to Spies in Disguise today. Pretty fun movie. 👍🎬

Jan 5, 2020: We had a fun time at Puzzleworks today. Attempted the Vault and didn’t get it done, but it’s also designed for 10 adults. Parallelism required. There …

Jan 4, 2020: Lasagna assembly, before and after. 👨‍🍳🇮🇹

Jan 2, 2020: My glass fusing is ready to be fired.

Jan 1, 2020: Driving north on I-35 and clearly this car didn’t see us at all.

Dec 30, 2019: Put together one of the boards on the Pinbox 3000 the kids got for me. The action is surprisingly good for cardboard and rubber bands!

Dec 29, 2019: Watched The Peanut Butter Falcon. Very good movie. Great story. 🎬

Dec 29, 2019: Trial run for my new crêpe maker this morning. Tried to get my French on as much as possible! Crêpe au Chocolat anyone? 🇫🇷

Dec 28, 2019: Went to Little Women. Mazie loved the costumes and everyone enjoyed the story. 🎬

Dec 27, 2019: Watched Toy Story 4. It was a great end to such a ground breaking and well told story. 🎬

Dec 27, 2019: Enjoying Trekking The National Parks, new board game! Great for family and very fun that it is about the National Parks! 🥾🌲

Dec 26, 2019: Getting some final Christmas movies in for the season. Watched Klaus! Great story, good movie.

Dec 25, 2019: Just got Tesla 2019.40.50.1 installed. This looks like a big update! Need some time tomorrow to go over all the release notes. 🎁

Dec 25, 2019: The kids made a periodic table of me! So great! 🤩

Dec 25, 2019: Have a very Merry Christmas!

Dec 24, 2019: Got my BUG-A-SALT 2.0 for Christmas! Bring it on houseflies! Salt spray pattern on tinfoil is pretty tight. 🤣

Dec 22, 2019: Enjoying Home Free “Dive Bar Christmas Tour” at Mankato Civic Center! 🎶

Dec 22, 2019: Big crowd at Dino’s Pizzeria in Mankato tonight! Delicious pizza! 🍕

Dec 21, 2019: Cocktails at The Block. The Basic Blueberry and Craft & Crew Old Fashioned. 🥃

Dec 21, 2019: Tammy and I went to Knives Out tonight. Great “whodunit”. 🎬

Dec 21, 2019: St. Paul Union Station looks great for Christmas! 🎄

Dec 21, 2019: I greatly enjoyed the European Christmas Market in St. Paul! I even bought two of the Herrnhut Stars that are in the picture.

Dec 21, 2019: We had fun doing a few rounds of lawn bowling inside at Pinstripes today. The lanes are too fast though, needs new turf.

Dec 21, 2019: You could tell a thousand stories, probably more, from this graph in the Economist “The strange revival of vinyl records”.

Dec 18, 2019: We tried a new way of having #TeamSPS members from other locations present at our All Hands meeting today and it worked really well! Maybe …

Dec 15, 2019: How is it possible that LEGO and Pokémon haven’t created a collection of kits? People would buy them like crazy, and both companies would make a bunch …

Dec 14, 2019: Holiday movies — watched Christmas With the Kranks. Pretty funny! 🎄🎬

Dec 14, 2019: Cabin is decorated for Christmas now! Tree is cabin themed. Christmas at the lake is one of our favorite family times. 🎄

Dec 13, 2019: Just scheduled the final Weekly Thing of 2019 to go out tomorrow! Taking a break until mid-January. 👍

Dec 12, 2019: Great #TeamSPS outing to play epic Whirleyball matches!

Dec 7, 2019: Holidazzle We went to Holidazzle for the first time in years and years. Last time we went it was still a parade. It was fun, but there were a lot of people and …

Dec 7, 2019: 13th Annual New Standards Holiday Show A Christmas tradition — the 13th Annual New Standards Holiday Show today! Great show with new and returning special guests! New Standards Holiday …

Dec 7, 2019: We had a ton of fun solving the Nutcracker Nightmare room at Trapped Puzzle Rooms! Very fun puzzles, challenging, but just right for a family to …

Dec 7, 2019: Gingerbread Wonderland Our first visit to the very impressive Gingerbread Wonderland at the Norway House. My vote for best went to Glensheen Mansion. 🇳🇴

Dec 6, 2019: Getting my new 11” iPad Pro setup and I really like this size!

Dec 6, 2019: I like to use emoji to bring fun to unexpected places on my devices. Command line prompts, OmniFocus tags. My new favorite is emoji folder names for …

Dec 5, 2019: Technology is a team sport, and this is a great team. #TeamSPS 🏆

Dec 4, 2019: It would be a fun trick for Mail on iOS to allow you to specify a Shortcut for your email signature, which could generate a dynamic signature for each …

Dec 3, 2019: Daily cyberweek standup as #TeamSPS prepares for another great day! 🙌

Dec 2, 2019: This Vikings game has become embarrassing. 🏈😬

Dec 2, 2019: Ready for an awesome Cyberweek #TeamSPS! 👍

Dec 1, 2019: iPhone home screen, December 2019. I have a somewhat surprising number of text / writing / notes apps on there.

Dec 1, 2019: Took advantage of Apple’s annual holiday sale to get some upgrades ordered! 🎁 New iMac and iPad Pro on the way!

Nov 30, 2019: We made our first trip to see Winter in Bloom at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum tonight. The fresh snow made all the lights look especially nice.

Nov 30, 2019: Tammy gave the kids a lesson on crushing it in Ms. Pac-Man. 🎮🏆

Nov 30, 2019: Went to Victoria Burrow for some mini-golf and arcade games. The mini-golf is really nice, but not kitschy. The games were all in great shape. The …

Nov 30, 2019: We went to the Excelsior Christkindlsmarkt Annual German Christmas Festival today. It was cold and sleeting but we still had a great time checking out …

Nov 30, 2019: We went to Frozen II today and we all enjoyed it a lot! 🎬

Nov 29, 2019: Family tradition to watch Elf the day after Thanksgiving! What a great movie! 🎬🎄

Nov 29, 2019: Got the Christmas Tree up. I love the memories from the ornaments over the years. 🎄

Nov 28, 2019: Got my Turkey Burn 2019 spin class in this morning! Spinning with over 16,000 people!

Nov 28, 2019: This is my first year making the Thanksgiving Turkey. Looking good so far!

Nov 28, 2019: From our family to yours — Have a Very Happy Thanksgiving!

Nov 23, 2019: Watched The Art of Racing in the Rain tonight. Good movie. 🐕🏎🌧

Nov 23, 2019: No fishin’ in the dark, but definitely grillin’ in the dark! Big Green Egg with some delicious tenderloins. 🔥

Nov 22, 2019: The Tesla Cybertruck is shocking, and looks awesome! Wow! Looks like a complete rethink. Love it! 🖤😲⚡️

Nov 21, 2019: Kyiv Photowalk I spent the week in Kyiv, Ukraine visiting the SPS team there. I got to travel with three colleagues, including two that had never been there. We went …

Nov 21, 2019: Sounds great, and I’m having fun trying to virtually follow #KubeCon. Maybe next year I can join the fun! Packed house listening to AuthN and …

Nov 21, 2019: Great to see #TeamSPS wrapping up a fantastic trip to #KubeCon! It's incredibly hard to leave #KubeCon in sunny San Diego. I wish it was here …

Nov 21, 2019: International business travel and sleep don’t mix well. ✈️🥱

Nov 21, 2019: On DL163 from AMS to MSP. One of the flight attendants is on her last flight as she retires with 43 years on the job. Her coworkers made the entire …

Nov 21, 2019: Avenger's: Endgame Watched Avenger’s: Endgame on my flight. I think nearly all the Avengers movies I’ve seen have been on flights. Very enjoyable movie, but the …

Nov 21, 2019: Wrapped up another great trip in Kyiv with #TeamSPS Ukraine! 🇺🇦 Time to head home! ✈️

Nov 19, 2019: Kubernetes on jets? Neat! I have to say, I’m really blown away by the #DOD talk at #KubeCon! Really impressive to see the stacks they are using. “We …

Nov 19, 2019: Fantastic 2020 Growth Summit today with #TeamSPS in Kyiv! 🏆🙌🇺🇦

Nov 18, 2019: I love this #TeamSPS created SPS Commerce logo art in our Kyiv office! 🇺🇦🤩

Nov 18, 2019: Dan Juckniess, SPS SVP, Chief Sales Officer, sharing market and go-to-market wins with #TeamSPS in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Nov 17, 2019: Waiting to depart from Amsterdam to Kyiv on KL1385 and the pilot announced they were boarding two seals onto the plane, which requires some special …

Nov 16, 2019: At the Old Log Theatre for The Emporor’s New Clothes. 🎭

Nov 15, 2019: We went to Piff The Magic Dragon tonight at The Fitzgerald. It was an odd and funny mix of magic and witty comedy. 🤪🎩🐲

Nov 14, 2019: Let’s go Wild! Wild v Coyotes tonight at Xcel Center! 🏒 Wild go ahead 2-1 over Coyotes after Parise goal! 😊🏒 Oh wait, now Coyotes tie it back up 2-2. …

Nov 14, 2019: Afternoon workshop and training on Essential SAFe for our Technology and Product leaders! 🙌🏆 #TeamSPS

Nov 12, 2019: Growth Summit 2020 Selfie with #TeamSPS before our 2020 Growth Summit! 🙌🤩🏆 We had a great time today at #TeamSPS celebrating our wins from 2019, and looking forward to …

Nov 11, 2019: Our newest floor opened up in SPS Tower today! Great setup to enable #TeamSPS to continue winning. I love the conference room names from Women Who …

Nov 10, 2019: Congratulations to the Seattle Sounders FC for winning the 2019 MLS Cup! ⚽️🏆 Exciting game! Toronto wasn’t able to convert, and Seattle opened …

Nov 10, 2019: For the third time in four years we’ll be watching the Seattle Sounders play Toronto FC in the MLS Cup. ⚽️🏆

Nov 10, 2019: Missing James Whatley’s Five Things on Friday during its “odd hiatus” — looking forward to the return.

Nov 9, 2019: We went to the Children’s Theatre production of Cinderella today and were completely blown away by how great it was! Engaging, modernized with current …

Nov 9, 2019: Checked out the First Avenue special exhibit at the Minnesota History Center today. Loved the special highlights of Hüsker Dü, The Replacements, and …

Nov 9, 2019: We went to Keg & Case for the first time and had a fabulous market lunch!

Nov 9, 2019: Impressively large US flag at Minneapolis VA Health Care System. 🇺🇸

Nov 8, 2019: Timberwolves v Warriors Ready for the Timberwolves v Golden State Warriors basketball game! 🏀 Family selfie from Timberwolves v Golden State Warriors basketball game! 🏀 …

Nov 6, 2019: Celebrating our daughters first year in Washburn Cross Country at the year-end banquet! 🎉

Nov 6, 2019: Looks like we are a new show at the Brave New Workshop! 🤩

Nov 3, 2019: Hitting balls at Batting Cages of Minnesota! ⚾️🙌 ⚾️💥🤩

Nov 2, 2019: Wits Reunion At the Wits Reunion show at the Fitzgerald! Enjoyed Open Mike Eagle at the Wits Reunion show tonight. Recommend checking out his music. 🎶

Nov 2, 2019: I think the noise cancelling in the AirPods Pro makes me nauseous. Wasn’t sure of cause the first two times, but has happened with every use more than …

Nov 2, 2019: FC Bayern got a red card in the 10th minute?! 🔴 It’s going to be a long game. 😳⚽️

Nov 1, 2019: Campfire and S’mores! 🔥🍫

Nov 1, 2019: Simple flank steak on Big Green Egg tonight with fire getting ready for later. 🔥

Oct 31, 2019: Trick or Treat! Happy Halloween! 🎃

Oct 30, 2019: Initial impression of AirPods Pro: Charging case is larger, but still okay in pocket. They fit in the ear very differently, but feel more comfortable. …

Oct 30, 2019: Has there ever been a 7-game World Series where the home team lost every game? ⚾️

Oct 30, 2019: Game 7 of the World Series between Astros and Nationals is an absolute nail biter. Tyler and I are cheering for the Astros! 😬⚾️💥

Oct 29, 2019: Game 6 of the World Series is off to a very exciting start! 2-1 Astros at the bottom of the 1st! ⚾️

Oct 28, 2019: My original AirPods were badly in need of replacement after going in the pool with me. Just ordered the new AirPods Pro!

Oct 27, 2019: First two games Nationals outscored Astro’s 17-7. Next three Astros outscored Nationals 19-3. 46 runs in first 5 games of World Series. ⚾️💥

Oct 27, 2019: I have long resisted adding technology to my Big Green Egg, holding that good BBQ is made with fire 🔥, smoke 💨, and love 💚. But these things are …

Oct 27, 2019: Preparing the leaf pile. 🍂 Twenty six bags! 🍂😬

Oct 26, 2019: Huge Grand Slam from Alex Bregman for the Astros. Wow! ⚾️ 8-1

Oct 26, 2019: Great night for a campfire. 🔥

Oct 26, 2019: I’ve gotten pretty expert at replacing the thermopile in this gas fireplace. 🔥🛠

Oct 25, 2019: Finally the Astros win one in the World Series! 2-1 now. Tyler’s spirits are lifted with his team showing some hope! ⚾️

Oct 25, 2019: At The Music Space of Owatonna for Matt Wilson & His Orchestra in the Event of the Century, the Mattastrophe! 🎶👍 Matt Wilson finished up with an …

Oct 25, 2019: Listening to Matt Arthur & the Bratlanders at The Music Space of Owatonna. Doing a Kris Kristofferson cover right now. 🎶

Oct 25, 2019: Very proud of my daughter setting a new 5k personal record in her final cross country meet of the year. 🏃🏼‍♀️🙌🤩

Oct 25, 2019: I like this new feature in the Sanebox digest! Great to get “wisdom of the crowd” benefit. 👍

Oct 24, 2019: Tammy and I enjoyed Cabal tonight, from the Walking Shadow Theatre Company. Billed as a “Play with Puzzles”, it mixed actors, puzzle room …

Oct 23, 2019: Mark O’Leary and I shared context and excitement with one of our teams as we continue our adoption of Scaled Agile practices. #TeamSPS

Oct 23, 2019: Game 2 of the World Series and there has already been so much action in the first inning! 💥 Tied 2-2. ⚾️

Oct 22, 2019: Michael Franti and Spearhead Concert My Mom, Sister, and all of us went to the Michael Franti show tonight! Amazing show! 🎶 Concert was amazing. His music is so inspirational and …

Oct 20, 2019: We are kitted up and ready to cheer for the United in their first postseason game! Go Loons! ⚽️

Oct 19, 2019: We had a fun quick trip to my brother’s place on Pokegama Lake. Too late to be on the water, but we got a family selfie on the dock before …

Oct 19, 2019: Some bowling today at Thunder Alley XL in Grand Rapids! I struggled more than I would like to admit to get over 100. 😬🎳

Oct 19, 2019: We checked out the US Army Corps of Engineers work at the Pokegama Lake Dam today, and did some hiking around the area. Nice place to hang out.

Oct 18, 2019: We had a fun evening watching Queen Machine in Grand Rapids on their first US tour! 🎶

Oct 18, 2019: We had great pizza and equally great beer at Rapids Brewing Co. Some deliciously hoppy beers! 🍻

Oct 18, 2019: We had a nice morning hiking around Golden Anniversary State Forest. The light and fall leaves were pretty and inspired a lot of photographs.

Oct 17, 2019: After watching the Yankee’s school the Twins, I’m rather enjoying watching the Astro’s return the favor to the Yankees. Plus the …

Oct 17, 2019: Tammy and I thoroughly enjoyed Mike Birbiglia’s The New One tonight. Birbig’s is one of the funniest comedians around in our book. 🤣

Oct 17, 2019: Maple tree showing off its fall colors. 🍁

Oct 17, 2019: Last time on the boat for 2019. Heading in to storage for the winter.

Oct 13, 2019: Greatly enjoying Circus Abyssinia’s Ethiopian Dreams at the Children’s Theatre. 🤩🎭

Oct 12, 2019: Noting that I may be the very last person on Cannon Lake to get my boat in for the winter, as an early snow falls. 😬❄️

Oct 11, 2019: Bad Weather Brewing Weather was bad tonight, so went to Bad Weather Brewing for the first time. Great tap room! Very busy. 🍻

Oct 11, 2019: Black Market StP Took in Black Market StP barbecue with a bunch of my old neighbors. Great food, outside, with October snow keeping the beers cold. 🍻

Oct 10, 2019: Adrienne Peirce and I were honored to be recognized for 9 years as Founding Board Members of Minnestar. We finish our board service at the end of this …

Oct 10, 2019: Minnedemo tonight was absolutely fabulous. Such a great variety of demos! A couple apps I installed while watching the demo!

Oct 10, 2019: Crowd queuing up for Minnedemo 33 at the Riverview Theater!

Oct 8, 2019: Solid State from MHTA Attending the premier of Solid State: Minnesota’s High Tech History hosted by MHTA. Good panel conversation following screening of Solid State.

Oct 7, 2019: Minnesota Twins v. New York Yankees Time for some baseball! ⚾️ Kepler! We need this! ⚾️ Cruz, you’re our only hope. 😬⚾️

Oct 6, 2019: Flying the MN United flag but our cheering wasn’t enough to get the good guys the win over the Sounders. Looking forward to defeating LA Galaxy at …

Oct 6, 2019: Mazie and I enjoyed some delicious Spinning Wylde gourmet cotton candy at Hack the Gap!

Oct 6, 2019: I’m very happy that SPS Commerce and #TeamSPS are able to sponsor and volunteer at Hack the Gap again! This is a great organization and event hacking …

Oct 5, 2019: Tesla We made a quick stop today at a fairly busy store in South Minneapolis and when we got out I decided it would be fun to try the new “Come to …

Oct 5, 2019: Tyler and I ready to cheer on Bayern! Got the Bayern soccer cards out too. ⚽️ #FCBTSG

Oct 5, 2019: Disappointing showing from Tottenham against Brighton this morning. ⚽️ 3-0 #BHATOT

Oct 5, 2019: Sitting in the porch. Steady rain in the background. Porch heaters keeping it warm. Premier league match on. Tyler and I hanging out. Pretty awesome. …

Oct 3, 2019: Did the first Jess King Live workout on Peloton tonight. Wiped me out! Wow. Live DJ takes the music up a notch! Got the badge. 🚴‍♂️🎶💦

Sep 29, 2019: This never gets old. Tesla Version 10 on the way! 🤓

Sep 29, 2019: Great job Minnesota United taking LAFC to a 1-1 tie! 🙌 ⚽️

Sep 29, 2019: Infratech Heaters Had two Infratech heating units installed in porch to make Fall Baseball ⚾️ and Premier League ⚽️ mornings not so cold. 🤩

Sep 28, 2019: Mighty Mississippi at Wabasha, MN.

Sep 28, 2019: The Nelson Stone Barn We continued our farm food tour today with crazy good pizza from The Nelson Stone Barn! Long wait, but the pizza is great and Spotted Cow Ice Cream …

Sep 28, 2019: Together Farms We drove out to Together Farms and had yummy cheeseburgers, Wisconsin Cheese Curds, and a beer! 🍔🍻

Sep 28, 2019: Stockholm Pie Company Pie for breakfast at Stockholm Pie Company. Delicious. 🥧

Sep 26, 2019: It’s great to see OmniFocus with iOS 13 Features coming soon! I particularly like seeing some new Shortcut options being added right away! 👏

Sep 25, 2019: MN United v Sporting KC First half of MN United v Sporting KC was tough to watch. United need to come out and connect some plays! Amazing come from behind win from MN United …

Sep 24, 2019: First time using an Ava Robotics telepresence robot!

Sep 22, 2019: Likely the last time in the pool for 2019!

Sep 22, 2019: iOS 13 prompts for requesting location data are really good. This feels like you know what is really being shared.

Sep 22, 2019: Making my Mom’s Swedish Pancakes outside this morning. She did the batter, I’m doing the grill work. 🥞

Sep 21, 2019: Walked into the pool with my AirPods in my pocket. Oops. Hoping they come back to life tomorrow. 💦

Sep 21, 2019: Saturday Morning Soccer Harry Kane’s goal while falling this morning was amazing! Brilliant! ⚽️🤩🙌 Go Spurs! 1-0 Premier League VAR rulings for offsides seem impossible for …

Sep 15, 2019: MN United v Real Salt Lake Great first half for MN United v Real Salt Lake! ⚽️👍 1-1 Looking forward to shade in the 2nd half! 😓 Great MN United 2nd half with goals from Quintero …

Sep 15, 2019: Perfect morning for Linden Hill’s Farmers Market.

Sep 14, 2019: We watched Aladdin tonight and everyone enjoyed it a lot. I definitely agree with the audience score over the critics on this one. Will Smith was …

Sep 14, 2019: I made Butter Chicken using the Instant Pot tonight. First time, was good, but I think I can do better next time. 👨‍🍳🇮🇳

Sep 14, 2019: We went to a Safe Hands Rescue dog adoption event today to meet some pups that need homes. Didn’t come home with one, but starting to explore what our …

Sep 14, 2019: We had a nice morning at the Mill City Farmers Market today.

Sep 14, 2019: Dan Hon’s article on this Audi Concept Car video is a great read (see section 1.1). 👏

Sep 14, 2019: Finished a Saturday morning Peloton spin class. I need to remember how good it feels to do that. 😅👍🚴‍♂️

Sep 13, 2019: Started getting a crazy number of robocalls. 😤 Found that Nomorobo had become deactivated! Fixed, now better.

Sep 9, 2019: Watched Shazam last night. Pretty fun movie! 🎬👍

Sep 7, 2019: I never tire of watching smoke billow out of the Big Green Egg. 😊🔥

Sep 7, 2019: Time for some Saturday morning Dirty Pineapples soccer! ⚽️ Tyler’s practicing his penalty kick here.

Sep 7, 2019: Delicious espresso. ☕️

Sep 6, 2019: Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening looks like a fun game. It should expand the Zelda universe to more casual players.

Aug 31, 2019: Brandi Carlile at Minnesota State Fair Brandi Carlile put on an amazing show at the Minnesota State Fair tonight! 🎶 There were figurative and literal fireworks going off! She is amazing. I …

Aug 31, 2019: We made a quick visit to our favorite spots at the Minnesota State Fair!

Aug 31, 2019: Minnesota State Fair selfie!

Aug 31, 2019: We had a fun time visiting the Minnesota Renaissance Festival today! Games, animals, and treats!

Aug 25, 2019: Northfield Shares a Dinner Having dinner with the city of Northfield! Thanks to Northfield Shares a Dinner! 🍽🤝 Thank you to all the organizations making Northfield Shares a …

Aug 25, 2019: Little Joy Coffee Had an amazing coffee at the new Little Joy Coffee in Downtown Northfield. Amazing coffee, great shop, and top notch barista! Tim the owner is super …

Aug 25, 2019: Wisco-Pop! Cherry Soda is one of the best sodas I’ve ever had! The cherry flavor is amazing. 🍒

Aug 25, 2019: Allergies hit me like a freight train! Feels early in the year. Time to start the Claritin-D program. 🤧

Aug 25, 2019: Good morning Minnesota!

Aug 24, 2019: Simple dinner on Big Green Egg tonight. 🔥

Aug 22, 2019: LinkedIn is now prompting you to identify your teammates, and then asks you specifically to reflect your current and past reporting relationships. …

Aug 22, 2019: 2019 TeamSPS Kubb Tournament We had a great time with our 2019 #TeamSPS Kubb Tournament today! We had 20 teams having a lot of fun, getting to know their teammates better, and …

Aug 21, 2019: Gorgeous night for pizza at Red Barn Farm by Northfield.

Aug 20, 2019: The Twins are stacking up the runs against the White Sox in the bottom of the 8th. 7 runs and still going! 🏐 4-14 now. 🤩

Aug 19, 2019: A friend of mine is selling his large Big Green Egg along with the Challenger Designs grill table. This is the same setup I have, and I love it. If …

Aug 19, 2019: The Shortcuts app on iOS should have a setting that causes shortcuts to error if you reference an unknown or undeclared variable. Would help reduce …

Aug 18, 2019: Lake O the Dalles in Interstate State Park.

Aug 18, 2019: St. Croix River at Interstate State Park, from Wisconsin side.

Aug 18, 2019: Visiting Fawn-Doe-Rosa! Deer Selfie. Heading West!

Aug 17, 2019: Farmers Market in Amery, Wisconsin.

Aug 16, 2019: Weekly Thing comes back from summer break tomorrow morning! 😎

Aug 16, 2019: Wapogasset Lake with sun coming down.

Aug 16, 2019: Music in the Park in Amery, WI! 🎶😊

Aug 14, 2019: Violent Femmes at Surly Brewing! 🤩🎶

Aug 12, 2019: Dilapidated grain elevator. 📷

Aug 12, 2019: Tammy and I went to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood last night. Enjoyed the movie, felt like classic Tarantino.

Aug 7, 2019: DevOpsDays MSP 2019 - Day 2 DevOpsDays MSP has done a fabulous job creating an inclusive event. Hearing from so many diverse voices is refreshing. With all of that goodness, it …

Aug 6, 2019: DevOpsDays MSP 2019 - Day 1 I’m so happy that SPS Commerce can join these amazing sponsors in support of the organizers of DevOpsDays MSP to create an amazing event for our …

Aug 5, 2019: Sano absolutely destroyed this ball to take the game! Twins Win! ⚾️🙌

Aug 5, 2019: First pitch at tonight’s Twins v Braves baseball game! ⚾️ Great night for a game.

Aug 4, 2019: I need to find a good name for the Dolphin S300i pool robot. Oddly mesmerizing to watch it work around.

Aug 4, 2019: We had an awesome time cheering the United on to win Portland today 1-0! ⚽️

Jul 31, 2019: The 2019 SPS Brew-Off was great as always! We have amazing home brewers in #TeamSPS, and it’s a great opportunity to Give Back! 🍻

Jul 27, 2019: Stopping in Loon Liquors cocktail room for a delicious drink.

Jul 23, 2019: International Champions Cup: Bayern v Milan Tyler and I are ready to cheer on FC Bayern! ⚽️🇩🇪🙌 Champions Cup Bayern v Milan! We are all here cheering on FC Bayern! FCB v MIL 1-0 at halftime! ⚽️ …

Jul 22, 2019: We solved the Toy Room at Escape Artists Kansas City tonight!

Jul 22, 2019: I have no idea what “Preconditioning battery for Supercharging” means, but it sounds advanced. 🤓⚡️

Jul 22, 2019: First time visiting a Tesla Supercharger! ⚡️ Charging in Des Moines on our way to Kansas City.

Jul 20, 2019: Sunset on the Prairie.

Jul 20, 2019: First time to Keepsake Cidery! Won’t be the last. Delicious flight of ciders and a great space!

Jul 20, 2019: Embarrassingly, for over three years our foosball table was setup totally wrong! I fixed it today, and now it makes sense. That’s what I get for …

Jul 19, 2019: Got my iPhone background prepared for our Kansas City trip for the Bayern v AC Milan game. ⚽️

Jul 19, 2019: Delicious pizza and beer at Imminent Brewing in Northfield. Enjoyed the Wolf Creek IPA tonight along with Cafe Shawn pizza! Good music tonight too! …

Jul 15, 2019: We all watched Apollo 11 tonight to kick off the 50th Anniversary of the moon landing. What a moment in time that was. 🚀🌕

Jul 15, 2019: Restoring my iPhone XS completely from iTunes and then restoring my backup seems to have fixed my battery issues, and Spotlight searches now work. …

Jul 14, 2019: Would like to go to sleep, but my iPhone is my alarm clock. 🤔

Jul 14, 2019: Doing complete OS recovery and restore on my iPhone XS to hopefully fix whatever is causing it to burn through CPU and battery like crazy. Spotlight …

Jul 13, 2019: Minnesota United v FC Dallas One of my favorite things walking into Allianz Field is the awesome UNITED fixture. WE ARE UNITED! NEVER DIVIDED! WE ARE UNITED! ⚽️ Minnesota United v …

Jul 7, 2019: What an awesome win by USA over Netherlands to win the FIFA Women’s World Cup! 2-0! ⚽️🎉🙌 So great!

Jul 6, 2019: Four hours in and brisket is looking good! 🔥

Jul 6, 2019: Family bike ride to DQ!

Jul 4, 2019: One of my favorite things to watch is smoke billowing out of the Big Green Egg.

Jul 4, 2019: Time for Fourth of July barbecue! Pork butt on the Big Green Egg! 🔥

Jul 3, 2019: Something is very wrong on my iPhone. The battery is draining super fast. I’ve noticed Spotlight isn’t working. Searches don’t return. I’m suspicious …

Jul 3, 2019: Had some great pizza at Red Barn Farm in Northfield tonight! Great to sit in the shade, relax and have a couple slices.

Jul 3, 2019: Pool project is moving along. Tammy and Mazie stood in the deepest part for scale. Cover mechanism in, plumbing largely done.

Jul 3, 2019: We picked delicious strawberries at Lorences Berry Farm in Northfield today. 🍓

Jul 2, 2019: Modeling the dulcetones and pastels of the spring color lineup.

Jul 2, 2019: We saw Yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed it. The premise is goofy, but it’s a solid movie and of course a great soundtrack. 👍🎬

Jul 1, 2019: Rainy day at the lake so playing Rummikub. I won on the next turn. 😁

Jul 1, 2019: Delightful afternoon pontoon ride with lunch stop, and a couple heavy rain showers to keep it interesting. 🌧

Jun 29, 2019: Automatic Git Pushes with Gitwatch I’ve been using blot.im to publish my websites for a while. Originally Blot only used Dropbox to manage content for your website, but it now …

Jun 29, 2019: The pool project has gotten off to a quick start! This was after just two days. On Thursday there were two large pine trees in this spot. Wow! 👷‍♂️

Jun 29, 2019: Minnesota United v FC Cincinnati Arrived late to the Minnesota United v FC Cincinnati match but what a first half! 4-0! ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️🙌 Wow is it hot and sunny for soccer! Beer required. …

Jun 28, 2019: This Copperstar Galactica IPA from Beards Brewery that Tammy brought back from Michigan is amazing. 🍺

Jun 28, 2019: As if on some kind of strange reality TV show, our family has decided to see how far into the summer we can go before turning on the AC. Still haven’t …

Jun 26, 2019: Excited to attend the Minneapolis Women in Tech Breakfast with Jenn Tejada, CEO of PagerDuty this morning! #MNWITBreakfast

Jun 22, 2019: Great performance by USA 🇺🇸 over Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹 winning 6-0 in CONCACAF Gold Cup. Some great combinations from US team. ⚽️🙌

Jun 22, 2019: Blew away previous 45-min PR and spent 17% of the spin in Zone 5! 🤜🤛

Jun 18, 2019: CONCACAF Gold Cup Tyler and I are super excited for tonight’s CONCACAF Gold Cup matches at Allianz Field! ⚽️🏆 Panama v. Trinidad playing now! Ready for the USA v Guyana …

Jun 16, 2019: I’ve made the jump to Ubiquity UniFi networking gear at home. Impressed thus far.

Jun 16, 2019: Burgers on the Big Green Egg for Father’s Day dinner! 🔥🍔🍺

Jun 16, 2019: Started Father’s Day off with a 60-minute PR in Jenn Sherman’s Epic Sing Along ride! 🙌🚴🏼‍♂️😅

Jun 11, 2019: Great night for some Minnesota Twins baseball! ⚾️ Great night of baseball with #TeamSPS Tech Managers! ⚾️💯 Our #TeamSPS members from Ukraine and …

Jun 8, 2019: +7 minutes of stoppage time added to the Minnesota United v Colorado game. Wow! Maybe Minnesota United can make something happen with that much time. …

Jun 7, 2019: How many engineers does it take to get the screen to show up on the TV? 🤣

Jun 2, 2019: 2019 Edina Art Fair We weren’t able to get to the Edina Art Fair until shortly before it was closing today. We hustled around and got to see a large amount of the …

Jun 2, 2019: We had family pictures taken today at the Rose Garden with Karen Feder. Looking forward to seeing the pictures! 📷

Jun 1, 2019: Burned through a big pile of scrub today. A lot of pine tree branches! 🔥🔥🔥

May 29, 2019: That first time starting the lawn mower each year is such a pain. Just start already! 😤

May 27, 2019: We saw A Dog’s Journey — it was a good movie but you’ll need some tissues. 👍🏻

May 26, 2019: Airboat out bow fishing for carp at night.

May 26, 2019: S’mores time! 🔥

May 26, 2019: First try at smash burgers on the flat top. End product was delicious! Wow! It goes very fast! Need everything ready and move fast! 🍔🤤

May 26, 2019: First breakfast on flat-top grill came out good. Still need more practice! 👨‍🍳

May 25, 2019: Minnesota United v Houston Dynamos Kickoff for Minnesota United v Houston Dynamos! ⚽️👏 Minnesota United celebrating goal against Houston! 1-0 Darwin Quintero getting a concussion check! …

May 25, 2019: Flying the Planet Kubb banner while the kids play some Kubb! 👍

May 25, 2019: It’s boat day! Taking the pontoon out of storage and heading up river to the lake! 😃

May 24, 2019: Nice spot to get tomorrow’s Weekly Thing ready! 😊

May 23, 2019: We got to take in some jazz from Patricia Barber at the Dakota tonight. Very good! 🎶

May 23, 2019: Minnestar board strategy and future planning session! Great group and an amazing community! 👍

May 22, 2019: At the Minnesota United v Hertha Berlin friendly! ⚽️👏

May 19, 2019: Was planning a moderate 60 minute spin, but ended up with a PR! Nice. 🙌

May 18, 2019: There is seriously no better Polish sausage than Kramarczuk’s Deli. Minneapolis institution! 🤤

May 18, 2019: Another Saturday, another PR! Plus hit 102% MHR! 🚴🏼‍♂️

May 18, 2019: Awesome goal from David Alaba to take Bayern ahead 2-1! And then Renato Sanches to go 3-1! ⚽️ Championship Saturday! 👏 Goals from Franck Ribery and …

May 15, 2019: We had a fabulous #TeamSPS Tech Leader outing tonight making a delicious meal at Kitchen Window! 🍽 We were joined by some awesome guests too! Such a …

May 12, 2019: My sister and I had a great dinner with our Mom — Happy Mother’s Day! She has taught me so much, and continues to. Thank you Mom for everything, …

May 11, 2019: New PR for 45 min spin today! 14% in Zone 5 HR! 🙌🏻

May 10, 2019: Time for demos at the end of the #TeamSPS TechJam 2019 Hackathon! 13 teams built creative, fast, and new projects to share! 🙌🤩🚀

May 9, 2019: Looking good today Minneapolis!

May 9, 2019: SPS TechJam 2019 Today is #TeamSPS TechJam 2019, where we collect as a community to share and learn from each other! We have presenters covering a wide range of …

May 5, 2019: Had fun playing board games with friends today: Carcassonne and Betrayal at House on the Hill. 🎲

May 5, 2019: Currently 564/2,591 on this mornings spin! The Peloton leaderboard definitely gets me pushing harder.

May 5, 2019: Enjoying a classic rock morning: Drift Away by Dobie Gray, Pink Houses by John Mellencamp, American Pie by Don Mclean. 🎧

May 4, 2019: Minnesota United v Seattle Sounders ⚽️ Seconds before Minnesota United GOAL! 1-0

May 4, 2019: We found our name on the big MNUFC sign at Allianz Field!

Apr 28, 2019: Happy with fire pit setup. 🔥

Apr 27, 2019: Burch Old Fashioned. 🥃

Apr 27, 2019: Minnebar 14 Minnebar 14 kicking off! Looking forward to learning a ton again this year! 💙 this event, organization, and the community that makes it! Great energy …

Apr 26, 2019: We had a great time beta testing the opening day for the Video Game Mayhem (Kid Mode) room at Trapped Puzzle Rooms in St. Paul! Mazie and Tyler led us …

Apr 26, 2019: Orangy Old Fashioned at The Copper Hen.

Apr 26, 2019: Happy Birthday to Tammy, my lovely co-pilot in this awesome journey of life! 🎂🎁

Apr 26, 2019: I took the day off for Tammy’s birthday and we rented a U-Haul to get a bunch of post-move errands done. 👍🏻

Apr 21, 2019: Used the Scosche Rhythm+ heart rate monitor for first time today. I liked it on the forearm versus around the chest, and it seemed as accurate as the …

Apr 21, 2019: New PR for 45 minute spin today! 🚴🏼‍♂️💦🙌

Apr 20, 2019: Time to relax and enjoy a fire. 🔥

Apr 20, 2019: Ready to do some Flat Top Grilling! 🍔🔥 First run on the flat top was a success, but will definitely require a few runs to get the hang of it. 🔥👍🏻

Apr 17, 2019: 2019 Minnesota Aspirations in Computing Award Ceremony Excited to be at the 2019 Minnesota Aspirations in Computing Awards honoring amazing young women starting careers in technology! Very happy that …

Apr 15, 2019: Just ordered my MacStories 10th Anniversary T-Shirt! 👕

Apr 13, 2019: Got to watch the Space X Arabsat-6A launch from two days ago. Still amazes me watching the booster rockets land. 🚀😲 “That puts a capper in what‘s been …

Apr 13, 2019: Sad to hear that Creative Kidstuff is going out of business. That was always one of our favorite local stores. ☹️

Apr 13, 2019: Allianz Field satellite view needs an update! 😊

Apr 13, 2019: MN United Home Opener So excited to be here, right now, for the Minnesota United home opener in the gorgeous Allianz Field! ⚽️🖤🙌 Family selfie from Minnesota United …

Apr 13, 2019: Coffee Cathedral. Ratio Eight making magic with beans from Sump Coffee. ☕️

Apr 12, 2019: We had a family debate that Nutella from Europe wasn’t as sweet as what we get in the United States. I brought a jar of Nutella back and we did a …

Apr 12, 2019: Also watched Arctic on flight. Liked it a lot. Almost no dialogue, but that doesn’t take anything away. 🥶🎬✈️

Apr 12, 2019: I love the messages the kids leave for me on the chalkboard when I come home from trips! ❤️

Apr 12, 2019: Watched Green Book and thoroughly enjoyed it. Great movie and equally great acting. 🎬✈️

Apr 11, 2019: It’s awesome when you are following #TeamSPS backpacks eight timezones away! 😊👍🏻

Apr 10, 2019: Great night bowling with #TeamSPS in Ukraine! Команда грають в боулінг разом, та виграють разом! 🎳

Apr 9, 2019: Great dinner last night with some our our #TeamSPS Ukraine leaders in Kyiv! Great food, conversation, and people. 🤝

Apr 6, 2019: Our anthem for our time in San Antonio, TX has been “In San Antonio, They Got The Alamo”. 🤪🤣

Apr 6, 2019: Las Vegas Lights v San Antonio FC Taking in some Texas Soccer watching San Antonio FC v Las Vegas Lights. San Antonio leading 1-0! ⚽️

Apr 6, 2019: The Orca’s at SeaWorld are amazing!

Apr 6, 2019: Today’s Vacation Ice Cream stop was Steel City Pops. Made to order ice cream bars!

Apr 6, 2019: We had an amazing afternoon in San Antonio at the Pearl Farmers Market. Also checked out Hotel Emma, which is immensely cool.

Apr 6, 2019: The San Fernando Cathedral Light Show was really cool last night! There is a full video you can watch online.

Apr 6, 2019: We saw a very cool magic show and got a magic lesson from Scott Pepper and the Magicians Agency! ♠️♥️♣️♦️

Apr 6, 2019: Yesterday we got to hang out with Penguins at SeaWorld! Super cool! 🐧

Apr 4, 2019: I had no idea about the San Antonio River Walk and was blown away exploring it today. A great setting to walk, explore, and relax.

Apr 4, 2019: We had a good time learning and exploring The Alamo today. So much history!

Apr 3, 2019: Tyler and I got to throw knives and axes today! 🤪

Apr 3, 2019: Bob Mould at The Mohawk A trip to Austin, TX seems like it should have live music. 🎶 We saw Bob Mould play at The Mohawk tonight. Great show and cool venue!

Apr 3, 2019: Franklin BBQ Full fanboy mode waiting in line for 2+ hours at Franklin BBQ! 😊 Brisket, ribs, and sausage on the way. 🤤 The brisket was the best I’ve ever had by a …

Apr 2, 2019: Lick Honest Ice Cream is todays Vacation Ice Cream stop! Delicious! Some of us may have even got a second cone. 🤪

Apr 2, 2019: We had a fun time seeing Austin on 2-wheels with Your Biker Gang today! Super cool electric bikes too!

Apr 1, 2019: We attempted the “Incoming Transmission” room at Perplexium in Austin. It was a really unique puzzle room. A lot of fun, but proved too difficult for …

Apr 1, 2019: Final piece of “Magnolia Day” in Waco was the Brazos Tours “Fixer Upper Tour of Waco”. We visited the 3 Little Pigs House (S3E12), with a stop inside. …

Apr 1, 2019: We continued “Magnolia Day” in Waco with a visit to the Magnolia Silos. Went in the morning and in the afternoon.

Apr 1, 2019: We started “Magnolia Day” in Waco with an early breakfast at Magnolia Table. Good food, and a lot of it. 🍽🥓🍳

Mar 31, 2019: Heritage Creamery was today’s Vacation Ice Cream stop. The Salted Caramel was very good, and the homemade waffle cones were amazing!

Mar 31, 2019: The snakes at Cameron Park Zoo Cameron Park Zoo in Waco was great. So many snakes! I had no idea there were dozens of types of Rattle Snakes! 😬🐍

Mar 31, 2019: We had a great morning at the Cameron Park Zoo in Waco this morning. Impressive natural settings for the animals.

Mar 30, 2019: Departing for Texas Spring Break! 🌵 Visiting Austin, San Antonio, and Waco. 🛫

Mar 29, 2019: Great night celebrating with #TeamSPS Little Falls at their SPS Social! 🙌🎶🎉

Mar 26, 2019: Tyler and I are having a great time at One Night of Queen! He is a huge Queen fan! 🤘

Mar 25, 2019: iOS update fest.

Mar 24, 2019: Sous Vide tenderloin started! 🥩

Mar 23, 2019: Enjoying an evening with The New Standards at The Dakota. 🎶🥃 See list of The New Standards shows.

Mar 21, 2019: Enjoyed watching First Man. Amazing story about an amazing time. 🚀🎬✈

Mar 21, 2019: International travel is hard on sleep. 😳

Mar 21, 2019: Richmond v Carlton Taking in my first game of AFL Footy at Melbourne Cricket Ground! 🙌 Richmond 7-8-50 over Carlton 4-4-28 at half! Starting to understand Footy. Fun, …

Mar 21, 2019: I tried a Melbourne “Magic” today. I would have a hard time telling the difference between a Magic and Cappuccino. ☕️

Mar 21, 2019: I got a new Kangaroo friend! This one from Kangaroo Island was very friendly with super soft fur. 🦘

Mar 21, 2019: Appreciate the warm welcome and hospitality from our #TeamSPS Australia leadership team! 🇦🇺

Mar 21, 2019: It was great to spend the last couple of days with #TeamSPS Technology in Melbourne! Great team and exciting things to come! 🇦🇺

Mar 21, 2019: I got a selfie with a Koala today! 🐨

Mar 20, 2019: Just got tickets to go see the Carlton v Richmond AFL season opener tonight! Will finally get to experience a Footy game!

Mar 20, 2019: Joined #TeamSPS Melbourne for game night this evening. They even had a brand new copy of Ticket to Ride. Came in 2nd this time. Also had some …

Mar 19, 2019: I had a fabulous dinner tonight at Steak Ministry with the #TeamSPS leadership team in Melbourne! 🇦🇺

Mar 18, 2019: I did a Town Hall session with #TeamSPS Melbourne, and Sydney on videoconference today. Great team, good conversation, and same SPS spirit! 👍

Mar 17, 2019: Happy St Patrick’s Day! ☘️ I searched LAX extensively but could not find a Guinness. I finally settled for a Fat Tire Ale. Cheers! 🍻

Mar 17, 2019: Hanging out in LAX for a bit on the way to visit #TeamSPS in Melbourne! 🇦🇺🦘

Mar 15, 2019: Great night at the #TeamSPS 2019 Social! 🙌🎶🎉

Mar 14, 2019: Mazie and I got to play Civil Engineer tonight, creating routes in the snow/slush to route water out of our yard. So much water! 😬💦

Mar 14, 2019: π Day Dinner! Chicken Pot Pie with Chocolate Pie! 🥧🥧🤤 #PiDay See Pi Day Collection.

Mar 14, 2019: Happy π Day from #TeamSPS! 74 pies! #PiDay See Pi Day Collection.

Mar 13, 2019: Did my first spin workout on my Peloton Bike tonight. I was impressed with the bike and the class. It is a very good home workout experience. I love …

Mar 12, 2019: Updated Tesla Model 3 to Firmware Build v9.0 2019.5.15 f5def7e (3/7/2019). Still love doing that. 😎

Mar 9, 2019: Watched Free Solo tonight. Wow! Alex Honnold is an amazing climber. My palms were sweating while I sat comfortably on the couch. 🧗‍♂️😳🎬

Mar 9, 2019: After raining pretty good for a while it turned into pretty serious snow! ❄️

Mar 9, 2019: I had a great time checking out the fun and creative projects one of our #TeamSPS teams did during a post-release Hackathon! Several API mashups, …

Mar 9, 2019: Tyler and I are cheering on FC Bayern vs Wolfsburg! ⚽️

Mar 7, 2019: My daughter lost her iPhone while skiing today. Quick action with Find my iPhone and Lost Mode got it recovered from a couple feet down in the snow! …

Mar 5, 2019: Heading home. Great time visiting #TeamSPS Toronto. CRJ-900 taking us back. 🛩

Mar 4, 2019: I had a fun evening joining #TeamSPS Toronto for some board games! I came in a distant 4th in Ticket to Ride. 😢

Mar 4, 2019: Nice dinner out with #TeamSPS in Toronto!

Mar 3, 2019: Minnesota Wild v Nashville Predators Time for some Minnesota Wild Hockey! 🏒 Olympic Gold medalist Lindsey Vonn dropped the game puck at tonight’s Wild game! 😎 Minnesota Wild v Nashville …

Mar 2, 2019: Went axe throwing for the first time tonight and did this!

Mar 2, 2019: We visited the 80’s this afternoon with a trip to the Roller Garden! 😁

Mar 2, 2019: We had a great morning helping pack over 250 boxes of food at Feed My Starving Children!

Mar 2, 2019: We had a fun time playing the Primetime Showdown at Game Show Battle Rooms last night! Lots of laughs! 🤣 Why couldn’t I think of a vegetable that …

Feb 28, 2019: My mind was blown tonight when I was introduced to ”fractal” Romanesco broccoli! 🤯🥦

Feb 28, 2019: MHTA Tech Talent 2019 At MHTA Tech Talent event today, participating in panel shortly. Mike McNamara, CIO of Target, kicking it off. Event focused on efforts to increase …

Feb 25, 2019: Timberwolves v Kings Fun to be courtside watching the Timberwolves warmup. 🏀 Basketball teams always have impressive pregame experiences. 🏀 🔈 Timberwolves v Kings jump …

Feb 24, 2019: With all the amazing computational photography power of an iPhone XS, why can’t it properly expose a picture with a lot of snow? This seems like …

Feb 23, 2019: Tonight was the first time since having a 3D printer that I realized something I was thinking of buying I could instead print. 😏

Feb 20, 2019: Snowy drive in this morning. There are 5 lanes somewhere there. ❄️

Feb 19, 2019: Wild hockey game tonight!

Feb 16, 2019: We saw A Dog’s Way Home today. It was exactly what you would expect it to be. Good movie, particularly for the dog lovers amongst us.

Feb 16, 2019: We played “Quest for the Amulet at Windmere Castle" at Escape MSP Lakeville today. It was a cool room, and we were nowhere even close to solving …

Feb 16, 2019: Tyler and I played in our first Pokémon friendly tournament today. I’m glad he knows what he’s doing!

Feb 16, 2019: Had a majestic bald eagle visit us this morning. Just 50 or so feet away. Surveying the frozen lake, I suspect looking for small animals seeking some …

Feb 15, 2019: Tetris 99 on the Switch is amazing! 🤩 So far my highest ranking is #4. I’ve never gotten into Battle Royale games, but I love Tetris, and this …

Feb 15, 2019: A giant snow pile is a pretty good thing to play soccer with. ❄️⚽️

Feb 15, 2019: Little snow isn’t going to keep me from grilling! Big Green Egg time! ❄️🔥

Feb 10, 2019: Bit of snow out there.

Feb 10, 2019: Big space, and a great respite from the cold and snowy winter.

Feb 8, 2019: Watched FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened tonight. I didn’t follow this story when it happened. Unbelievable mess, fraud. 🎬

Feb 8, 2019: Tesla, your HTML encoding is showing. & 😳

Feb 8, 2019: Started reading Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport tonight. 📚

Feb 8, 2019: Checking out the Life Time Sport at Winter Park. Super cool pick-up soccer for the kids! ⚽️

Feb 7, 2019: I had a great night celebrating at the #TeamSPS Sales Awards Dinner! Awesome to see a team support and recognize each other so enthusiastically! 🙌

Feb 7, 2019: A tremendous talk on happiness by Shawn Achor was a great way to cap off the day at #TeamSPS 2019 Sales Kickoff! The content was great, delivered with …

Feb 7, 2019: A ton of activity happening at our #TeamSPS Think Tank booths with product specialists working with the field sales team. 👏 Love this! 💙

Feb 7, 2019: Nearly all #TeamSPS events have Thad Brenny making it all look great and smooth at the console! You are awesome Thad! 🙌

Feb 7, 2019: I had a great time sharing three fabulous product demos at the #TeamSPS 2019 Sales Kickoff today! It’s great to get teams in front of the people that …

Feb 7, 2019: Having a great time at Day 2 of #TeamSPS 2019 Sales Meeting. The team assembled hundreds of bikes for kids in need last night. Karin Lucas got things …

Feb 6, 2019: Book: Scale My book club just finished reading Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, …

Feb 6, 2019: I had a great morning joining the #TeamSPS 2019 Sales Kickoff! Dan Juckniess and Jim Frome got the event started off right!

Feb 5, 2019: 3D Printing custom Valentine’s Day things for the kids to give their friends! 💕

Feb 4, 2019: JSONFeed on Blot I’ve been enjoying Blot a lot. I’ve enjoyed its approach to blogging. There is plenty of power there, and it’s dead simple to add new …

Feb 3, 2019: Longest punt in Super Bowl history! I guess that is something for the Rams. Super Bowl LIII 🤷‍♂️🏈

Feb 2, 2019: I visited Minnehack tonight and introduced SPS Commerce to 300+ students before we fed them a mountain of pizza! 🍕

Feb 2, 2019: Kubbchucks playing in our 8th annual Minnesota Kubb winter tournament, part of the Loppet! Largest winter Kubb tournament in the world! Kubbchucks …

Feb 1, 2019: Minnesota Kubb 2019 Winter Tournament The Kubbchucks played our 8th annual Minnesota Kubb Winter Tournament this weekend. After a week of record cold temperatures we were treated to a …

Jan 30, 2019: Tech Summit 2019 View from the control room as we get ready to start #TeamSPS Tech Summit 2019! Yesterday’s rehearsal for #TeamSPS Tech Summit 2019! Excited for a …

Jan 27, 2019: Schools cancelled. Kids are rejoicing. 🥳

Jan 27, 2019: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse We saw Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse today and I was completely blown away! I enjoyed the story thoroughly and the visuals were amazing. It feels …

Jan 26, 2019: Hack the Gap 2019 Hack the Gap hosted their 5th annual Hackathon for women and non-binary individuals this weekend. I was able to attend the demo event today where each …

Jan 26, 2019: Everyone had a lot of fun at iFly.

Jan 26, 2019: Made my signature lasagna tonight. Delicious. 🤤🍽

Jan 26, 2019: Checking out iFly Indoor Skydiving. Wow!

Jan 25, 2019: Delightful dinner tonight at Oceanaire with my brother and his wife. Yum!

Jan 25, 2019: Very first espresso from my new Breville Oracle espresso machine. I’m impressed with the capabilities and the quality of the espresso. ☕️

Jan 23, 2019: Ordered End of Trust, McSweeney’s Issue 54 done in collaboration with the EFF! 💜

Jan 22, 2019: Just signed up for a 4th site on Blot. This one will be to finally get a decent site for my Book Club.

Jan 21, 2019: Using API Credentials in Shortcuts Shortcuts on iOS can do incredibly powerful things, and with a little bit of extra magic you can connect to most API’s as well. Pulling data …

Jan 21, 2019: Tammy and I had an amazing dinner at Popol Vuh last night. Guacamole, Jicama Salad, Costilla, and Carne Asada. Everything was delicious and so …

Jan 21, 2019: Updating firmware FTW! This time the Joule Sous Vide.

Jan 21, 2019: Tammy’s sisters and my brother-in-laws escaped Breakout - Operation: Casino in 45 minutes! 🙌💪🔓

Jan 18, 2019: I’ve used an Airport Express (Gen 1) with an auto-switching amp to get AirPlay audio. The Airport Express is discontinued now. Sonos Amp does …

Jan 18, 2019: Quiet Friday night putting together tomorrows issue of the Weekly Thing. 👨‍💻

Jan 18, 2019: Closed on the sale of our old house. Now done with the moving stuff. Time to get settled into the new house. 🙌

Jan 18, 2019: Got a 2nd HomePod and am trying out a stereo pair. They sound incredibly good for the size.

Jan 16, 2019: “You’re one of 772,904,991 people pwned in the Collection #1 data breach.” That is a shockingly large amount of credentials compromised. Good …

Jan 15, 2019: Is there anything useful to do with 1,500+ CDs and 200+ DVDs? Going thru stuff after move and filtering. Is there an option better than garbage?

Jan 13, 2019: Gorgeous day for a smoking session on the Big Green Egg! First smoke at the new house! 🔥

Jan 13, 2019: I just preordered Cal Newport’s Digital Minimalism. I was going to buy it anyway so the additional benefits he added were a bonus! 📚

Jan 12, 2019: Moving and going back to Xfinity I lose fiber performance. Upside is back on IPv6. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Jan 12, 2019: Took my new Ratio Eight Coffee Maker and Baratza Virtuoso grinder for a first run this morning, paired with Sump Coffee beans. It’s like an automatic …

Jan 11, 2019: I have no idea what I’m doing with this 3D Printer! But it’s still fun!

Jan 11, 2019: Today is moving day! 📦🚛🏠🥳 Internet service up and running at the new house! 🥳

Jan 10, 2019: Moving Day Today the movers will be showing up to move all the big things to our new house! It’s been nearly 9 years since we last moved. It is the first time …

Jan 8, 2019: UGears Locomotive Over the holidays I assembled the UGears Steam Locomotive moving model. It was my second UGears project. I assembled the Chronograph a couple years …

Jan 6, 2019: Watched Smallfoot, fun family movie. 🎬

Jan 6, 2019: Family friends joined us and we beat the Diagonal Alley room at Trapped North Loop. The room was exceptionally well done, highly recommended! 🧩

Jan 6, 2019: My daughter made me the most amazing birthday card! She made a broken laptop out of cardboard and I had to fix it by connecting cables and putting In …

Jan 6, 2019: We went back to Missing Pieces on Thursday and successfully completed the Final Frontier room after failing in November! 🧩

Jan 1, 2019: I’ve now created three blogs on Blot and am enjoying it a lot. I’ve got a “good enough” version of my link blog running there, …

Dec 31, 2018: Our family plays Clue every year on New Year’s Eve while we await the new year, and this year I actually won! 🧐😊

Dec 31, 2018: Went to Bohemian Rhapsody tonight and thought it was great! 🎬 Turns our New Year’s Eve is a busy night at theaters!

Dec 31, 2018: Played the last of our new Christmas board games, Azul. Fun hidden strategies. Didn’t make sense at first a lot of fun after we figured it out.

Dec 30, 2018: Watched Isle of Dogs tonight. Very fun, original movie. 🎬

Dec 30, 2018: I’ve been throwing a bunch of content at Blot and have been very impressed. Speed is okay even with 10,000 posts. There is a lot more capability in …

Dec 29, 2018: Maybe Blot? There is a bit of a trend on micro.blog to use Blot for longer form blog hosting. I’ve not dug in too deeply largely because it seemed to put …

Dec 29, 2018: Tyler and I are having a great time with FIFA 19 on the Switch! This is the first sports game that I’ve enjoyed more than a couple times. 🕹

Dec 29, 2018: Macro Blog? I’ve had a hard time finding a blog platform that I really enjoy. I tired a long time ago of the WordPress ecosystem. It is a big and vibrant …

Dec 27, 2018: Book: When Breath Becomes Air I’ve had “When Breath Becomes Air” sitting at our cabin for a while, but decided to pick it up and read it on winter break. The book …

Dec 27, 2018: We all watched Kiki’s Delivery Service yesterday. Another in our Studio Ghibli “festival”. Not as good as Totoro or Ponyo, but the kids …

Dec 27, 2018: We all really enjoyed My Neighbor Totoro on Christmas. Great Studio Ghibli film. 🎬

Dec 26, 2018: We played Photosynthesis for the first time and had a great time. Recommended game with a lot of strategy, but still playable by younger kids. 👍🏻

Dec 24, 2018: Time for traditional Christmas Eve dinner off the grill! First, have to “bottom start” the Big Green Egg to unfreeze the lid! ❄️🔥 Always leave …

Dec 23, 2018: Home Free Christmas at Treasure Island Surprised the kids with a Home Free concert tonight, the last show on their Christmas Tour, at Treasure Island. 🎤🎼👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Dec 23, 2018: Went to King’s Bar in Miesville. Burger Flight: Homerun (Ham, Swiss Cheese, Lettuce, Tomato, Mayo), Dugout (Peanut Butter, Lettuce, Mayo), …

Dec 23, 2018: Tyler’s teaching me to play Pokémon and we figured poker chips work to track damage.

Dec 22, 2018: One of my favorite places to be.

Dec 22, 2018: We watched The Christmas Chronicles tonight and really enjoyed it. It would be a great movie for Christmas Eve! 🎅

Dec 22, 2018: We saw Instant Family last night. Fun, family-focused movie. 🍿

Dec 21, 2018: I’m going to give Agenda a solid workout to see if it’s a better solution for tracking work related notes and activities. Keep looking for …

Dec 19, 2018: Tesla 2018.48.12.1 update applied! 👍

Dec 19, 2018: Great #TeamSPS dinner tonight at Salut St. Paul – what an awesome group! Good food, company and best of all great laughs! 🤣🙌

Dec 19, 2018: Had a great time competing in the Spies v Spies rooms at Trapped Puzzle rooms with #TeamSPS tech leaders! Orange team FTW! 👍🙌

Dec 18, 2018: Stop & go traffic is by far my favorite use case for Tesla Auto Pilot. Way less stress! 👍🏻

Dec 16, 2018: My daughter taught me a new typography fact tonight! Uppercase letters are called that because they were kept in an “upper case”, above …

Dec 16, 2018: Early Christmas today – Weekly Thing pen! 👍🏻

Dec 14, 2018: Family selfie from our new house. We don’t move until January, but are exploring today!

Dec 13, 2018: Made my annual donation to Internet Archive! Join me in supporting this great organization! 🌎

Dec 11, 2018: Minnesota Wild v Montreal Canadiens Minnesota Wild v Montreal Canadiens! 🏒 Hockey time with Amy Patton Amy Patton, Ian Redlin and Paul Birkbeck Paul Birkbeck! 🏒 Wild take 2-0 lead over …

Dec 9, 2018: Watched Pick of the Litter tonight. Nice movie, particularly for dog lovers. The training guide dogs go through is impressive. 🐕

Dec 9, 2018: We explored the Walker Art Center today. Modern art still makes me go “Huh?” a lot.

Dec 9, 2018: We had a fun time at the 2018 British Arrows Awards today at the Walker. Liked the Nike, FIFA Soccer and Mini Cooper ads!

Dec 9, 2018: Solid boxing workout this morning at TITLE Boxing.

Dec 9, 2018: I know I should be impressed with our amazing, modern technology, but this happens so often and drives me a bit bonkers.

Dec 9, 2018: I am “fixing” my Twitter import into micro.blog and needed to get rid of hundreds of those tweets, now imported as posts. Pro Tip: You can …

Dec 8, 2018: Parked at SPS Tower for a concert at the State Theater. Took skyways and skipped jackets on way there. Didn’t think anout skyways being closed later. …

Dec 8, 2018: 2018 New Standards Holiday Show First half of The New Standards Holiday Show was awesome. Okee Dokee Brothers, The Owls, Chris Koza, Jeremy Messersmith, Matt Wilson, Dessa, Tina …

Dec 8, 2018: The Kingfield at Five Watt is definitely a treat, not an everyday coffee, but it sure is delicious. Fancy coffee time! ☕️

Dec 8, 2018: Tried Boludo Empanadas today — wow! I got three empanadas: Pollo, Carne, and Jamon y Queso. All were delicious! Good review in City Pages. 🤤

Dec 7, 2018: Mt. Olivet Lutefisk Dinner Had fun at the 89th annual Mt. Olivet Lutefisk Dinner tonight! Swedish Meatballs, Rice Pudding with Lingonberries, and Lefse for me.

Dec 4, 2018: Finally got my Bluetooth blood pressure monitor to re-pair with my phone, after much troubleshooting. It’s the little things. 🥳

Dec 2, 2018: There was a lot of very pretty looking snow to deal with this morning.

Dec 1, 2018: Cabin Christmas Tree up with cabin themed decorations! 🎄

Dec 1, 2018: To all Music services: Why can’t I find any Christmas channels, playlists, stations, etc. that our family enjoys?

Nov 28, 2018: Very fun to see my former Dow Jones colleague Dean Del Vecchio on stage at AWS re:Invent 2018! 👏 Guardian Life Insurance Selects AWS as Its Preferred …

Nov 26, 2018: Ready for Cyber Monday peak season! #TeamSPS

Nov 25, 2018: Nice win for the Vikings over the Packers – fun game to watch! 🏈

Nov 24, 2018: We tried the brand new, just opened today, Final Frontier puzzle room at Missing Pieces. We didn’t solve it 😲, but really liked the room. We did not …

Nov 23, 2018: Cotton Headed Ninny Muggins! Christmas tradition, watching Elf! 🎬🎄

Nov 22, 2018: From our family to yours — Happy Thanksgiving!

Nov 21, 2018: This new 27” Retina iMac is starved for memory. 64 GB of SO-DIMMs on the way!

Nov 21, 2018: Carefully disassembling my single 1.2 TB Lightroom Classic catalog into Lightroom CC and iCloud Photos. Should not have let a single catalog get so …

Nov 21, 2018: I’ve had more spinning beachballs in macOS Mojave than I’ve had in any recent version of macOS.

Nov 21, 2018: The Wassail Tea is ready – now Thanksgiving can happen! I love the smell of Wassail in the house.

Nov 21, 2018: This Mini Kubb set is a kick, although pretty impossible to play, but still fun!

Nov 18, 2018: Got sick with something pretty bad right before leaving Ukraine. Got progressively worse while traveling home and have been taken out all weekend. …

Nov 17, 2018: Got the new MacBook Air today (Space Gray, 16 GB memory, 500 GB storage). Reminds me how much I liked the form factor on the original MacBook Air. …

Nov 17, 2018: It’s surprising to me that this five computer limitation is still around in iTunes. iOS devices don’t count against it, what’s …

Nov 17, 2018: Monopoly “The .com Edition” can provide hours of entertainment just by looking at all the companies on the board.

Nov 16, 2018: I’m going to finally break, and submit to Adobe’s Creative Cloud Photography subscription (1 TB) and Lightroom CC. Sick of being stuck. 😕

Nov 16, 2018: KBP → MSP ✈️ Not good, flight out of KBP is delayed and I now land in AMS when my connecting flight to MSP takes off. Hoping for magic. 🤞🏻 First step, we have an …

Nov 15, 2018: Street in Kyiv.

Nov 14, 2018: Had a great evening with #TeamSPS in Kyiv tonight!

Nov 14, 2018: First snow in Kyiv! ❄️

Nov 13, 2018: Waiting for the sun to come up at Paris CDG. ✈️

Nov 12, 2018: I’m finding myself frustrated with pure static hosting. It adds too much friction to publishing. I’m intrigued by Statamic as a …

Nov 12, 2018: The new 12.9" iPad Pro with the attached keyboard is a good size for an airline seat tray. The previous generation 12.9" I found too large …

Nov 11, 2018: Long international flight tomorrow → of course you update the firmware on your headphones! 😁

Nov 11, 2018: Wait, the newest version of Apple Photos cannot import DNG files? What the … 😤

Nov 11, 2018: I might be learning the hard way about flying internationally when your passport expires within 6 months. 😕 After a couple calls it sounds like …

Nov 10, 2018: Family movie night – watched Ferdinand. 🎬 Good movie, but upon learning what bullfighting is the kids thought that was crazy.

Nov 10, 2018: Got my tickets to the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup (Group D) matches at Allianz Field! Can’t wait to cheer on the US Men’s National Soccer Team! …

Nov 10, 2018: Carcassonne is such a great game. Introduced the kids to it today.

Nov 7, 2018: Great day for #TeamSPS at our annual Growth Summit! A wonderful year, and more on the way. Want to be part of #TeamSPS? Join our team!

Nov 6, 2018: I tried Tesla’s new Navigate on Autopilot feature tonight. It worked very well on first try. 👍🏻

Nov 6, 2018: I Voted! ✅😎 Remember to vote today!

Nov 4, 2018: iOS has Pythonista for Python, and Scriptable is awesome for JavaScript, but I wish there was a Lua version of one or both of them. Would be fun to …

Nov 4, 2018: Tammy and I tried Colita for the first time tonight! 🍽 Started with Papa Noel to drink; then Fish Tacos, Avocado Tostada and finished with Stacked …

Nov 4, 2018: Nice win for the Vikings! 🏈

Nov 3, 2018: Know someone wanting to move to South Minneapolis? Our house is for sale! We have loved living here. It is an amazing house and neighborhood!

Nov 3, 2018: Our new deck is done and I put up the pergola lighting today. 💡 I’m very happy with how it turned out.

Nov 2, 2018: Got to do the first remote Tesla software update without being around the Model 3, a feature added in 9.0. Nice convenience feature!

Oct 31, 2018: I found my trick-or-treat! 🍺 Thanks Andy Domeier! White Oak Jai Alai IPA – such a great IPA!

Oct 31, 2018: Achievement Unlocked: Giving out full-size candy bars for Halloween! 🎃🍫👍

Oct 31, 2018: Happy Halloween! 🎃

Oct 31, 2018: We opened up the 16th floor in SPS Tower this week! What an amazing space for our growing team! 👍 The Library space, bright colors and fun references …

Oct 30, 2018: We all got our pumpkins carved! 🎃 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Oct 28, 2018: Had a fabulous evening learning and tasting Bourbons, Whiskey, and Scotch with Rich Howard tonight! 🥃

Oct 27, 2018: Awesome campfire tonight. 🔥

Oct 27, 2018: Fall Colors Blowing in the Wind.

Oct 26, 2018: The PIXL Magnetic Building System looks really cool. Backed it! Fun to see the Fidget Cube team back at it.

Oct 20, 2018: Settlers of Catan!

Oct 20, 2018: Fun (and chilly!) day playing Kubb and Mölkky at the Olson Family Weekend! Kubb, king of lawn games. Still love this painted set I won at the US …

Oct 20, 2018: I love updating things — but this is an entirely different level. 🎉👍

Oct 20, 2018: Cascade Falls

Oct 19, 2018: Tamarack trees golden needles in the afternoon sun.

Oct 19, 2018: Tyler crossing the headwaters of the Mississippi River.

Oct 19, 2018: Future jack-o-lanterns! 🎃

Oct 19, 2018: The Foo Fighters put on an amazing show last night at the Xcel Center. The energy and passion from the Foo’s is always amazing. 🤘

Oct 18, 2018: Foo Fighters!!! Taylor Hawkins drum solo! 🥁🤘

Oct 18, 2018: We were here.

Oct 18, 2018: We had a great morning exploring the Franconia Sculpture Park! We are lucky to have great public art in the Twin Cities!

Oct 14, 2018: Did my first longer interstate drive with the Tesla Model 3 and Autopilot. Car drove itself without need for override south on I-35 from the edge of …

Oct 14, 2018: It’s snowing!? 🌨😧

Oct 14, 2018: This picture captures most of what I’ll remember from yesterday’s Minnesota United game. 🤬⚽️

Oct 14, 2018: We had a great time at the Minnesota Zoo Jack-o-Lantern Spectacular last night. I was blown away by the artistry and overall experience. It is created …

Oct 13, 2018: Today’s Minnesota United match wasn’t the one I would have picked to be the last of the season for me, but so be it. Looking forward to seeing …

Oct 13, 2018: Excited for our final Minnesota United game of the 2018 season, and the last one in TCF Bank Stadium. Looking for some great soccer today! ⚽️👍🏻 Slow …

Oct 13, 2018: Umbrellas. ☂️

Oct 13, 2018: Had a fun and delicious evening at Kitchen Window’s Spanish Wine Dinner Class last night. Fun time, learned some things and nice people!

Oct 13, 2018: Sailboats and Manhattan Skyline

Oct 11, 2018: Minnedemo 30 Excited for Minnedemo 30 tonight! And always proud to have SPS Commerce as a Terabyte sponsor!

Oct 10, 2018: Nice opportunity to network with other technology leaders, and try some delightful wines tonight! 🍷

Oct 9, 2018: Just used the new iOS Shortcuts “Run JavaScript on Web Page” feature to automate a task that had no API endpoint before. It’s a very interesting …

Oct 8, 2018: Birthday Cake by Milk Bar Mazie and I returned home from our Daddy/Daughter trip to NYC. We brought a Birthday Cake from Milk Bar home for everyone.

Oct 8, 2018: The southern edge of Central Park.

Oct 8, 2018: This building is going to very cool when completed.

Oct 8, 2018: Walking the High Line in Manhattan Mazie and I hiked the length of the High Line in Manhattan today. We started on 30th street and walked south to the end. It was a delightful way to …

Oct 7, 2018: Mazie and I went to School of Rock on Broadway tonight and loved it! Great music, amazing acting from such young actors! The kids play all the music …

Oct 7, 2018: I returned to Molyvos for the first time in probably 10 years. I can report the Lamb Shank Yuvetsi is still amazing and the rolled Baklava is …

Oct 7, 2018: The Seaglass Carousel in Battery Park.

Oct 7, 2018: Exploring Ellis Island with Manhattan in the background.

Oct 7, 2018: It was great to finally visit the Statue of Liberty. We also went to Ellis Island and looked up the entry records for my great grandfather Josef Gins …

Oct 7, 2018: Mazie and I got to meet Lady Liberty today! 🇺🇸

Oct 6, 2018: Steam chimneys in NYC.

Oct 6, 2018: Mazie and I explored Times Square tonight! 👨‍👧 16,687 steps today. 👣

Oct 6, 2018: Driving a Ferrari in Manhattan? Seems like a crazy idea to me. 🤷‍♂️

Oct 6, 2018: Mazie and I got to hang out with my great friend from college, Greg, and his fabulous family today in NYC. It was fun to go back to stories some 25 …

Oct 6, 2018: Gorgeous Bonbons at Stick With Me chocolates.

Oct 6, 2018: Grand Central Station in Manhattan.

Oct 6, 2018: Subways and long exposure capabilities on iPhone XS was a lot of fun today.

Oct 6, 2018: Mazie and I were very impressed with the 9/11 Memorial & Museum today. An event that was so important and a life event, but happened before she …

Oct 6, 2018: Mazie and I getting some coffee at Blue Bottle Coffee by World Trade Center. ☕️

Oct 6, 2018: Freedom Tower. 🇺🇸

Oct 6, 2018: Pumpkin Patch.

Oct 5, 2018: Mazie and I are heading to New York for a Daddy/Daughter trip! 😎👨‍👧

Oct 3, 2018: My Apple Watch has gotten very confused with 8 duplicates of all calendar events. Can’t figure out how to clear or reset this yet.

Oct 1, 2018: Picked up my Tesla Model 3 today! Wow! 2 years and 7 months after reserving it.

Oct 1, 2018: Espresso. ☕️

Sep 29, 2018: Campfire. 🔥

Sep 29, 2018: We need a movement to ban cable news from waiting areas. 🚫

Sep 27, 2018: Was looking like the Vikings might tie that game up, then a fumble. Ugh. 🏈

Sep 27, 2018: 2018 SPS Kubb Tournament Great day for our #TeamSPS Technology Kubb Tournament! Good luck to all the teams! Results after round 1 of #TeamSPS Technology Kubb Tournament! …

Sep 26, 2018: Goodbye Chase On Friday evening we had to say goodbye to our dog Chase. We adopted Chase into our family in 2007. The adoption agency had given him the horrible …

Sep 24, 2018: Two of my three Macs are upgraded to macOS Mojave. The last one that is still upgrading is an iMac with Fusion drive and is taking a lot longer than …

Sep 23, 2018: Power just got restored at our cabin on Cannon Lake after Thursday nights huge storm. Was out from Thursday at 6:32p to Sunday at 5:28p, at total of …

Sep 23, 2018: Fountain in the Lyndale Park Rose Garden. The iPhone XS camera is very impressive.

Sep 23, 2018: I had my 200mm lens for the kids soccer games and there were a bunch of planes landing with a clear blue sky. 🛬📷

Sep 22, 2018: Minnesota United v Portland Timbers Gorgeous work MNUFC to take lead 1-0! ⚽️👏🏻 Stellar first half from MN United to take a 3-0 lead v Portland Timbers! ⚽️🙌⚽️🙌⚽️🙌 “Hey Siri, Loons win!” …

Sep 22, 2018: Saturday morning soccer! ⚽️

Sep 22, 2018: Upgrading to the new iPhone XS using iCloud Backup. First time I’ve done this not using iTunes local backup. 🤞🏻 Also letting it magically move my …

Sep 22, 2018: Glaring Sun on Lake

Sep 21, 2018: Really enjoyed Hearts Beat Loud. Nice story, good music. 🎬

Sep 20, 2018: It seems that the nVidia GPU in my 2012 MacBook Pro 15” Retina is failing fast. Screen goes black, Kernel panic reported from GPU. Somewhat common …

Sep 18, 2018: Upgraded Nintendo Switch to 6.0 and Tyler and I are trying out Switch Online. It’s fun to play Donkey Kong on yet another modern game platform. 🤓🕹

Sep 18, 2018: Now have a VIN for my Tesla Model 3 reservation and a scheduled delivery date for the weekend! 😎

Sep 17, 2018: Wired my iOS 12 Shortcut so “Hey Siri, Loons win!” starts playing Wonderwall. 👍🏻⚽️🎧

Sep 17, 2018: Have all my relevant Apple devices upgraded to iOS 12, watchOS 5 and related device OS versions. 👍🏻

Sep 16, 2018: Impressive update for Streaks today! Happy to see iCloud sync arrive and already support for Siri Shortcuts! 👏🏻

Sep 15, 2018: Sun setting on Cannon Lake.

Sep 15, 2018: Our deck project is progressing — and big!

Sep 14, 2018: Time it took AT&T to fix my iPhone Xs upgrade order today: 97 minutes. Time it took my barber to cut my hair: 9 minutes.

Sep 14, 2018: iPhone Xs 256GB Space Grey ordered! 🛒

Sep 13, 2018: I’m “geekily” excited to get my Anki Vector in October. 🤓 I have a Cozmo and the Vector looks like a very fun leap.

Sep 12, 2018: The iPhone Xs is going to be a great upgrade from my iPhone 7. 📱 The Apple Watch Series 4 is enough of a jump to make me consider upgrading my Series …

Sep 9, 2018: Bingo at Stanley’s! Quest for Bingo Blackout victory thwarted again! ☹️

Sep 9, 2018: It took us over an hour, but we did eventually solve the “It’s All Fun & Games” room at Trapped Puzzle Room North Loop. 🗝

Sep 9, 2018: We really enjoyed BlacKkKlansman from Spike Lee. Good story, powerful message. 🎬

Sep 9, 2018: Nice brunch this morning at Lucky Oven. This was our first time back since their frenetic opening. Good food and a nice walk in the neighborhood. 🍽👍🏻

Sep 8, 2018: Tammy and I went to Juliet, Naked today. Good movie, fun story. 🎬

Sep 8, 2018: First time trying rolled ice cream at Loulou’s Sweet & Savory. Wow! Delicious!

Sep 8, 2018: Very impressed with the Tostada Chilaquiles with slow-roasted pork at Hola Arepa! Delicious! 🍽

Sep 8, 2018: Cleaning my espresso machine’s portafilter always gives me a moment of pause when you clean the tar-like sludge and consider “Wait, I drink this?” 😯☕️

Sep 8, 2018: Another great Five Things on Friday #266 from James Whatley – one of my favorite newsletters. 👏

Sep 7, 2018: Seeing Three Identical Strangers at The Heights.

Sep 7, 2018: I finally order a Tesla, and then Elon Musk decides to lose his mind. 🤦‍♂️

Sep 6, 2018: Just got invitation to OmniFocus 3 for Mac beta. Impressive and big redesign. I have a feeling multiple windows will be better used in this version. …

Sep 3, 2018: We had a great time at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival today!

Sep 2, 2018: “Gone Bananas” at MN Nice Cream. 🍦

Sep 2, 2018: Rainy morning of Snap Circuits (#562 Solar Space War) and Turing Tumble (#18 Entanglement).

Aug 31, 2018: Only two episodes in, and I’m already hooked on Succession.

Aug 31, 2018: We are enjoying Making It for family TV. 👍🏻🔨👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Aug 29, 2018: What a nice evening! 👍🏻

Aug 28, 2018: I dig this picture that my neighbor took of me taking first day of school pictures. 😀

Aug 26, 2018: In recognition of National Dog Day, a picture of Chase from four months ago.

Aug 26, 2018: Celebrated Tammy’s Dad’s 80th Birthday today! Got a big Olson Family picture too!

Aug 26, 2018: Michael Franti & Spearhead Michael Franti & Spearhead put on an amazing and inspiring show at the Music in the Zoo last night. It was awesome how he engaged the audience and …

Aug 25, 2018: Michael Franti & Spearhead at MN Zoo! 🎶

Aug 25, 2018: Amazing memorial service for David Hussman. A perfect collection of stories, music, poems and reflections — that he helped design. Tears and love …

Aug 23, 2018: Goodbye to my friend, David Hussman The last time I saw my friend David Hussman we met at Red Wagon Pizza and enjoyed an extended evening of pepperoni pizza and several glasses of a …

Aug 21, 2018: A few days ago my dog Chase injured his CCL (Dog version of ACL) in his right hind leg. Today he injured the other one and is unable to walk. He’s …

Aug 19, 2018: Started allergy medicine — I don’t remember a year that I had to start this early! 🤧💊

Aug 19, 2018: Very sad to hear of the passing of my friend David Hussman. We will all miss you dude! 😢 See his CaringBridge site.

Aug 18, 2018: Campfire. 🔥

Aug 18, 2018: Very happy with the new stone steps down to our dock! 🤩

Aug 18, 2018: Niagara Falls

Aug 17, 2018: Very impressive work being shared by the #TeamSPS summer interns! They delivered significant capabilities in products and services core to SPS! We are …

Aug 14, 2018: Great day for #TeamSPS summer picnic! Thank you all for making SPS such an awesome place to be! 🙌🍽🎉

Aug 13, 2018: At my happy place 😊, listening to Jay Farrar / Son Volt at the Minnesota Zoo. 🎶 “… but for now it sounds like heaven.” Yes it does Jay, …

Aug 12, 2018: One of the best games for time on an airplane? Tetris! But it requires an Internet connection — for royalty payments! 😡

Aug 12, 2018: We finished our vacation by winning “The Wall” room in 57:53 with only four clues at Enigma Escape Rooms in Buffalo, NY!

Aug 11, 2018: Some initial photos from our day at Niagara Falls! I’ve wanted to go here for years. It was an awesome experience! 🤩

Aug 11, 2018: Spending the day walking around Niagara Falls, on both US and Canadian sides, adds up the steps! 👣👣👣 23,861 steps for 9.26 miles.

Aug 11, 2018: Getting wet on the Maid of the Mist in the Horsehoe Falls at Niagara Falls! 🙌🏻

Aug 11, 2018: Flag in the Wind. 🇺🇸

Aug 10, 2018: We had an amazing dinner at Good Luck in Rochester, NY tonight. 🍽 The star of the meal was the 1 lb. Good Luck burger buried in French Fries and …

Aug 9, 2018: After intense deliberation Mazie and Tyler each picked one of these to take home from the Corning Museum of Glass. Paradox of Choice was strongly …

Aug 9, 2018: The Contemporary Galleries of the Corning Museum of Glass have stunning art and equally amazing architecture. The way natural light comes into the …

Aug 9, 2018: Time for a drive-in movie at the Elmira Drive-In to see Christopher Robbin. 🎬

Aug 8, 2018: We had to dodge the rain but we got to see Taughannock Falls today! Impressive waterfall!

Aug 8, 2018: Family selfie at Ventosa Vineyards! 🍷

Aug 8, 2018: Fun afternoon tasting all sorts of beverages at 3 Brothers Winery!

Aug 7, 2018: Cairns by Ithaca Falls.

Aug 7, 2018: Ithaca Falls. 😊👍🏻

Aug 7, 2018: Ice Cream stop for today at Cornell Dairy Bar. 🤤🍦

Aug 6, 2018: Great beer 🍺 and food 🍕 at Grist Iron Brewing Co this evening, with a nice view of Lake Seneca in the distance. Plus awesome bag boards.

Aug 6, 2018: We had a fun (blazing hot) sail on the True Love schooner on Seneca Lake today. ⛵️

Aug 6, 2018: We had a fun (and very hot) hike down and back up the Gorge Trail at Watkins Glen State Park. The trail wound around the water and through rock …

Aug 6, 2018: We all got to meet Dan Pritchard in person today! Should have gotten a pic. Kubb uniting people in action. 😊👍🏻

Aug 4, 2018: The kids had fun racing at RPM Raceway in Syracuse. I was impressed with their electric karts. Very cool! 🏎

Aug 4, 2018: We had a great time doing The Heist and Cold Case at the Museum of Intrigue! It is a very innovative, first of its kind approach to escape rooms!

Aug 4, 2018: Maximum Art Deco in Syracuse, NY.

Aug 4, 2018: Tyler and I still have fun with Pokémon GO! My Trainer Code is 9399 2668 4290 if you want to friend us. 🙌🏻

Aug 4, 2018: Enjoying a delicious lunch at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que! 🐖 Thanks Jason Greenberg for the recommendation! 🍽

Aug 4, 2018: Target Field

Aug 3, 2018: Flight delayed on tarmac waiting out storm… asked about weather “Well, I’m not a meteorologist but I do have an iPhone.” ✈️⛈ Starting vacation with a …

Aug 2, 2018: These Beanie Boos keep multiplying. 😳

Jul 31, 2018: International Champions Cup soccer at US Bank Stadium. Tottenham Hotspur v AC Milan! 🙌🏻⚽️

Jul 30, 2018: Twins v Indians tonight! ⚾️ Nice sunset hitting downtown Minneapolis from Target Field. Twins win! ⚾️

Jul 29, 2018: Great fun this afternoon tubing down Minnehaha Creek across the street from our house. 🙌🏻 😄

Jul 29, 2018: Morning kayak on Lake Nokomis.

Jul 28, 2018: Had a fabulous afternoon at Shady Oak Beach! 🏖

Jul 27, 2018: Tammy and I finished the Ruin Raiders room at Missing Pieces all on our own! 🔓

Jul 27, 2018: Tammy and I went to Sorry To Bother You tonight. Very fun, and original movie. Enjoyed it. 🎬

Jul 26, 2018: I made a Workflow in iOS that pulls a specific budget amount for me from YNAB’s API, then added it to my Today Widget. Super quick access to …

Jul 26, 2018: Biked into work today! 🚲 Two weeks makes the start of a streak.

Jul 22, 2018: MN United v LAFC Great start to MN United v LAFC! Some serious soccer! ⚽️ Totally amazing, gorgeous goal from Minnesota United! Then neutralized in 60 seconds with an …

Jul 21, 2018: Beef tenderloin on the Big Green Egg tonight. 🔥🤤

Jul 21, 2018: Chase on the boat today.

Jul 20, 2018: Clocks.

Jul 20, 2018: Pulled the lever to make espresso this morning and to my shock and horror realized the pump in my Andreja Premium Evo has died! 😱 New motor and some …

Jul 19, 2018: Backed Stages Card Game on Kickstarter, a grand tour bicycle race themed card game! 🚲

Jul 17, 2018: 📅 Happy World Emoji Day! 🙌🎉🎊

Jul 15, 2018: Just two numbers from the blackout Grand Prize on the bottom right sheet. Someone else won on the 54th number.

Jul 15, 2018: Bingo at Stanley’s!

Jul 15, 2018: Exploring the brand new Bell Museum!

Jul 15, 2018: Coffee flight at Fairgrounds: Verve (Santa Cruz), Dark Matter (Chicago), and Stumptown (Portland). All delicious. ☕️

Jul 15, 2018: Checking out the new Fairgrounds Craft Coffee & Tea in North Loop. ☕️ Very good coffee. Fried egg sandwich is amazing.

Jul 15, 2018: We are having a lot of fun with our Turing Tumble, and the maker extensions of printing your own custom parts are very cool! 👏

Jul 15, 2018: 30% of the total space on my MacBook’s SSD is being used by iOS backups of my iPhone and iPad. ☹️

Jul 14, 2018: I’m looking forward to attaching a Siri Shortcut of “Hey Siri, Loons Win!” to this Workflow in iOS 12. 😊⚽️📱

Jul 14, 2018: Cue Wonderwall! 🎶 Glorious 3-2 win Minnesota United! ⚽️🙌🏻

Jul 14, 2018: That was one of the most beautiful goals of the whole season Minnesota United! Floated right over the keepers reach. 🙌🏻⚽️ 2-0

Jul 14, 2018: Minnesota United v Real Salt Lake tonight! 👍🏻🙌🏻⚽️

Jul 14, 2018: Bike ride ice cream stop. 🍦

Jul 13, 2018: MN Twins v Tampa Bay Rays! ⚾️

Jul 11, 2018: MN United game! #TeamSPS ⚽️

Jul 11, 2018: Minnesota United FC v Costa Rica’s Deportivo Saprissa! ⚽️ Light crowd tonight.

Jul 11, 2018: SPS Brew-Off brewers awaiting the announcement of the winner! EDIPA and DC4UIPA had my backing! Orange Creamsicle Beer was delicious too! 🍺

Jul 11, 2018: SPS Brew-Off with Kubb! Go #TeamSPS! 👍

Jul 9, 2018: Good night for a Twins game! ⚾️ Twins v KC Royals!

Jul 8, 2018: My Turing Tumble games arrived! I’m looking forward to making some mechanical computers 👍🏻, maybe even with the kids! 😊

Jul 7, 2018: Mazie and I had a great 18.4 mile bike ride today on the Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail. This has to be one of the nicest rides in the state, with …

Jul 6, 2018: Enjoying a cocktail at the brand new 10,000 Drops distillery in Faribault. Delicious drinks! 🍹 Also pizza from Pizzeria 201 in Montgomery made from …

Jul 6, 2018: The best bike rides have a Dairy Queen in the middle! 🚴‍♂️ + 🍦 = 😊

Jul 5, 2018: I got a Specialized Crosstrail bike today. 🚴‍♂️ Took it for a brief ride tonight and really like it. A great value for the price. 👍🏻

Jul 5, 2018: Delicious pizza at Dino’s Pizzeria in Mankato tonight. 🍕 I also got to play with the crayons on the table.

Jul 4, 2018: Brisket came off after 15 ½ hours on the Big Green Egg. Internal temperature between 205-210. Rested for 30 mins in tinfoil and was fall-apart …

Jul 4, 2018: Keeping an eye on the Big Green Egg and brisket using the iGrill 2.

Jul 3, 2018: “Full packer” beef brisket on the Big Green Egg for the night! Time for a good smoke and see where things are in the morning! 🔥⏲🍽

Jul 2, 2018: 5-player Ticket to Ride tonight! Tyler and I were Blue Team. We played aggressively, but finished tied for 3rd. 🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂

Jul 2, 2018: Tenderloins on the Big Green Egg. 🔥🥩

Jul 2, 2018: Me on the lily pad with Mazie and Tyler! 🕶 Plus the remote control boat zooming by in the bacgkround! 🚤

Jul 2, 2018: Berry picking! 🤤

Jul 1, 2018: Rainy morning 🌧, playing The Magic Labyrinth. 🎲 Fun game.

Jun 30, 2018: Got to use the custom can koozies Mazie made me for Father’s Day today.

Jun 30, 2018: Big Green Egg grilling in the rain! 🔥☔️

Jun 30, 2018: Clouds.

Jun 30, 2018: The lilypad is a huge hit with the kids!

Jun 30, 2018: Tyler and Mazie have found a bunch of fun summer destinations in 111 Places in the Twin Cities That You Must Not Miss. We are flipping through it this …

Jun 30, 2018: It’s amazing to be able to listen to new John Coltrane music. Enjoying Both Directions at Once this morning. 🎶

Jun 29, 2018: Minnesota United FC v FC Dallas Time for some Minnesota United FC v FC Dallas soccer! ⚽️ Family selfie at Minnesota United FC soccer game! ⚽️ Too hot for scarves tonight! 94 °F 🔥 …

Jun 28, 2018: First clematis flower of the year.

Jun 26, 2018: I contributed to RAICES Bond Fund to help reunite immigrant children separated from their families after listening to this podcast on responding to …

Jun 25, 2018: Introducing Mazie to the 1980’s by watching Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Classic. 🎬

Jun 25, 2018: We had a fun time beating The Search for Atlantis at Escape Frenzy! Another escape room down! 🙌🏻

Jun 24, 2018: We dropped Tyler off for his first overnight camp. Just two nights. Experienced some nervousness and anxiety as we sent him off, but Tyler seemed …

Jun 24, 2018: Tyler scoring a run this weekend. ⚾️

Jun 24, 2018: Urban fishing on Lake Harriet tonight.

Jun 23, 2018: Took my Canon 5D Mark II with the 70-200 f/2.8L to Tyler’s baseball game today. Good reminder of how far iPhone photography has to go. 📷

Jun 17, 2018: Mazie got Nintendo Labo for the Switch, and has been busy building her piano kit for hours and is having a blast. Labo is such a unique game …

Jun 17, 2018: The kids got me The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for Father’s day, so we are exploring tonight. 🤗

Jun 17, 2018: Sailboat on Lake Superior.

Jun 17, 2018: Flag and wake on Lake Superior.

Jun 17, 2018: Our Apostle Islands Cruise is returning back to dock, halfway through, big storm coming. ⛈ Weather is not cooperating with us. 😳

Jun 17, 2018: Apostle Island Cruise this afternoon.

Jun 17, 2018: Stream in the woods.

Jun 17, 2018: Happy Fathers Day to all the Dad’s out there! I’m a lucky guy! 🙏🏻❤️

Jun 16, 2018: Lightning ⚡️ over the Big Top Chautauqua resulted in an immediate stop to tonight’s show. Was great while it lasted!

Jun 16, 2018: Brandi Carlile at the Big Top Chautauqua Brandi Carlile taking the stage at Big Top Chautauqua. 🎶 Crowd is excited! 🙌🏻 Her performances amaze me every time! 🎶👏🏻 Magical here. 🎶✨ Thank you! …

Jun 16, 2018: Family selfie in Bayfield, WI. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Jun 16, 2018: Bayfield docks.

Jun 16, 2018: Lake Superior breakwater.

Jun 16, 2018: It is worth driving to Bayfield just to get the Wine Bread at the Candy Shoppe. So delicious. 🤤

Jun 15, 2018: We had a delightful dinner at Freehands Farm outside Ashland, WI. 🍽 True farm to table dining - on the farm!

Jun 14, 2018: Nice family bike ride around Lake Harriet tonight.

Jun 13, 2018: Got a Silicon Dust HDHomeRun Extend today. I am very impressed with how easy setup was. Easily paired it with Plex on my Synology for DVR. 👍🏻

Jun 12, 2018: Idyllic evening on Morgan Avenue.

Jun 10, 2018: The new capabilities of OmniFocus 3 are great, but I will be happy to get it on macOS so I can take full advantage of them. Having perspectives and …

Jun 9, 2018: Plugged my Jawbone Jambox into my laptop to change the configuration and found out that Jawbone went out of business. Since their configuration app …

Jun 9, 2018: Got the pork shoulders on just as the rain started to pour! Hoping to smoke through 5 hours of rain just in time for dinner.

Jun 9, 2018: Nice talk on Automate Your Context at Monitorama 2018 from Andy Domeier of #TeamSPS! 👏 Teams that ship more, win more!

Jun 9, 2018: Sunset on Cannon Lake.

Jun 7, 2018: DevOps Minneapolis: Changing the Enterprise Session I had a great time talking about Changing the Enterprise at this week’s DevOps Minneapolis Meetup with Heather Mickman and Bridget Kromhout! My …

Jun 7, 2018: Great Minnestar board meeting today! Lucky to be part of a great organization helping to connect the Twin Cities technology community. 🙌

Jun 5, 2018: Nice turnout tonight for the Dev Ops Minneapolis meetup. 👍 It makes me happy that we can host the community at SPS Commerce! 🙌

Jun 5, 2018: I had a great time talking about Changing the Enterprise at tonight’s DevOps Minneapolis Meetup with Heather Mickman and Bridget Kromhout! Great …

Jun 5, 2018: US Internet speed test using Fast. Multiple tests ranged from 930-1000 Mbps.

Jun 4, 2018: US Internet completed my fiber install today! Flipping over was as easy as swapping a cable and a reboot of the Eero. Great speed! 🙌🏻⚡️

Jun 3, 2018: My productivity geek wish for tomorrow’s WWDC event is to learn what Apple had in mind when it bought Workflow. 🤓

Jun 3, 2018: I’d rather GitHub stay independent, but of all that could buy it, Microsoft feels okay.

Jun 3, 2018: Espresso time. ☕️

Jun 3, 2018: Took advantage of cool weather this morning and spent 2 hours clearing brush from the lakeshore. Nice before/after from the Dropcam.

Jun 2, 2018: Was a great evening for s’mores! 🔥

Jun 2, 2018: Introduced a bunch of new people to Skittles today. 👍🏻

Jun 1, 2018: Great conversation tonight at Meditation and the Science of Human Flourishing with Mingyur Rinpoche and Richard Davidson hosted by Tergar Meditation …

Jun 1, 2018: Of course we celebrate National Donut Day at #TeamSPS! 🍩

Jun 1, 2018: Coffee Spilled & Sprayed Dropped my full cup of Dunn Bros coffee all over my desk, pouring 80% of it all over the place. Quickly wiping off my iPad proceeded to drop the iPad …

May 31, 2018: Humble Leadership Profile A couple of months ago I was recommended for a project on Humble Leadership. Matt Norman is doing this project to put together some common traits and …

May 28, 2018: Firmware updates are the best! I have an irrational excitement about them — always! 🙌

May 28, 2018: My children both tend to pick Comic Sans when picking a type. 😳 I have no idea where I went wrong. 🤦🏼‍♂️

May 28, 2018: Big Green Egg smoking. 🔥

May 26, 2018: First tubing of 2018 today! 💦😁

May 26, 2018: Brisket going in the Big Green Egg for an overnight smoke. See ya in the morning! 🔥

May 26, 2018: Look up - sunny! ☀️

May 25, 2018: Freakish heavy rain, hail and high wind weather came out of nowhere. ⛈💨

May 25, 2018: Officially summer now. 👏☀️

May 24, 2018: Getting rid of some old cables. 😳

May 24, 2018: Got my pre-order of OmniFocus 3 in! 👍🏻

May 24, 2018: Had a fun time recording an interview with Matt Norman today for his Humble Leadership series. 📹

May 22, 2018: Minnesota Twins v Detroit Tigers! ⚾️ Enjoying a perfect night for baseball! Panorama of Target Field. Kramarczuk’s Polish sausage with sauerkraut! …

May 20, 2018: The Tesla coil at Museum of Space and Industry in Chicago impresses me every time. ⚡️😲

May 20, 2018: Just finished the Mission: Mars room at The Escape Game in Chicago. Loved the room! Best escape room I’ve ever done! 👏

May 20, 2018: Afternoon coffee flight – macchiato with cappuccino at Cafe Umbria. ☕️

May 20, 2018: Chicago at night from the Hancock building.

May 20, 2018: “The Bean” in Millenium Park.

May 20, 2018: Some scenes from Chicago architectural boat tour.

May 20, 2018: Chicago skyline.

May 20, 2018: White Sox v Texas Rangers White Sox v Texas Rangers! ⚾️ Time for lunch. Sox leading 3-0! 👍🏻⚾️ White Sox beat Texas Rangers 3-0! ⚾️🙌 Nice game!

May 20, 2018: Sailboats in Chicago going out to the lake.

May 19, 2018: Stoic.

May 18, 2018: Night in Chicago.

May 16, 2018: SPS TechJam 2018 Today is our annual #TeamSPS TechJam event bringing the global SPS technology team together to learn, share, and have fun. The agenda is packed with …

May 15, 2018: Hanging out with the amazing Bridget Kromhout at our SPS TechJam speaker dinner! Looking forward to a day of learning and exploration tomorrow with …

May 13, 2018: Happy Mother’s Day 2018 to my awesome mom!

May 13, 2018: Enjoying a delicious Westvleteren 12 — voted best beer in the world! Wow! 🍺

May 13, 2018: Surly Hopshifter IPA. Awesome! 🍺

May 13, 2018: Mothers Day 2018!

May 13, 2018: Learned that you cannot make whipped cream in an ice cream maker bowl. 🤦🏼‍♂️

May 12, 2018: I like the augmented memory effect I get when adding a link to Pinboard and it tells me I previously saved the link – multiple years ago. 🤓

May 12, 2018: MN United v SJ Quakes Ready for MN United game! ⚽️👏🏻 MN United game time! ⚽️ Goal for the Yellow Team to give San Jose early lead! 😡⚽️ Gorgeous goal from Ramirez to bring …

May 12, 2018: Saturday morning 8 and under baseball! ⚾️

May 12, 2018: 😲 When you put email from one account into a different email accounts Sanebox deferral folder. 🤦🏼‍♂️

May 11, 2018: Learned the hard way that if you are using ZURB Foundation for Email, you really need to use their CSS Inlining tool. Did that, and it was like magic. …

May 11, 2018: Tammy and I saw Tully tonight. Good movie. 🎬

May 10, 2018: Had a fabulous lunch today with the Minneapolis contingent of our #TeamSPS Comms Team to celebrate numerous wins over recent months! Great job! 👏🏆

May 9, 2018: Ready for a group book discussion on Radical Candor by Kim Scott with our #TeamSPS technology leadership team!

May 6, 2018: I think if you averaged all bike rides in Minneapolis today, you would get my ride around the three main lakes.

May 5, 2018: Ships coming and going in Duluth.

May 5, 2018: May 5th and snow still hanging on! Lake Superior shoreline at Canal Park, Duluth.

May 5, 2018: We escaped from the Enchanted Forest room at Zero Hour Escape Rooms in Duluth. It was a very fun room, and pretty difficult.

May 5, 2018: Gooseberry Falls.

May 4, 2018: Afternoon beverage at Castle Danger Brewery. 🍺

May 4, 2018: Family photo on shore of Lake Superior. Outside of Two Harbors.

May 4, 2018: Left a cairn. 🙏🏻

May 4, 2018: Two Harbors, MN.

May 4, 2018: It seems bananas that there is a Banana Saver product one can buy. 🍌🤦🏼‍♂️

May 3, 2018: It’s possible to make some pretty crazy stuff with Workflow and Pythonista on iOS. Improving my Weekly Thing automation.

May 3, 2018: Gooseberry Falls was amazing today.

May 3, 2018: Why does Microsoft OneDrive for iOS still not support the Files app. It should have been one of the first to adopt it. 🤨

May 3, 2018: When Twitter updates Terms of Service I get notices for multiple accounts that I deactivated/deleted a long time ago. Do others get this? Shouldn’t …

May 3, 2018: North Shore requires a stop at Betty’s Pies. I’m a pie traditionalist. Blueberry, cup of coffee.

May 3, 2018: Lake Superior.

May 3, 2018: Snow hanging on up north.

May 3, 2018: Gooseberry Falls is roaring with spring melt.

May 2, 2018: Home Free stage photo. 🎶

May 2, 2018: Excited to see OmniFocus 3.0 for iOS ship date announced! Wonder why it’s not in App Store for pre-order. Instant buy for me. 👏🏻

May 2, 2018: Whole family at Home Free concert in Duluth. (One of Mazie’s favorite bands!) 🎶

May 2, 2018: Trying out OMC Smokehouse in Duluth, and of course a Bent Paddle Kanū.

May 1, 2018: Going to learn some Cyrillic for my next trip to Kyiv.

Apr 30, 2018: Gorgeous evening to sit outside and relax.

Apr 28, 2018: Minnesota United v. Houston Dynamo Ready for tonight’s Minnesota United game! ⚽️👏⚽️👏⚽️ Time for soccer! ⚽️ Go United! 👏👏👏 MN United! ⚽️🤦🏼‍♂️👎🏻 Completely outplayed on that drive. Down a …

Apr 28, 2018: Today is the State competition for National History Day. Mazie has her documentary ready to go. This will be a fun day. 🤞🏻

Apr 22, 2018: Kids are all of a sudden into Beanie Boos. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Apr 22, 2018: Happy Earth Day everyone! 🌏

Apr 22, 2018: The bishops on the “summer” side of our custom Chess set are Kubb players, of course.

Apr 22, 2018: This time of year is great for eagle watching as the ice comes off Cannon Lake. This morning we watched a Bald Eagle and Golden Eagle both perched …

Apr 21, 2018: Got great tickets to the two shows I wanted to see at the Music in the Zoo this summer — Son Volt and Michael Franti & Spearhead. 👍

Apr 21, 2018: Martina wows diners with flavors of Argentina and Italy in south Minneapolis ← Well deserved praise for my new favorite restaurant!

Apr 21, 2018: Cherry Blossoms in Kyiv.

Apr 20, 2018: I always feel a little defensive for Minneapolis when I have to pick “America/Chicago" from a list populated by the tz database. ✊

Apr 20, 2018: St Volodymyr’s Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Apr 20, 2018: tag in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Apr 19, 2018: Time to head home! Successful 8th trip to Kyiv to visit #TeamSPS! 🛫

Apr 19, 2018: Just preordered 1Blocker X. I rely on 1Blocker to keep me protected on the web. I use it on all my devices.

Apr 19, 2018: I’ve never understood why people wrap their luggage. I see this mostly on international travel. Turns out it’s mainly to prevent tampering! Why would …

Apr 19, 2018: Great Georgian dinner at Gogi with our Kyiv leadership team. 😊

Apr 19, 2018: My collection of travel cables is bonkers. 😬

Apr 18, 2018: People enjoying the Cherry Blossoms in A.V. Fomin Botanical Garden in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Apr 18, 2018: Morning in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Apr 18, 2018: Cherry Blossoms at Botanical Garden in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Apr 17, 2018: Remember headphone cables? Those were bothersome.

Apr 17, 2018: Sunrise draping through Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport this morning.

Apr 16, 2018: Heading to Kyiv to visit #TeamSPS! ✈️ MSP → CDG → KBP

Apr 15, 2018: Enjoyed Darkest Hour. 🎬

Apr 15, 2018: 🌨 It is still snowing in Minneapolis. 🤦‍♂️ I am flying to Ukraine 🇺🇦 tomorrow and will be enjoying the actual Spring weather!

Apr 15, 2018: Snow day seems like a good day to get the Z-Scale train out. Model trains are always fun. Tyler and I are running the train yard today. Z-Scale is …

Apr 15, 2018: With all the amazing capabilities of the iPhone camera system, it still can’t expose snow properly. I have to up the exposure on all of them. Perhaps …

Apr 15, 2018: Well over a foot of snow to deal this morning. Heavy too with the warm temperatures recently. Had to go at the slowest speed. Cleared three neighbors …

Apr 14, 2018: Planning to just let the snow keep falling, and get completely snowed in until tomorrow morning, then I’ll get the snowblower out. Seems like …

Apr 14, 2018: Minnebar 13 Today I went to my 13th Minnebar — I haven’t missed one yet! For the first time ever we had a blizzard to contend with. Usually Minnebar …

Apr 14, 2018: Minnebar lunch panorama.

Apr 14, 2018: People flying their drones through VR goggles looks kind of creepy. 😬

Apr 14, 2018: Had a great time at my 13th Minnebar today! 🌟

Apr 14, 2018: Spring in Minnesota. ❄️

Apr 14, 2018: Join me in supporting Minnestar and the Twin Cities technology community by becoming a Community Supporter. As a board member, we are matching the …

Apr 14, 2018: Bridget Kromhout kicking off Minnebar 13 Session 0. 👏

Apr 13, 2018: Twin Peaks (Season 3) I started watching the new Twin Peaks tonight. I was a big fan of the series in the 90’s, and have watched the whole series multiple times. It gave me …

Apr 12, 2018: First game of Tetris in years. Not bad! 🤗

Apr 11, 2018: Not entirely sure what friending on Nintendo Switch does, but if you do that sort of thing, I’m at SW-3175-6148-7804.

Apr 7, 2018: The Decemberists at the Palace Theater.

Apr 7, 2018: I was really happy that India Palace made Lachha Paratha for us tonight (not on the menu). I had this in India a few weeks ago and loved it. 👏🏻

Apr 7, 2018: This graph is in Why We Sleep and is super interesting. Only just getting started on this read and already learning a lot.

Apr 7, 2018: The ice is coming off of Cannon Lake! ☀️

Apr 7, 2018: Chicago Bean.

Apr 6, 2018: “You can find us on Twitter, Safari and Duck Duck Goose.” — my kids introducing their circus acts Internet presence 🤣

Apr 6, 2018: Went to setup Cloudflare’s new 1.1.1.1 DNS service and it looks like Eero Plus must work in part using DNS as well. Seems I cannot have Eero …

Apr 6, 2018: Visited the Michigan Avenue Apple Store when we were in Chicago. Amazing architecture. The building feels invisible.

Apr 6, 2018: The view from the 360 Chicago deck on the John Hancock Tower was incredible. Family selfie from the top of the John Hancock Tower.

Apr 6, 2018: The Thorne Miniature Rooms at the Art Institute of Chicago are incredible. You can find detail in each one over and over.

Apr 6, 2018: Chicago Cloud Gate sculpture. Inside the Chicago Cloud Gate. Chicago Cloud Gate.

Apr 4, 2018: Chicago.

Apr 4, 2018: Time for Hamilton! 🎭🎶

Apr 4, 2018: Willis Tower.

Apr 4, 2018: $1 million three different ways ($1, $20, and $100 bills) at Chicago Fed Money Museum.

Apr 4, 2018: Delicious espresso at Caffe Umbria this morning.

Apr 3, 2018: Array of 3D printers at Museum of Science & Industry.

Apr 3, 2018: I love watching the Tesla coil at the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry. ⚡️⚡️⚡️

Apr 3, 2018: Tammy has our summer vacations planned out for the next 5 years. Now that is planning!

Apr 2, 2018: Forty minute wait for deep dish at Lou Malnati’s? Sure.

Apr 2, 2018: Ready for Sharks 4D movie at Shedd Aquarium!

Apr 2, 2018: Delicious unfiltered Foiken Haze New England IPA at ERIS Brewery and Cider House. 🍻

Apr 1, 2018: We had a blast at Wizard Quest today and completed our challenge with a ⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating! This was a really fun time for everyone.

Apr 1, 2018: We won “The Circus” room at D.O.A. Room Escape today with a few minutes to spare! It was fun to do a room where the kids led the way! 👍🏻

Apr 1, 2018: “Listicles” turned into slide shows should be considered Adware.

Mar 31, 2018: We had a great time at the Rick Wilcox Magic Show tonight! 🎩 I got to go onstage for one of the segments! 👍🏻 The kids got signatures at the end.

Mar 31, 2018: Dinner at Moosejaw Pizza & Brewing. 🍽

Mar 31, 2018: Me and Gorilla.

Mar 31, 2018: Great family travel accessory, Anker 10-port USB charger.

Mar 30, 2018: Family selfie at the Wisconsin Dells Kalahari Resort! Tyler’s black eye memorialized.

Mar 30, 2018: Delicious Kingfield at Five Watt Coffee this morning. Heading out on vacation shortly.

Mar 29, 2018: At Martina for our first Gnocchi Night. Delicious.

Mar 28, 2018: Seeing Patricia Barber for the first time at Dakota Jazz Club. 🎶

Mar 27, 2018: Great start to Season 5 of Silicon Valley. 🤣

Mar 27, 2018: I’ve gone from being ambivalent about OmniFocus 3 tags, to now constantly thinking about how they will help me. Waiting… ⏱

Mar 24, 2018: Mazie passed through regionals and is now moving onto the statewide competition for National History Day. Very proud of her!

Mar 23, 2018: Delta website shows 708,984 lifetime miles for me. I’ll probably hit that Million Miler status in a few years. Don’t know how I feel about …

Mar 23, 2018: Still thinking about today’s awesome lunch at Tori Ramen with Patrick Rhone. The Bali Bali! was amazing. The conversation was good too. 😁

Mar 23, 2018: Shredding paper like I work in the White House. 🤣

Mar 21, 2018: Steve Earle doing Copperhead Road at the Pantages! 👍🏻🎶

Mar 20, 2018: Backordered the better Marlon Bundo book. Made me chuckle that it’s on back order.

Mar 18, 2018: Getting crushed in UNO this morning. 🤪

Mar 17, 2018: Unlocked Izel in Alto’s Odyssey and set a new record run. 👍🏻

Mar 17, 2018: GOAL!!! Yeah Minnesota United! United 1-0! Wow — 3 rapid goals leave MNUFC leading 2-1! Nice home opener win Minnesota United! 👏⚽️👏⚽️👏⚽️ Cue …

Mar 17, 2018: Why MailChimp for Weekly Thing I’ve now completed the migration and automation of the Weekly Thing using MailChimp, and I’m very happy with how it has all worked out. …

Mar 17, 2018: Taj Mahal

Mar 16, 2018: Virginia lost to the 16th seed? 😲 There goes my NCAA bracket. 🚽

Mar 15, 2018: My dog Chase got some teeth pulled today and he’s really not pleased about it. 🙁

Mar 15, 2018: Was great to catch up today with friends and MarketWatch colleagues Anna Klombies and Jim Bernard.

Mar 14, 2018: 2018 π day shirt! See Pi Day Collection.

Mar 14, 2018: 🥧 #TeamSPS getting reading to celebrate π day! See Pi Day Collection.

Mar 11, 2018: Had a nice layover in Amsterdam. ✈️ Now flipped my clocks back to central time and am looking forward to 🛬 back home. 🏠👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Mar 10, 2018: Starting flights home from India! 🛫 Delhi (DEL) → Amsterdam (AMS) → Minneapolis (MSP) 🛬 Depart at 3:15 AM. 🤪

Mar 10, 2018: Snake charmer. 🐍

Mar 10, 2018: Had a wonderful visit to the Taj Mahal this morning. Amazing palace.

Mar 9, 2018: Hallway.

Mar 9, 2018: Delicious Indian lunch at Haldirams in Noida. The Cholley Bhature was amazing!

Mar 8, 2018: Time to leave Pune and fly 🛫 to Delhi. We’ll have a half-day of meetings in Noida and then 🚙 drive to Agra tonight for a fun day on Saturday, …

Mar 8, 2018: I got schooled today in ping pong 🏓 . Next time I need to practice up before I come to visit.

Mar 8, 2018: We had an amazing day today with #TeamSPS in Pune! It was fabulous to meet everyone! 🤝

Mar 8, 2018: We got to celebrate International Women’s Day while in Pune with Bristlecone. It was an honor to get to celebrate with everyone and even say a few …

Mar 8, 2018: Kent, Amy and I took a moment to prove that everyone looks dorky in a VR headset. 👀😬

Mar 8, 2018: Nice welcome from our partners at Bristlecone!

Mar 8, 2018: Bristlecone welcomed us to the Pune office with this amazing sand art in the lobby! Wow! 👏🏻

Mar 7, 2018: Next leg of India trip starting. Had a fabulous time In Hyderabad. Now boarding Air India 🛫 to our next destination, Pune! 🇮🇳

Mar 7, 2018: Suggestion: if your store is named Helvetica, maybe use the Helvetica typeface? 😏

Mar 7, 2018: Fabulous visit to Indmax #TeamSPS in Hyderabad. Thank you for the warm welcome and great questions! 🇮🇳

Mar 6, 2018: Miniature temple in Hyderabad.

Mar 6, 2018: Fabulous evening at Taj Falaknuma Palace. Amazing palace and very good dinner at Adaa.

Mar 6, 2018: Visiting Midnight Bazaar in Hyderabad.

Mar 6, 2018: Beautiful collection of roses. 🌹

Mar 6, 2018: A very warm and generous welcome to Hyderabad from our partners at Indmax. 🙏

Mar 6, 2018: Finished great town hall with our partner Indmax #TeamSPS in Hyderabad! Also video to our Coimbatore team! So great to meet everyone! 🤝

Mar 5, 2018: Starting second leg of India 🇮🇳 trip with flight to Hyderabad! ✈️

Mar 5, 2018: Nice evening of good food and conversation with Bristlecone team.

Mar 5, 2018: Cool candle display at Taj Hotel in New Delhi.

Mar 5, 2018: Traffic in Delhi and Noida is “up close” and personal.

Mar 5, 2018: Had a very good visit to HCL today. Impressive capabilities and people!

Mar 4, 2018: Amy, Kent and I got a warm welcome from our partners at Bristlecone after 20 hours of traveling and arriving in Delhi at 1am.

Mar 4, 2018: The customs hall at the Delhi airport has some cool artistic touches.

Mar 3, 2018: Travel packing. ✈️

Mar 3, 2018: Ducks on Minnehaha Creek.

Mar 2, 2018: Dan Wilson at Icehouse Dan Wilson taking the stage for his 3-ring Binder “all-requests” show at Icehouse! 🎶👍🏻 Dan Wilson all-request on piano. 🎹 Dan Wilson’s 3-Ring Binder …

Mar 2, 2018: Fun performance of The Lion King at Justice Page Middle School tonight! 🎭

Feb 27, 2018: Still finding Alto’s Odyssey very fun. Great game! 👍🏻

Feb 26, 2018: I’m amazed at the “superpowers” Workflow gives me automating routine things from my phone! 🙌🏻

Feb 26, 2018: My sons 2nd grade class also has a mindfulness practice. It’s a great idea and it seems to work for them. 🧘‍♀️🧘‍♂️

Feb 26, 2018: I got to be a guest reader in Tyler’s class today. Was fun to pick out a bunch of books for the 2nd Graders. 📚

Feb 25, 2018: Another very good meal at Martina. Shaved brussel salad, beet salad, swordfish and panqueque. Wow!

Feb 25, 2018: Theatre 🎭 this afternoon. Make Believe Neighborhood at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre.

Feb 25, 2018: Book: Why Buddhism Is True I recently finished reading Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment by Robert Wright and enjoyed it very …

Feb 24, 2018: Forestry.io is working great for me. Removes the friction from static blogging. 👍🏻

Feb 24, 2018: If Curling can be an Olympic sport than surely Kubb could be too. 🤞🏻 Congratulations to Duluth Curling Club for bringing home the first US Gold in …

Feb 24, 2018: Your Version Number My friend David Hussman likes to reference his age with a version number. He does a divide by 10 so at 32 you are version 3.2, and 47 you are version …

Feb 24, 2018: macOS Photos app grinds my laptop to a crawl. Fans blaring, everything sluggish. Very frustrating. Seemingly doing nothing and it’s taking 280% …

Feb 24, 2018: At Feed My Starving Children to pack meals. Tyler wanted to come here for his birthday. Love this handmade graph of progress. We packed 22 boxes at …

Feb 22, 2018: Weekly Thing Enhancements This weekend I made some significant improvements to the automation and template for the Weekly Thing. I’ve always had reservations about the …

Feb 22, 2018: Alto’s Odyssey is a beautiful game experience.

Feb 22, 2018: Eero update today to support IPv6 and I can now go full IPv6 all the way online. Very nice! 👏

Feb 20, 2018: It’s all twizzles on the Olympic Ice. ⛸

Feb 18, 2018: Using the Get and Set Clipboard actions in Workflow to pass more than just “Workflow input” between different workflows is great (and a total hack). 🤓

Feb 18, 2018: I love these photos of Tammy and I from our annual SPS Commerce Social! 😊

Feb 18, 2018: Went down a rabbit hole 🕳 automating MailChimp for the Weekly Thing. Wrestled control on my template.

Feb 18, 2018: At times while trying to quiet my mind, it is like thoughts are bouncing around like a popcorn maker with kernels popping all over. Then I realize it …

Feb 17, 2018: Beef tenderloin into the Sous Vides bath. 🤤🥩

Feb 17, 2018: I guess I exceeded the temperature for the spatula. 🤨

Feb 12, 2018: We got Tyler a Loog Pro Electric Red guitar and little Fender Mini Amp for birthday. 🎸🎂 Huge hit! 👍🏻 Now I sort of want one of these Loog Pro Electric …

Feb 11, 2018: Espresso. 🤤☕️

Feb 11, 2018: Looks like Adobe has put Lightroom out of it’s misery. I’m going to have to rethink my entire photo collection. Ugh.

Feb 11, 2018: 🎬 The Greatest Showman was a fabulous movie! Really enjoyed the story and the music. Very well done. ★★★★☆

Feb 11, 2018: Saw preview for Isle of Dogs — looks fabulous! 🎬

Feb 10, 2018: Tammy makes a Family Yearbook each year and I made the cover this year! 😊

Feb 10, 2018: Hosted Tyler’s bowling birthday party! 🎂 🎳 Kids had a great time. 🎉 Could use a nap now. 💤

Feb 8, 2018: Tesla pushed my Model 3 reservation to “Late 2018”. In “Musk-speak” that reads “Mid 2019” to me.

Feb 6, 2018: The video of these Falcon boosters landing today is amazing. I have to remind myself repeatedly that it’s not a movie. 🚀

Feb 4, 2018: Super Bowl LII was pretty spectacular. 🏈👍🏻

Feb 4, 2018: Using Super Bowl ads as an opportunity to highlight for my kids how brands attempt to manipulate their emotions in ways that benefit them. 🤓

Feb 4, 2018: In celebration of Super Bowl LII here we are in front of the ice sculpture of the numerals downtown! 🏈

Feb 4, 2018: Snowy trail from today’s bike ride. Went down once.

Feb 4, 2018: Identify Addictive Application Patterns As our environment gets more complex we need to be better educated to navigate it. For example, I think that people would be more protective of their …

Feb 4, 2018: Did a very short ride on my Fat Bike in the snow. It’s so much fun to ride around in the snow. I need to do that more, and dress warmer for it …

Feb 4, 2018: I’m reading 📚 Why Buddhism Is True and the references to “modules” of the mind keep reminding me of the characters in Inside Out! 😁

Feb 3, 2018: Forestry.io I have been happy having my blog hosted in Jekyll and built as a static site with Netlify. There is a wonderful calm to knowing you just have a bunch …

Feb 3, 2018: Snowshoes. ❄️

Feb 3, 2018: Winter baseball! ❄️⚾️

Feb 3, 2018: Winter fire. ❄️🔥

Jan 29, 2018: The Cactus Blossoms at the Turf Club. So good! 🎶

Jan 28, 2018: First run with the Sous Vide. Making beef tenderloin.

Jan 28, 2018: When you clean that black crud out of the bottom of your espresso machine’s portafilter it makes you pause a moment on what you are drinking — …

Jan 28, 2018: Sunday morning project: Figured out how to connect Workflow and Pythonista and rewrote the links section of the Weekly Thing in Python so I can …

Jan 27, 2018: Ticket to Ride! I win! 😊

Jan 27, 2018: Excited to head to the world’s largest winter Kubb tournament at the Loppet today! Go Kubbchucks! Warming up for a day of winter Kubb! Winter …

Jan 25, 2018: I have an irrational enthusiasm for updating firmware. 🤩😎🤞🏻

Jan 25, 2018: Trying Dropmix for first time! Pretty cool — a musical trip!

Jan 23, 2018: Three new board members joining the Minnestar board! Great to have more talented people driving this organization forward! 👏

Jan 22, 2018: A lot of snow coming down in Minneapolis! ❄️ Two hours running snow blower. I’m done for tonight. We’ll see what we wake up to in the …

Jan 21, 2018: The Vikings didn’t play well tonight, but this game is just hard to watch. 🏈☹️

Jan 21, 2018: 2017 in Meetings Manager and maker schedules is a relatively popular topic. The basic thesis is that maker schedules need to consist of large blocks of dedicated time …

Jan 21, 2018: I can’t think of a reason I would ever want a notification from my Kindle app.

Jan 20, 2018: Jekyll is just too slow to be a viable option, to process my blog I get “done in 60.411 seconds”.

Jan 20, 2018: 2017 in Links For years I’ve been keeping all of my links on Pinboard and this year I decided to start publishing them at Link Thing. I also publish my links …

Jan 20, 2018: One of my favorite Saturday morning spots to do some reading.

Jan 19, 2018: Gas pumps with screens blaring advertising should be required by law to have always present off buttons.

Jan 14, 2018: I have been impressed with the Anki Cozmo — it’s amazing how much character this little robot has! 🤖

Jan 14, 2018: Getting the whole family shoveling the snow makes it very quick! 🌨🌨🌨

Jan 14, 2018: Espresso crema.

Jan 14, 2018: New light hung! 💡 This is about the extent of my handyman skills. 👷🏻‍♂️

Jan 14, 2018: Trying my hand at some Nordic Waffles this morning with the help of Stine Aasland’s We Love Waffles! Pleased with my first go at Nordic Waffles! …

Jan 13, 2018: Went to Young Joni for dinner for the first time. 🍽 Delicious food and amazing location. 👍🏻

Jan 13, 2018: So many books. Wild Rumpus Books. 📚

Jan 12, 2018: Family movie night watching Leap! Everyone liked it. 🎬

Jan 12, 2018: A smartphone filled with social apps is a manifestation of Buddhist monkey mind.

Jan 12, 2018: I continue to see more people covering the camera in their laptops. How come nobody covers the forward facing camera on their mobile phone?

Jan 11, 2018: Fog on Longboat Key, Florida.

Jan 10, 2018: Enjoying 10% Happier on audiobook. Approachable introduction to mindfulness. 📚

Jan 6, 2018: We went to the Bakken Museum today which was very fun! They have a demonstration or “game” there where you play another person by quieting …

Jan 6, 2018: Fun with photo booth at Pizzeria Lola! 📷

Jan 5, 2018: Entering the world of sous vide cooking with my new Joule. Love that I even get to update firmware on this! Has WiFi and can be controlled anywhere …

Jan 1, 2018: Just finished module 1 of The Focus Course. It is a slow start but I see it building some foundational things. Looking forward to the rest of the …

Jan 1, 2018: This was a fun surprise on my Apple Watch this morning. Was this only a Siri face feature?

Dec 31, 2017: Humbling game of Blokus! 😬

Dec 31, 2017: Time for family New Year’s Eve. Game of Clue is first up! 🎲 It was Mrs. Peacock in the Hall with a Wrench! 🔧

Dec 31, 2017: Leveling up my coffee fussiness with this new coffee distribution tool. ☕️ Got a set of the Bodum demitasse for Christmas. Lighter than my typical …

Dec 30, 2017: Tyler and I played Super Mario Odyssey through a few levels today and had a blast. The game is filled with little hidden gems. And playing as other …

Dec 30, 2017: First time playing Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries and liked it a lot. Limiting to only have 3 players, but fun routes and tunnels add challenges. …

Dec 29, 2017: Watched Hacksaw Ridge tonight. Very well done. Battle scenes were a bit much. Tammy and I have now watched all the 2017 Best Picture nominees.

Dec 29, 2017: Static site generators are great in so many ways, but the friction in publishing with them is horrible.

Dec 29, 2017: What apps make you better? I’ve been very intentional about which applications I put on my iPhone and even where I put them. I don’t put any social media …

Dec 29, 2017: I want to be an energy efficient household but this monthly report from XcelEnergy does nothing to help me. Just makes me feel bad. Showing …

Dec 29, 2017: … NAS issue resolved? After extended SMART test said all was fine I did another rebuild of the Volume and after 14 hours it succeeded. 🤷‍♂️

Dec 28, 2017: Watched The Circle. Thought provoking ideas and concepts. Okay movie.

Dec 28, 2017: I got an Anki Cozmo robot for Christmas and we’ve been having a lot of fun with it. Little thing has a lot of character.

Dec 28, 2017: We are going to bring in the new year… frozen!

Dec 28, 2017: Tyler and I did this LEGO Technic RC Tracked Racer. Very fun! One of the most impressive LEGO kits we’ve done.

Dec 28, 2017: … back to NAS issue. I ran the extended SMART test on every drive in my Synology and no errors. Attempting to repair the RAID volume again. 🤞🏻

Dec 27, 2017: Watched Fences tonight. Amazing acting all around and great dialogue. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Dec 26, 2017: Playing Prime Climb with the family. Interesting game. Sort of like Sorry. Lots of math!

Dec 26, 2017: Playing Maze Racers with the kids. Fun game.

Dec 24, 2017: Christmas Eve dinner on Big Green Egg. 🔥❄️

Dec 24, 2017: Nice gentle snow for Christmas Eve this afternoon. 🌨

Dec 23, 2017: Watched Arthur Christmas again last night with the kids. 🎬 That movie might get a spot on the annual Christmas movie list next to (but lower than) …

Dec 23, 2017: Been getting errors on disk 3 in one of my Synology DS416 units. Swapped out the bad disk and started volume repair. Now seeing errors on disk 2 and …

Dec 21, 2017: You remove all the social apps from your iPhone and you realize it wont fill all your idle moments. At first this makes you angry — entertain me! Then …

Dec 20, 2017: Another super fun Book Club meeting tonight! Good conversation about Daemon by Daniel Suarez.

Dec 19, 2017: Looking up recipes for Christmas, proud Minnesotan moment with this intro on Wikipedia: “Glorified rice is a dessert salad served in Minnesota and …

Dec 19, 2017: Really happy to see micro.blog public release today! I’ve been enjoying micro.blog since the first day of the Kickstarter launch (this is my …

Dec 19, 2017: Saw Star Wars: The Last Jedi and thought it was great! 👍

Dec 19, 2017: 😤 … when you sit down to do something quick on your computer and you spend 30 mins fixing cable modem issues.

Dec 17, 2017: Trying to figure out what size rubber grommet I need for my espresso knock box bar. A bit bewildering. 🧐

Dec 17, 2017: Think I might have finally fixed a really annoying Time Machine v. Synology NAS behavior. 🤞

Dec 17, 2017: I 💙 this! #TeamSPS slide to highlight my disdain for pie charts. 😁 The exploded slices are a great touch! I’ll stick to pie you eat, thanks. 🥧

Dec 17, 2017: Martina Restaurant We went to Martina for the first time last night and I was very impressed! The space is great and we got to sit right by the kitchen and watch the …

Dec 17, 2017: Tammy and I went to see Lady Bird last night. It was really good and I liked it a lot, despite my bias against coming of age stories.

Dec 16, 2017: Excited for tonight’s Semisonic show! Semisonic at First Ave! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Dec 16, 2017: Afternoon father-son excursion on the Northstar Train to Big Lake and back. 👨‍👦🚆 Snowy field along the Northstar Train route.

Dec 12, 2017: Proud member of the EFF! Donate now!

Dec 12, 2017: Somebody thought these red sunglasses with flashing lights were a good idea? 😕

Dec 10, 2017: Earned the botanist badge in Forest! 🌳🌳🌳

Dec 8, 2017: Friday night and I’m drafting up tomorrows edition of the Weekly Thing! Sign up now to get one tomorrow morning. 😁

Dec 8, 2017: We went to Wonder tonight and it’s a fabulous movie. It tugs at the heart strings all over the place, but the journey is entirely worth it. 👏

Dec 8, 2017: Great Minnestar board meeting today. It’s very rewarding to think about how far this organization and the events have come. More good things on …

Dec 6, 2017: Amazon Prime Video now on Apple TV! I can finally watch The Man In The High Castle without the abomination of UI that other Amazon Video experiences …

Dec 6, 2017: I just donated to Wikipedia. 😊🎓 Support free knowledge!

Dec 5, 2017: Removed Google Analytics I’ve never desired to put a lot of tracking code on my websites, but I had left Google Analytics. I’ve decided to remove that too. In …

Dec 4, 2017: Eero Plus subscription with security and ad blocking, and now Encrypt.me and 1Password for Families partnerships is a pretty good deal. I’m in! …

Dec 4, 2017: Having fun trying Apple Pay over iMessage with some friends. Sending $1 around. This is pretty nice. 👍🏻💸

Dec 3, 2017: Replacement hard drive for one of my Synology RAID units on the way.

Dec 3, 2017: Hung these shelves in Tyler’s room. They look great but what a pain to hang! 😤

Dec 2, 2017: After a long hiatus I’m finally watching the last episode of Game of Thrones, Season 7. 🤫

Dec 2, 2017: Scanning “Twitter Moments” is pretty good confirmation that Twitter and I parted ways a long time ago. 😳

Dec 2, 2017: Family theater 🎭 this afternoon with Snow White and the Seven Vikings. Good performance at the Old Log Theatre! 👏🏻

Dec 2, 2017: Had a nice time at Julmarknad at the American Swedish Institute this morning! 👍🏻

Dec 2, 2017: First trip to Lucky Oven Bakery; very good food, broad menu, good coffee. Very busy though, expect will settle down after a few weeks.

Dec 1, 2017: Our daughter is writing the Christmas letter this year. Think it will be the best one ever! 😁

Dec 1, 2017: AWS re:Invent 2017 Keynote Notes My quick reaction to the notable announcements at AWS re:Invent 2017. Compute Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes - Happy to see AWS …

Dec 1, 2017: There is perhaps nothing more Midwest than a Lutefisk Dinner in a church basement. 88th Annual Lutefisk Dinner at Mt. Olivet Church. 😊👍🏻

Nov 30, 2017: Espresso shower head and gasket certainly needed replacing.

Nov 30, 2017: Watching the AWS re:Invent day 2 keynote and I keep noting that the they spend a lot of time talking and describing a problem, and then much less time …

Nov 29, 2017: You can import and export 1Blocker packages. I put my custom packages on GitHub so I can version them and share with others. 👍

Nov 29, 2017: In our chat room today TeamSPS decided I needed some Christmas cheer! 🎄 😎

Nov 29, 2017: I finally got my first house in SleepTown. Interesting app concept from the makers of Forest. Every house represents my persistence to achieve my …

Nov 29, 2017: I wish 1Blocker had a built in system for sharing and subscribing to custom packages made by other users. Similar to Workflow and TextExpander. I know …

Nov 29, 2017: I’m still new to my Audible subscription but am liking it thus far. Think it will result in listening to more books. 📚

Nov 29, 2017: Thanks to Jarrod Whaley I have a nice little Python script so I can easily update micro.blog without getting distracted. Now to wire it into …

Nov 29, 2017: Looking forward to speaking at the MHTA Annual CIO Panel next week!

Nov 29, 2017: AWS re:Invent Keynote 2017 AWS ECS for Kubernetes announcement makes total sense. Expected and good to see them adopting this. The new AWS EC2 Bare Metal Instance seems like an …

Nov 28, 2017: Bitcoin went up 21% in the last week! 🤭

Nov 28, 2017: Join me in supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation in their 2017 fundraising campaign with matching challenge grant! I ❤️ Creative Commons! …

Nov 27, 2017: Gas station on my commute just added Apple Pay to pumps. Hope that is a trend that accelerates. 👏🏻

Nov 26, 2017: Realized today that the group gasket and shower screen on my espresso machine is supposed to be replaced every year. I guess 10 times that long …

Nov 26, 2017: Envisioning a Cloud Native Wiki A few years ago I dove deeply into the wiki ecosystem and learned all about MediaWiki, its plugins and various extensions. I started a wiki to index …

Nov 26, 2017: 32-bit color. 🎨

Nov 25, 2017: Got my ScanSnap iX500 setup tonight. Cloud scanning seems to be working well.

Nov 25, 2017: Family night out with dinner at Bacio and then went to Coco. What a great movie! Highly recommended!

Nov 24, 2017: Official start of Christmas with tree up 🎄 and watching Elf 🎬 tonight.

Nov 24, 2017: Playing The .com Edition of Monopoly, of course. 😜 Hilarious tiles. Game starts with $1.5 billion per player. 💸 CBS MarketWatch has a tile, right next …

Nov 24, 2017: Very true → “You are either building a learning organization, or you are losing to one who is." — John Allspaw

Nov 24, 2017: Christmas Tree decorating and reminiscing. 🎄

Nov 22, 2017: I don’t get 1000%+ price increase in Bitcoin. 🤷‍♂️

Nov 22, 2017: Finished Stranger Things 2 tonight. Very good. 👏🏻

Nov 22, 2017: US Internet won’t be able to finish my fiber install until spring. 😭 Ground is freezing and not enough time left. 💔 The communication on status has …

Nov 22, 2017: Family time to watch A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. 📺 Traditions!

Nov 22, 2017: Making the Wassail Tea for Thanksgiving!

Nov 21, 2017: Signed up for Shawn Blanc’s The Focus Course. Looking forward to learning and improving. 👨‍🎓

Nov 20, 2017: Deer Strike On Friday night we were driving to the cabin, and in a split second, a deer 🦌 was in front of our Honda Pilot as we hit it at 45 mph. We had driven …

Nov 19, 2017: I’ve got Eero Plus subscription service on my Eero home network. Turned on beta ad and tracker blocking on the whole network. Working well so far. 👍🏻

Nov 18, 2017: Fair State Coop Brewing Keller Kazbek. Delicious! 🍺

Nov 17, 2017: Micro.blog Photo Challenge, Day 7: Shadow. Einstein.

Nov 16, 2017: TeamSPS Brew Off Fun (and cold!) #TeamSPS Brew Off today. Tailgate style! Hanging with Pat Backen at #TeamSPS “Hop To It" Brew Off!

Nov 16, 2017: Micro.blog Photo Challenge, Day 6: Seasonal.

Nov 15, 2017: Excited for tomorrow’s #TeamSPS Brew Off! Part of our annual United Way campaign. Give back!

Nov 15, 2017: Micro.blog Photo Challenge, Day 5: Liquid. CO2!

Nov 14, 2017: Micro.blog Photo Challenge Day 4: Up Close - Espresso!

Nov 13, 2017: Micro.blog Photo Challenge, Day 3: On The Move!

Nov 12, 2017: Micro.blog Photo Challenge Day 2: Tasty! Smoking pork belly for bacon!

Nov 11, 2017: Hugo just generated 8,173 pages in 2.4 seconds. Jekyll takes around 500 seconds to do similar. Whoa. 🤯 Hugo seems like it would be superior for my …

Nov 11, 2017: Micro.blog Photo Challenge Day 1: Squares

Nov 11, 2017: Went to a Bat Mitzvah for the first time today and was taken at the beauty of the ceremony!

Nov 10, 2017: Chaos Community Day David Hussman and Leah Cunningham kicking off Chaos Community Day. Have already connected with many awesome people! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Fabulous agenda for Chaos …

Nov 9, 2017: Fun to have this Erik Sletten painting back up after years! Just fits!

Nov 9, 2017: Excited to attend (and sponsor) Chaos Community Day tomorrow! Looking forward to learning how chaos engineering is driving improvement!

Nov 8, 2017: Great day at the #TeamSPS GrowthSummit18! So many amazing things to celebrate as we get ready for 2018!

Nov 7, 2017: I created an easy to share landing page for people to sign up to my Weekly Thing newsletter! 👍

Nov 6, 2017: Tyler and I playing some Five Crowns.

Nov 6, 2017: Home networking: Mesh WiFi is all cool and everything, but I still prefer the “blinky lights” of Cat 6 and Gigabit switches.

Nov 6, 2017: Dave Pell’s NextDraft has become a true daily read for me, top to bottom. Recommended! 👍⭐️

Nov 5, 2017: Had a great time seeing David Sedaris with my mom tonight! 🤣

Nov 5, 2017: There should be a proper espresso demitasse emoji. ☕️ misses the point.

Nov 5, 2017: Being able to raise your wrist and say “Hey Siri, turn espresso on” a few miles from home on a cold bike ride is so great! 👍🏻☕️⌚️

Nov 5, 2017: Nice, chilly bike ride around the Minneapolis lakes today. Had to get the balaclava out! The Defiant One is still great!

Nov 5, 2017: My book club is reading Daemon by Daniel Suarez this month! I’ve wanted to read this one for a while. 👍

Nov 4, 2017: Got Workflow working with the Mailchimp API. Weekly Thing automation leveling up! 👍🏻 My biggest ask for Workflow is to put groups of workflows in …

Nov 4, 2017: The Kubbchucks are registered for the 2018 MN Kubb Winter Tournament!

Nov 2, 2017: Give a person a find/replace and you power them once. Teach them regular expressions and you give them superpowers ⚡️

Nov 1, 2017: Got my very first communication ever regarding my Tesla Model 3 reservation.

Nov 1, 2017: Scenes from tonights #TeamSPS game night! I ran the Super Mario Kart tournament! Very competitive! 🏎🏆👍🏻

Oct 31, 2017: Coldest Halloween 🎃 in 15 years definitely impacted turnout. ❄️ First year we didn’t run out of candy in a long time. 🍫

Oct 31, 2017: Candy exchange in progress! 🍫🎃

Oct 31, 2017: Mixed Up Holiday House is a favorite Halloween 🎃 stop! All holidays except Halloween! Plus 🍺 for the parents!

Oct 31, 2017: Love this Halloween decoration hanging from a tree in the neighborhood! 🎃💀

Oct 31, 2017: US Internet put the conduit from our boulevard to the house. Only a couple more weeks to gig!

Oct 31, 2017: Happy Halloween! 🎃

Oct 30, 2017: Ready for tomorrow!

Oct 29, 2017: Managing 15 years of blog content Moving 15 years of blog content to Jekyll and Markdown files is surprisingly difficult. My blog first ran on .Text, then WordPress, then Squarespace. …

Oct 28, 2017: Watched Dope tonight. Really good movie. 🎬

Oct 28, 2017: New Glarus’ Wisconsin Belgain Red is one of my favorite beers! 🍺🍒

Oct 28, 2017: Pretending I’m a rancher and burning brush.

Oct 28, 2017: Restrung a guitar 🎸 for first time. Now if I could do anything else with it. 😂

Oct 26, 2017: Some scripting magic and I’ve finally resolved the missing images from most of my blog archive. 👏

Oct 26, 2017: Just saved myself a silly amount of time with 18 lines of bash. So great. 👍

Oct 25, 2017: Fun R/W Book Club meeting on A Crack in Creation tonight talking about CRISPR and gene editing! 📚

Oct 23, 2017: Difficult falling asleep again lately. Ordered some more Hammer Nutrition REM Caps. Work great for me.

Oct 23, 2017: Bitcoin price for last month. Bananas. 🍌🤷‍♂️

Oct 22, 2017: My Safari Reading List has mysteriously stopped synchronizing between devices. There seems to be no way to debug this. 😣🐜

Oct 22, 2017: Family photos from this weekends trip. 😁

Oct 21, 2017: Fall.

Oct 21, 2017: Campfire donuts, but on a grill.

Oct 20, 2017: Lasagna! One of my specialties. 🍽

Oct 20, 2017: Family photo time. Get out the big glass.

Oct 20, 2017: Father son time.

Oct 20, 2017: Morning Kubb! Kubb King.

Oct 19, 2017: Exploring the stars with Star Walk and iPhone.

Oct 19, 2017: Fire! 🔥

Oct 19, 2017: Lodge at night with campfire.

Oct 19, 2017: The 14th Annual Olson Family Weekend starts tonight! At Nicaboyne Lake, WI this year. 9 grand-children added since first one!

Oct 19, 2017: Right before dark. Nicaboyne Lake, WI.

Oct 18, 2017: We got a new desk at home and I’m stunned by how much it has improved my keyboard experience! 😲

Oct 18, 2017: Great Dev Ops Meetup talk by #TeamSPS Dana Engebretson on approaches she took to solving a complicated serverless solutions using Lamba! Λ👏🏻👍🏻

Oct 18, 2017: Excited to be able to attend the Dev Ops Meetup tonight hosted at SPS Commerce!

Oct 17, 2017: Anyone else notice the macOS micro.blog client lets you to see who other people follow? Big help for discoverability. Thanks Manton! 👏🏻

Oct 17, 2017: Mazie seems excited for MEA weekend! Kids are off school rest of the week!

Oct 17, 2017: What’s better than using AirPods for music? Using a single AirPod to make calls or listen to an audio book.

Oct 16, 2017: I’ve posted more than most users on micro.blog’s discover tab. Definitely isn’t based on post frequency. 🤔

Oct 16, 2017: Obligatory post from the freshly released micro.blog Mac app! 👏

Oct 15, 2017: Safari on iOS 11 previews an ICS file when you open it? Nice! 👏🏻 Has it always done this?

Oct 15, 2017: Decade of GTD I stumbled on this link from Feb 2007 when I started looking into Getting Things Done. Over 10 years later and I’m still practicing, and improving, …

Oct 15, 2017: Tree person says our 100+ year old elm tree has “structural failure”. Haven’t come to terms with taking it down yet. ☹️

Oct 15, 2017: Next time I’ll have this view I’ll be standing on ice. 🙂

Oct 15, 2017: Macro-sized crop art! Sever’s Fall Festival

Oct 15, 2017: The Pumpkin Blasters at Sever’s Fall Festival are pretty impressive!

Oct 15, 2017: Corn Pit! 🌽🌽🌽

Oct 14, 2017: Brandi Carlile’s The Story is such a great song. 🎶

Oct 14, 2017: Fall. 🍂🍁

Oct 14, 2017: Last boat ride of the year. 🙁

Oct 13, 2017: Tomorrow’s Weekly Thing will delivered from MailChimp instead of TinyLetter! 🤞 Hoping for the best!

Oct 12, 2017: Missing Minnedemo tonight — coached Tyler’s soccer and home stuff. Have a great event!

Oct 10, 2017: Battery life on Series 3 Apple Watch is impressive - 75% after full day.

Oct 10, 2017: Really enjoying that Curb Your Enthusiasm is back with new episodes! 🤣

Oct 10, 2017: PSA: The Canadian Girl Guide Mint Cookies are vastly superior to Girl Scout Thin Mints.

Oct 9, 2017: When Isaiah told me he really liked the flashlight 🔦 in watchOS 4 I thought he was nuts. Used it now a few times and he’s right! 👍🏻

Oct 7, 2017: This ridiculous route home from MN UFC game courtesy of crazy MN road construction! 🚧🚧🚧

Oct 7, 2017: Minnesota United v. Sporting KC Mazie and I closing out the MN United ⚽️ home season! MNUFC!!! ⚽️ MNUFC!!! ⚽️ MNUFC!!! ⚽️ MNUFC corner kick — scarves flying! ⚽️ Huge applause 👏🏻 for …

Oct 7, 2017: Forgot about I-35W being closed and missed first 20 mins of MN United ⚽️ game! 😳 After being late to MN United game, U of MN parking screwed up and my …

Oct 7, 2017: Happy 1st Birthday to my nephew Garrett!

Oct 7, 2017: Recommend registering your email at Have I Been Pwned. Great awareness tool of data breaches!

Oct 2, 2017: My book club is reading A Crack in Creation this month. Looks like a good read! 📚

Oct 1, 2017: Signed up for the Xcel Energy Smart Thermostat program.

Oct 1, 2017: 🚀☕️

Oct 1, 2017: Had a fun time cheering the runners on at the Twin Cities Marathon this morning. 👏🏻🏃🏼‍♀️👏🏻🏃🏼👏🏻

Sep 30, 2017: I coached Tyler’s soccer game today and left my iPhone in the car thanks to my Apple Watch with LTE. 👍🏻😊⚽️

Sep 30, 2017: My brother Isaiah came to town to help me rebuild the kids playset. Mission accomplished! 👍🏻

Sep 29, 2017: Got my Series 3 Apple Watch today! Way faster than original. Have LTE setup too! ⌚️

Sep 29, 2017: Setup iCloud Family Sharing for storage. Nice to have that option now!

Sep 29, 2017: Gave another copy of Getting Things Done to a #TeamSPS member. One of my favorite things to do!

Sep 27, 2017: Goodbye JPEG. Hello HEIF!

Sep 26, 2017: Fun book club meeting tonight discussing How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer. 📚

Sep 24, 2017: One of Chase’s favorite spots.

Sep 24, 2017: Good morning Minnesota! ☕️

Sep 23, 2017: At cabin, kids in bed, Vodskey Moscow Mules, cribbage, tunes. 👍🏻

Sep 23, 2017: Family bike ride to Baker’s Wife / Angry Catfish was great this morning. We have wonderful bike paths in Minneapolis.

Sep 23, 2017: Closest I’ll come to a picture with Vanilla Ice!

Sep 23, 2017: “Feels like” temperator of 93 °F right now? Minne-soh-tans are already in pre-winter mode! 😅

Sep 23, 2017: I enjoyed the Defiant One fat tire bike so much that I ended up buying one! Took it for an inaugural ride this morning! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Sep 22, 2017: Words & Music by Dan Wilson at the Fitzgerald tonight was magical. So good! 🎶 Rachel Ries did a very nice opening set. 🎶

Sep 19, 2017: Trying out the Siri face in watchOS 4. Curious to see how it adapts and responds.

Sep 19, 2017: Updated iPhone and iPad to iOS 11. Now the slow, slow process of watchOS 4 upgrade.

Sep 19, 2017: Good morning! Espresso crema… ☕️

Sep 17, 2017: Have a bit of a nameserver fiasco with thingelstad.com. Just fixed things up but think it may take 24 hours to heal. 😬

Sep 17, 2017: Minnesota Honeycrisp Apples are in at the orchards! 🍎🍎

Sep 17, 2017: Learning how to play cribbage so I don’t lose my Minnesota cabin license. 😊

Sep 17, 2017: Mazie beat me at checkers with a passive aggressive strategy making it impossible for me to move. 😂

Sep 16, 2017: Just switched my name servers for thingelstad.com to Netlify. Triple checked DNS values but if you see something not working let me know. It’s …

Sep 16, 2017: Campfire! 🔥

Sep 16, 2017: Beef tenderloin on Big Green Egg tonight.

Sep 16, 2017: Clouds and Water.

Sep 16, 2017: Sailboat on Cannon Lake. Not a typical sight. Fall sailing. ⛵️

Sep 16, 2017: Moved two small static sites to Netlify and am very impressed. Powerful and easy. Plus opens Hugo as an option.

Sep 15, 2017: Micro.blog now with titles for long updates I got the new micro.blog iOS app and I really dig how Manton Reece has implemented subject lines and longer posts in a microblogging platform. The …

Sep 15, 2017: Got my friend Mike Rock setup on a solid Eero network tonight, plus some network debugging.

Sep 15, 2017: Stainless Steel Series 3 Apple Watch with cellular ordered! Will use stainless steel band from Series 1.

Sep 14, 2017: Rode bike to work for the first time in years and years. Great route and great ride on Defiant One!

Sep 14, 2017: Just upgraded my Sublime Text license to 3.0!

Sep 10, 2017: Out for a ride on Defiant One again. No trailer and not using assist today. Great ride! 🚲

Sep 10, 2017: US Internet here for first step of rescuing us from Comcast! 🤞🏻👏🏻

Sep 9, 2017: Time for MN United game! Getting ready for kickoff! GO MNUFC! ⚽️👏🏻🤞🏻 Sold out crowd for MN United tonight! That is awesome! ⚽️👏🏻👍🏻 MLS video review. …

Sep 9, 2017: Took the Defiant One out for a test run and 🖤 it!

Sep 9, 2017: Our neighbor raises tomatoes and it’s a delight every year to have fresh heirlooms to enjoy. Yum! 🍅

Sep 9, 2017: Sometimes the espresso looks so much more delightful than others. ☕️

Sep 9, 2017: Had morning scrimmage for Fuller Soccer Earthquakes! My first time being a coach! ⚽️😊🤞🏻

Sep 8, 2017: Found out tonight that you cannot badge out of the parking ramp at work if you didn’t badge in. 😐🚫

Sep 8, 2017: U2 at US Bank Stadium Beck opening up show tonight! Big crowd for Beck. 🎶 Wonder how many friends are at U2 show tonight. I’m guessing a lot! 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻 Can’t figure out what …

Sep 7, 2017: Had a great time serving #TeamSPS lunch outside today! 🍔🌭🍪

Sep 4, 2017: Great day for the Minnesota Renaissance Festival! Kids and I got our henna tattoos! Had the henna artist play freehand with embellishing my permanent …

Sep 3, 2017: The Giant Walleye in Garrison, MN.

Sep 3, 2017: Me on sandbar on Pokegama Lake.

Sep 3, 2017: Houseboats on sandbar. Pokegama Lake condos? 😊

Sep 3, 2017: Tried canoeing again. Not sure that is for me. 🛶🚫

Sep 3, 2017: Mazie having fun on paddle board.

Sep 3, 2017: Tyler trying paddle board!

Sep 2, 2017: Chinese Lantern being launched.

Sep 2, 2017: Campfire 🔥 and Pokegama Lake.

Sep 2, 2017: Commute by plane to the lake! 🛩

Sep 2, 2017: Mazie and Tyler tubing!

Sep 2, 2017: Relaxing afternoon with my brother Isaiah on Pokegama Lake.

Sep 2, 2017: Tammy and Tiffany out for a quick canoe 🛶 on Pokegama Lake.

Sep 1, 2017: Rough but functional version of R/W book club page is now up! Still a lot of 🛠 to do.

Aug 30, 2017: Currently tweaking Minnestar DNS settings! Don’t mess it up! 🤞🏻😊

Aug 30, 2017: Just now trying some HomeKit things and am really impressed.

Aug 27, 2017: Got a great start getting my book club website relaunched. Not ready to share yet but coming along. Using Jekyll and Github Pages.

Aug 27, 2017: The average quality of Jekyll themes is frustrating. I couldn’t imagine it would be worse than WordPress, but it is.

Aug 26, 2017: Watched Pete’s Dragon tonight and loved it. Really great movie! 🍿

Aug 26, 2017: Quiet, rainy day at the cabin. Burgers on the Big Green Egg. 🔥

Aug 26, 2017: Drinking delicious coffee with the morning breeze editing the Weekly Thing for this week!

Aug 21, 2017: Tammy is already planning out the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse.

Aug 21, 2017: Family selfie one minute before totality!

Aug 21, 2017: Me waiting for totality!

Aug 21, 2017: Just had 2:18 of totality. Amazing experience! Corona was completely visible!

Aug 21, 2017: Great position for today’s eclipse! Now just keep the ☁️ away!

Aug 21, 2017: 1:17:29 pm max eclipse for us!

Aug 20, 2017: If you are in the path of totality for the eclipse Solar Eclipse Timer seems like a good app to assist.

Aug 19, 2017: Big flag! 🇺🇸

Aug 19, 2017: Would have been cool if Apple had an Eclipse watchOS watch face.

Aug 19, 2017: Looking good St. Louis! 👏🏻

Aug 19, 2017: Sump Coffee has amazing espresso. This is a cathedral to coffee. So good.

Aug 19, 2017: City Museum Super fun time at City Museum in St. Louis! City Museum is pretty amazing / crazy. Shot of tree house. Feeling safe. That’s a big prop!

Aug 18, 2017: Would be cool if there was a Homebrew Website Club in Minneapolis… 🤔

Aug 18, 2017: Gateway Arch in St. Louis.

Aug 18, 2017: Overheard at restaurant “We still use Lotus Notes Sametime!” 🤔😏😄

Aug 18, 2017: Driving to St. Louis, MO starting our total eclipse trip. Will be in totality in Eureka, MO on Monday! 🌚🌝

Aug 16, 2017: It’s raining, most everywhere.

Aug 16, 2017: Rainy night on the SPS patio. 🌨

Aug 12, 2017: Coldplay at US Bank Stadium Found our seats and ready for Coldplay to take the stage. First time at US Bank Stadium too! 👍🏻 Coldplay off to awesome start! 👏🏻🎶 Coldplay! Lasers! …

Aug 12, 2017: Tyler and I took the Pokemon Go Plus for a spin today and it definitely levels up your play.

Aug 12, 2017: Espresso in rocket demitasse.

Aug 7, 2017: Bowbells Hotel.

Aug 6, 2017: Thinking about my grandparents legacy: 6 kids, 15 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren (so far…)

Aug 6, 2017: Tomatoes doing very well. 🍅🍅🍅

Aug 6, 2017: My Uncle Tim’s hops are doing very well! Posts are 16’ high. 🍺 Look up — at hops!

Aug 5, 2017: Figured out how to digitally sign git commits. Cool capability. See verified label on 85ce711.

Aug 5, 2017: Bought a trivial amount of Bitcoin and Ethereum. If previous patterns repeat, the price should drop precipitously now. 😊

Aug 2, 2017: Tammy got to paddle down the Chippewa River into the Mississippi River. Thanks Broken Paddle Guiding!

Aug 2, 2017: Final day of riding with Broken Paddle Guiding.

Aug 1, 2017: Wine tasting at Villa Bellezza. Very cool place. Recommended.

Aug 1, 2017: Today’s ride - nice day! 🚴🏻

Aug 1, 2017: Nice spot for lunch today. 🚴🏻

Jul 31, 2017: Post ride wine tasting at Danzinger Vineyards.

Jul 31, 2017: 30 mile ride today. Longest cycling ride in years. Good amount of climbing too.

Jul 31, 2017: Starting our 3-day Inn to Inn bike trip in the bluffs!

Jul 30, 2017: Steve Earle now on stage at MN Zoo. 🎶😊👍🏻

Jul 30, 2017: The Cactus Blossoms at the MN Zoo. So good! 🎶

Jul 30, 2017: Chase enjoying the lake.

Jul 29, 2017: Today was a very good day. 👍🏻😊🏆

Jul 29, 2017: Big Green Egg today – tenderloins! 🔥

Jul 26, 2017: Dusty’s — time for a dago!

Jul 26, 2017: B-Squad softball.

Jul 26, 2017: Driving Change The newest episode of Driving Change with Jeff Martin of Collective Genius is out with yours truly! You may also like the episodes with Bala …

Jul 25, 2017: For those that saw the kitten item from this weekend, the Humane society put it to sleep. We were too late for it. ☹️

Jul 23, 2017: The lost kitten we found wasn’t doing well. We surrendered him to the MN Humane Society. Hoping he gets better. 🤞

Jul 23, 2017: Look up! 👀🇺🇸

Jul 23, 2017: Time to wrap pork butt and finish with Apple cider on Big Green Egg. 🔥

Jul 23, 2017: Big Green Egg pork butts. 🔥 Extra smokey.

Jul 22, 2017: Found a lost and very hungry kitten 🐱 when we got to the cabin. Gave some ice cream and will check in the morning.

Jul 22, 2017: Super hot soccer ⚽️ MN United v NY Red Bulls.

Jul 21, 2017: I’m trying out the eero plus security service and got my first weekly report. Says it blocked 48 malware and 5 spyware connections. Hmm…

Jul 21, 2017: Got jekyll-redirect-from setup and can now support some widely used old URL’s on my site.

Jul 21, 2017: The New Standards at Dakota Jazz Club tonight. So good! 👍🏻 🎼 See list of The New Standards shows.

Jul 20, 2017: Sunset on Lake.

Jul 20, 2017: Placed my US Internet order for 1G fiber! Plan to be in my neighborhood this fall! Help is on they way! 🚑

Jul 19, 2017: M.… N.… UFC! ⚽️ M.… N.… UFC! ⚽️ M.… N.… UFC! ⚽️

Jul 19, 2017: Gorgeous night for some MN United soccer! ⚽️🎉👏🏻

Jul 18, 2017: Amos Lee show at the Minnesota Zoo tonight.

Jul 17, 2017: Oh no, my wife has started to obsessively look at new houses. There is no way to stop this train! 😲

Jul 16, 2017: Woman shot by Minneapolis police last night less than a mile from our house. 😟

Jul 16, 2017: I’m sure there is a prop somewhere in those weeds! 🚤😕

Jul 15, 2017: Go fly a kite. (All line out!)

Jul 15, 2017: So close! Shut the box.

Jul 15, 2017: Boat ride is a nice escape on a hot, hot day.

Jul 13, 2017: It was great to see so many friendly new and familiar faces at Minnedemo tonight! I ❤️ our tech community!

Jul 13, 2017: Look up! 👀

Jul 13, 2017: Minnedemo!

Jul 11, 2017: Love my presenter page on the new Minnestar website!

Jul 8, 2017: Winnipeg Folk Festival - Day 3 What reward is on my ankles that makes this fly risk his life repeatedly to obtain? My Mom has been embroidering on this Folk Fest chair for over a …

Jul 7, 2017: Winnipeg Folk Festival - Day 2 Everyone seeking shade at the Bur Oak stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival. Esmé Patterson kicking off Friday night on Winnipeg Folk Festival main stage. …

Jul 6, 2017: Winnipeg Folk Festival - Day 1 Great spot for the Winnipeg Folk Festival main stage tonight. Brandi Carlile our highlight tonight! The Small Glories starting the Winnipeg Folk …

Jul 5, 2017: Bicycle as installation art. In Grand Forks, ND.

Jul 5, 2017: Driving to Winnipeg Folk Festival today to start the third segment of summer vacation!

Jul 4, 2017: If you’re looking for a solid content blocker for Safari I’m liking Better for iOS and Better for macOS

Jul 4, 2017: Time to unwrap these little presents! 🎁 Big Green Egg livin'.

Jul 4, 2017: Time to wrap the pork shoulders and give them an apple bath. 👍🏻🔥

Jul 4, 2017: Happy 4th of July! Four pork butts on the Big Green Egg!

Jul 3, 2017: Pickleball setup! Great fun. Still learning rules. 👍🏻

Jul 3, 2017: Grilled chicken tonight. 🐓 Plus the Sour Pickle Grilled Potato Salad. Yum. Big Green Egg for the win! 🔥

Jul 3, 2017: First status from Micro.blog now out of TestFlight and in the App Store!

Jul 3, 2017: Potato salad coming soon! Big Green Egg living.

Jul 3, 2017: Trying to explain the 21 stages of the Tour de France 🚴‍♀️🇫🇷 to my 7 year old. “How long would it take for them to ride around the world?” …

Jul 2, 2017: Ringer!

Jul 2, 2017: Pizza! 🍕 Big Green Egg! 🔥

Jul 2, 2017: Awesome 4th of July jello! Thanks Joe Thiegs!

Jul 2, 2017: Homemade pizza on the Big Green Egg tonight.

Jul 2, 2017: Looked in the App Store for a quality app for the 2017 Eclipse and nothing but low-quality or scam apps. 🙁

Jul 2, 2017: Happy Sunday July 2, 2017… the first Sunday you can buy beer, wine and liquor in Minnesota!

Jul 2, 2017: Big congratulations to Turing Tumble! Backer 369 of 4,198 and they overfunded the Kickstarter finishing at $404,071!

Jul 1, 2017: I really like Chicago. This is as close as we get today. On our way back to Minnesota from Michigan. Self-service toll booths on I-90 by Chicago are …

Jun 30, 2017: Go fly a kite! 🏖✨💨

Jun 30, 2017: Ordering a Pickleball kit to try over the 4th of July at the cabin!

Jun 29, 2017: Family had a great time, and escaped from The Barbershop, at Grand Haven Room Escape! We got to put the very first pin for the entire state of …

Jun 29, 2017: Grand Haven Beach, Michigan.

Jun 29, 2017: Celebrating 10 years of iPhone, my blog post from 10 years ago on getting my first iPhone. 📱

Jun 29, 2017: Trying Mölkky for the first time today. Fun alternative to Kubb. Everything is fun on the beach. 🏖 Mölkky requires counting skills.

Jun 28, 2017: Rained out at the beach.

Jun 28, 2017: Family crafting time at Express Yourself Art Barn outside of Saugatuck.

Jun 27, 2017: More beach Kubb.

Jun 27, 2017: Holland Beach, Michigan.

Jun 27, 2017: Goat!

Jun 27, 2017: Super fuzzy bunny!

Jun 27, 2017: Very impressed with Affinity Photo! Intuitive and very powerful iPad photo editing.

Jun 26, 2017: Tammy and I walking on the beach, Lake Michigan. 💕

Jun 26, 2017: Now have over 100 subscribers to my Weekly Thing newsletter! The more the merrier…

Jun 26, 2017: Top of the dune on the Saugatuck Dune Ride!

Jun 25, 2017: Wow, The Southerner in Saugatuck, MI is crazy good. Recommended!

Jun 25, 2017: Got this awesome robot by Bechler Pottery at the Grand Haven Art Festival.

Jun 24, 2017: Listening to MN United game online via 1500 ESPN with data from FotMob. Good experience actually. ⚽️

Jun 24, 2017: Reading American Eclipse and thinking about our upcoming trip to see the eclipse later this summer.

Jun 24, 2017: Our cottage on the shore of Lake Michigan for the week. Very pleasant here. Cairns on the Lake Michigan shoreline near where we are staying this week. …

Jun 23, 2017: Assembling the Weekly Thing I had been interested in creating a newsletter like the Weekly Thing for a while but I was worried it would be difficult to do and quickly turn into a …

Jun 22, 2017: Updating my Bose QuietComfort 35’s firmware from 1.0.6 to 1.3.2. I ❤️ updating firmware. 😁

Jun 21, 2017: Great night with Peter Zaballos taking in a MN United win! ⚽️🎉👏🏻

Jun 21, 2017: Yeah, #TeamSPS Ice Cream social today! 🍦👏🏻

Jun 20, 2017: Genius design for Pokémon themed bags boards.

Jun 20, 2017: Giant lawn dominoes? Haven’t seen this before. 🤔

Jun 20, 2017: Cool ice cream social 🍦 at Fuller Park!

Jun 18, 2017: Time for some Kubb!

Jun 18, 2017: Cheese, popcorn, strawberries and chocolate. 🍴

Jun 18, 2017: Enjoying summers bounty! Fresh strawberries!

Jun 18, 2017: Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads out there! Be “Rad Like Dad”! 👏🏻

Jun 17, 2017: Fun stop at Whitetail Woods Regional Park.

Jun 17, 2017: Midsommer Festival at American Swedish Institute.

Jun 17, 2017: Family selfie! @ Mill City Museum

Jun 16, 2017: Dan Wilson hinting at new Semisonic album? New song “Basement Tapes” sounds great!

Jun 16, 2017: Introducing the Weekly Thing A while back I tried a way of sharing links to things that I found interesting every week. I did it by making a link blog post and then sharing links …

Jun 16, 2017: Excited to see Semisonic playing Great Divide tonight! Cool to have Jeremy Messersmith open for Semisonic. His voice reminds me of Dan Wilson. It’s …

Jun 15, 2017: Minnehaha creek tonight.

Jun 14, 2017: Last day of school for both kids, last day of T-Ball and Daughters birthday to boot. 🤩

Jun 14, 2017: Withings getting acquired, and the brand merging in with Nokia, makes me worry about my Withings products. 😕

Jun 13, 2017: Looking up.

Jun 10, 2017: Beef tenderloin on the Big Green Egg tonight. Asparagus too for the steak. Big Green Egg makes everything delicious.

Jun 10, 2017: Put the archive of the Open Loop podcast that Garrick Van Buren and I did in 2012 back online. Fun stuff. Lot’s of Kubb. 👍🏻

Jun 9, 2017: Monument Valley 2 is really nice. High quality puzzle game.

Jun 9, 2017: OmniFocus Tip: Using Context Notifications I use OmniFocus as the core of my GTD system. I also keep notifications on my phone to a minimum, including for OmniFocus. OmniFocus on iOS has the …

Jun 8, 2017: Nice evening in the neighborhood.

Jun 8, 2017: Beautiful Clematis flowers in our back yard.

Jun 6, 2017: Attending my first GTD workshop today. Have been doing GTD for a long time and am looking to reinforce and deepen core concepts.

Jun 6, 2017: The David Lynch Documentary Kickstarter I backed in April 2012 with a delivery in May 2013 may finally get to me in June 2017! Better 4 years late …

Jun 6, 2017: Good morning espresso! ☕️

Jun 5, 2017: Thinking in Decades This week I worked with Yahoo! customer support and deleted my Flickr account. I had deleted my Yahoo! account a couple of months ago when they had …

Jun 5, 2017: SiriKit supports tasks and OmniFocus 2 is on the slide? Yes please! 😍

Jun 5, 2017: Apple Pay person-to-person is going to be very significant. Opens up a lot of potentials and nice implementation right inside iMessage.

Jun 5, 2017: iMac Pro is impressive! Amazing specs that I doubt I could tax, but I sure want one… 😍

Jun 4, 2017: Music Tornado!

Jun 4, 2017: Hula Hoop!

Jun 3, 2017: Sunset over Lake Harriet on a great day.

Jun 3, 2017: Mess-o-Bikes!

Jun 3, 2017: Family walk down Minnehaha to Mississippi River.

Jun 3, 2017: Minnehaha Falls roaring.

Jun 3, 2017: Maker Faire 2017 Found a TARDIS at Maker Faire! USS Missouri in Legos from Brickmania! Got to congratulate Paul Boswell in person on his successful Kickstarter for …

Jun 3, 2017: Gold Medal Flour.

Jun 3, 2017: Very long escalator @ Guthrie Theatre.

Jun 1, 2017: Walked around the block in an attempt to close my activity rings. Stubbornly stuck with 1 minute to go.

Jun 1, 2017: Minnehaha Creek.

May 31, 2017: Fidget spinner thing happened.

May 30, 2017: Turing Tumble on Kickstarter My mother sent me a link to Turing Tumble on Kickstarter and the video totally got me. It is a super cool concept and a great way to explore the …

May 29, 2017: Lost my leather coin purse. Good thing I inventoried some replacements.

May 29, 2017: Holiday weekend. Mandatory grilling. Big Green Egg for the win! 🍔

May 29, 2017: Some cold fishing for crappies this morning off the dock.

May 28, 2017: Evening bike ride with the kids to Shager Park beach on Cannon Lake.

May 28, 2017: Trying to figure out how to throw a horseshoe. Still more work to do.

May 27, 2017: Today was a 10 out of 10. Way to go everyone!

May 27, 2017: Got the bags out too. Quest to have all the yard games! 👍🏻😊

May 27, 2017: Nice afternoon on Cannon Lake.

May 27, 2017: Horseshoes. Ringer!

May 26, 2017: Speaker Suggestions Through my work and being an active member in the technology community, I have a chance to see a lot of people present. Some of these are formal …

May 26, 2017: Tyler and I having real All-American drive in dining at A&W!

May 25, 2017: Update on car repair: replace front right ball bearings, bent front right rim, damaged front tires, bent left rear rim, rear brakes & pads, …

May 25, 2017: Bear Notes added sketching support on iPad. Looks nice. Time to give it another look.

May 25, 2017: The Mini Cooper loaner I have shines the Mini logo on the ground by the drivers side. Makes me smile. 😊

May 25, 2017: The giant display on the right is supposedly a monitor. Looks like a home theatre. #TeamSPS

May 25, 2017: Cool to see the Star Tribune’s immense globe back in their lobby for the 150 year celebration.

May 24, 2017: Remember to look up 👀 from time-to-time.

May 23, 2017: Taking car to the shop this morning. Will get to learn what the terrible noise is coming from the front-passenger wheel. My bet is something related …

May 21, 2017: This United crowd is crazy today! Wow! ENERGY! Shuttleworth should always wear the face guard. Makes him look crazy. 👀⚽️ MN United, own goal. 😡😡😡 Feel …

May 20, 2017: Mazie and Tammy playing some Scrabble at Black Eye Coffee.

May 20, 2017: Fabulous spin class this morning. High intensity, felt good.

May 19, 2017: Using Project Templates I’ve seen and read about people using project templates for a while, but I’ve never adopted them myself until recently. Mostly I found …

May 19, 2017: Typing on an Apple Wireless Keyboard after getting fully used to an Apple Magic Keyboard feels really weird. The keys seem to move a massive distance …

May 19, 2017: Great Minnestar board meeting today! Very exciting things in the works over the next few months! 👍🏻

May 18, 2017: Why is it that when Twitter updates their Privacy Policy I get email notices for Twitter accounts that I supposedly deleted years ago. Were these …

May 18, 2017: Spiffed up my JSON Feed with additional fields. Nice capabilities. See it in JSON Feed Viewer

May 17, 2017: Horseshoe Pits Completed! Last weekend we finished putting in the horseshoe pits at the cabin and I’m very pleased with the result! We have a lot of yard games at the …

May 17, 2017: Added support for JSON Feed to my blog. 👍

May 16, 2017: My mother sent me this photo of a “bike mower” that she saw at a garden show today. What kind of horribleness is this!?

May 13, 2017: First afternoon on Cannon Lake for 2017! Cooled off at the sandbar.

May 13, 2017: One of our trees didn’t make it through the winter. 😔

May 13, 2017: Got both horseshoe pits in!

May 13, 2017: Smoking ribs for dinner. Great day for the Big Green Egg.

May 13, 2017: Attempting to bake cookies in a solar oven. 🤞🏻

May 12, 2017: This Surly glass that my Todd the Axe Man came in is really cool.

May 12, 2017: Nice night.

May 12, 2017: Oh no! The dandelions have taken over the yard!

May 12, 2017: Outlook’s new built-in grammar checking is helping me realize I use the word “actually” way, way too much. Actually…

May 11, 2017: Andy Domeier and I right before kicking off yesterdays awesome TechJam. #TeamSPS had a great day learning!

May 11, 2017: Crazy long and inefficient line at all-school picnic.

May 11, 2017: Minnesota Original: Layne Kennedy My friend and photographer Layne Kennedy was recently featured on Minnesota Original. I met Layne when I took his Wintergreen Dog Sledding workshop …

May 10, 2017: SPS TechJam 2017 Kicking off #TeamSPS TechJam community event. Great day of learning and sharing technology solutions ahead. Nate and Dan sharing how they are using …

May 9, 2017: Looking forward to wearing my awesome #TeamSPS hockey jersey!

May 9, 2017: Espresso.

May 8, 2017: GoFCCYourself.com ← Go and express your support for strong net neutrality. Use this link and click on “express” link.

May 7, 2017: Took in a great Minnesota United win today with my friend Jim Bernard!

May 6, 2017: Retro.

May 6, 2017: Repair trip to the Genius Bar. iMac has a broken spring on the hinge. One AirPod won’t pair. If you work in tech it’s enlightening to sit at the …

May 6, 2017: Big effort today in spin class at Urban Cycle.

May 6, 2017: Morning Mojo: lemon, ginger and cayenne. Great way to start the day!

May 6, 2017: Importing 9,000+ tweets from my Twitter archive into my micro.blog archive.

May 6, 2017: If you mirror your micro.blog to Github suggest setting the topic to micro-blog so that others can find and compare.

May 5, 2017: Gorgeous spring night to sit outside and stare at the sky.

May 5, 2017: Trying git filter-branch --prune-empty to clean up some cruft in my micro.blog git mirror. Doing some bug triage.

May 4, 2017: T-Ball practice time!

May 4, 2017: This weekend I resumed my horseshoe project and got the platform dug in for one end. Looks great. I’m glad I went with the backboard and …

May 3, 2017: This weekend we got the pontoon out and as has become tradition the kids celebrated “Boat Day” with a small present to me. This year the …

May 3, 2017: Got to meet Chris Hadfield after he spoke at SPS Influence today. Great message from an amazing person! Thank you!

May 3, 2017: Right AirPod is now refusing to pair. 😕 Happened one other time and pairing again fixed. Not working now. Guessing may have a bad pod.

Apr 29, 2017: Family selfie.

Apr 29, 2017: Chase.

Apr 29, 2017: Morning routine. ☕️

Apr 28, 2017: Built in support for Creative Commons licenses versus Copyright notice on micro.blog templates would be nice and would seem very much in the spirit of …

Apr 28, 2017: The photo posting from the micro.blog iOS app is pretty slick. Especially for beta.

Apr 28, 2017: Excited to have the dock in. Get the boat out tomorrow!

Apr 28, 2017: Poking around micro.blog → Very nice work Manton!

Apr 28, 2017: I’ve been looking forward to the launch of micro.blog and am excited for it to be here. I’ve been growing increasingly concerned about the …

Apr 27, 2017: Waiting for my micro.blog invite code. ⏳

Apr 25, 2017: Got the iOS app installed via TestFlight today. Now just waiting for invite. Long day. Great questions and feedback about https://t.co/KrFEuTQtGo. …

Apr 23, 2017: Awesome win MN United! ⚽️

Apr 22, 2017: Walked Minnehaha Creek by our house picking up trash for Earth Day. 🌏

Apr 22, 2017: Great event, great lineup and great organizers. Great speakers for @devopsdaysmsp! Join us in July for @aneel @bryanl @duretti @eryno @wiredferret …

Apr 15, 2017: Smurfs: The Lost Village.

Apr 14, 2017: Watched the The Magnificent Seven.

Apr 14, 2017: Watched Avenger’s: Age of Ultron.

Apr 13, 2017: Well deserved! Congrats Nick Roseth! #honored #grateful #MSPBJtitans pic.twitter.com/IPtPBDW102 — nickros.eth (@nickroseth) April 13, 2017

Apr 7, 2017: Ice cream break at Mom & Pop’s in Mankato!

Apr 6, 2017: Lunch at The Naughty Greek.

Apr 6, 2017: Fun afternoon playing mini golf at Can Can Wonderland.

Apr 5, 2017: We watched A Dog’s Purpose. Great movie.

Mar 29, 2017: Son Volt off to a great start at First Ave!

Mar 25, 2017: Minnebar 12 Session 0 Punk Rock/Computing Break the rules Simple, fast Point of view is worth 50 IQ points - Alan Kaye Minnebar 12 on Minnebar Random History …

Mar 25, 2017: Watched Moonlight tonight. Great movie.

Mar 24, 2017: Watched Get Out tonight. Creepy.

Mar 19, 2017: Watched Beauty & the Beast.

Mar 6, 2017: Leadership Pipeline Notable how many references there are to “reviewing calendar” and looking at where time is spent. This is used repeatedly as a tool to …

Mar 5, 2017: Have been really disconnected from Twitter lately, and it’s good thing. It’s rather a hot mess when you look at it with fresh eyes. 😕

Feb 25, 2017: Watched Lego Batman Movie today.

Feb 19, 2017: Smoked this chili on the Big Green Egg for four hours. Tasted delicious. Best chili ever!

Feb 18, 2017: A Minnebar Ticketing Proposal I’ve recently put some thought into how tickets are managed for Minnebar and Minnedemo. I’ve been very close to these events for a long …

Feb 18, 2017: I have observed in myself this dynamic of low-effort, low-value activities removing the need to do high-effort, high-value activities. The graph below …

Feb 18, 2017: Steve Wozniak at Augsburg College Steve Wozniak, or “Woz”, was a guest at Augsburg College today and it was a pleasure to see him talk about his early days in technology …

Feb 17, 2017: Minnedemo 25 Recap Minnedemo 25 was last night, and it was fabulous. I’ve gone to all but a few Minnedemo events and realize that sometimes the demos are just a …

Feb 15, 2017: Sending Email to OmniFocus Using Flow in Office 365 This workflow is mainly for people that use Office 365 and are looking for an easy way to selectively put emails into OmniFocus or another task …

Feb 8, 2017: DEVONtechnologies DEVONthink To Go 2.1 now as an iOS document provider is a big deal! Big possibilities opened with that!

Feb 7, 2017: Got my first shipment of Nordskogen Coffee today! Looking forward to pulling some shots of espresso.

Feb 4, 2017: Kubbchucks at 2017 Loppet Kubb Tournament It was a surprise to me that this was our 6th year playing in the Minnesota Kubb Winter Tournament. When we were getting ready to play there was some …

Jan 31, 2017: Agree with this and having tried many other apps it’s amazing how even a little latency is a deal breaker. Couple things to note: the Pencil …

Jan 31, 2017: Hoping micro.blog from Manton Reece will come in time to save me from what Twitter is turning into!

Jan 30, 2017: Only $6,217 more to hit the micro.blog stretch goal! If you like microblogging, support this!

Jan 24, 2017: US Internet finally getting past Minnehaha Creek and bringing me gorgeous fiber!

Jan 24, 2017: I just backed Indie Microblogging: owning your short-form writing on Kickstarter.

Jan 20, 2017: Watched Lion tonight.

Jan 19, 2017: This is neat. Would be cool if OmniFocus did some fun stuff like this. Love this data visualization by @todoist https://t.co/XvsDV6TaMn …

Jan 15, 2017: Watched Hidden Figures today. Great movie.

Jan 14, 2017: Watched Lo and Behold.

Jan 9, 2017: Got my Eero network setup tonight. Definitely faster. Nice setup process.

Jan 9, 2017: … wrapping my head around having been on Twitter for 10 years.

Jan 9, 2017: iPhone turns 10 years old today! My tweet from 10 years ago…

Jan 8, 2017: Watched Sing! Fun movie!

Jan 7, 2017: Enjoyed Star Wars: Rogue One — great movie.

Jan 7, 2017: Delightful coffee and hot chocolate at Wesley Andrews today. Minneapolis coffee people, get yourselves there! ☕️

Jan 7, 2017: Let’s Encrypt 2016 In Review. This may be the most important thing that happened on the Internet in 2016. Massive enabler of security.

Jan 4, 2017: Worth the upgrade for the Widget alone! Weather Line’s free update is out! Today Widget, new font, UV Index, improved swiping, & more. Link: …

Jan 1, 2017: I mean just look at that Q39 brisket. Oh my… What is fresh? Fresh is having your brisket sliced to order. That’s what you get with us. …

Jan 1, 2017: The brisket at Q39 has me researching how to make brisket on my Big Green Egg better. So good!

Jan 1, 2017: Great lunch at Blind Box BBQ today.

Dec 31, 2016: Great Big Smith reunion show at Gillioz tonight. Wow!

Dec 30, 2016: Delicious breakfast at Early Bird Breakfast Pub.

Dec 30, 2016: Delicious coffee at Brick & Mortar Coffee.

Dec 28, 2016: Stunning barbecue at Q39. Wow.

Dec 27, 2016: Great coffee at Mars Coffee Bar.

Dec 27, 2016: This is part of graphing all the things - you have to make it part of your everyday routine. The days I am in the office just feel off when I don’t …

Dec 26, 2016: Editing and pushing changes in Git using Working Copy on iPhone and iPad is pretty awesome.

Dec 26, 2016: Tyler is learning coding with Osmo Coding. Super fun. Very well done.

Dec 26, 2016: I finally have realized the huge win of Workflow after a long time. Now to see if I can do similar with Launch Center Pro. There is a lot of value in …

Dec 25, 2016: Playing Super Mario Run? Friend me so I can see how poorly I’m doing. 😊

Dec 25, 2016: Grew a lot of big trees in Forest today.

Dec 25, 2016: LEGO® Creator Winter Holiday Train assembled!

Dec 25, 2016: Christmas grilling on Big Green Egg.

Dec 23, 2016: Finally dove into DEVONthink and am very impressed thus far. New iOS app got me to try it.

Dec 22, 2016: Accidentally fell down the rabbit hole looking at Hugo and am impressed. Cool ability to call API’s and data files. 🕳🐇

Dec 21, 2016: I can’t even use my Mac if I don’t have LaunchBar installed. LaunchBar 6.8 with improved @1Password integration, additional built-in actions, improved …

Dec 20, 2016: La La Land Tammy and I went to La La Land tonight. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Dec 17, 2016: Minneapolis tech firm SPS Commerce gets retailers through busiest month of online orders ← Nice article with some of what we at SPS Commerce do to …

Dec 17, 2016: Oh my, just found out Wesley Andrews Coffee has a Slayer espresso machine. Must visit! ☕️ That Slayer machine is a thing of beauty. S L A Y E …

Dec 17, 2016: Nobody does Christmas music as good as Nat King Cole.

Dec 17, 2016: Shoveling then sledding. Fun in the snow! Now hot cocoa of course!

Dec 16, 2016: Moana.

Dec 15, 2016: Graph all the things! I am so surprised that @thingles slides contain graphs!! #teamsps #linesbelowotherlines pic.twitter.com/EFxwkfllsx — Andy …

Dec 11, 2016: I love our neighborhood. Snow hill across the creek from our house. Laughter, squeals of joy, snow; beautiful.

Dec 11, 2016: Seems crazy that with all the advances in photography taking a properly metered photo in the snow still isn’t possible. Idea for iPhone photo app: …

Dec 9, 2016: Oh boy — I like the sound of these two songs! Looking forward to the whole album Son Volt! Only on the G&G site, two new songs from @sonvoltmusic: …

Dec 4, 2016: After initial sync challenges am enjoying Ulysses and how it approaches writing. Wish Grammarly could plug into it.

Dec 4, 2016: Espresso from above. Delicious.

Dec 3, 2016: Going all-in with Ulysses. Heard great things forever and looks great.

Dec 3, 2016: Thank you The New Standards for a fabulous 2016 Holiday Show! So great. See list of The New Standards shows.

Dec 2, 2016: 👏🏻 Spotted so far @newstandards Holiday Show --> @MNBrian @thingles @toddhauschildt Hi all!! — larsleafblad (@larsleafblad) December 3, 2016

Dec 1, 2016: Minneapolis looks nice tonight.

Dec 1, 2016: I really want to take a week and play with AWS Step Functions.

Nov 30, 2016: That’s pretty great! Biggest foosball table ever #Reinvent2016 pic.twitter.com/ID8qi3wWXA — Jason Montgomery (@rampantmind) December 1, 2016

Nov 30, 2016: Like this a lot. Asked about evolution, this is the best model I have to explain it, I've used it consistently for a decade and no, it's not …

Nov 29, 2016: Just pre-ordered the new Son Volt album!

Nov 29, 2016: Buying something with Apple Pay on the web it’s amazing — so easy!

Nov 28, 2016: Created a fancier word count and reading time workflow for Workflow!

Nov 27, 2016: Very sad to miss AWS re:Invent this year. Don’t schedule on peak retail! Wow, @ajassy says 32k expected at #reinvent. Remember: Comfortable shoes! …

Nov 27, 2016: Cold. Rainy. Time to smoke some pork! Big Green Egg! Wrapped pork for final step of journey.

Nov 26, 2016: Hmm, looks like there is no way to do a while loop in Workflow Any workarounds that folks know? Figured out one way to do this, by using URL …

Nov 25, 2016: Decided to give Grammarly a try — taking them up on their 1-day subscription sale.

Nov 25, 2016: This is a must have tool for me. If you don’t have a launcher, recommend LaunchBar! Don’t miss our #BlackFriday sale. Get @launchbar 50% off until …

Nov 24, 2016: If you love technology take an hour this holiday weekend and watch Bob Martin Future of Programming talk.

Nov 22, 2016: Facebook Said to Create Censorship Tool to Get Back Into China ← Continue to feel great about leaving Facebook

Nov 22, 2016: Want to help #TeamSPS grow and continue building out a world-class tech team? Join us in directly building that out! Follow up from last week: …

Nov 21, 2016: Looks like I’ll be switching to Eero next time I upgrade WiFi infrastructure.

Nov 20, 2016: Successfully extracted Dropbox from my computing ecosystem. Simplifying.

Nov 19, 2016: I made a workflow to simulate the 5-disc CD changer I had in the 90’s.

Nov 16, 2016: Very happy that SPS Commerce can host these great community technology events like DevOpsDays Minneapolis! Lot of people!…

Nov 15, 2016: Looks great. New Super Mario Run gameplay video added to the post: https://t.co/2pDEfuY8Nl — Federico Viticci (@viticci) November 15, 2016

Nov 13, 2016: Just discovered lichess.org and am impressed. Analyzed game Isaiah and I played and learned a few things.

Nov 13, 2016: Way too nice out to not be smoking. Big Green Egg!

Nov 12, 2016: My kids are still young and I am sure this is one of the most true things in life. You have no idea how much you will miss the people your children …

Nov 12, 2016: Enjoying the Canvas episodes on Workflow. Can’t wait to dive deeper! Thanks Federico Viticci and Fraser Speirs!

Nov 12, 2016: Can’t wait to share this Workflow automation I’m finishing up for OmniFocus templates. Got it wired up and working on this long flight.

Nov 11, 2016: Seeing people with TechOps vests on going back and forth to plane cockpit doesn’t give one happy thoughts. Looks like I’m stranded in AMS tonight. …

Nov 7, 2016: Enjoying Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance. Recommended.

Nov 7, 2016: 💯 I’ve developed an allergy to clip art on slides. Makes my eyes red. — Michael Nygard (@mtnygard) November 7, 2016

Nov 7, 2016: Love seeing #teamSPS in new office in Toronto! Looking forward to visiting next week! It was lunch lady bingo at lunch in support of United Way! …

Nov 5, 2016: Tools.

Nov 4, 2016: Went on a boat ride on November 4th on Isaiah’s boat! Gorgeous day on Pokegama Lake with Tiffany and Tammy!

Nov 3, 2016: This digital pinball machine is so great. Would be fun to have one.

Nov 3, 2016: Hi-Lo Diner Very cool spot. Food was good. Banana cream pie was great.

Nov 2, 2016: Great to see Leah Cunningham spreading the good word! #teamsps @cunningleah standing room only #adtc2016 going into the zen of agility! …

Nov 2, 2016: This +1,000! 👍🏻 Remember: Impostor Syndrome only affects competent people who know what they’re doing. You almost certainly don’t suffer from it …

Oct 31, 2016: Did macOS Sierra change something with fonts? I’m getting prompts to download custom fonts? Others seeing this?

Oct 30, 2016: I ❤️ Big Green Egg smoking sessions in the fall. Crisp air, delicious smells.

Oct 30, 2016: Espresso in a rocket 🚀☕️ demitasse this morning.

Oct 29, 2016: Feeling like I need to invest in learning and using Little Snitch.

Oct 29, 2016: Mazie and I taking in the last MN United game of the season, and last at NSC. Next year season tickets! Love sitting by the Dark Clouds at MN United …

Oct 26, 2016: Cars run much better when the timing chain isn’t stretched!

Oct 20, 2016: Found this a good listen → GTD and The Organized Mind 🎧

Oct 20, 2016: Few days in with iPhone 7 and it’s definitely my favorite iPhone yet. Really like the button-less home button and haptics. Also super fast.

Oct 16, 2016: Delicious pull of espresso to start the day.

Oct 15, 2016: Upgraded to iPhone 7. Decided to stay non-Plus. Tammy went with 7+.

Oct 15, 2016: Impressed with Typora. If you’re writing markdown it’s worth a look.

Oct 12, 2016: Living boldly with 1,155 notes in iOS/OS X Notes app. iCloud syncing solid still. Search could be cleaner.

Oct 12, 2016: Seems crazy that in 2016 we are still dealing with security issues from Word and Excel VBA macros.

Oct 10, 2016: Lot of GTD truth to this. Sometimes I skip the weekly review due to a fear of what I'll learn. https://t.co/pqyPJU4jNe — Joe Buhlig …

Oct 9, 2016: Main thing Iearned watching the debate tonight: they still make disposable film cameras!

Oct 7, 2016: Just watched Chicken People. 🐔 Folks are pretty into their chickens!

Oct 5, 2016: Didn’t use my Yahoo! account for anything but deleted it if only to protest this. Use @Yahoo? They secretly scanned everything you ever wrote, far …

Oct 2, 2016: Panorama inside the mirror maze at Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Very cool.

Oct 1, 2016: Just finished Watson Adventures scavenger hunt at Art Institute of Chicago! Fun time and we won! The “Mighty Minnesota Muggles” took first!

Sep 29, 2016: Really wish iOS could print to a PDF and then send the file via a share sheet.

Sep 25, 2016: Cannon Lake Flooded and Boat Floats Away Cannon Lake flooded bringing the water level well above the dock. I was very happy that we had a Floe aluminum dock and it is fine being completely …

Sep 23, 2016: Hell or High Water Watched Hell or High Water tonight.

Sep 22, 2016: DocuMNtary Premiere Super excited to be at the premier of DocuMNtary! Amazing project Nick Roseth! That’s me helping kick things off! @thingles Speaking at the …

Sep 21, 2016: Looking forward to seeing this on Thursday and happy SPS Commerce could support it! Big thanks to Supporting Sponsor @SPS_Commerce for supporting …

Sep 21, 2016: OmniFocus 2.7 for Mac Release Notes — Like the adoption of TaskPaper format for sharing and copying!

Sep 21, 2016: Always honored to be able to be whatever small part of great tech events! Thank you so much @SPS_Commerce for your support of the community! 🙌🏽 …

Sep 21, 2016: Minnedemo 24 Raisable Interesting chatbot demo to create a fundraising campaign. All built around a chatbot using Facebook messenger. Binary Bride / CrossCare …

Sep 17, 2016: Great time watching The Okee Dokee Bros at Prairie Burn Music Festival! Enjoying this music festival a lot. Recommended, especially for families! …

Sep 14, 2016: Just got every Iconfactory iMessage sticker pack. Just ‘cus it’s fun.

Sep 14, 2016: Amazing response to Fidget Cube on Kickstarter! I ordered some. 😊

Sep 14, 2016: Siri can send a message using LinkedIn (please never do this) but can’t add a task to OmniFocus. Ugh. 👎🏻 Sadly, Siri on iOS 10 doesn't support To …

Sep 11, 2016: Pictures from your telephone. Amazing. Touchdown iPhone 7! First photos on @SInow https://t.co/BHXoA83ZgU — Tim Cook (@tim_cook) September 11, …

Sep 9, 2016: Bad behavior from Dropbox. I’m also seeing HipChat has gotten a similar privilege somehow. How Dropbox hacks your Mac (by faking what looks like an OS …

Sep 9, 2016: Ugh.. The dual camera in the iPhone 7+ has me stuck in indecision. 😕

Sep 3, 2016: Progress on horseshoe pits! Still to do: putting them in the ground, sand, and throwing platform decks on.

Sep 2, 2016: Holy crap is Brandi Carlile amazing. Get yourself to a show! See list of Brandi Carlile shows.

Sep 2, 2016: Great to see The Cactus Blossoms opening for Brandi Carlile, great music tonight!

Sep 2, 2016: Excited to have the whole family heading to Brandi Carlile show in Mankato! Mazie and Tyler love her songs too!

Sep 2, 2016: Got carried away with the crayons at Dino’s Pizzeria waiting for dinner to arrive.

Aug 31, 2016: MindNode is the Free App of the Week?! You’d be crazy not to grab this now!

Aug 31, 2016: Listening to old REM and it is so good.

Aug 28, 2016: Kids are off to school tomorrow. Sad to say goodbye to summer.

Aug 27, 2016: I actually scanned a QR code today. It was made out of seeds in the crop art at MN State Fair. Awesome!

Aug 26, 2016: Last weekend before Minneapolis Public Schools start. Wow did summer go by quick!

Aug 22, 2016: Love to hear Edward Tufte highlighting Atul Gawande “Checklist Manifesto”. A must read book and great to act on.

Aug 21, 2016: Collaborative GTD? A friend of mine that has been on the path to GTD for a long time now recently emailed me about using GTD in a collaborative environment. His specific …

Aug 21, 2016: Gooseberry Falls is always a great stop.

Aug 20, 2016: You can track this rainbow all the way from end-to-end. Nice night on Lake Superior.

Aug 20, 2016: Gorgeous night for a fire on the rocky shore of Lake Superior!

Aug 18, 2016: Love that we can open up the #TeamSPS space and host great community conversations! Every one of these conversations with @bcantrill at …

Aug 16, 2016: So excited to see DocuMNtary launch! Honored to be included. Big thanks to @thingles for supporting and participating in DocuMNtary and the work you …

Aug 14, 2016: My daughter is focused on all living things — even flys.

Aug 14, 2016: Horseshoe pit backboards built!

Aug 13, 2016: Great conclusion to today on Cannon Lake.

Aug 13, 2016: Summer.

Aug 13, 2016: Pork shoulders on the Big Green Egg. Smoking!

Aug 13, 2016: Kubb legends.

Aug 10, 2016: I’ll be at the Minneapolis one! 3rd time going to Tufte’s course. Edward Tufte one-day course in Minneapolis on August 22; Milwaukee on August 24 and …

Aug 9, 2016: Hmm, odd that Notes doesn’t support Automator workflows.

Aug 7, 2016: Renting DRM music a la Spotify just isn’t for me. Cancelled. I must be old, I still listen to whole albums and like to own my music.

Aug 6, 2016: Very impressed with Osmo! Having fun solving puzzles and the mix of real objects and game is really cool!

Aug 4, 2016: Encryption Update ← Really glad Day One is working on encryption for journals! Very needed!

Aug 4, 2016: Just signed up for Sling so we can watch the Olympics on Apple TV. Quality looks good.

Aug 4, 2016: Classic lose / lose situation… The super-glamorous life of a business traveler: deciding between doing an expense report or digging into one's …

Aug 4, 2016: Awesome SPS Commerce charity auction today! #TeamSPS doing good! Thank you Charley Hackerson & team!

Aug 2, 2016: Have always admired and used Rajiv’s take on this! What does an effective CTO do? Based on my recent talk at @fastly #Altitude2016: …

Aug 1, 2016: Very happy to see Omni Group adding full encryption to OmniFocus! Upgraded all my installs and am now encrypted! With version 2.15 for iOS and 2.6 for …

Jul 31, 2016: Captain Fantastic.

Jul 31, 2016: Central Intelligence.

Jul 31, 2016: Star Trek Beyond.

Jul 30, 2016: Tammy and I needed 5 more minutes to beat the Maine Room at Maine Escape Games! 20+ locks! Hard for two people.

Jul 30, 2016: Had dinner at Terlingua in Portland, ME tonight. Amazing ribs. Cornbread great. Recommended!

Jul 30, 2016: Bike tour stop at Portland Headlight!

Jul 30, 2016: Delicious macchiato and cappuccino from Bard Coffee to start final day of Maine vacation.

Jul 29, 2016: Tammy did her research and found Urban Sugar Truck for some delicious Portland, ME donuts.

Jul 28, 2016: Tammy and I had a great day hiking around Monhegan Island today. The trails we did are highlighted in red.

Jul 27, 2016: Sunset from Monhegan Island. Gorgeous. Spending the night on an island really highlights how noisy the world usually is.

Jul 26, 2016: Awesome to see #TeamSPS Andy Domeier speaking at @pagerduty event! Looking forward to the @pagerduty summit in September. Humbling to be on the same …

Jul 26, 2016: Spent the morning here. Ogunquit, ME.

Jul 25, 2016: Relaxing on Star Island.

Jul 24, 2016: Portsmouth Brewery Torn and Frayed IPA.

Jul 20, 2016: Right column, 4th row ➡️ SPS Commerce! Of course we support our local tech community! The sponsor awesomeness of @devopsdaysmsp! #devopsdays …

Jul 16, 2016: Saturday.

Jul 15, 2016: Congratulations to Statuspage team on becoming part of Atlassian!

Jul 14, 2016: minnedemo has gone so far since the 1st one years ago. Honored to be a Minnestar board member.

Jul 14, 2016: Proud that SPS Commerce is a sponsor of Minnedemo! Minnestar is a great org!

Jul 13, 2016: US Internet fiber is going to be 1 block away from me by end of 2016. So close, yet so far away. 🙁 It’s like Minnehaha Creek is a DMZ for US Internet …

Jul 9, 2016: USA Kubb Championship 2016 Gorgeous day for US National Kubb Championship! Kubbchucks team shirts this year are awesome! Kubb everywhere at US National Kubb Championship USA …

Jul 6, 2016: Running fsck on a 12TB RAID set. Curious how long this will take.

Jul 5, 2016: Really frustrating how great the Dropcam software was that Nest is “upgrading” with less features and degraded UI.

Jul 5, 2016: Whoa! Serious weather. Why do I get the feeling we’re not taking off any time soon? pic.twitter.com/0V47x3t1Zu — Bridget Kromhout …

Jul 5, 2016: s/todos/next actions/. +1 for GTD. The act of writing down your list of todos is more important than anyone else actually seeing them — Jon …

Jul 4, 2016: Great 4th of July!

Jul 4, 2016: The picture doesn’t do justice to the smells coming off the Big Green Egg.

Jul 4, 2016: Today on the Big Green Egg: 10 lbs of pork shoulder. “Grill of July!” Happy Independence Day!

Jul 3, 2016: Don’t believe it! I just saw someone scanning a qr code in public. Intentionally! Tell https://t.co/w1vELJ1VrM! — Ry4an Brase (@Ry4an) July 3, …

Jul 3, 2016: Time to smoke! Big Green Egg.

Jul 3, 2016: Will introduce these four racks of ribs to the Big Green Egg in 2 hours.

Jul 3, 2016: Awesome that NBC Sports Gold is native app on Apple TV. Great Tour de France experience.

Jul 2, 2016: Super fun day at the lake with friends & kids from the neighborhood at the lake today!

Jul 2, 2016: Minnesota? Wisconsin? Hard to say. 😊🧀🍔

Jul 2, 2016: Crack of Dawn in Faribault, MN.

Jul 1, 2016: Time to start holiday weekend with some steaks on Big Green Egg!

Jun 25, 2016: Dinner out at Bella Cucina with Isaiah and Tiffany.

Jun 25, 2016: Lunch at PK Egans in Canby, MN visiting the Keatings.

Jun 25, 2016: Breakfast at Kornerstone Kravings & Bakery in Canby, MN visiting the Keatings.

Jun 24, 2016: Badlands are gorgeous.

Jun 24, 2016: Must do South Dakota stop at Wall Drug!

Jun 23, 2016: Armadillo’s Ice Cream Shoppe in Rapid City.

Jun 23, 2016: Black Hills Burger & Bun in Custer, SD.

Jun 22, 2016: Great hike to the top of Black Elk Peak in SD today!

Jun 21, 2016: 102 °F in Hot Springs, SD today. Safari mode on.

Jun 21, 2016: Kids are digging for mammoth bones at the Mammoth Site & Museum. Uncovering a tusk!

Jun 21, 2016: Gorgeous cortado at Pure Bean Coffee in Rapid City, SD.

Jun 20, 2016: Vibe - Stats for OmniFocus I downloaded Vibe and gave it a run and got this fun display. What a fun project to take the data from OmniFocus and give you some nice visuals. …

Jun 20, 2016: Trying out the Deadwood Social Club.

Jun 20, 2016: Delicious chocolate at Chubby Chipmunk Chocolate Shop.

Jun 20, 2016: Lunch at Stix n’ Twigs in Dickinson, ND.

Jun 19, 2016: Fathers Day dinner at Souris River Brewing drinking a yet-to-be-named delicious session IPA.

Jun 18, 2016: The Starving Rooster.

Jun 18, 2016: Son Volt’s “Trace” is one of the all time best road trip albums.

Jun 12, 2016: Whole family had a great time seeing Home Free tonight at Minnesota Zoo!

Jun 12, 2016: Me by a sculpture of my spirit animal, bison.

Jun 12, 2016: Milkjam Creamery. 🍦

Jun 11, 2016: Wow, Brandi Carlile doing an amazing opener for The Avett Bros! She’s awesome! Crowd demanded an encore — never seen that for an opener. House lights …

Jun 10, 2016: Finally going to get to see The Handsome Family live in a couple months. Thanks for tip Leah!

Jun 4, 2016: Not Your Father’s Root Beer. Not very good either. 😕

Jun 4, 2016: Sumo Sighting SumoLogic Sumo Sighting on Kubb King at #TeamSPS TechJam event… Sumo Sighting with Surly Brewing at #TeamSPS TechJam event…

Jun 3, 2016: The Nice Guys

May 28, 2016: Smoqehouse — delicious pulled pork sandwiches in Faribault!

May 27, 2016: We watched Angry Birds the movie.

May 26, 2016: I’m still digging Notes on Mac OS X and iOS but it would be 10x more useful if I could link to a note with a URL from another app.

May 26, 2016: Near perfect night to sit outside.

May 25, 2016: Gorgeous evening for some kids soccer.

May 24, 2016: Hope this rumor of an Echo-like device from Apple that uses Siri is true. I liked the Echo, but without iOS connectivity to my calendar, messages and …

May 21, 2016: Yeah! Finally got Siri to get the hard g in my last name! Here's how to retrain Siri's pronunciation yourself https://t.co/ne5DffR14a …

May 21, 2016: Ticket to Ride with Tammy, Isaiah, and Tiffany!

May 21, 2016: Sunset.

May 21, 2016: Showing Isaiah Kubb.

May 21, 2016: Big Green Egg time - 2 racks of ribs on! Rib status: delicious. Big Green Egg!

May 20, 2016: Friday night at the lake.

May 20, 2016: . #TeamSPS doing Zombie Microservice Workshop with AWS team. Continuous learning!

May 19, 2016: Excited for Ian Malpass to kick off #TeamSPS TechJam with talk on planning for failure. TechJam in full swing with presentation from AppDynamics on …

May 19, 2016: I told our security team that when we got our ISO certification I would wallpaper my office with it. They took the opportunity to do it for me. How …

May 17, 2016: Me with my VIP’s.

May 15, 2016: Just setup a monthly recurring donation to Internet Archive. Great organization and great mission!

May 15, 2016: Jungle Book Tyler and I went to see the Jungle Book. It was the first time him and I went to a movie by ourselves. It was a fun movie, very well done. Tyler liked …

May 15, 2016: Great interview that hit on many of the reasons I’ve decided to make GTD a “life skill“.

May 15, 2016: Really enjoying the new Bob Mould album Patch the Sky.

May 15, 2016: Upgrading my iPad Air to the new 9″ iPad Pro. It’s time. 20-30 minute wait to buy an iPad at the Apple Store MOA. Huh? Please take my money faster. 💸

May 14, 2016: Diary of a Wimpy Kid

May 14, 2016: Brisk day for kids soccer. Brrr!

May 13, 2016: Moved my uncles website for Bike the Border to Squarespace and think this is going to work much better for him.

May 13, 2016: Straight Outta Compton Watched this on flight back from Ukraine. Pretty good movie. Interesting to see the back story behind N.W.A.

May 12, 2016: I’ve had a fabulous week with #TeamSPS Kyiv! Great group of technologist building amazing services and getting better every day. Thank you!

May 11, 2016: Delicious Italian food in Kyiv at Vino e Cucina.

May 9, 2016: Today I learned: Delta Platinum members can get into the KLM Lounge in AMS. 👍🏻

May 9, 2016: On one of the many planes going over the pond.

May 7, 2016: Searching Craigslist for “Seadoo” jet skis. Need to stop doing this. 😀

May 2, 2016: Technical Downsizing Around ten years ago I ran my own servers at home. I had a free-standing half-rack with several machines rack-mounted in it along with the necessary …

May 1, 2016: Ugh. 27% packet loss and Comcast tech that was here last week found “no issues”.

May 1, 2016: This week was an awesome milestone for #TeamSPS with a huge product launch on our new platform! Amazing!

Apr 30, 2016: Watched Sing Street tonight.

Apr 30, 2016: Renewed my Nice Ride subscription for this year!

Apr 29, 2016: Deleting Old Tweets with TweetDelete I’ve been a long-time user of Twitter (user #82,903 joining in December 2006) and while I’ve had ups and downs with the service and …

Apr 28, 2016: Still absorbing and reflecting on Simon Sinek talk at SPS In:fluence today. Great perspective and insights!

Apr 26, 2016: … and another person starts their path on the GTD journey. 👍🏻 Took the boss's recommendation about omnifocus. Thinking I might really like it. …

Apr 25, 2016: The MacSparky Mailing List ← Cool to see MacSparky starting a mailing list. Just signed up!

Apr 24, 2016: Kubb sets at Target. Wow. @thingles that's a @marimekkousa #kubb set @Target pic.twitter.com/dhg13T7T8N — Jason "Birdtowner" …

Apr 24, 2016: McFarland, USA. Nice feel good movie for the whole family. Even Tyler watched the whole thing and I thought he might get bored.

Apr 23, 2016: Summer can officially start now!

Apr 23, 2016: Minnebar 11 Excited to see another Minnebar kick off! SPS Commerce is a proud sponsor of Minnebar! Growing our tech community through passion and learning! This …

Apr 22, 2016: I completed an OmniFocus task today that was 6 years old. This is not a GTD best practice.

Apr 21, 2016: Mumford & Sons Bad seats but still happy to be at Mumford & Sons show! Mumford & Sons show pre-music is all Prince. Respect. Waiting for Mumford & Sons; …

Apr 21, 2016: Big River Pizza Went here before the Mumford & Sons show with Monique and Dave and was really wowed by the pizza. The crust is amazing, sauce was bright. Overall …

Apr 21, 2016: MHTA Spring Event 2016 Thought provoking opening presentation by Susan Brower, Minnesota State Demographer, on workforce trends. Smart overview of the IoT landscape from …

Apr 20, 2016: Moved my blog to Squarespace. Need to tweak theme but import went smooth. Let me know if you see problems!

Apr 19, 2016: Great speech! Nicely done! State winner Ariana Pope has such an inspiring story! From @BDPA to #AspirationsAwards winner. She rocks! …

Apr 19, 2016: Nice to see… the previous 5-min limitation seemed really arbitrary. #AWS #Lambda scheduled functions now supports executions at 1 minute intervals!!!! …

Apr 19, 2016: Proud that SPS Commerce is a sponsor of the Minnesota Aspirations in Computing Award Ceremony. Amy Patton, Briana Birkholz, Milinda Stone, Lisa …

Apr 19, 2016: Well done overview of DevOps in the Enterprise from Ross Clanton this morning at Aeritae Consulting event.

Apr 18, 2016: Classic Programmer Paintings ← Some funny stuff here.

Apr 18, 2016: Love this! Awesome Nathaniel Andersen! #teamsps knows how to run unicorns in aws! https://t.co/EWwAuwIsNf — Nathaniel Andersen (@nrandersen) …

Apr 17, 2016: Good day today!

Apr 13, 2016: Drone racing? This is awesome!

Apr 12, 2016: A CAPTCHA on an email newsletter unsubscribe page? Is that CAN-SPAM compliant? That’s a new low IAB.

Apr 11, 2016: Very true! 💯 Great food for thought from @gtdguy. He has a way of cutting through all my BS & getting right to the matter. #gtd …

Apr 11, 2016: Can’t wait to use this with Workflow! Scripting the @OmniFocus 1.14 TestFlight with Editorial to create an OmniFocus project from a TaskPaper …

Apr 6, 2016: RIP Merle Haggard. 😢 Merle Haggard, country music giant whose career spanned six decades, has died at age 79 https://t.co/ysbyUOtycL …

Apr 3, 2016: Large iCloud Photo Library uploads can destroy my Comcast broadband connection. 🙁

Apr 3, 2016: Super happy to see 1Password for Families real now and able to start paying for it. Great product for a real need.

Apr 3, 2016: Great read… Why do we work so hard? https://t.co/0eHw1HTumK [Outstanding essay on work and life.] — Tim Bray (@timbray) April 3, 2016

Apr 3, 2016: Say Something by A Great Big World - amazing song, great album. Hat tip to Hadar!

Apr 2, 2016: We’ve got a LEGO ringer on #TeamSPS! Found one of my old models yesterday and got to work the old job for a day pic.twitter.com/vXWbwIQpL7 — …

Apr 2, 2016: Poco Loco in Thornburg, Virginia.

Apr 2, 2016: Swing’s Coffee Roasters.

Apr 1, 2016: Plus the several hundred MB of downloads. OS updates are smaller! Really hate the way Office updates on the Mac. Super intrusive, PC updates are much …

Apr 1, 2016: National Air and Space Museum.

Mar 31, 2016: The April Fools thing online should have gone away with your dialup SL/IP connection. Internet Jackass Day is the only time of the year when I dislike …

Mar 31, 2016: Microsoft running Linux binaries has me thinking of this blog post I wrote 7 years ago with 2 step fix: My Solution for Microsoft to Get Nerds Back.

Mar 31, 2016: National Postal Museum.

Mar 31, 2016: Like the looks of the Tesla Model 3. Reservation in! Looking forward to getting one… in a couple of years I expect. 😀

Mar 31, 2016: Founding Farmers.

Mar 30, 2016: Dinner at Lena’s Wood-Fire Pizza & Tap.

Mar 30, 2016: Spencer Devon Brewing beer flight: Sunkin’ Road, Bittersweet IPA, Lauck’s Island, Hush Hush. 🍺

Mar 29, 2016: Daily Grind.

Mar 28, 2016: Really good donuts and crazy good cinnamon roles from Emily’s Donuts and Cafe!

Mar 27, 2016: Selfie with Thomas Jefferson at Monticello.

Mar 27, 2016: Two Drummer’s Smokehouse Tammy found Two Drummer’s Smokehouse, this middle-of-nowhere place, when researching Williamsburg and we stopped in for dinner on the way into town. …

Mar 27, 2016: The Lab by Alchemy Coffee I was looking for a coffee fix and Tammy did some searching and found The Lab by Alchemy Coffee. We drove here and the place looked pretty solid. …

Mar 26, 2016: Boylan-Heights has good burgers with a focus on sustainability and grass-fed happy burgers. The burgers tasted a little different though which I think …

Mar 26, 2016: Tammy found The Urban Farmhouse for breakfast in Richmond just down the street from the Residence Inn we spent the night at. They do a weekend brunch …

Mar 21, 2016: Used Siri dictation to spell my password to Apple TV. Worked great!

Mar 21, 2016: Mac OS X, iOS, tvOS and watchOS updates all going crazy tonight!

Mar 21, 2016: Apple Watch updates redefine slow. Best to just walk away and come back an hour later.

Mar 20, 2016: Nice, Bent Paddle Brewing serving beer samples at REI Bloomington. Delicious break. Hop Forest is delicious.

Mar 20, 2016: Microsoft is the only name I would trust in this group. Microsoft, Google, Comcast, LinkedIn and more join forces to work on encrypted email …

Mar 20, 2016: Morning on Cannon Lake.

Mar 19, 2016: Curious about mySleepButton. Maybe I can use instead of melatonin.

Mar 19, 2016: First boat I’ve seen on Cannon Lake this year! Goodbye ice!

Mar 16, 2016: Looks like another great turnout! Is the #devops Minneapolis meetup the best one ever?...... pic.twitter.com/3dA7oayWaG — Andy Domeier …

Mar 16, 2016: Very impressive ChatOps and Mesos work happening at #TeamSPS! Great enabling technology. Love demos.

Mar 15, 2016: Email Rule to OmniFocus Action I get a large volume of email and I try to find every tool I can to better manage it. There are a number of systems that notify me of actions I need …

Mar 15, 2016: Wow. Never do a Twitter search related to politics. Frightening.

Mar 14, 2016: Is there any way to get only some of your iCloud calendars on your Apple Watch? Other family calendars are nice on phone but not watch.

Mar 14, 2016: . #TeamSPS celebrating Pi Day! See Pi Day Collection.

Mar 13, 2016: Life after death: How will you handle your digital legacy? ← Not enough for Facebook to monetize your life, why not death too?

Mar 13, 2016: Mazie's Phone Essay We are talking to our daughter about getting her a phone for her birthday this year. She’s not too excited about it, in fact, she decided to …

Mar 13, 2016: Workflow for Meeting Management in Email I’m not sure why it took me a couple of decades to come up with this but I’ve had these mail rules in place for a little over a year, and …

Mar 12, 2016: First family bike ride of 2016 today!

Mar 12, 2016: Trying different spots to put in horseshoe pits.

Mar 12, 2016: Alpha Go — “Machines have conquered the last games. Now comes the real world.” After third straight win, Google's AI claims victory in historic …

Mar 10, 2016: Half of me is excited about AlphaGo playing so well. The other half of me wishes it wasn’t.

Mar 9, 2016: Good luck to Lee Sedol in match 2 v Alpha Go! I wish I could say I was confident about winning match 2. One can but try. — Lee Sedol …

Mar 9, 2016: Me thinks Day One for Web might be coming… 👍 We are searching for a passionate React / Front-end Web dev. Interested and near Lehi? DM me or apply …

Mar 8, 2016: Fun Kubb event! https://t.co/L4OwMhwBT6 - the Kubb Krawl is on! Target Field to @CHSFieldStPaul May 7th! https://t.co/hYD8tzd778 …

Mar 8, 2016: I ordered something off of Amazon while waiting at a stoplight on my drive home. That’s a first for me. 😀

Mar 7, 2016: This summer I’ll have Basketball, Kubb, Horseshoes, Bags, Ladder Golf and “home” disc golf course at the cabin. Outside all day! 👍🏻😀

Mar 7, 2016: How to Build Backyard Horseshoe Pits ← “First rule of building backyard horseshoe pits — they are backyard horseshoe pits, chill out.” Ha! 😆

Mar 7, 2016: Saw on billboard tonight: “Artisan Dry Cleaning & Laundry” What the…

Mar 6, 2016: Zootopia. Very good movie. Amazing animation. Fun story.

Mar 6, 2016: Ate brunch outside at Hola Arepa. In March. Pretty wild.

Mar 5, 2016: Goosebumps

Mar 5, 2016: Grilling like it summer! Big Green Egg!

Mar 5, 2016: Fastest download speeds I’ve ever gotten at cabin. Nice Bevcomm!

Mar 5, 2016: I spy open water! Ice will be gone soon!

Mar 5, 2016: Spotlight Tammy and I saw Spotlight last night, part of our watching each Academy Award Best Picture nominee. I was blown away. It was a fabulous movie and I …

Mar 4, 2016: Nice dinner out at Revival.

Mar 3, 2016: What a crazy marble music machine! Via Layne Kennedy

Mar 1, 2016: Interesting so much of my cloud storage is now iCloud or native sync solutions for a given app that I don’t think I need Dropbox anymore.

Feb 27, 2016: X marks the spot?

Feb 27, 2016: Nice example of very practical use case. Use API Gateway custom authorizers to support OAuth & other bearer tokens. How to: …

Feb 27, 2016: Most amazing slot car tracks I’ve ever seen! 8 lanes! Great day for slots at Scale Model Supply pic.twitter.com/eOuIX51omX — TK (@tkeekley) …

Feb 26, 2016: A giant cannoli stuffed with baby cannoli inside? Oh my! #TeamSPS

Feb 26, 2016: Hot Bagels Abroad, so good. Nobody does bagels like New Jersey!

Feb 22, 2016: Great dinner at Nemea Greek Taverna.

Feb 21, 2016: It’s February and our entire summer is pretty much scheduled out. Not sure if I’m excited or depressed by this.

Feb 21, 2016: Family field trip to Big Lake on the Northstar Train. We talked to the conductor at the end and found out it was his last day before retiring. I asked …

Feb 21, 2016: Book: Elon Musk Enjoyed reading Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance.

Feb 20, 2016: Watched Brooklyn tonight.

Feb 20, 2016: We went to Tinto Cocina tonight.

Feb 20, 2016: Spillo Wishlist I’ve been using Spillo for about a week now and am finding it really great. Here is a quick wish list though that I would love to see added. …

Feb 20, 2016: Spillo, a powerful Mac Pinboard app I’ve been using Pinboard to store bookmarks for years and have always been very happy with it. I’ve got over 8,000 bookmarks in Pinboard …

Feb 19, 2016: Super talk from Mary Poppendieck with #TeamSPS today. Exactly aligned with where we are going! Absolutely ecstatic that #teamsps is hosting …

Feb 16, 2016: Wow! Filled up the SPS event room. #devops Minneapolis meetup... out of chairs! pic.twitter.com/3hYNvoCvoo — Andy Domeier (@AndyJD_) February …

Feb 15, 2016: Snow and Trees

Feb 15, 2016: Pretty snow.

Feb 15, 2016: Woodpeckers! 😠

Feb 14, 2016: Model rockets were a blast yesterday!

Feb 12, 2016: Son turns 6 today. He was up at 5:30a to start celebrations. Need espresso.

Feb 11, 2016: Wonder if anyone is working on an AWS Lambda/S3 powered super simple to host #wiki. Seems like a compelling combo for a wiki.

Feb 11, 2016: Had no idea Megadeth was still putting out albums. Some new metal would be fun!

Feb 8, 2016: Happy to be hosting LogicMonitor Live event in Minneapolis at SPS Commerce! #TeamSPS

Feb 7, 2016: Room Tammy and I are trying to watch most (all?) of the best picture nominees. Room was an interesting movie with a lot of depth. The movie has two …

Feb 7, 2016: New money, the kind you can only use in compliance with their terms of service. PayPal: capriciously freezing the assets of all kinds of people. …

Feb 7, 2016: Still chuckling about Liam Confrey line “I got a new barber, and he has opinions.”

Feb 7, 2016: Espresso rocket!

Feb 7, 2016: The Big Short We saw The Big Short last night and I was simply blown away. Parts of it hilarious, suspenseful, gripping. It had me hooked all the way through. As a …

Feb 6, 2016: Great Italian food at Italian Eatery.

Feb 5, 2016: Mazie and I went to a Daddy Daughter dance tonight. Her favorite thing of the night? “Everything.” That is winning! #DadOps Caricature from the night.

Feb 4, 2016: First Time Curling This year Tammy surprised me with a first-time curling session from the kids’ school fundraiser. She and I decided to do it together, and we …

Feb 3, 2016: Already upgraded! Nice! We’ve released Day One 2.0! iOS: https://t.co/RCgS3Fqfdd Mac: https://t.co/Em45iLZBiX — Day One Journal (@dayoneapp) …

Feb 2, 2016: Delicious #TeamSPS dinner at Upstairs in Montclair, NJ this evening.

Feb 1, 2016: Good morning! ☕️

Feb 1, 2016: Barista Watched Barista last night. For coffee lovers, this is a fun movie that will intrigue you with creative drinks and coffee culture. How about some …

Feb 1, 2016: Meeting my Brother for the First Time A year ago I got an email late at night from someone named Isaiah introducing himself to me and sharing that his father’s name was Michael …

Jan 31, 2016: Remembering how much fun Letterpress is! 🙂

Jan 31, 2016: Listening to Lennon Legend this morning. “Imagine” if we all had 36 more years of music from John Lennon.

Jan 31, 2016: Love that Bloom County is back. 😊 pic.twitter.com/3U9cvFs5AR — Bloom County (@bloomcounty) January 31, 2016

Jan 31, 2016: I hope Hans Pinckaers will continue developing En Passant. One of few clean, non-adware chess app for iOS.

Jan 31, 2016: Pro RC Racing Some friends sent me this video from a European Pro RC Race. It’s the most amazing thing ever! Worth a watch. Check out the speed, the passes …

Jan 30, 2016: Fun, I didn’t realize the Mac version of Carcassonne for iOS was out. Playing a game in a background window sounds fun. Would be cool if when you …

Jan 28, 2016: Tammy and I are sending in Ancestry DNA kits. Curious to see what it says.

Jan 28, 2016: SPS CFO Kim Nelson honored with TCB Women’s Leadership Award ← Awesome! Congrats to our CFO!

Jan 26, 2016: TeamSPS Agile Roadshow refresh on agile principles, best practices and continuous improvement.

Jan 26, 2016: MindNode now supports tasks in trees. Good idea.

Jan 25, 2016: I’m a bit infatuated with the Fornetto Forno Wood Fired Oven. Not to replace Big Green Egg. Nice compliment to it.

Jan 23, 2016: Ticket to Ride!

Jan 23, 2016: Shoveled the deck so I can smoke some ribs on my Big Green Egg. Love winter in Minnesota. Snow ribs on Big Green Egg. Ribs after a couple hours. …

Jan 23, 2016: Winter fire.

Jan 21, 2016: Anyone else getting disconnected warnings on Apple Watch ⌚️ after upgrading iPhone to iOS 9.2.1? Happening all the time, but still working. I did a …

Jan 21, 2016: TeamSPS tech meetup starting! Love the knowledge sharing!

Jan 21, 2016: Getting ready for #TeamSPS global sales meeting! High energy!

Jan 20, 2016: I sense ChatOps in progress. #TeamSPS Very easy, install and go HipChat V2 API Wrapper for .NET https://t.co/E3v479U5if — Travis Gosselin …

Jan 17, 2016: Had a fraudulent charge show up on credit card. Bank is reissuing cards. Happy they caught it, but sure is annoying.

Jan 17, 2016: Don’t judge gaming on Apple TV until you try with a good controller like the Nimbus. Pretty impressive gameplay with it.

Jan 16, 2016: Had a fun time doing the Schell’s Brewery Tour today.

Jan 15, 2016: Tammy and I at the #TeamSPS Social!

Jan 14, 2016: Interact Contacts ← Finally a more powerful contacts tool for iOS.

Jan 13, 2016: Great timing for #TeamSPS in Canada! In the Works – #AWS Region in Canada https://t.co/N1YTXjckUt pic.twitter.com/Lt85GxooGn — Werner Vogels …

Jan 13, 2016: Very happy to grow the Minnestar board with these new community leaders!

Jan 10, 2016: Trying to pick IP camera to try with my Synology and there are too many options. Paradox of choice.

Jan 8, 2016: Kids Book: Finding Winnie Tyler got Finding Winnie for Christmas this year and it’s a really awesome book. If your kid has any affinity to Winnie-the-Pooh they will love …

Jan 3, 2016: Awesome birthday present - custom bag boards designed by my daughter! Love it! Threw some bags in the house. 😊👍🏻

Jan 2, 2016: Thoroughly enjoyed Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Jan 2, 2016: Cleared the back room in Skittles. 400+! Skittles 575!

Jan 1, 2016: Loved the Peanuts Movie.

Dec 31, 2015: Blokus is a great game. I win on green.

Dec 31, 2015: Kids staying up late playing games, having chocolate chip cookie and drinking Prosecco. Happy New Year’s Eve!

Dec 31, 2015: We went Cinderella at the Old Log Theatre today and it was great! Cinderella comes to life at the @oldlogtheatre starting today through December 31st. …

Dec 30, 2015: Have journaled 101 days in a row now with the help of Day One and Streaks.

Dec 30, 2015: Preener's Eve 2015 with The New Standards Preeners Eve with The New Standards is one of my favorite New Year events! The Dakota is such a great venue. Front row seats tonight! See list of The …

Dec 30, 2015: Congrats to the You Need A Budget team on the huge new launch! Can’t wait to move to the version! Also eager for awesome new features to come.

Dec 29, 2015: First Big Snow of 2015 at Cabin We got a nice layer of snow over the last 24 hours at the cabin. We were all set at the cabin so we just had the fireplace going and hung around …

Dec 28, 2015: Sad to hear Lemmy of Motörhead passed away. True metal legend!

Dec 28, 2015: Having a good amount of fun with the Wii U. This platform is a late bloomer.

Dec 28, 2015: LEGO® Creator MINI Cooper (1,077 pieces) done. Lots of moving pieces.

Dec 27, 2015: Modern power strip?

Dec 27, 2015: Playing Skittles and letting it rip. Fun!

Dec 27, 2015: Raspberry Pi vs SPARCstation 20: Fight! ← 20 or so years ago we launched BigCharts on a SPARCstation 20! 😀

Dec 27, 2015: About 50% done with LEGO® Mini Cooper.

Dec 25, 2015: Should at least have a white Christmas + 1. Snow is moving north through southern MN, and will move into the Twin Cities between midnight - 2 AM. …

Dec 25, 2015: Leveled up my tea options.

Dec 25, 2015: Skittles and Mini Shuffle Board!

Dec 25, 2015: Christmas present for cabin…

Dec 25, 2015: Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

Dec 24, 2015: Horseshoes coming to the cabin this spring! National Horseshoe Players Association approved!

Dec 24, 2015: Eating lefse and drinking Wassail Tea. Officially Christmas.

Dec 24, 2015: Pretty sure I figured this out that you can install Cloud Station Client on a 2nd DS416 and sync folder by folder.

Dec 23, 2015: Making Christmas edition of Wassail Tea.

Dec 22, 2015: My daughter visited my office today and sketched out this microservice architecture.

Dec 22, 2015: So far, the out-of-the-box experience with the Synology DS416 is pretty great!

Dec 21, 2015: Holiday reading: High Output Management, Building Microservices, and B4B. 📚

Dec 21, 2015: Another Egghead! Welcome Brian Ruud! @thingles how do I use this thing?!?! 😃 pic.twitter.com/vxa60ordJW — Brian Ruud (@BrianRuud87) December 21, …

Dec 20, 2015: Lasagna, pre- and post-assembly.

Dec 20, 2015: Proper music for lasagna preparation, The Three Tenors in Concert.

Dec 20, 2015: Sobering how many more women than men there are in assisted living centers.

Dec 20, 2015: Ordered Synology DS416 and four drives from Amazon. Synology arrives Monday. Drives on Tuesday. Buzzkill for Monday night.

Dec 19, 2015: Not enough being said about streaming music services bringing DRM back to an ecosystem we only recently rid of that plague.

Dec 19, 2015: Can’t wait to see those on the Kubb pitch! Our 51 new @JPbackyardgames kings are coming along. #8mForLife pic.twitter.com/vTA6cCByjH — US Kubb …

Dec 19, 2015: Interesting new http status code. Hat tip to Tim Bray! The Ray Bradbury status code, HTTP 451 https://t.co/5m3DV9ag50 — Jeff Atwood …

Dec 19, 2015: Saturday reading on microservices.

Dec 19, 2015: ☕️

Dec 19, 2015: Been eating Siggis Dairy skyr (yogurt) and am impressed at how simple the ingredient list is. Real food.

Dec 19, 2015: At Stages Theatre Company with family for A Charlie Brown Christmas play!

Dec 18, 2015: Read paragraph 2 of this security notice. Considering what we know from Edward Snowden, you wonder who may have put this backdoor in.

Dec 18, 2015: Feeling like I’m the only person on Twitter not chomping at the bit to see Star Wars.

Dec 18, 2015: Diving into NAS with Synology DS416 I’ve been debating my home storage options for a long time now. I’ve had a LaCie 4big Quadra RAID for many years now with 6TB usable …

Dec 17, 2015: Andy Clayton showing Chat Ops work at tech meetup! Jeremy Olexa presenting on our use of Mesos. Crazy excited about what #TeamSPS is doing with Mesos. …

Dec 16, 2015: I’m still debating buying a Synology NAS. Need to just pull the trigger already.

Dec 15, 2015: Great diagram. Powerful tool. Can't wait to update this lightsaber duels diagram for #theforceawakens ... #starwars #visualization #mindmapping …

Dec 15, 2015: I’ve become a fan of this app. Great for building positive habits. Now available: Streaks 1.6.1, featuring a couple of small bug fixes, plus …

Dec 15, 2015: Wore my new DocuMNtary t-shirt today and had a number of fun conversations about the project. Good shirt Nick Roseth!

Dec 15, 2015: Go #TeamSPS in Boston! Listening to @LukeSamaha talk about why SPS Commerce uses graph databases, incl @neo4j - at Boston GraphDB meetup …

Dec 14, 2015: Pre-ordered 3 copies of this. Friend of @mesosphere and @ApacheMesos just published his Mesos book. Get it now! https://t.co/TTSJsmDlhL — Matt …

Dec 14, 2015: Wonderful meeting today with DocuMNtary creator Nick Roseth. Exciting project!

Dec 14, 2015: Oh boy. of all the slides i ever have written or ever will write, i'm pretty sure these will forever be my favorites. <3 …

Dec 13, 2015: Trying to bridge the RS232 port on my Meade LX200 8” telescope to WiFi using a WiFi serial bridge. Frustrating. Should this serial port be 9600,7,n,1 …

Dec 13, 2015: Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace ← Delightful read.

Dec 12, 2015: Someone is working on a fun, well designed Santa Tracker app for Apple TV right?

Dec 9, 2015: So nice to be able to get away for lunch today with my friends Anna Klombies and Jim Bernard to celebrate their birthdays! Happy Birthday!

Dec 9, 2015: Thank you WordPress for such easy upgrades! Switched my blog to the new Twenty Sixteen theme for WordPress 4.4.

Dec 8, 2015: Best to let watchOS updates happen while you sleep. So sloooow…

Dec 7, 2015: OmniFocus push sync on Mac works great — instant sync across OmniFocus everywhere!

Dec 6, 2015: Do yourself a favor and watch a rocket take off. Miss the launch or want to see it again? Watch as #Cygnus lifts off today at 4:44pm ET heading to …

Dec 6, 2015: My mother tells me that I used to build with my books instead of reading them too.

Dec 6, 2015: Digging in, ordered Promise Theory: Principles and Applications.

Dec 5, 2015: 75 days of journaling! Streaks and Day One facilitating.

Dec 5, 2015: Pretty amazing! The rarest of beasts - a used rocket. Controlled landing not easy, but done right, can look easy. Check out video: …

Dec 5, 2015: After a week of working literally every waking moment a Saturday with random home chores is pretty awesome!

Dec 5, 2015: Love having OmniOutliner on my iPhone to capture structures as they come to mind.

Dec 5, 2015: Got a new service architecting in my head and can’t stop thinking and evolving it. Going to be huge. So excited. #TeamSPS

Dec 5, 2015: Duet Display I decided to try out Duet Display for the first time this weekend (based on a post from MacSparky). I’m impressed with it. I really like that it …

Dec 4, 2015: Super excited for The New Standards Holiday Show tonight with my lovely wife after a crazy busy week!

Dec 3, 2015: Welcome to #teamSPS! Been really enjoying my new job at SPS. https://t.co/XRcagDBFVu — John Kelly (@jkelly3) December 2, 2015

Dec 3, 2015: Graph all the things, and graph all the things that graph the things! #TeamSPS

Dec 3, 2015: cron into cron FTW! @thingles @jolexa Almost as brilliant as cron for a cron.... — Andy Domeier (@AndyJD_) December 3, 2015

Dec 3, 2015: One chatbot requesting action from another chatbot. Chatops ^ 2 for #TeamSPS

Dec 3, 2015: Tooling from SumoLogic, AppDynamics, LogicMonitor, and Catchpoint have totally changed the game for #TeamSPS. Incredible insight!

Dec 1, 2015: Truth! The most annoying coder you’ll ever work with is you from six months ago. And you’re always stuck cleaning up their crap — Pinboard …

Nov 30, 2015: Pre 5am parallel coffee brewing!

Nov 29, 2015: I’ve been upgrading the same MediaWiki tarball for 4 years. Think it may be time for a fresh install.

Nov 28, 2015: At Minnesota Wild game. Goal!

Nov 28, 2015: With a hat-tip to Derek Sivers put together my own /now page. Related NowNowNow.

Nov 28, 2015: I use this 100x a day. Can’t imagine my Mac without it. Missed our #blackfriday sale? Don’t worry, it’s still going on. Save 50% on LaunchBar! …

Nov 27, 2015: Time to watch Elf! Family tradition for Christmas tree day!

Nov 27, 2015: Drinking Wassail Tea. Listening to Christmas music. Decorating Christmas tree.

Nov 27, 2015: Hungry.

Nov 26, 2015: Thankful for knowing smart and awesome people like Bridget Kromhout! 😀 Thankful for @thingles; hired me when I’d never used public cloud, told me to …

Nov 26, 2015: Happy Thanksgiving from me and my mom!

Nov 22, 2015: This is cool! Combine queries across wikiverse! ExternalQueryLookup: yet another @SemanticMW extension that MWJames is creating :) …

Nov 22, 2015: Great add! Looks like @SemanticMW 2.4 will support case-insensitive regex searches! https://t.co/1x0YWhM0Xg #MediaWiki — Jeroen De Dauw …

Nov 22, 2015: Jammed my thumb bad. Ouch. Severely iPhone impaired.

Nov 22, 2015: Winter announcing its arrival with ice on the shoreline.

Nov 22, 2015: Imagine if Bluetooth actually worked? That would be awesome. 😕

Nov 22, 2015: Would be big win if Notes app on iOS and Mac supported a URL schema to open a specific note or a folder.

Nov 21, 2015: The mine tour here is worth the trip → Lake Vermilion-Soudan Mine first new state park in 30

Nov 20, 2015: Flat White vs Latte ← ☕️

Nov 20, 2015: Introducing the Shift Card ← Shift Card is example of what we need to make Bitcoin actually usable.

Nov 20, 2015: Really dig Pinner share extension on iOS to get things to Pinboard. Best Pinboard client IMO.

Nov 20, 2015: Service need: a way to get a TextExpander template response professionally written on demand.

Nov 20, 2015: It seems my daughter has had enough of story problems in her math homework. 😊

Nov 20, 2015: Really happy to see that Instaviz has come back to life with new releases. Using Instaviz on iPad Pro with Pencil is pretty amazing brainstorming …

Nov 20, 2015: Bet this was one heck of an RFP. Congrats SpaceX! Today we ordered first @SpaceX mission to fly astronauts to @Space_Station: https://t.co/4ZVbCgjogN …

Nov 20, 2015: Oh my… Sriracha Aioli! Where have you been my whole life?

Nov 19, 2015: Glad to see Amazon has finally implemented two-factor authentication. Do yourself a favor and set this up.

Nov 18, 2015: First trip that I’m only traveling with iPad Pro. Will be fun to see how this works as only device.

Nov 17, 2015: Going to setup a family account on 1Password for Teams also to share secrets amongst Tammy and I, and soon kids. Part of win with 1Password for Teams …

Nov 17, 2015: Got Minnestar setup on 1Password for Teams. Moved a bunch of secrets in. Worked great. Like how well it integrates with app.

Nov 17, 2015: Brilliant! 😊 Super excited for this new O’Reilly book pic.twitter.com/PnhQuG3257 — Wes Bos (@wesbos) May 12, 2015

Nov 15, 2015: Grilling after dark is sort of like flying a plane on instruments only. Super excited about the flank steak and pork chops coming off my Big Green Egg …

Nov 15, 2015: Visiting Five Watt Coffee for a chai latte.

Nov 14, 2015: Sitting at table with iPad Pro + Smart Keyboard. Split screen Mail and Safari. Music playing sounds great through 4 speakers. iPad and iOS platform …

Nov 14, 2015: Watching A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving with the kids. #tradition

Nov 13, 2015: Hey look Benjamin Kitt #TeamSPS in that photo! 👋 @jeffsussna leading Service not just Software open space at #adtc. It's about the entire …

Nov 13, 2015: Pretty impressed with Smart Keyboard on iPad Pro. Feels better than expected to type on. Pencil backordered.

Nov 12, 2015: 🍺 #TeamSPS getting a tour of Surly Brewing!

Nov 12, 2015: Product Platform 2015 Amy Patton reviewing new tooling #TeamSPS has brought in during last 12 months. Was awesome to have David Hussman join #teamSPS product platform event …

Nov 11, 2015: Down the drain of life? But really. Where the hell does time go? — Jon Phenow (@jphenow) November 12, 2015

Nov 11, 2015: DevOps@SPS Super excited for DevOps@SPS today! #teamSPS #devops Bill Gintz sporting the #TeamSPS DevOps@SPS shirt with extra unicorns! Bridget Kromhout kicking …

Nov 10, 2015: Good morning! ☕️

Nov 9, 2015: Agree. A little surprised they didn’t include it in 1.0. I sure am looking forward to the tvOS release with app folders. — Brett Terpstra dreams …

Nov 9, 2015: Can’t wait to get my hands on the new iPad Pro. Have one on the way. It just now hit me that the iOS 9 / El Capitan revamp of the Notes app was …

Nov 9, 2015: Happy customer of Feedbin and happy to see them continuing to grow their service! Introducing Feedbin Notifier for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch …

Nov 8, 2015: I’m having to use my readers more and more. Not happy with this trend.

Nov 8, 2015: Keyboard Waffle Iron. Awesome! The keyboard waffle iron is finally a real, buyable thing https://t.co/LNcIuCtoiy pic.twitter.com/SAADp8QZ5P — …

Nov 7, 2015: One of my biggest OmniFocus wish list items? Ability to “tag” people from my contacts in tasks.

Nov 6, 2015: Got PCalc on my Apple TV ‘cause I can. 😀

Nov 4, 2015: It’s a little creepy when a plane is very empty.

Nov 1, 2015: S’mores anyone? 🔥🍫

Nov 1, 2015: Playing Alto on Apple TV with the kids this morning. This is obviously a winner. Need more multiplayer stuff!

Oct 31, 2015: Wondering how a graph of trick-or-treaters and candy distribution rate would look over time. Start diverged then merge?

Oct 31, 2015: Hoping Luminos from Wobbleworks comes to Apple TV. Would be super fun.

Oct 31, 2015: Can my heart rate be sent from my Apple Watch to the Apple TV? Maybe via iPhone? Could make for great dynamic cycling workout apps on TV.

Oct 31, 2015: Ready for Halloween trick-or-treaters!

Oct 31, 2015: Impressed with new Apple TV. Hmm, so which MFi controllers are good? Seems crazy that you can’t see TV apps in AppStore on phone. Playing Alto on TV …

Oct 30, 2015: Very cool Lambda tool. Needed this for my WikiApiary project.

Oct 29, 2015: Absolutely! Cameo by @lozzd in @beerops’ talk, because graphs! #velocityconf pic.twitter.com/vABKlMLsA5 — Bridget Kromhout (@bridgetkromhout) …

Oct 29, 2015: New floor for #TeamSPS!

Oct 28, 2015: AWS Lambda is seriously cool. All sorts of neat things to do with it, and Python makes it very accessible.

Oct 25, 2015: Impressed with Wobbleworks Luminos!

Oct 25, 2015: Had no idea they make WiFi to serial port bridges. Looks like I might be able to run my Meade LX200 from my iPhone after all!

Oct 25, 2015: Journaled for 35 days straight (using Day One & help from Streaks)! Mindfulness and exercise are next two habits to work on.

Oct 25, 2015: So much fun raking with the kids today.

Oct 25, 2015: Back from vacation, caught up on chores, ready for a great week!

Oct 25, 2015: This should not surprise anyone. Do yourself a favor and delete your Facebook profile.

Oct 25, 2015: I just lent to a borrower in Kenya. Join me on Kiva today and impact a life too!

Oct 23, 2015: Finishing our final day of Disney vacation on a bang! Morning in Epcot then Halloween Party at Magic Kingdom!

Oct 22, 2015: The Halloween fireworks over Magic Kingdom are amazing. View from Polynesian across the lake.

Oct 21, 2015: Epcot Illuminations was awesome.

Oct 21, 2015: Two urgent care visits in one vacation is a new record. (First Tyler, now me!) Positive for strep throat. Says a lot about Disney World that even …

Oct 20, 2015: Went to Disney World Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue tonight - what a blast! Everyone loved it!

Oct 18, 2015: Crazy how many people want a haircut at the Magic Kingdom.

Oct 17, 2015: Sent hi-res photo of Infection to Dr. Reply with likely diagnosis. #easy Rx required 3hr urgent care visit. Get medicine. Next time can I skip step 4 …

Oct 17, 2015: Seems like every long vacation we take involves one of the kids making a (non-critical) visit to urgent care.

Oct 13, 2015: Any of them know how to build things? We are hiring! 😀 This is what #devops in NYC looks like for #teamsps! #velocityconf /CC @mndrue @nrandersen …

Oct 12, 2015: You can reach me using Signal, get it now.

Oct 11, 2015: My weekend project: cleaning and discarding on large scale.

Oct 10, 2015: Taking the pontoon to storage for the winter. Biking back to lake.

Oct 9, 2015: The Martian Great movie. Very entertaining. As usual, book was better and the movie cut out a lot of stuff but still highly recommend.

Oct 9, 2015: Had a great time at AWS re:Invent. Learned a lot and invigorated with new ideas!

Oct 9, 2015: AWS re:Play Holy crap Zedd! Lost my re:Invent badge while dancing — recovered it! Zedd put the volume on 11 and never let up.

Oct 8, 2015: AWS re:Invent - Day 2 Good seat for Werner Vogels AWS re:Invent tech keynote. Looking forward to announcements! X1 instance with 2TB of RAM and 100 cores? Wow. Looking …

Oct 7, 2015: AWS re:Invent - Day 1 Excited to hear Andy Jassy give the first AWS re:Invent keynote! Amazon Snowball very good idea. Make it easy. Would be equally nice to use Snowball …

Oct 6, 2015: AWS re:Invent - Day 0 My room? Very last one on the right. Won’t have to worry about getting steps in. AWS re:Invent busy tonight. Go #TeamSPS! Asking folks at AWS …

Oct 6, 2015: Monte Carlo being added to OmniPlan. Great idea! What features are coming in @OmniPlan Pro? Dashboards, Monte Carlo Simulation, Earned Value Analysis, …

Oct 6, 2015: Two more days left to be part of this upcoming project on the Minnesota tech scene! Thanks to @thingles @DarenCotter @JonPitton @orbitalturtle …

Oct 6, 2015: Congrats to Code42 on another successful fundraising! Series B stands for "Big" at @code42 — firm lands $85M, easily MN's top tech …

Oct 5, 2015: Using Safari share sheet to send to Notes is very nice. Wish there was a “Share as Web Archive” option as well.

Oct 4, 2015: Just ordered a Yubikey Neo so I can try Universal 2nd Factor and other features.

Oct 4, 2015: Had Indeed Brewing Wet Hop Ale tonight at Sea Salt for first time. Crazy good beer.

Oct 4, 2015: I just backed DocuMNtary on Kickstarter.

Oct 3, 2015: I only truly appreciate the Retina display on my iPhone when I have my readers on. Looks amazing.

Oct 3, 2015: My plan for the rest of the day, much needed R&R. Ribs for dinner. Full rack of delicious on the Big Green Egg. Now to douse with hard Apple cider …

Oct 3, 2015: Open Source North 2015 Looking forward to presenting today at Open Source North! SPS Recruiters at Open Source North looking for talented technologists with a bias to open …

Oct 2, 2015: S’mores Selfie. 🔥🍫

Oct 2, 2015: Journaling Habit For years I’ve thought it would be great to keep a daily journal. I bought Day One for iOS and my Mac. But I’ve never been consistent. …

Oct 2, 2015: As someone that just could never get cozy with Evernote I’m really digging the new Notes app in iOS 9 and El Cap.

Oct 1, 2015: Millions of Facebook Users Have No Idea They’re Using the Internet ← Oh my. 😫👎🏻

Sep 29, 2015: Amazing that @Snowden has almost 700,000 followers just a few hours after joining Twitter.

Sep 28, 2015: Neat new Keybase Key Model on the way. Curious to see what this enables!

Sep 26, 2015: Lunar Eclipse 2015 We had a fun night in our neighborhood tonight watching the lunar eclipse with a number of our neighbors. I got out the 70-200/f2.8L and put the 2x …

Sep 26, 2015: Namecheap Leaks Password in Security Notification Please make sure to see UPDATE section at end of this post. This isn’t good at all. I have security notification alerts enabled in Namecheap …

Sep 26, 2015: If you block web activity when you surf, make sure none of the sites you personally run track your users. Don’t practice asymmetric privacy.

Sep 26, 2015: Using Tunnel Bear along with Block Bear is a super easy way to get a very protected web experience on iOS.

Sep 26, 2015: Saturday morning Fuller Soccer league. Kids chasing balls!

Sep 26, 2015: Just completed a task that was added to OmniFocus in June 2011. 😬

Sep 24, 2015: Thumbtack for Pinboard ← Nice to have a Pinboard menubar app for Mac OS X that is good!

Sep 24, 2015: Truth. “Unbounded queues are the White Walkers of distributed systems.” @littleidea #OIO15 #operability pic.twitter.com/DdJvN3Y30r — Bridget …

Sep 21, 2015: Liking this app for reinforcing habits. Download Streaks 1.5 now from http://t.co/2hUBnd9zjc, featuring new languages, Health features, and a watchOS …

Sep 21, 2015: Fun that Ryan Adams did a full cover of Taylor Swift’s 1989. More my speed. 🙂

Sep 20, 2015: Introduced the kids to Billy Idol. Too funny.

Sep 19, 2015: Love the smell of fresh bits. v5.13.2 offers iOS9 split screen & slide over multitasking, long DM’s, VO improvements & more. Go get it! …

Sep 18, 2015: Fun listen for users of OmniFocus particularly. We interviewed Ken Case (@kcase) from @OmniFocus about #GTD & Tech on the latest episode of …

Sep 16, 2015: Would be neat if Apple had some way you could walk into a store and do an OTA iOS update lightning fast in some way. Tried OTA update of iPad over …

Sep 16, 2015: I give. There is no way to do an iOS 9 upgrade while at Dreamforce.

Sep 16, 2015: This is a big deal for Apple Watch users of OmniFocus. On watchOS 2, OmniFocus lets you choose which items to see in its Glance and Complications: …

Sep 16, 2015: Dreamforce Keynote There sure is a lot of waiting in lines at Dreamforce Dear people of Dreamforce: for the love of God stop force quitting your iOS apps! See step 3. …

Sep 16, 2015: Bug taking longer? Are they really working in open issues less than 24 hours from release? Smells odd. WatchOS 2 Delayed, Will Not Ship Today: …

Sep 14, 2015: Heading to my first Dreamforce event tomorrow. Expecting to be very overwhelmed by the size of it.

Sep 13, 2015: Great annual Olson Family Weekend with Tammy’s side of the family. Lots of kids and family fun!

Sep 13, 2015: Using Due for simple stuff to keep OmniFocus clear of trivial matters. Wish Due had tags so I could filter tasks.

Sep 12, 2015: Ready to cook dinner!

Sep 11, 2015: Great night out.

Sep 10, 2015: I am not a fan of the desktop-like menu bar in the new iOS version of iA Writer. Feels very out of context and distracting.

Sep 9, 2015: iPad Pro + Smart Keyboard + Apple Pencil = 98% of my office needs

Sep 7, 2015: Six boats on the sandbar today. Awesome.

Sep 6, 2015: Gorgeous night on lake with foreboding clouds.

Sep 5, 2015: The Avett Brothers performing a great show at MN State Fair tonight. If you can come to an Avett Brothers show and just sit there without even tapping …

Sep 5, 2015: Looks like a nice spot to play some Kubb! #RailsandAles people: come play Corn Hole at #SurlyMSP for sweet prizes. #GetSurly …

Sep 4, 2015: This is going to change how I use my Apple Watch in a meaningful way! Awesome work OmniFocus crew! @thingles Why, yes, you most certainly can! …

Sep 4, 2015: Family selfie!

Sep 1, 2015: Finally native support of RSS in HipChat!

Sep 1, 2015: Great dinner out with #TeamSPS in Kyiv!

Sep 1, 2015: Jet lag is working to get the best of me. Bugger off tiredness!

Sep 1, 2015: Graffitti in Kyiv.

Aug 31, 2015: Sharing fond stories about Michael Davidovich with Yuri at Shoti, a great Georgian restaurant, in Kyiv. Good times!

Aug 30, 2015: Off to visit #TeamSPS in our Kyiv, Ukraine office! MSP ✈️ AMS ✈️ KBP! Looking forward to the week! If you don’t remember flying before iPhones and …

Aug 27, 2015: Impressive early benchmark. We Benchmarked Amazon's new Aurora Database for use with WordPress - http://t.co/eeFr5lab1B pic.twitter.com/C5JB0YSBI0 …

Aug 27, 2015: Great dinner tonight with #TeamSPS members from Minnesota, New Jersey and Australia. 🌎

Aug 26, 2015: Youngest now in Kindergarten. Both kids in school. Seems a little weird.

Aug 26, 2015: New #HugOps thing? "GitHug" - PowerPoint typo or a way to show source control love? — Anne Knapp (@knapp_anne) August 26, 2015

Aug 26, 2015: Super excited about the Mesos work #TeamSPS is exploring. So much potential!

Aug 26, 2015: Fabulous day for lunch on the #TeamSPS deck.

Aug 25, 2015: I’ll be in Kyiv next week! Why do we love #teamSPS? Reason #17: SPS spans the world, including a rocking Technology office in Kyiv, Ukraine! …

Aug 25, 2015: Needed this after 3:30a wake up today. The spice is life! pic.twitter.com/ZbstUOQBmp — Luke Francl (@lof) August 25, 2015

Aug 25, 2015: 2nd day back at school and we already have homework meltdowns. 😕

Aug 24, 2015: First day of school. Summer went fast!

Aug 22, 2015: Foo Fighters at Xcel Energy Really impressed by Royal Blood opening for Foo’s. These guys rock. Thousands of phones put out a lot of light. Awesome that the Foo Fighters send …

Aug 22, 2015: Wish there was a setting to force my Mac to be slower, and not so hot on the lap.

Aug 22, 2015: The iPhone 6 does take great pictures. But then I shoot with my Canon 5D Mark II and the 70-200 f/2.8L and it’s amazing how much better.

Aug 22, 2015: BreakAway Kids Triathlon Excited for Mazie and her cousin Nora doing the BreakAway Kids Triathlon today run by Cycle Health. Hope to see you there David Novak! Happy to see …

Aug 19, 2015: Someone please make a simple WordPress theme based on Tufte CSS.

Aug 18, 2015: Upgraded WordPress. Super easy as always. Unlike some other software. I’m looking at you MediaWiki.

Aug 16, 2015: Grapefruit Shenanigans. Impressive Indeed Brewing!

Aug 16, 2015: Impressed with Surly Brewing Hopshifter. Great taste!

Aug 15, 2015: Fun on the sandbar at Cannon Lake.

Aug 15, 2015: Gorgeous morning boat ride with the kids. Lake is super calm.

Aug 14, 2015: Pretty happy with how these JACKYLED lights are working on my dock. Hard to get good photo.

Aug 14, 2015: Ribeye steaks on the Big Green Egg tonight.

Aug 13, 2015: I’ve become a huge fan of Twitterific muffling. Behold the true power of Muffling in Twitterrific. A nice primer from @Skeskali. …

Aug 13, 2015: Doubled the seating and added 64 sq ft to my dock!

Aug 12, 2015: Observation: Github repos != Wikis.

Aug 12, 2015: At Edward Chenard session at FARCON! At MinneAnalytics FARCON and discussed with Sean Larson the lack of a graph technology meetup in Twin Cities. Is …

Aug 11, 2015: Our school sent letters on teacher selections for the new school year, all set in Comic Sans. I worry for future generations.

Aug 11, 2015: Wish the new EFF tool Privacy Badger supported Safari!

Aug 10, 2015: Google+ Profile Deleted Was fun to do this one.

Aug 9, 2015: Two boat things I was most concerned about with pontoon. Docking: done! Getting the cover back on: done!

Aug 8, 2015: Got Tammy driving the boat.

Aug 7, 2015: Day off today included nap in the hammock. Now this.

Aug 7, 2015: Got my new pontoon for the lake! Premier Sunsation 230DL with 115hp Suzuki and Sea Legs.

Aug 2, 2015: Some day I won’t be doing my expense report on a Sunday night 2 days after its due.

Aug 2, 2015: Really looks like Connected Data Transporter is a device I should have. Need to do more research. I know MacSparky loves his.

Aug 1, 2015: First time for the whole family at Minnesota Twins baseball game! ⚾️ Celebrating my sister Alona’s birthday at Minnesota Twins game. Got her name on …

Aug 1, 2015: Making things faster is good. 😊 Happy to report that WikiApiary’s performance issues from a couple of weeks ago have definitely been resolved! …

Jul 31, 2015: 🙌 #TeamSPS getting ready to celebrate System Administrator Appreciation Day! Thank you team! Jeremy Olexa and Adrian firing up some System …

Jul 30, 2015: Very interesting approach! #MediaWiki has needed an anti-spam tool for some time. @halfak's work on Revision Scoring looks like it might help. …

Jul 29, 2015: Loved this scene of #TeamSPS today. Great to see people come together, collaborate and win!

Jul 29, 2015: The business end of my new toy. Get it next Friday!

Jul 28, 2015: Wish I could use a share extension in iOS to send an Apple Pay notification to You Need A Budget.

Jul 28, 2015: Picked up Jeff Sussna new book Designing Delivery: Rethinking IT in the Digital Service Economy. Looking forward to the read.

Jul 28, 2015: Great video from past Minnedemo presenters! Go Minnestar!

Jul 26, 2015: St. Paul planning its own version of NYC’s High Line along the river ← This sounds very cool!

Jul 26, 2015: Excited to finally be reading Amusing Ourselves to Death!

Jul 25, 2015: Kransekake. “One ring to rule them all!” Delicious.

Jul 24, 2015: Room Not Found? 😂

Jul 24, 2015: The Starving Rooster in Minot, ND is an impressive restaurant! Kind of proud for my hometown — way to go!

Jul 24, 2015: Hello Fessenden, ND!

Jul 22, 2015: Excited to be speaking at Open Source North! Registration is open! Excited to have @thingles (@SPS_Commerce ), @joelcrabb (@BestBuyJobsCorp), @schtool …

Jul 21, 2015: Subscribed to Learn OmniFocus for a year. Looking forward to more learning!

Jul 21, 2015: 👍 "Developers should not be thinking about machines. They should be thinking of jobs and tasks." #kubercon — Matt Trifiro (@mtrifiro) …

Jul 19, 2015: The only thing better than dinner on the Big Green Egg? Breakfast on the Big Green Egg!

Jul 18, 2015: Liking these JACKYLED lights for my dock. Got two to test, will get more.

Jul 18, 2015: Watermelon is one of my favorite things about summer!

Jul 18, 2015: Learned my lesson on leaving loose things on the dock overnight. Shaking fist at weather!

Jul 16, 2015: I gave to EFF because they fight for the users. Join me in celebrating their 25th anniversary!

Jul 11, 2015: I’ve never been an active user of Reddit. I have an account because I tend to make accounts at websites I go to. I deleted it today. All the …

Jul 10, 2015: At the cabin with brother-in-laws with delicious Big Green Egg dinner!

Jul 10, 2015: Brother-in-law Kubb the with Max, Hector, and Denny.

Jul 8, 2015: I’m starting to defer email but not a habit yet. Like Sanebox for this and other features.

Jul 5, 2015: Three racks of ribs rubbed and chips soaking getting ready for Big Green Egg and Mike Rock! Didn’t have my vertical rib racks so had to improvise. …

Jul 4, 2015: The people of Cannon Lake are serious about their fireworks! Very impressed. Will have a complete viewing plan for next year. Fireworks behind our …

Jul 4, 2015: The power of the Big Green Egg is incomprehensible. Charcoal for life!

Jul 4, 2015: Happy 4th Big Green Egg style!

Jul 4, 2015: Double hitter on Big Green Egg coming up: traditional burger and brats today followed by ribs with Mike Rock and gang tomorrow.

Jul 4, 2015: Tyler and I restocking coffee at Urban Bean Coffee. This ginger-maple-cold press concoction is really good. Ginger is refreshing!

Jul 2, 2015: Pork tenderloin off the Big Green Egg. Chainbreaker White IPA as well.

Jul 2, 2015: Every night is Big Green Egg night.

Jul 2, 2015: Disappointed in my city council that they are being so shortsighted on Major League Soccer in Minneapolis. MLS soccer stadium saga continues. St. Paul …

Jul 2, 2015: Awesome looking new space SportNgin! Inaugural @SportNgin Donut Day is in the books! #HighlightCenter pic.twitter.com/IPhWJNIoRb — Carson Kipfer …

Jun 30, 2015: Fun to see my Crimpshrine “Duct Tape Soup” record is now in Apple Music (captured it from vinyl).

Jun 30, 2015: Enabled Apple Music family plan and daughter (10) getting explicit albums recommended? Not good. We have proper family Apple IDs with age.

Jun 29, 2015: This is incredibly cool! Can’t wait to see the whole series of pics. Congrats Dan Grigsby! More photos and a video soon, but for now: …

Jun 28, 2015: Land of giant cakes!

Jun 27, 2015: 2015 MN Air Spectacular We went to the 2015 Minnesota Air Spectacular today in Mankato and had a great time watching 5 hours of air performances. It was a little hot and we …

Jun 27, 2015: Anyone have recommended iPad apps to learn to play a guitar? Can read music but have no clue about chords and guitars.

Jun 27, 2015: Big Green Egg. Beer. Lake. This works.

Jun 26, 2015: Had no idea there was a service as polished as Tunnel Bear for VPN and privacy services! Thanks MacSparky for sharing!

Jun 25, 2015: Honored to share the stage with David Novak to receive the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal Eureka! Award for SPS Commerce!

Jun 24, 2015: This is way outside of my normal tooling. Digging. Step 1 of basketball hoop project done!

Jun 22, 2015: Flooded roads.

Jun 22, 2015: Espresso.

Jun 21, 2015: Tyler and I made an AM radio with our Snap Circuits this morning.

Jun 20, 2015: Congrats to today’s winners!

Jun 20, 2015: Great Father’s Day weekend with kids playing Kubb!

Jun 20, 2015: Kubb starting with Minnesota Kubb getting things going!

Jun 20, 2015: Teams warming up for Minnesota Kubb tournament! Kubb

Jun 20, 2015: Good Morning!

Jun 15, 2015: Amazing how many places don’t realize this. Monitoring is not an optional feature for your application, any more than security or backups are optional …

Jun 15, 2015: Personally experienced the inside of a smoker while serving lunch for #TeamSPS today. Thanks for pic Jay Wineinger!

Jun 15, 2015: TeamSPS celebrated first in top workplaces with a barbecue lunch today!

Jun 15, 2015: Great to see SPS Commerce at the top of this Star Tribune top workplaces list! Go #TeamSPS!

Jun 14, 2015: Out on the kayak this morning.

Jun 13, 2015: I’m surprised that Dollar a Day doesn’t have more members. I’ve been doing it for a year, would think more people would participate.

Jun 12, 2015: Great, fun interview with John Gruber and Phil Schiller of Apple.

Jun 9, 2015: Working on the deck, #TeamSPS!

Jun 7, 2015: Bought a Canon PIXMA MG7520 today and am pretty impressed with it. Finally have AirPrint in the house.

Jun 6, 2015: At Minnesota Orchestra with my mom! Looking forward to Sibelius and Mahler. The beauty of an orchestra is awe inspiring. Such precision and passion.

May 31, 2015: Great time at last nights MN United v. NY Cosmos soccer game.

May 30, 2015: I really can’t express how much I dislike doing expense reports. 🙁

May 28, 2015: Tammy and I went to Ex Machina this evening. Cool sci-fi movie with a very good story. Recommended.

May 28, 2015: Trying to get religion with OmniOutliner. Have a couple of use cases that are working really well.

May 28, 2015: Moved my two-factor authentication setups from Authy to 1Password. Like Authy, but nice to have everything together in 1Password.

May 26, 2015: Surprising “miss” that muting notifications for a group MMS on your iPhone does NOT stop notifications on Apple Watch.

May 25, 2015: It’s odd that the Mac App Store doesn’t recommend purchases based on my iOS Apps.

May 25, 2015: Have a good Memorial Day holiday!

May 24, 2015: Big Green Egg after a few hours.

May 24, 2015: Big Green Egg living this weekend. See these two in a few hours.

May 24, 2015: Grilling breakfast on Big Green Egg. Yum.

May 23, 2015: Alto’s Adventure. Awesome game. Great recommendation from MacSparky.

May 23, 2015: Great evening on the lake.

May 23, 2015: Big Green Egg time.

May 23, 2015: Paid for groceries with my watch. Neat!

May 22, 2015: … will be here this weekend.

May 21, 2015: We put a new dock in at the cabin. Love it.

May 20, 2015: No support for perspectives makes OmniFocus for Apple Watch useless when you defer v due date tasks. Hope that is added.

May 19, 2015: Apple Watch Arrived I ordered my Apple Watch on launch day and opted for the stainless steel with link bracelet. It was back ordered 4-6 weeks and yesterday it arrived. …

May 19, 2015: Got a task into my OmniFocus inbox by talking to my watch. 🙂 Feels like magic! 🪄

May 19, 2015: Love the fit and finish on the stainless steel Apple Watch. Weight is good too.

May 18, 2015: UPS shows my Apple Watch should arrive tomorrow! 🤩

May 17, 2015: Bought myself a MN fishing license today. New territory.

May 16, 2015: 9-point turn in ladder golf against Jim Bernard today. 🏆

May 16, 2015: Espresso, straight.

May 13, 2015: This Lily Robotics camera is amazing.

May 13, 2015: Got my ProtonMail account invite. Cool to see how they are bringing encryption to email in a better way.

May 13, 2015: Neat, MnPASS can’t get transponders because a part “has become obsolete and the supply is very low”. 😕

May 13, 2015: My mailbox went crazy today, then I realized I had changed my password and Sanebox wasn’t helping me. Fixed!

May 10, 2015: The new Doodle iOS app is light years ahead of where it was before. Nicely done.

May 10, 2015: I struggle to see how teams of size (1,000+) can make Slack pricing work. HipChat is crazy cheap by comparison.

May 9, 2015: We got rid of cable TV a long time ago. Over 6 years ago actually, and technically we got rid of satellite TV. Every TV we have has an Apple TV …

May 9, 2015: SaneBox Week A couple of weeks ago I started using SaneBox to help me manage my email. I love the weekly report that it sends me, including the graph of email …

May 9, 2015: Great night for a Minnesota United FC game! Mazie and I out supporting the United! Go Minnesota soccer! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAALLL! 2nd half …

May 6, 2015: Me 6 years ago: My Solution for Microsoft to Get Nerds Back. Today from Microsoft Azure: You asked, we listened. We’re working to make our #cloud …

May 5, 2015: Looking forward to going to the Minnesota United FC game on Saturday!

May 3, 2015: More family Kubb!

May 3, 2015: Sunday afternoon libation. Oscar Blues Pinner.

May 3, 2015: Future 2020 USA Kubb championship team practicing. Kubb

May 2, 2015: Time to grill — fire up the Big Green Egg!

May 2, 2015: Jump!

Apr 29, 2015: Day 2 of SPS In:fluence keynote with Sucharita Kodali of Forrester.

Apr 28, 2015: Great overview of the #TeamSPS work on new products from Shivani Khanna Stumpf and Robert Davis at SPS In:fluence!

Apr 28, 2015: Peter Zaballos kicking off SPS In:fluence!

Apr 25, 2015: Cabin next door decided to have a fire. Wow. 🔥

Apr 25, 2015: Wow. Can see Mercury, Venus and Jupiter all in the sky tonight.

Apr 25, 2015: Houston, we have a Kubb problem.

Apr 24, 2015: First run with new Big Green Egg this evening.

Apr 24, 2015: Tammy chipping away at this 5,000 piece puzzle. Looks crazy to me.

Apr 24, 2015: Have been using Sanebox for last couple of days. New tricks for a 20+ year email user, but I think I’m liking it.

Apr 23, 2015: Browsing the Apple Watch apps and wishing I didn’t have 3 more weeks to wait. 1Password and OmniFocus at top of my list to install.

Apr 23, 2015: Just upgraded two WordPress networks, 20+ sites, from the couch on my phone. (MediaWiki, this is the bar)

Apr 19, 2015: Fresh brand new Big Green Egg with an awesome Challenger grill cart. Excited to fire this up!

Apr 19, 2015: I enjoy reviewing Luke Francl’s book list each year. 📚

Apr 18, 2015: Now have a brand new Kubb set that is staying in my office. Hoping to get some #TeamSPS games going after work this summer.

Apr 18, 2015: Macchiato with the best weekend coffee buddy at Urban Bean Coffee

Apr 17, 2015: Photos for Mac initial iCloud sync destroys my internet connection. Very annoying.

Apr 17, 2015: Been up for 18.5 hours traveling. Another 10 hours is daunting.

Apr 17, 2015: Starting ping in background to make public WiFi router pay attention to me.

Apr 16, 2015: GitHub’s 2014 Transparency Report ← Glad more companies are starting to share this information.

Apr 15, 2015: In Kyiv this week with #TeamSPS!

Apr 13, 2015: PSA: If you have OmniFocus running in different timezones on different devices side-by-side you get some odd looking sync behavior.

Apr 11, 2015: Daughter excited to get her fresh ipHouse notebook from Minnebar! Thanks Bil MacLeslie!

Apr 11, 2015: Ready for Kubb practice! 42 batons!

Apr 11, 2015: Minnebar 10 Notes from Minnebar 10: Session 1 was great Sleep Improvement session with Dan Grigsby. Session 2 on Polyglot Persistence discussing NoSQL tech. …

Apr 10, 2015: Photos for Mac initial iCloud sync is killing my broadband connection. 😕

Apr 10, 2015: Business Town ← This is great…

Apr 10, 2015: Push syncing coming to OmniFocus! Nice… can’t wait.

Apr 9, 2015: Apple Watch Ordered After some debate I placed my order at 3:56am CT for the Apple Watch. I’m eagerly looking forward to experiencing a new user experience and …

Apr 6, 2015: So happy that OmniFocus new release has given me full control of the sidebar. Great enhancement!

Apr 6, 2015: Messages on OS X started requiring an App Specific password for Apple ID’s that have 2-Factor Authentication enabled? Others see this too?

Apr 3, 2015: Ready for some campfires!

Apr 2, 2015: New OmniFocus is great! Finally full perspective support on iPhone. Also deferred in today widget is great!

Apr 1, 2015: Tammy and I played our inaugural game of Kubb at our cabin. Seemed appropriate to do so with an official USA Kubb set!

Mar 31, 2015: I’m a little too excited about ordering a Pedal Boat. 😀

Mar 28, 2015: Making morning coffee with using a Chemex can be a meditative process. Certain series of steps. Same each time. Moving hot water from one step to the …

Mar 28, 2015: Wish these Dirt Quads were available when I was a kid! Super cool.

Mar 28, 2015: Seems odd that GitHub doesn’t have a “watch” feature for organizations. Would like to see new repos, new members, etc.

Mar 28, 2015: Yet Another Python Formatter ← Like the roots of this in clang.

Mar 28, 2015: 10 Myths of Enterprise Python ← Good read.

Mar 28, 2015: Congrats to Zivix (and my friend Dennys Bisogno) on another successful Kickstarter campaign!

Mar 28, 2015: Minnesota United FC in Major League Soccer in 2018 with new downtown stadium → Already thinking season tickets.

Mar 27, 2015: The ice is off of Cannon Lake!

Mar 24, 2015: The Decemberists were great tonight. Awesome musicians.

Mar 23, 2015: Don’t see anything Square Cash can do that I can’t do already with Bitcoin. What am I missing?

Mar 22, 2015: Okay Minneapolis, we all agree we are not shoveling this snow right? Stay strong!

Mar 15, 2015: Apple Fixes Keyboard iOS 8.3 Beta Searches.Don’t.Look.Like.This ← So glad this is fixed! I do this all the time!

Mar 15, 2015: Map of all the underwater cables that connect the internet ← Very cool.

Mar 13, 2015: Renewed my Nice Ride subscription. Ready for the green bikes to show up!

Mar 13, 2015: . #TeamSPS celebrated π day (a day early) today along with the grand opening of our deck! See Pi Day Collection.

Mar 9, 2015: Excited to see what Rise, Day One, OmniFocus, and You Need A Budget do with Apple Watch.

Feb 26, 2015: Had a great time watching “The Imitation Game” with #TeamSPS this evening. Fabulous movie about a giant of computing!

Feb 23, 2015: Bummed that I cannot find a single coffee shop or restaurant in Minneapolis that accepts Bitcoin. 🙁

Feb 23, 2015: Called it! @mspbjReilly: When Amazon started collecting MN sales tax last fall, ppl wondered why. $AMZN

Feb 7, 2015: The Minnedemo 19 liveblog is pretty cool.

Jan 25, 2015: Comcast Using IPv6 I recently upgraded my Comcast cable modem and for the first time ever it looks like I’m connecting out via IPv6! Last login: Sun Jan 25 …

Jan 21, 2015: Peter Zaballos addressing #TeamSPS today.

Jan 3, 2015: First time at Red Wagon Pizza! Like that this and only 2 blocks from home. Great beer list to boot.

Jan 3, 2015: Software for Good as B Corporation I’m really enjoying watching Casey Helbling and the team at Software for Good evolve their mission and business. They just transitioned to a B …

Dec 28, 2014: Wishing MacSparky did a weekly OmniFocus newsletter with suggestions and power user content. Bite size field guide.

Dec 27, 2014: Snowy Minnehaha Creek.

Dec 24, 2014: Christmas Eve steaks on the Big Green Egg. Nice grilling weather!

Dec 24, 2014: Blokus I got Blokus for Christmas in the brother-in-law swap on the Olson side (thanks Max!). It’s a really fun game. Ultimately best suited for 4 …

Dec 24, 2014: Lego Firetruck Modern Legos seem so very different than the generic shapes I remember when I was a kid. Did Legos take over the plastic model scene from my …

Dec 21, 2014: Happy to see Dollar a Day pick EFF today! Have been an EFF member for many years.

Dec 21, 2014: I finally got Tyler to try a fruit smoothie and he decided he liked it.

Dec 21, 2014: The Chess Master and the Computer by Garry Kasparov A compelling read on how an objective was achieved, but not really. This part from the end of the article really struck me: This is our last chess …

Dec 19, 2014: Really like how sslmate does certificates, but I sort of want to get wait for Let’s Encrypt to get going!

Dec 17, 2014: The view from the #TeamSPS deck at night is fabulous.

Dec 16, 2014: Nice writeup in The Line with Peter Zaballos discussing SPS Commerce massive growth!

Dec 15, 2014: Just typed a 40 character random password on my Kindle. That was horrible.

Dec 14, 2014: Wanted: Dropcam Window Mount I’ve had a Dropcam now for several months and I really like the device. It is super simple to setup, has a very small and manageable form factor …

Dec 13, 2014: If you like IFTTT and Launch Center Pro you should check out Workflow. Having fun with it.

Dec 13, 2014: Waiting for PayPal security code to arrive via SMS wishing there was support for proper 2-factor auth.

Dec 12, 2014: Einstein Cabinet Tammy got this custom made Einstein cabinet by artist Paul Carbo this week. I love it. I think this might be the coolest piece of furniture we have.

Dec 11, 2014: Starting day at Salesforce World Tour in data analysis session! Overview from Billy Cripe of Field Nation use of Salesforce. Salesforce Tour keynote …

Dec 10, 2014: Deciding to refuse Comcasts modem to wireless router “upgrade”. Like what I have now.

Dec 8, 2014: Had such a great evening hanging out with Layne Kennedy, Dennys Bisogno, and Steve LeVahn! Great laughs!

Dec 7, 2014: I’m dumbfounded that it took me 42 years of life to realize how well a pairing knife works to take the pith off an orange.

Dec 6, 2014: My friend Garrick Van Buren has published a book, Rebuilding Blocks.

Dec 6, 2014: Didn’t know Kindle supported Family accounts. Nice to see services figuring this out!

Dec 6, 2014: Have an old iPhone that I want to use without a phone plan, but it needs a SIM card. Can you get a card you never plan to use?

Dec 6, 2014: Just got a haircut without a single word of small talk from the barber. So awesome. Double tip!

Dec 6, 2014: For Those About To Rock Tyler with one of his favorite bands t-shirts.

Dec 5, 2014: Seated for The New Standards holiday show! ‘Tis the season! Wonder if other #TeamSPS are at the The New Standards holiday show…

Dec 5, 2014: Need coffee: got double cache fault. #TeamSPS Retry later.

Dec 4, 2014: Great breakfast this morning with David Hussman! We are lucky to have a talent like him in the Twin Cities!

Dec 3, 2014: Quiet house, kids at gymnastics, listening to Bach. Ahhhh…

Dec 3, 2014: I’m interviewing 5 people today. Final candidates for five different positions! #TeamSPS is growing!

Nov 30, 2014: Having long given up on optical media is there really no way for me to watch Star Wars with my kids?

Nov 30, 2014: Trying to use the Square website as a consumer, not a business, is nearly impossible. Can’t even find my profile. Now updated my profile and somehow …

Nov 28, 2014: Took a trip through my spam folder for first time in forever. Seems things have gotten a bit aggressive in Bayes land.

Nov 28, 2014: Hard to say which is a clearer sign of the holidays: Christmas music and tree decorating Kids yelling at each other and fighting.

Nov 28, 2014: Substituting honey for sugar in my Wassail Tea was a success. Adds some nice flavor too.

Nov 28, 2014: Twitter Spam #NFL If you have a Twitter account, or have many like I do I’m guessing you got this email from Twitter. I sure hope the NFL paid them a pretty penny …

Nov 27, 2014: Days like today make me realize how badly I wish LogicMonitor had a native iOS app. Want to be mobile and see graphs!

Nov 26, 2014: Really wish iOS could backup to iCloud and my computer.

Nov 26, 2014: Overheard at Apple Store Genius Bar… “I did a cloud thing, I have no idea.” “There’s more than one cloud then? There are lots of …

Nov 25, 2014: Making Wassail Tea. Officially feels like Thanksgiving now.

Nov 23, 2014: Prophet ← Cool little Python module for doing financial modeling.

Nov 23, 2014: Wow, Science Museum of Minnesota website is really difficult to use. It won’t acknowledge that we are members. Guess I’ll have to call them on the …

Nov 23, 2014: Ads in front of YouTube train videos → frustrated 4 year old son!

Nov 23, 2014: 2014 Olson Family Weekend This years Annual Olson Family Weekend was planned by Don & Kaye and the extended family had a great time at Grand View Lodge!

Nov 23, 2014: Olson Grandkids Don & Kaye and the six grandkids. (Left to right: Tyler, Mazie, Lucas, Elsa, Nora, Levi)

Nov 22, 2014: Magic Pines After years of talking about getting a cabin we have finally made the big leap! Tammy has been looking at cabins for a while now and we found one that …

Nov 22, 2014: Supporting the Open Internet “It’s only an illusion that the Internet appears to be open…” — Dave Winer As we approach the end-of-the-year many of us …

Nov 20, 2014: Peter Zaballos doing “Meet the Expert” session for #TeamSPS!

Nov 20, 2014: Tech support walkup session for #TeamSPS. Great way to solve problems and build connections in the team! Making it easy for our team! Love the …

Nov 19, 2014: Welcome to “The Cloud”! The #TeamSPS space rocks. 😊

Nov 18, 2014: Very excited by the announcement of Let’s Encrypt! We’ve needed this for a long time!

Nov 17, 2014: Upgraded 2 Macs, 2 iPhones and 3 iPads tonight. #freshbits

Nov 17, 2014: So happy to see The Decemberists are coming to Minneapolis! 🎶 “The thrushes bleating battle with the wrens Disrupts my reverie again” — The …

Nov 16, 2014: Model train clearing snow. Surprisingly awesome.

Nov 16, 2014: Question2Answer Number Captcha I’ve been using Question2Answer for a number of years now to power Ask Planet Kubb. I like Question2Answer because it is simple to run, uses a …

Nov 13, 2014: AWS re:Play AWS re:Invent re:Play event! Containers? Big beat! 🎧

Nov 13, 2014: Awesome to hear SPS Commerce won Tekne Awards this evening! Missing event due to AWS re:Invent. Shout out to #TeamSPS!

Nov 13, 2014: AWS re:Invent - Day 2 Excited for Werner Vogels AWS re:Invent keynote! Great groove! Excited to have @iamjacknovak spinning on stage before my keynote at #reinvent …

Nov 12, 2014: AWS re:Invent - Day 1 Seated for AWS re:Invent keynote! Andy Jassy “Cloud has become the new normal.” True for many! “shower cycles”? New term to me. Amazon Aurora looks …

Nov 11, 2014: AWS re:Invent - Day 0 Looking forward to connecting with the rest of #TeamSPS at #reinvent! 68 °F and the cab driver had the heat on. Opened window. #vegas Hotel is pretty …

Nov 11, 2014: “These Days” by Foo Fighters really cannot be too loud.

Nov 9, 2014: Social is all neat and silly, but I still ♥ my RSS reader the most. (I use Feedbin by the way)

Nov 9, 2014: Yard is ready for snow with 15 minutes of daylight to spare.

Nov 9, 2014: Being able to AirDrop from my iPhone to my MacBook is surprisingly useful.

Nov 9, 2014: Tyler (4) absolutely loves AC/DC “Hells Bells”. This doesn’t displease me. 😊

Nov 9, 2014: Trying Fentiman’s Ginger Beer. Wow. “It burns!”

Nov 8, 2014: Claire’s should have Dad seating somewhere. WiFi would be nice too.

Nov 8, 2014: I’ve been donating $1/day to various non-profits with Dollar a Day. Simple and easy thing to do.

Nov 7, 2014: Why can’t there be more Foo Fighters albums.

Nov 7, 2014: Please let The Decemberists have a tour stop in Minneapolis with the new album release.

Nov 7, 2014: Nice — #TeamSPS product and platform offsite today! #InfiniteRetailPower 👍 #TeamSPS assembling for product & platform event! Let’s do this! …

Nov 6, 2014: 👍 #TeamSPS workshop day kicking off! Education, training and continuous learning are key to successful teams! Six sessions ranging from Agile, TDD, …

Nov 5, 2014: Think we may have found our cabin.

Nov 5, 2014: My wife got to use Apple Pay before I got a chance. 😏

Nov 4, 2014: Just calculated the first presidential elections our kids will be able to vote in. Feel instantly old, in the future.

Nov 4, 2014: Rich Howard and Chris Bidler jamming on some code. #TeamSPS

Nov 4, 2014: I Voted 2014! Doing my part for democracy! 👍

Nov 3, 2014: Didn’t realize I get to vote on removing mandatory food requirements for wine sales tomorrow. Looking forward to that one!

Nov 3, 2014: Passbook has gradually moved from an app I put in my “Hidden” folder to one that is now on my first screen.

Nov 3, 2014: Thanks US Bank I’m now setup to use Apple Pay. My regular card transactions don’t show up like they do for AmEx. My Apple Pay setup was automatic. …

Nov 3, 2014: TeamSPS Opens New Floor Today is first day in new #TeamSPS floor! Expect many tweets with photos today. Collaborative, mobile optimized team-oriented space! Fifty five …

Nov 1, 2014: Boomboxes at Franconia Sculpture Park. See also.

Nov 1, 2014: Whiplash Tammy and I went to see Whiplash last night at the renovated Uptown Theater1. Really good film about the ridiculous effort that must be put in to be …

Nov 1, 2014: Post-Halloween Breakfast

Nov 1, 2014: All my accounts are locked down! Authentication via Authy. PayPal doesn’t support real 2-factor authentication (uses SMS) and can’t deal with …

Oct 31, 2014: Investors eye site near Mpls. Farmers Market for MLS soccer stadium I really hope this happens. Having an MLS soccer team, but more importantly a team playing in downtown Minneapolis, would be great. I’d …

Oct 31, 2014: Titans of Tech 2014

Oct 31, 2014: First thing I noticed in the new Outlook for Mac is Retina graphics.

Oct 31, 2014: Finally succumbed to WordPress Jetpack. It is pretty nice. 😕

Oct 31, 2014: Can I order my Apple Watch yet? Waiting is the hardest part.

Oct 31, 2014: I bought $40 of Bitcoin and now I have less money! I thought this was supposed to go the other way!

Oct 31, 2014: Drinking the beer means I won’t eat the candy. Healthy!

Oct 31, 2014: Happy Halloween!!! 🎃👻

Oct 31, 2014: New #TeamSPS space is ready to roll. Here is one of the many collaborative tables with great tech.

Oct 30, 2014: Whole family at Wild game! Mazie is practicing teenager looks already.

Oct 30, 2014: 30 foot whiteboard surface with 5 operational dashboards. New #TeamSPS space is awesome!

Oct 29, 2014: One detail. Each desk in the new #TeamSPS space has these handy USB power ports. Mobile friendly.

Oct 27, 2014: Updated Dynamic Questy Captchas A little over a year ago I shared a method of generating dynamic Questy Captchas for the MediaWiki ConfirmEdit extension. This method has been awesome …

Oct 27, 2014: Have you ever seen a ~ in a URL where the hostname did not end in .edu?

Oct 25, 2014: Business Hours: I wonder how you put this into Yelp? From the mini-donut stand in Nisswa, MN.

Oct 25, 2014: SPS Kubb Class Garrick and I joined forces and auctioned off a Kubb Class at the annual SPS Charity Auction this year. The sales engineering team won the event and …

Oct 25, 2014: Minnesota United v San Antonia Scorpions Minnesota United FC Culvers tailgating dinner with Mazie. Good luck Minnesota United FC! Let’s win this! ⚽️ Well done Atomic Data sponsoring Minnesota …

Oct 25, 2014: Is it possible to get the ElevationLab NanoPad off of a surface? I can’t get it to even budge.

Oct 23, 2014: Tammy is in full force cabin shopping mode. Not sure how this happened.

Oct 23, 2014: Screen sharing through Messages in Yosemite is pretty slick.

Oct 21, 2014: Drivetrain Agency sold to Toronto shopping tech company SlyceIt → Congrats to Dan Grigsby and team!

Oct 20, 2014: Great Kubb event with #TeamSPS today! Sporting Planet Kubb shirts and US National Kubb Championship set!

Oct 19, 2014: I’m really enjoying the visual refresh of Yosemite. Refreshing. OS feels snappy too.

Oct 19, 2014: I finally joined 2013 and got a Bitcoin address. 1JNbi6bHfQPMgmizA7NVprz4nj3DBJqAuM

Oct 18, 2014: Fire.

Oct 18, 2014: This works for me.

Oct 18, 2014: Awesome Kubb afternoon with my US National Kubb Championship set! Great family weekend event!

Oct 18, 2014: Playing Kubb and having a Fulton with bro-in-laws on family weekend. Great time!

Oct 17, 2014: Just finished John Siracusa’s Yosemite review. Such a delightful read. My Yosemite upgrade has been stuck at this “2 minute” mark for a very …

Oct 13, 2014: Excited to welcome the Leadtec team to #TeamSPS!

Oct 11, 2014: Watched Chef tonight! Somewhat surprisingly good movie with lots of fun kitchen scenes. Not going to challenge you to new places, but a great way to …

Oct 6, 2014: I just joined 709 donors giving a Dollar a Day to amazing nonprofits!

Oct 6, 2014: The main thing I’ve learned from my WikiApiary project is how horribly bad the spam bot problem is in the MediaWiki world.

Oct 5, 2014: Family Selfie!

Oct 5, 2014: I’ve been to Gooseberry falls many times, but it’s always a fun time to visit again. Crowds and all.

Oct 5, 2014: Hitting Duluth Coffee Company again. Solid espresso. Thanks for reccomendation Jeff Sussna.

Oct 5, 2014: Impressed with Zeitgeist Cafe in Duluth. Very good brunch and awesome space.

Oct 3, 2014: In Duluth area this weekend. Any suggestions of breweries or taprooms to visit? Have Bent Paddle Brewing on list already.

Oct 2, 2014: Classic Football The kids are having a hard time considering this a game. I remember loving this the year I got it for Christmas!

Oct 1, 2014: Charley Hackerson sales mgmt team beat the tech mgmt team in Whirlyball today. We put up a fight! 15-12 #TeamSPS

Sep 30, 2014: TextCaptcha looks like a nice tool. Trying it on one of my sites. Thanks @robtuley!

Sep 28, 2014: Two pork shoulders on the Big Green Egg. Check back in a few hours.

Sep 27, 2014: Ordered delivery from Broders’ Pasta Bar. One of my favorite perks of where we live.

Sep 27, 2014: Boomboxes at Franconia Sculpture Park. See also.

Sep 27, 2014: At the Taylors Falls Drive-In!

Sep 26, 2014: It’s a John Lennon sort of night… ‘Watching the Wheels’ 🎶

Sep 25, 2014: Now on ello at https://ello.co/thingles. Thanks Michael Fransen!

Sep 20, 2014: Siri is incredible on the iPhone 6. The “Hey Siri” feature is great when you are driving.

Sep 19, 2014: Wait, my AppleTV can’t use this new 7.0 release?! 🙁

Sep 19, 2014: Still about 50 folks in line at Apple Store in Uptown.

Sep 17, 2014: Very happy to have OmniFocus 2 for iPad!

Sep 16, 2014: Better security and privacy through image proxying — Nice! 👍

Sep 15, 2014: Tim Cook on Charlie Rose This is a great two part interview (part 1, part 2) with Apple CEO Tim Cook with Charlie Rose. Wonderful insight into how Apple works and how they …

Sep 14, 2014: Fall Poem Mazie had a homework assignment for fall poetry that involved having your parents write a poem and copying it in her notebook. Here is my poem. The …

Sep 14, 2014: Restarting AWS MN A couple of months ago Bridget Kromhout and I started talking about coordinating with the Twin Cities Amazon Web Services User Group organizers to get …

Sep 14, 2014: Tyler's First Fish Tyler caught his very first fish this weekend with the help of Grandpa Don! He was so proud and excited. He even threw it back in all on his own.

Sep 14, 2014: Watched the Apple Watch video 3 times now. Should stop now. 😀

Sep 13, 2014: shingadooties For years Mazie has been using this word that she made up. She decided that it meant “everything”. Quite specifically, everything. Any …

Sep 12, 2014: Ordered Tammy an iPhone 6 via the AT&T website and it worked.

Sep 7, 2014: Grilling tools. Today is what Gin & Tonic’s were made for.

Sep 6, 2014: Minnesota United v Tampa Bay Gorgeous night for a Minnesota United FC game! Stands are full! Nice to see Atomic Data sponsoring Minnesota United FC! Well done Jim Wolford and …

Sep 5, 2014: I think it’s time to give nvALT and Simplenoteapp a serious go.

Sep 2, 2014: Nice improvements from FastMail on the iPhone web interface.

Sep 1, 2014: Nice day for Minnesota Renaissance Festival!

Aug 30, 2014: Morgan-Logan Kubb.

Aug 30, 2014: Morgan-Logan Labor Day.

Aug 29, 2014: First trip to Kyiv

Aug 27, 2014: What did I do on the flight? Wrote a Backus-Naur form grammar for Planet Kubb Kubb notation.

Aug 27, 2014: I finally have TSA Pre✔️ and that is awesome. 🙌

Aug 24, 2014: Had no idea Raiden was available for iPad! Favorite arcade game ever!

Aug 23, 2014: Getting started with Ansible I’ve been planning to start working on using a configuration management solution for my hobby servers. Chef was too heavy for my purposes, and …

Aug 23, 2014: MediaWiki LocalSettings for Farmers I’ve been running a MediaWiki farm at thingelstad.com for a couple of years now hosting about a dozen wikis ranging from small to very large. …

Aug 23, 2014: Starting to watch True Detective and excited to hear The Handsome Family doing the intro music.

Aug 23, 2014: Music at Lake Harriet Bandshell tonight.

Aug 23, 2014: Summer dinner of watermelon. 🍉

Aug 23, 2014: Had some progress with Vagrant and Ansible today.

Aug 23, 2014: ☕️

Aug 20, 2014: “Here is a massive pull request with tons of changes.” “Have you tested it?” “No.” 😭

Aug 15, 2014: Great interview with Rajiv Pant, CTO of NYTimes. I have a ton of respect for Rajiv. Good read!

Aug 13, 2014: Have had a great trip visiting #TeamSPS in Kyiv. Now starts the 32 hour day going home.

Aug 12, 2014: Office365 mail offline? Maintenance window? Sure it’s 3:46a back home but it’s mid-day Kyiv. #TeamSPS

Aug 12, 2014: Delighted to have coffee shop in same building as new SPS Commerce Kyiv office. #TeamSPS

Aug 12, 2014: My Ukraine phone for easy messaging with team while here.

Aug 12, 2014: New SPS Commerce Kyiv office is on the right side. #TeamSPS

Aug 12, 2014: Good morning from Kyiv!

Aug 11, 2014: Feeling surprisingly well adjusted to an 8 hour timezone change for day 1.

Aug 10, 2014: Amsterdam Schiphol, does it still qualify as “Free WiFi” when packet loss > 50% ?

Aug 10, 2014: Boarded for ✈️ MSP - AMS - KBP! Looking forward to visiting #TeamSPS in our new office in Kyiv!

Aug 8, 2014: Finally! Boto supports Python 3. Nice.

Aug 6, 2014: Honored to be on this list! → The first winners of our Titans of Technology awards

Aug 4, 2014: Wow! #EC2 IP Address Update - http://t.co/YFeDHl3UwN - Now spanning 8,831,796 addresses. — Jeff Barr ☁️ (@jeffbarr) August 4, 2014

Aug 3, 2014: Excited to partner up with Bridget Kromhout and get the AWS MN Amazon Web Services Twin Cities meetup group revived!

Jul 31, 2014: Always fun night for Minnedemo! Peter Zaballos introducing SPS Commerce to Minnedemo crowd! Go #TeamSPS! Proud to be part of Minnedemo (Minnebar & …

Jul 27, 2014: Grand Marais Photo Workshop Photos from the photography workshop Tammy and I took with Layne Kennedy this week. See list of Photography Workshops.

Jul 25, 2014: Silhouette on Superior

Jul 24, 2014: Good morning from Grand Marais.

Jul 20, 2014: WikiApiary Stickers StickerMule had a great deal a couple of weeks ago so I had these fun WikiApiary clear vinyl stickers made. They really came out great! If you want …

Jul 18, 2014: DevOpsDays MSP 2014 DevOpsDays MSP day 2 getting started with Jeff Sussna! Thank you DevOpsDays MSP for opportunity to sponsor a great event! The primary objective of …

Jul 12, 2014: Gorgeous day for US National Kubb Championship!

Jul 10, 2014: Time for the Live Auction at the #TeamSPS Charity Auction! Charley Hackerson and I just won whirlyball event at #TeamSPS auction. The sales v. tech …

Jul 10, 2014: Great to see #TeamSPS doing good at tonight’s charity auction!

Jul 5, 2014: 2014 TdF Begun Enjoying stage 2 with my viewing station all setup. Mini Jambox is critical addition. (I wish I could watch the World Cup this easily without a cable …

Jul 5, 2014: Exploring Green Line We decided to take the new MetroTransit Green Line from downtown Minneapolis to the end-of-the-line in St. Paul this weekend.

Jul 5, 2014: Mayday Did It! I’m very happy to be one of the over fifty-thousand backers of Mayday PAC.

Jul 3, 2014: Eyeing SaltStack to keep my Linode machines humming.

Jul 1, 2014: Soccer will be a little less exciting now with USA out of the World Cup but still looking forward to matches. ⚽️ Tour de France starts this weekend! 🚴

Jun 28, 2014: Silly Faces

Jun 27, 2014: Days in Boulder, CO: 4 Parking tickets: 2

Jun 23, 2014: Having fun teaching Mazie and Tyler how to use a YoYo on vacation. Got myself a nice heavy one with low resistance and tons of spin.

Jun 23, 2014: Ice Cream Riot in Denver When we are on vacation we tend to enjoy an afternoon ice cream stop and this afternoon we had the delight of experiencing Ice Cream Riot in …

Jun 23, 2014: Wow Corvus Coffee! Very impressed.

Jun 22, 2014: Delicious macchiato at Black Eye Coffee.

Jun 21, 2014: Happy to have 2914 Coffee just a couple blocks from where we are staying in Denver. Delicious cortado. ☕️

Jun 21, 2014: Love this geeky water bottle at Linger in Denver.

Jun 21, 2014: Planet Kubb T-Shirts Do yourself a favor and get one of these awesome new Planet Kubb t-shirts!

Jun 20, 2014: Mazie and Tyler getting ready for a long day of driving on our way to Colorado for a week of vacation.

Jun 20, 2014: This seems like the best use possible for this book.

Jun 20, 2014: rebeccapurple It’s great to see the human side of the technology community shine.

Jun 19, 2014: Great lunch today with Elwin Loomis and Heather Mickman about the Minnestar mission with fellow board members Justin Porter, Casey Helbling, and Alex …

Jun 15, 2014: Experiencing Five Watt Coffee for the first time. Very nice!

Jun 15, 2014: Espresso.

Jun 14, 2014: Inbox Metrics Yes, I actually do graph the activity in my inbox. How does it go? You can’t manage it if you don’t measure it? I do this for my SPS inbox …

Jun 13, 2014: How Facebook Improving ads, wow, how excited should I be? Just to be clear what this message really means is that Facebook is now actively collating all of the …

Jun 13, 2014: Mazie's iPad We’ve crossed a big milestone this year. As of this birthday Mazie now has her very own iPad. No more sharing. It is also setup with her own …

Jun 13, 2014: New Standards for Mazie's Birthday This year The New Standards did one of their great shows at The Dakota right on Mazie’s birthday! At first we figured we would just not go see …

Jun 11, 2014: Cool Like My Dad I’m guessing this shirt isn’t going to make the cut in a couple more years. 😀

Jun 10, 2014: Really pleased with how the new #TeamSPS training / conference space turned out!

Jun 8, 2014: Our Neighborhood in 1938 My friend Garrick shared this link to the Minnesota Historical Aerial Photographs Online site. It is a pretty cool site where you can see aerial …

Jun 7, 2014: The weather was absolutely perfect for a day at the Edina Art Fair!

Jun 7, 2014: Tyler and I having our respective Sunday morning screen time.

Jun 7, 2014: Bike the Border I helped my Uncle Tim get a new website up and running for Bike the Border, a bike ride in North Dakota that he has started running. Another case …

Jun 7, 2014: Family Bike Ride We have been trying to get a good family bike ride in each day on the weekends. It was a great day today and Tyler got to get his first ride on his …

Jun 7, 2014: Kubb at Lake Harriet Most of the time when I see people playing Kubb around Minneapolis they are folks I know from Minnesota Kubb. It was fun today to stop on a bike ride …

Jun 6, 2014: Last Day of School 2014 Mazie was super excited to be done with school for the summer. We have a 4th grader in the house now! The whole neighborhood celebrated as kids ran …

Jun 5, 2014: NASDAQ SPS Commerce Market Bell Ceremony On Tuesday of this week I got to be part of the SPS team ringing the market bell to start the trading day on NASDAQ! It was a ton of fun. Should add …

Jun 4, 2014: Good morning espresso.

Jun 3, 2014: Fun morning with #TeamSPS opening the NASDAQ trading day!

May 30, 2014: Been up since 2 AM with son. Doing that “swish cold press coffee under your tongue” trick to get big jolts of caffeine.

May 29, 2014: House of Cards (Season 2) Tammy and I just finished watching season 2 of House of Cards. What a great show! I just cannot get enough of Kevin Spacey.

May 28, 2014: Just learned that you cannot wear two different plaids at the same time. Worth noting.

May 26, 2014: Why WikiApiary uses pages and not articles A while back @Waldyrious posed this question about WikiApiary. @WikiApiary in the lists of wikis by number of articles https://t.co/dKeb8eowPE, why …

May 25, 2014: Wanted: Dash Docset for MediaWiki I really wish there were a Dash Docset for MediaWiki. The directions for creating docsets are pretty straightforward. It also strikes me that using …

May 25, 2014: Soundtrack for today is the Big Sur playlist Tammy and I creating on one of the most amazing days of the Summer of Love.

May 25, 2014: It’s Big Green Egg time! Waiting for Mike Rock to arrive before opening the Indeed Brewing.

May 24, 2014: OmniFocus is not a bug tracker! Use bug trackers for issues. Don’t put them in OmniFocus, it clutters your GTD system with a lot of noise.

May 23, 2014: Ridiculously good Myrcenary Double IPA from Odell Brewing! Thanks Andy! 🍺

May 22, 2014: Awesome, and true. If you're too busy to have a weekly review, you really need to have a weekly review. — John Arundel (@bitfield) May 23, …

May 22, 2014: Neighborhood Badminton. 🏸

May 22, 2014: Gorgeous Minnesota summer evening.

May 22, 2014: CTO = Culture. Technology. Operations. This is a guide for CTOs and other technology managers responsible for a software engineering organization. The purpose of this checklist is to help …

May 18, 2014: Tried to get the new WikiApiary Celery bots live tonight but “daemonizing” celeryd got the best of me for tonight.

May 17, 2014: At Nomad Pub Minneapolis for Burroughs Bocce Cup! Bocce is no Kubb, but still lots of fun. I wonder if PlanetBocce.com is available. 🙂

May 17, 2014: New Glarus’ Wisconsin Belgian Red is so good. 🍺

May 16, 2014: Want to live down the street from me? Nice S Mpls home for sale!

May 16, 2014: Started day with CaringBridge board meeting. Great organization and great people! Thanks Sona Mehring and team!

May 16, 2014: Looking forward to CIO luncheon today hosted by Genesys Works Twin Cities

May 15, 2014: Forgot my iPad at home today. Feel like I forgot to put on pants before I came to work.

May 13, 2014: Crazy good day today connecting the dots on our platform evolution. Love when the pieces start to click together and it just makes sense. #TeamSPS

May 12, 2014: The Oatmeal did a great two-piece part on What it’s like to own a Tesla Model-S (and part 2).

May 11, 2014: ☕️ Delightful afternoon espresso.

May 11, 2014: Mothers Day dinner prep starting. 4 lbs of yum. Big Green Egg starting. Big Green Egg. See ya in a couple hours. Prime rib on Big Green Egg.

May 11, 2014: Spent most of evening after kids were in bed doing digital weeding.

May 10, 2014: Keybase and MediaWiki I’m really intrigued by what Keybase.io is doing with identity. The ability to cryptographically prove your identity on the web without a …

May 10, 2014: keybase.io I have my profile setup on Keybase.io. Keybase is an interesting product using public key cryptography in a decentralized way to allow identities to …

May 10, 2014: So impressed with Anders Noren Hemingway theme. Clean, fast, elegant. Making me like WordPress again.

May 10, 2014: Weird request: does anyone know where in Minneapolis you can get Pretzel Flipz? No knock offs. The real thing.

May 9, 2014: Hat and Glasses.

May 9, 2014: At least now the code doesn’t look like it was made by a monkey. Paul commenting on the structure of my WikiApiary code after doing some …

May 9, 2014: Email from Mazie I’m starting to introduce Mazie to email. I also showed her how to use emoji characters. One of her first emails to me celebrating her favorite …

May 9, 2014: Profile Photo (May 2014) I figured it was time to move to a new profile photo on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Heck, even Google Plus. I try to use the same one everywhere …

May 9, 2014: The Worst "Mark all as read" Button Ever If you login to Twitter and go to your Direct Messages you press a button to mark all as read, and then you have to confirm. I don’t think …

May 9, 2014: Soaking in Charley Hackerson advanced sales training with #TeamSPS sales vets!

May 7, 2014: Love this! CTO = Culture + Technology + Operations — Rajiv Pant राजीव पंत 潘睿哲 🪷 (@rajivpant) May 7, 2014

May 7, 2014: minnov8 wrote an overview of the SPS Omnichannel event last week. I know Steve, and he highlighted my joining SPS and the big stuff we are working on! …

May 6, 2014: Dropcam Tabs I’ve become quiet the fan of my Dropcam. I decided to go ahead and pre-order two of the new Dropcam Tabs. Excited to play with them. Wish they …

May 6, 2014: iPhone huddle with David Novak, Shivani Stumpf, and Michael Davidovich at SPS Omnichannel. #TeamSPS

May 6, 2014: Playing Can’t Stop with Mazie and Tammy.

May 5, 2014: I backed The Internet’s Own Boy on Kickstarter and can’t wait to get my copy. Watch the preview.

May 5, 2014: Fun to run into Steve Borsch at SPS Omnichannel event! Peter Zaballos kicking off event. Jim Frome describing the power of networks at SPS …

May 4, 2014: Looking forward to SPS Omnichannel reception tonight!

May 3, 2014: Return visit to Day Block Brewing for some more delicious pizza! Plus pint of Frühlingsfest!

Apr 28, 2014: Frontline: Generation Like Tammy and I watched this Frontline: Generation Like tonight. If you are at all curious about how the social media ecosystem works, where the revenue …

Apr 27, 2014: Sunday afternoon with Tammy and kids. Buying a new washer and dryer. Feeling middle-aged. 😀

Apr 26, 2014: Do yourself a favor. Go to Day Block Brewing and get a beer flight and a pepperoni pizza. Crazy good on all accounts.

Apr 26, 2014: It’s my awesome wife Tammy’s birthday today!

Apr 23, 2014: 👍 Garrick van Buren: You don’t need a new tool. You need to commit to getting more out of the ones you have.

Apr 23, 2014: Yesterdays 1Password updates are great. Just one key thing missing — be able to have multiple vaults open at once in multiple windows.

Apr 22, 2014: Excited to have multiple vault support in 1Password on all devices now!

Apr 21, 2014: Huge congrats to my friend Jim Bernard on his 3:21:34 finish today at the Boston Marathon!

Apr 21, 2014: 🙌 #TeamSPS getting ready for stoke.d session!

Apr 19, 2014: Huge Impact of Linode Cloud Updates I host all of my personal projects on two servers at Linode. Last week Linode announced new “cloud servers” with SSD’s, double RAM …

Apr 19, 2014: Grilled baby romaine lettuce on Big Green Egg. Grilled flank steak on Big Green Egg.

Apr 18, 2014: Considering high-end blow dryer as present for Tammy. Do folks that know such things consider these way better?

Apr 17, 2014: MariaDB performance after Linode SSD upgrade is phenomenal.

Apr 17, 2014: Super easy migration of Linode hosts to new servers. Blown away by how much faster it is!

Apr 14, 2014: Watching COSMOS alone since my family is apparently not geeky enough.

Apr 14, 2014: Renewed my Nice Ride subscription. Looking forward to another year with green bikes at the ready.

Apr 13, 2014: Driving around with my son listening to Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Apr 12, 2014: Minnebar 9 Notes from Minnebar 9: Wonder if I’ll still have the most presenter sessions after this year. 14! 😊 Going back to Minnebar 2007 for …

Apr 11, 2014: Good luck to #TeamSPS members Chuck Mallott and Colin Walker in this weekends 24 Hour Web Challenge!

Apr 11, 2014: Fun to introduce Dan Megears, Luke Samaha, Paul DeCoursey, and Scott Bjerstedt to Kubb today during Take Kubb to Work day!

Apr 10, 2014: Just signed up for a year of Feedbin. Supports Reeder and ReadKit. Happy to pay for a good service!

Apr 10, 2014: Ready for “Take Kubb to Work Day” tomorrow!

Apr 10, 2014: Creating entire presentation on PowerPoint for iPad with Office 365 and pretty impressed with the entire experience.

Apr 8, 2014: Fabulous breakfast this morning with Minnestar board member and catalyst Justin Porter.

Apr 8, 2014: So Lightroom for iPad requires an Adobe Creative Cloud license? Huge disappointment.

Apr 6, 2014: Couldn’t help but fire up the Big Green Egg with such nice weather! Even for simple burger and steak.

Apr 4, 2014: Timelapse of the April 8" snow in my backyard. Happily wasn’t home for this. 😊 Via Dropcam. The time-lapse dropcam video may not exist …

Apr 4, 2014: Blown away by the espresso and macchiato at Comet Coffee. Nice presentation with charged water. Find the photo that was attached to this post. Is it …

Apr 3, 2014: Sump Coffee Blown away by Sump Coffee. Amazing macchiato, straight espresso and pour over. Slayer to boot.

Apr 2, 2014: At Pappy’s Smokehouse getting ready to go into a full rack of ribs. Willie Nelson is is a Pappy’s fan too. Eagerly awaiting ribs. Best …

Apr 2, 2014: Impressive execution at Blueprint Coffee. Gorgeous macchiato and cappuccino.

Apr 2, 2014: City Museum in St. Louis is crazy!

Apr 1, 2014: Kids loving Frisco Train Store. Biggest wooden train table I’ve ever seen!

Apr 1, 2014: Great looking 1957 Chevy. 1964 Ford Mustang. 1965 Corvette.

Apr 1, 2014: Can’t decide which shirt to get!

Mar 31, 2014: Well hello St. Louis BBQ! So good! At Sugarfire.

Mar 31, 2014: Eagerly looking forward to visiting Sump Coffee while in St. Louis.

Mar 31, 2014: Gorgeous Coffee in St. Louis. Update (Mar 2023): While doing blog gardening I saw this post and thought I should have called out what coffee shop had …

Mar 29, 2014: Spring break trip started. Lunch at Culver’s in Iowa on the way to St. Louis.

Mar 26, 2014: Worked so well for Best Buy. 😕 @MNHeadhunter: BAD news. Cargill to outsource IT services; 900 jobs affected

Mar 26, 2014: My website will cost $0.02/mo to sit on S3. @arqbackup: Next month Amazon’s S3 storage price goes to $.03/GB. Given Google Drive price drop I’m …

Mar 25, 2014: Great view Seattle.

Mar 24, 2014: Great day with AWS Cloud and #TeamSPS today in Seattle working on simple workflow!

Mar 23, 2014: Tyler is really into Puff, the Magic Dragon. Still a great song.

Mar 22, 2014: Debating if there would be enough interest at Minnebar in a session on the CTO part of a technology organization.

Mar 22, 2014: I’ll be hosting another Minnebar on Minnebar session this year. Join the conversation!

Mar 22, 2014: Processed all images on my website through ImageOptim and reduced total size by 136MB, 16% on average.

Mar 22, 2014: Got my Automatic today for my Mini Cooper. Looking forward to seeing the data!

Mar 22, 2014: Submitted pull request to add WikiApiary extension counts to Shields.io!

Mar 22, 2014: Hanging out at Sparrow Cafe, nearest neighborhood coffee shop. Great to see a crowd here.

Mar 22, 2014: brew install npm … and into the rabbit hole I go. 🕳🐇

Mar 20, 2014: PHP Post-Facebook Facebook is famously built in PHP, and I think it is really interesting to watch what they are doing technically with that massive codebase. This week …

Mar 19, 2014: Went to a store today and this happened. Converse for all!

Mar 19, 2014: Yum. ☕️

Mar 19, 2014: Stumptown!

Mar 19, 2014: Nice macchiato to start of the day.

Mar 18, 2014: In Portland. Planning to hit Public Domain and Stumptown. Any other must stop coffee places?

Mar 18, 2014: ALL parking in terminal 1 was full. Got redirected to T2 to park. First time for that.

Mar 16, 2014: I flipped thingelstad.com to using Pelican. Bit of a mess right now, but is fast and static.

Mar 15, 2014: Playing with Pelican: There should be a plugin that generates stats and graphs on your articles. Getting build warnings is actually really nice. …

Mar 15, 2014: Good morning. ☕️

Mar 13, 2014: Internet Broadcasting Systems sold for $20 million ← Congrats to Elmer Baldwin, Todd Carter, and Internet Broadcasting team on todays news!

Mar 13, 2014: Moving WordPress blog posts to Pelican is really easy. Moving your images and media? Not so obvious.

Mar 10, 2014: Monday morning Blue Screen of Death.

Mar 9, 2014: Hanging at Golden Leaf Smokeshop with Jim Bernard having a cigar and scotch. Will not be my last time. Great vibe here.

Mar 7, 2014: Looking forward to a great evening with #teamsps tonight!

Mar 7, 2014: Congrats to Justin Kaufenberg and team! @TECHdotMN: Minneapolis startup @SportNgin closes $15m series D funding.

Mar 6, 2014: Giving my OmniFocus GTD projects a serious review and refactor. Needed. Tracking lots of open projects.

Mar 6, 2014: The new PHP ← The “People’s Language” is improving! Good to see PHP turning the corner.

Mar 6, 2014: I’ve always known that OmniFocus tasks could repeat, but had never realized projects could repeat! Very nice!

Mar 6, 2014: You should go see Bridget Kromhout present at DevOps Minneapolis meetup next week! She’s awesome! 👍

Mar 6, 2014: Remembering Farhan Muhammad On Tuesday morning I was shocked to get an email from Jennifer at ILM Professional Services informing us that Farhan Muhammad, the CEO of ILM, had …

Mar 5, 2014: Disaster, send help! 😀 I have no coffee in my house? How could I let this happen. [_]D — Karl ☕️ (@bigboxcar) March 5, 2014

Mar 4, 2014: Very saddened by the sudden and surprising passing of Farhan Muhammad. Worked with him over a number of years. Such a great spirit.

Mar 3, 2014: This looks awesome! The future of transit for the twin cities, mn pic.twitter.com/n8S8yvq3bw — Norm Orstad (@norm0) March 4, 2014

Mar 2, 2014: Having lunch 2 blocks from Canada and -18 °F below. Welcome to North Dakota.

Mar 2, 2014: Over recent years I’ve been growing increasingly concerned about the lack of women in technology careers. Perhaps it’s being a dad, or …

Mar 2, 2014: Dropbox Arbitration Opt-Out If you missed the news that Dropbox is now automatically putting all users into an arbitration agreement you should take a moment to opt-out of this …

Feb 28, 2014: Heading to North Dakota for my grandmas 80th birthday. Forecast is -38 °F tomorrow morning. Seriously wondering if car will start. No block heater. …

Feb 22, 2014: Seated for Mike Birbiglia at Pantages!

Feb 21, 2014: Always makes me smile when I get spam that starts with “Hi %%first_name%%,”

Feb 20, 2014: I find the “back and forth” of scheduling frustrating, so I set up a Doodle account with a public “Meet Me” page. I hope it helps!

Feb 19, 2014: Excited about WhatsApp being bought? Remember ICQ?

Feb 19, 2014: Thread on #wikitech mailing list on meetings v. mailing list discussions. Shared common trait? Neither end when they should.

Feb 19, 2014: Sent meeting invite at 6:05am. Got first acceptance at 6:07am. #TeamSPS has early risers.

Feb 19, 2014: Excited to head to CoCo MSP for a while with #TeamSPS today!

Feb 17, 2014: Go to Hacker News. See Erlang article at first spot. Note all is normal in universe. Repeat in 6 months.

Feb 17, 2014: The difference in snow plowing between Minneapolis and Minnetonka still shocks me.

Feb 16, 2014: Seriously LeapFrog, why does your Mac software have to be so frustrating!

Feb 15, 2014: Wow. Speed skating win by 0.003 seconds. Amazing.

Feb 15, 2014: Oh joy, looks like I’ll be attempting to super glue my temporary crown back together.

Feb 15, 2014: FastMail may have switched me to a webmail convert. They have a ridiculously fast interface.

Feb 13, 2014: Minnedemo tonight! Anna Klombies and Jim Bernard are ready for the demos. Cool to see PCs for People and the great work they do at Minnedemo! Great to …

Feb 11, 2014: Moved all my personal email from TuffMail to FastMail and am super happy with it! Huge improvement.

Feb 10, 2014: Nice scientific pictures show off - TeX ← High art geek here

Feb 10, 2014: Welcome Liam Confrey to #TeamSPS!

Feb 9, 2014: Z-Scale model train awesomeness with Tyler.

Feb 9, 2014: Upgraded MediaWiki Foreground Skin to 4.0.3 of Font Awesome today.

Feb 8, 2014: Twelve four-year olds at our house for Tyler’s birthday party. Good this is only 90 minutes!

Feb 8, 2014: Has anyone done a network sniff in Facebook Paper to see what behaviors it is reporting back to the mothership? #notrust

Feb 7, 2014: Excited for CaringBridge board meeting today!

Feb 4, 2014: In awe at the depth and strength of the #TeamSPS sales teams! Amazing group Charley Hackerson, David Novak, and David Verette

Feb 2, 2014: Peppers at the Super Bowl. Crazy. Yertle the Turtle on the set list? Wasn’t the line in this game even? Jhez. Super Bowl is so bad I’m getting …

Feb 2, 2014: Facebook won’t let you delete a friend list!? Only archive it? There is ad targeting value in that too? (removed all members instead)

Feb 2, 2014: Nespresso ads hit me all over the web. Clearly the algorithms know I like coffee, a lot. ☕️ They also don’t know me at all. 😬

Feb 1, 2014: This Newspaper Python module looks amazing! Can’t wait to try it on my link wiki.

Feb 1, 2014: Happy that it’s above zero today!

Feb 1, 2014: Saturday morning donut with my buddy.

Jan 30, 2014: Hanging in HipChat with Dan Megears getting MXToolBox MailFlow monitoring for #TeamSPS email round trip. Yeah, that cool. 🙂

Jan 29, 2014: Just bought tickets for Tammy and I to see Neil deGrasse Tyson in May at Beth El Synagogue! Excited!

Jan 29, 2014: Highlight of the day? Meeting with David Hussman! Minneapolis is lucky to have a talent like him here!

Jan 25, 2014: Z-Scale train.

Jan 25, 2014: Model train. Legos. Fun.

Jan 22, 2014: OMG yes! Miss Bolo! @iandees: Someone please write a browser-based massively multiplayer Bolo game.

Jan 21, 2014: Congrats! Awesome! Looking forward to talking at @mtnwestdevops in the company of such illustrious folks: http://t.co/zYScuFwZf7. Exciting! :) — …

Jan 20, 2014: I was so disappointed this wiki wasn’t about actual fish hooks.

Jan 20, 2014: Chef Tech Lunch for #TeamSPS!

Jan 19, 2014: Went shopping and not sure if I bought a computer or just clothes for work. 💸

Jan 16, 2014: Minneapolis has a complete lack of artisanal toast.

Jan 14, 2014: Getting the Right Notification to the Right User ← Huge new feature on Status Page allowing per service notifications! Can’t wait to get the SPS …

Jan 13, 2014: How long until Google Ad Sense can target households based on interior temperature? People who are home during the day? Putting a Google connected …

Jan 12, 2014: I just assume Amazon has everything. Then I search for Z-Scale model train stuff and nothing. 😒 Related: Seven years earlier.

Jan 10, 2014: I scored 318 points with “GOOBER” in SpellTower!

Jan 10, 2014: Sort of surprising Day One doesn’t allow audio files to be put in an entry. Seems odd.

Jan 10, 2014: Opt-Out of Google Plus Gmail integration It’s lame when the only time you need to log into services is to disable privacy invading features that I have no interest in.

Jan 9, 2014: Me too. @murphybytes: I can never keep useradd and adduser straight

Jan 8, 2014: Got WikiApiary database moved to yoyo-migrations. Yoyo works well.

Jan 7, 2014: Made the leap to using Composer to manage MediaWiki extensions like Semantic MediaWiki!

Jan 4, 2014: Awesome 8 year old question, Mazie: “Was J Jill related to J Crew?”

Jan 4, 2014: First time for reading glasses.

Jan 4, 2014: Hoping multiple vault support is coming soon for 1Password for iOS. Am eager to use the feature but need it for mobile too.

Jan 3, 2014: No more Vicodin = Not nearly as sleepy. On the upside, tooth is all good now. Thank dentists for root canals.

Jan 3, 2014: Happy to have found yoyo-migrations for Python.

Jan 2, 2014: Kinetic Sand is weird and really cool.

Jan 2, 2014: Great pre-birthday dinner with Tammy and kids at Broder’s Pasta Bar, one of my favorite restaurants. They have phenomenal Tiramisu!

Jan 2, 2014: Fun day hacking on WikiApiary and hanging out at Urban Bean Coffee. Working on adding Celery to the bots. Thanks Paul for guidance!

Jan 1, 2014: Infracoder meetup means I’ll finally get to meet Donnie Berkholz too! 😊

Jan 1, 2014: Christmas decorations go up with Christmas music (of course). What do they come down with? James Brown today.

Jan 1, 2014: Happy New Year! “De-Christmasing” well underway at our house.

Dec 31, 2013: Playing Clue with Mazie and Tammy. It’s about to get wild here on New Year’s Eve!

Dec 31, 2013: Can’t go wrong with Sinatra on New Year’s Eve. Bubbly.

Dec 31, 2013: Not midnight yet, but Happy New Year’s Eve from Tammy and I!

Dec 31, 2013: Just turned my espresso machine at home on while out running errands. The internet is amazing.

Dec 31, 2013: Why I donated to EFF: they keep the Internet free and open! You should too!

Dec 30, 2013: For those following along with my tooth problem: in the middle of a root canal.

Dec 30, 2013: Is it okay to drive on Vicodin?

Dec 29, 2013: Life with toothache: 800mg ibuprofen + 2 Vicodin. Repeat every 8 hours.

Dec 29, 2013: Dash for macOS ← Can’t believe I didn’t know about Dash. Great reference app for developers.

Dec 28, 2013: At pharmacy getting Vicodin prescription filled. Tooth still very painful.

Dec 27, 2013: I have never experienced tooth pain like this. Horrible.

Dec 25, 2013: Loving this Christmas t-shirt. 🍻

Dec 24, 2013: Hoping to get a multiplayer Carcassonne for iOS game “in person” at Christmas Eve.

Dec 24, 2013: Didn’t have my anti-spam settings right for Wiki on a Stick. It was blank, likely will just reset it.

Dec 24, 2013: Santa gets tired of the sugar. @dberkholz: OH: The kids said to make sure we left Santa a beer tomorrow night. 🎅🍺

Dec 23, 2013: Toothaches suck. Happy the dentist could get me in today. Most painful 15 mins I’ve spent in a dentist chair. Hope it helps. Ibuprofen!

Dec 22, 2013: Just reset a Furby Boom from a gross, farty “boy” to a new girl and got “joy to the world!” from Mazie’s friend. 😀

Dec 22, 2013: Here’s Everywhere You Should Enable Two-Factor Authentication Right Now Two-factor authentication is one of the best things you can do to make …

Dec 22, 2013: One Year for WikiApiary Yesterday WikiApiary had a very meta tweet when it wished itself Happy Birthday! A while back I realized that if you looked the edit history of the …

Dec 21, 2013: Merry Christmas 2014

Dec 18, 2013: Heading to visit #teamsps Parsippany with Amy Patton.

Dec 17, 2013: Upgraded Piwik to the just released 2.0. Very easy. Great new bits.

Dec 15, 2013: Enjoying our annual family viewing of Elf. Christmas!

Dec 15, 2013: Holiday cookie baking at friends. My job on cookie day: spritz gun!

Dec 15, 2013: IFTTT also an Office 365 channel could be a game changer for using you at work. Not sure if APIs exist though.

Dec 14, 2013: So you are supposed to fly to Indianapolis to enroll in TSA Precheck program? That’s nuts.

Dec 14, 2013: Seriously, the new WordPress admin interface is awesome. Fast. Easy. Makes me want to use it more. Well done.

Dec 14, 2013: I now have my SPS Commerce mailbox on Office 365. Very fast. I may actually just use the Outlook web interface for Office 365. Really like it.

Dec 14, 2013: Initial exploration of Status Page and impressed. Definitely going to work further with it.

Dec 13, 2013: Attending CaringBridge board meeting remotely from the office this morning. Great cause! A bit travel fatigued.

Dec 11, 2013: First trip to Kharkiv to meet #teamsps was awesome! So much talent and enthusiasm. Great time! Boarded ✈️ in KBP to AMS. The exit door of this …

Dec 11, 2013: Team meeting and tech walkthrough with one of #teamsps Kharkiv Dev teams. Now that is a beer!

Dec 9, 2013: Good morning from Kharkiv! Looking forward to awesome day with #TeamSPS in Kharkiv. 2nd double espresso and then heading out. ☕️ Morning reviewing …

Dec 9, 2013: Facetime call with family while in Ukraine. So great to be able to see family so far away!

Dec 8, 2013: Final packing before heading off to Kharkiv, Ukraine to meet SPS Commerce #teamsps! Next 20 hours: ✈️ MSP ➡️ AMS ➡️ KBP ➡️ HRK Hoping protests in …

Dec 7, 2013: 2013 New Standards Holiday Show Excited for another The New Standards holiday show tonight! Already spotted Vice President Mondale at holiday show. Pogues FTW! How the hell do …

Dec 7, 2013: Was behind this car the other day and was surprised it wasn’t The Mad Adder.

Dec 6, 2013: How did I not know that Daily Show and Colbert were on Hulu Plus? That’s nearly worth the $ alone.

Dec 6, 2013: Buying Glengarry Glen Ross, again, in HD this time, because it’s that good of a movie.

Dec 6, 2013: Very good Minnestar board meeting this morning. Such a great organization. Planning for next Minnebar!

Dec 5, 2013: New album from Minneapolis classic country duo The Cactus Blossoms. I was at the Turf Club for the recording.

Dec 4, 2013: Dude on plane is texting on his flip “feature” phone. Triple pressing keys. Like watching someone carve words in stone.

Dec 4, 2013: Really love HipChat, but it doesn’t work well on airplane WiFi. Would be a big win if it worked better on planes. 😕

Dec 3, 2013: Hello Manhattan! It’s been a while. Nice to see you again!

Dec 1, 2013: For those excited regarding Amazon Prime Air CONCEPT, here is an Australian company doing it next year.

Dec 1, 2013: Saw Frozen today. Really good.

Dec 1, 2013: The old school Mac Pro looks absolutely ridiculous on display in the Apple store.

Nov 30, 2013: Stumped on this dumb Python import nosetests error. Help Jeroen De Dauw Paul Finally figured out magic for relative module imports. Got WikiApiary …

Nov 30, 2013: Crazy good post-Thanksgiving dinner with Mike Rock and family. Great to spend time with awesome friends.

Nov 30, 2013: ☕️

Nov 29, 2013: Tammy just discovered ebates! She’s excited like she discovered the next Twitter.

Nov 29, 2013: Christmas tree up! A lot of memories with various ornaments.

Nov 29, 2013: Holidays.

Nov 29, 2013: Kids Running for Kid's World Marathon Challenge Our neighbor Nicole organized the Kids Running for Kid’s team to raise money for the Save the Children World Marathon Challenge. Mazie and Tyler …

Nov 28, 2013: Made a profile for myself on Ohloh and also setup WikiApiary as a project on Ohloh.

Nov 27, 2013: Making Wassail Tea. Holiday can officially start now.

Nov 25, 2013: Short week is packing 5 days of stuff into a 3-day schedule. 😕

Nov 25, 2013: Clever idea! pdfconvert.me is a free email service which will take the content of a message and return that content back to the sending email as a PDF …

Nov 23, 2013: Little scared to upgrade my master branch of Semantic MediaWiki. 😕 Composer newbie.

Nov 23, 2013: I wish there was a properly-weighted indoor “Nerf like” Kubb set. I’d buy 2-3 immediately.

Nov 23, 2013: Remembering how epic the Green Machine was as a kid.

Nov 21, 2013: Meet a Minnesota CTO interview I did with Jeff Pesek, published today!

Nov 20, 2013: The End of Private Cloud – 5 Stages of Loss and Grief ← There never was a private cloud, just a private mirage.

Nov 20, 2013: Heading to Parsippany to spend rest of week with Rob Krystyniak and rest of #teamsps.

Nov 17, 2013: Resuming my Marklin Z-Scale model train layout project with the kids.

Nov 17, 2013: Any outstanding wagers on how long until Microsoft Office for Mac support full-screen mode? My money is on never. 😕

Nov 17, 2013: Not being able to see free/busy times when scheduling from iOS is a real annoyance.

Nov 16, 2013: I’m sort of embarrassed by how sloppy my filesystem has gotten in some areas. I blame the cloud.

Nov 16, 2013: procps security updates cause rkhunter warnings that give pause.

Nov 16, 2013: Layne Kennedy's Light Over Iceland Photographer and friend Layne Kennedy just put together this great book combining a ton of images he’s taken in Iceland over the years, many of …

Nov 15, 2013: Burroughs Fundraiser for Mazie’s school. Fun event! Live auction time. Be careful about raising hand for photo. 😀 Daft Punk “Get Lucky” good Burroughs …

Nov 15, 2013: Fun to finally meet Donnie Berkholz, fittingly at the airport. Looking forward to connecting again soon!

Nov 14, 2013: AWS re:Invent - Day 2 Great seats for day 2 AWS re:Invent keynote by Amazon CTO Werner Vogels. The kerning on the ’ in the AWS re:Invent font could use some help. …

Nov 14, 2013: A giant frog is singing over an artificial waterfall. Only in Vegas.

Nov 14, 2013: Seriously, this should be illegal. This from the Wynn in Las Vegas. The use of this service is $13.99 for 24 hours and will be billed to your room. …

Nov 13, 2013: AWS re:Invent - Day 1 Ready for AWS re:Invent! Perhaps the largest dining hall ever. AWS re:Invent Great seat for AWS re:Invent keynote. Rob Krystyniak, …

Nov 12, 2013: AWS re:Invent - Day 0 Looking forward to joining other #teamsps folks at AWS re:Invent! I’m not sure why, but I always find it a little sad to fly out at night. AWS …

Nov 12, 2013: Installing English → Russian dictionaries on my iPhone for trip to Kharkiv, Ukraine in a couple of weeks.

Nov 10, 2013: Tammy and I hanging out with Ira Glass! 😀

Nov 10, 2013: Need Dogwood Coffee beans. Stop at Urban Bean Coffee. Get a delicious macchiato. Repeat as needed.

Nov 10, 2013: PSA: Don’t let a wonderful Minnesota fall go by without giving Hüsker Dü or The Replacements a listen. This is what they were made for!

Nov 10, 2013: Person at SuperAmerica gave me free air for my tires when I asked for quarters. That’s nice.

Nov 10, 2013: Star Tribune in April 1999 on BigCharts Acquisition I’ve been cleaning through old files and found the copy of the April 30, 1999 issue of the Star Tribune that I had saved with the article about …

Nov 9, 2013: Getting ready for Big Green Egg steak time. Big Green Egg smoke.

Nov 8, 2013: Fun to see some new Road Sign Math geeks after #TeamSPS meeting yesterday. 😀

Nov 7, 2013: Presenting at #TeamSPS meeting today! Crew filing in! Archie Black kicking off #teamsps meeting. Say Hi to #TeamSPS!

Nov 6, 2013: Texpad for iOS ← LaTeX continues to intrigue me.

Nov 6, 2013: Productivity Apps for iPad A bunch of people at work got new iPad’s recently and I figured some may find it useful to know what productivity apps I’ve been using on …

Nov 5, 2013: Managing my calendar is a lot like doing a jigsaw puzzle.

Nov 4, 2013: Slapped with a Large Trout A funny thing happened on Twitter yesterday. My wiki project that keeps a database of nutrition facts Tweets every 6 hours with a random food from its …

Nov 3, 2013: I’m impressed by this new version of Launch Center Pro.

Nov 3, 2013: Secure erase = 1 day 8 hours? 500G disk. Wow.

Nov 3, 2013: Going through old stuff and throwing things away.

Nov 2, 2013: iTunes Genius recommends Hüsker Dü “Candy Apple Grey”. A for accuracy. F for timing. 😀

Nov 2, 2013: OMG, Bad Religion Christmas album? I’m so confused.

Nov 2, 2013: WISH LINKIN PARK WOULD GET THE CAPS LOCK ON THEIR KEYBOARDS FIXED.

Nov 2, 2013: Nice morning for Tyler and I to have a father/son breakfast.

Nov 2, 2013: Exedore ← New Mac Python tool.

Oct 31, 2013: Proud of this! @PlanetKubb: Planet Kubb: New Planet Kubb Scoresheet Now With on Pitch Stats Kubb

Oct 31, 2013: Morgan-Logan neighborhood Halloween block party. First time experimenting with leaving a bowl of candy out with “take 2” sign results on all candy …

Oct 30, 2013: 1,909 letter English word. From daughters dictionary.

Oct 30, 2013: 1,000+ editors @wikiworks: Most collaborative #SMW-based #wiki via @yolandagil research: @Mozilla Wiki #SMWCon

Oct 29, 2013: TeamSPS Platform 2013 Everything set for #TeamSPS Platform offsite! Nice — #TeamSPS Platform assembled! Peter Zaballos introducing Tyler Hamilton at #TeamSPS Platform …

Oct 29, 2013: Sure am hoping Mac OS X 10.9.1 is coming real soon now. 😕

Oct 28, 2013: Excited to get #TeamSPS together for SPS Commerce Platform offsite tomorrow! It’s going to be great! Materials are ready for SPS Commerce #TeamSPS …

Oct 27, 2013: I’m doing 8 presentations this week. Slide deck overload!

Oct 27, 2013: Saddened by news of Lou Reed’s passing. Amazing artist. May need to listen to Magic & Loss today.

Oct 26, 2013: Deleted LinkedIn iPhone app. Can’t trust them after recent Intro release.

Oct 26, 2013: Not too cold for Minnesota United FC soccer tonight! ⚽️ Mazie and her friend at the final Minnesota United FC soccer game of the season. Minnesota …

Oct 25, 2013: Real label from our utility room. Awesome.

Oct 24, 2013: Upgrading to OS X Mavericks at work. Cisco VPN works so what the heck.

Oct 24, 2013: Traveling old school with CBS MarketWatch duffel this trip.

Oct 24, 2013: Old Town Portland.

Oct 23, 2013: This screwed up my drive last night. Was curious. → 3rd Ave Bridge over I-94 dedicated to former Mayor Belton

Oct 22, 2013: ✅ Upgraded home machines to Mavericks. All smooth. ✅ Upgraded iOS apps to newest. Cable modem on overload.

Oct 21, 2013: It is shocking how deeply burned in my brain my Delta Skymiles number is.

Oct 20, 2013: Website security question: “Where did you first meet your spouse?” How often is that the city you currently live in? Dumb.

Oct 20, 2013: I successfully setup GNU mailman this morning. Where do I go to get my merit badge?

Oct 19, 2013: Adobe loses my credit card info, then give me Experian Protect My ID membership which gets all my personal data. Cure seems worse than the problem?

Oct 19, 2013: Just got $5 from Aaron using this new Square Cash thing. Sadly cannot return the favor as it requires debit card.

Oct 19, 2013: In other news, we got “Booed” tonight. Love our neighborhood.

Oct 19, 2013: Running WikiApiary, a wiki that tracks as many MediaWiki sites as possible, sometimes you find some really strange stuff out there.

Oct 19, 2013: Renewed S/MIME certificate tonight FWIW. Decided to also get S/MIME certificate for Tammy. Didn’t like the fact our email wasn’t encrypted.

Oct 19, 2013: Home from the Dells. Was super fun to run into Tom Keekley Lori Keekley and boys while there!

Oct 19, 2013: Mini Steam Engine The steam engines at Riverside & Great Northern Railway in Wisconsin Dells were awesome.

Oct 19, 2013: 36 °F starting to feel too cold for shorts.

Oct 19, 2013: Starbucks is as much a coffee shop as McDonalds is a restaurant.

Oct 18, 2013: Lua keeps showing up in interesting places. @mestery: Lua Scripting Support Added To NetBSD Kernel

Oct 17, 2013: Got my internal-only #TeamSPS CTO blog going tonight. Yet another use of WordPress.

Oct 17, 2013: Gallon of blue stuff ordered by Lori Keekley. Tom Keekley drinking.

Oct 16, 2013: 12 hour day today. Felt like 3!

Oct 16, 2013: I must have ordered the most expensive sandwich that Subway sells.

Oct 15, 2013: Amazing! Bots vs. Wikipedians—Who edits more? http://t.co/At4j6nbpaP Live stats on @Wikipedia/@Wikidata bot activity (CC: @WikiResearch) — …

Oct 14, 2013: Well that wasn’t the morning I was planning on. The network gods were not smiling this morning.

Oct 13, 2013: Very nice to be able to check in on #TeamSPS weekend maintenance work using HipChat.

Oct 12, 2013: Happy for The New Standards to take the stage at The Dakota. Here with Mike Rock and our better-halfs. See list of The New Standards shows.

Oct 12, 2013: The neighborhood is doing the Children’s World Marathon Challenge today. Love where we live.

Oct 12, 2013: Still have 5 leather coin purses in reserve since nobody seems to make them anymore. Old Man Tech.

Oct 12, 2013: Filtering through my camera gear to see what should go on eBay.

Oct 12, 2013: Uncle Tupelo nostalgia inspired by this sticker on my camera hard case.

Oct 10, 2013: Facebook to rip search opt-out from under those who were using it ← Time to delete account yet?

Oct 10, 2013: Classic Van Halen getting things rocking at #TeamSPS sales event! Guessing most of #TeamSPS at today’s event know Van Halen as that band on the …

Oct 9, 2013: Minnedemo 15 Minnedemo 15 was great! Proud to have SPS Commerce sponsoring Minnedemo 15! Nice to see Lou Abramowski demoing Unbenchable! Very impressive UI on Dash …

Oct 6, 2013: Liked 60 Minutes segment on disability benefits abuse? Listen to This American Life #490: Trends with Benefits

Oct 6, 2013: Another Planet Kubb network site! Kubb on! Chippewa Valley Kubb League

Oct 6, 2013: Just shredded my first CD-RW using this new shredder. That was fun. 😊

Oct 6, 2013: Best win with You Need A Budget so far? It’s made personal finances a team sport with Tammy instead of me holed up in “Quicken hell”.

Oct 5, 2013: Golden Espreso. Doesn’t it look so good?

Oct 5, 2013: Smartwool and Birkenstocks. I think this is a thing I can do now.

Oct 5, 2013: Congratulations Alona & Dylan! On September 27th my sister Alona tied the knot with her fiancé Dylan! They had a very nice ceremony followed by a reception at the Maple Grove …

Oct 5, 2013: Mazie's First Hockey Game Mazie and I went to the Minnesota Wild game last night along with Alone and Dylan. It was Mazie’s first hockey game and although she thought it …

Oct 5, 2013: Just watched two people manually force quit all the apps on their iPhones. 🤦‍♂️

Oct 5, 2013: Was just thinking that Apple TV should update automatically. And then noticed there is a new setting to do just that! Nice.

Oct 5, 2013: Looking for dinner ideas.

Oct 5, 2013: Good luck to all my Kubb pals at the Dallas, WI Kubb Tourney today! Unite People and Create Peace! May your batons fly true!

Oct 4, 2013: 1Password 4 for Mac Review — I’ve been using 1Password 4 for a couple days and like it a lot.

Oct 4, 2013: My mom has a better iPhone than me. 😕

Oct 4, 2013: Eek. "Experimenting with HBase" for financial transactions: more or less tragicomic than MongoDB for healthcare data? — Bridget …

Oct 4, 2013: Hoping the fact that I can never spell bureaucrat right means I am not be a bureaucrat.

Oct 4, 2013: Casey Helbling and Justin Porter Join Minnestar Board ← Excited to officially welcome Justin Porter and Casey Helbling to the Minnestar board!

Oct 3, 2013: Great seats at the Wild game! #TeamSPS 🏒

Sep 30, 2013: Anyone else having iMessage issues today? Seems my none of my iMessages on my phone were sent today. Rebooted and then they went out. 😕

Sep 29, 2013: Tammy and I leveled up in You Need A Budget in the last couple of months.

Sep 29, 2013: Beautiful day to visit the apple orchard. Apparently not the only ones with this idea.

Sep 27, 2013: Hat inspired by Paul. See Alona & Dylan’s Wedding post.

Sep 27, 2013: Tammy and I at my sisters wedding. See Alona & Dylan’s Wedding post.

Sep 27, 2013: Congratulations to Alona & Dylan! See Alona & Dylan’s Wedding post.

Sep 27, 2013: Crazy day juggling SPS Commerce 2014 business planning, awesome CaringBridge offsite and now off to my sisters wedding! Hectic & Lucky!

Sep 26, 2013: My OCD tendencies still have me checking App Store for updates even though it’s automatic now.

Sep 26, 2013: Just upgraded to iOS 7.0.2 from my nightstand. Remember when this required iTunes? So nice.

Sep 25, 2013: Google picks CoCo for ‘Tech Hub’ program ← Huge news, congrats CoCo MSP team! 🎉

Sep 25, 2013: Pro Tip: Don’t tell Mac OS X Finder to Quick Look a 60MB SVG file.

Sep 22, 2013: Just hung this BigCharts.com memory in my new office.

Sep 22, 2013: Up early for #TeamSPS release window. Thankful for espresso.

Sep 21, 2013: Would pay $20 for a single Claritin-D tablet right now. Allergies, ugh! 🤧

Sep 21, 2013: Love how the new You Need A Budget for iOS flashes the budget balance when you enter a transaction. Great idea!

Sep 21, 2013: Encryption question: can a Certificate Authority (eg. Verisign) decrypt data encrypted with keys they generate? Or is that not possible?

Sep 21, 2013: I wonder how much battery it takes to move that second hand in the iOS 7 clock icon.

Sep 21, 2013: iOS 7 notification center should hide the stock display on the weekends. And it’s odd that you can put sports info there.

Sep 21, 2013: Sugar’s “Copper Blue” is still an unbelievable album.

Sep 21, 2013: Why does Apple make it harder and harder to rate songs in iOS?

Sep 21, 2013: Nginx image processing server with OpenResty and Lua ← I like nginx, bonus Lua here too!

Sep 21, 2013: Me: Look at that big airplane. Tyler (3): Yeah, he just took off from airport. Me: Where do you think he’s going. Tyler: Mall of America.

Sep 21, 2013: My dentist’s website uses a black background. This seems totally wrong to me.

Sep 21, 2013: Lynnhurst garage sales today. Lots of activity in the neighborhood! Tammy has a table at a neighbors place.

Sep 21, 2013: Tyler and I starting day out right at Urban Bean Coffee.

Sep 20, 2013: Very happy with OmniFocus 2 → OmniFocus 2 for iPhone: Background Sync and a Bold Redesign

Sep 20, 2013: Want to be my neighbor? House is for sale

Sep 20, 2013: Me: “Why are you up so early?” Tyler (3): “I have a meeting Dad.”

Sep 19, 2013: I think it’s time I revive my usage of PGP encryption in addition to the S/MIME I’ve been doing. My public key. Wish I still had the secret key file …

Sep 19, 2013: Notification Center: “There’s a lot going on tomorrow.” No kidding. There always is. 😊

Sep 18, 2013: Updated 2 iPhones and 2 iPads to iOS 7 tonight. Will be feeling around in the internals the rest of the night.

Sep 17, 2013: Don’t use Hadoop - your data isn’t that big ← Amen.

Sep 17, 2013: Rubiks Kubbs: Making a Rubik’s Kubb ← This is awesome. 😊

Sep 16, 2013: Shifted wakeup to 5:15a today, which gave time for 30 mins on spin bike. One more shift to 5am left.

Sep 15, 2013: Just discovered Tammy’s phone is eligible for iPhone 5S upgrade pricing. Uh oh…

Sep 15, 2013: When Google finds the email I sent on a mailing list 20 years ago it gives me pause.

Sep 15, 2013: Sometimes the espresso just looks so great. ☕️

Sep 14, 2013: I had no idea that the State Department funded EFF’s Tor Project. The State Department funds Tor to communicate with political dissidents from …

Sep 14, 2013:

Sep 12, 2013: Gartner: AWS Now Five Times The Size Of Other Cloud Vendors Combined — just incredible what AWS has become.

Sep 12, 2013: Very fun evening hanging with David Novak exploring big ideas!

Sep 10, 2013: Scaling with Queues — queues are magical for performance.

Sep 10, 2013: Yahoo’s Logo Reveals the Worst Aspects of the Engineering Mindset — great reminder of the distinction and mutual respect required between …

Sep 9, 2013: Delectable is Untappd for wine. Nicely done app.

Sep 8, 2013: I finally got a chance to watch We Are Legion. Very good.

Sep 8, 2013: Delight already delivered from Twig the Fairy at Minnesota Renaissance Festival! Rung the bell 4 of 5. Lost to my lovely wife.

Sep 7, 2013: Mazie and I had a great time at Minnesota United FC soccer match. We wore our matching 2013 US National Kubb Championship shirts! Kubb and Soccer! …

Sep 7, 2013: Shot of Adado from Dogwood Coffee. Delightful. ☕️

Sep 6, 2013: Had Ford Fusion rental car this week and was (to my surprise) impressed with it. Biggest annoyance was Microsoft SYNC system.

Sep 4, 2013: Opinion requested: is it fine to walk around a hotel in your bare feet?

Sep 3, 2013: WiFi in hotel “You have successfully logged on. You are now able to move about the Internet.” — move about???

Sep 3, 2013: I had forgotten how left turns are almost non-existent in New Jersey. Jughandles everywhere!

Sep 2, 2013: Did anyone else’s allergies just get terribly bad in the last few days? Even with Claritin-D I’m feeling it. 🤧

Sep 2, 2013: Backyard S’mores! 🔥🍫

Sep 1, 2013: Minnesota State Fair Minnesota State Fair today! Cherry wine slushy — brilliant! For those unfamiliar, Butterheads! Here is the sea of people at MN State Fair. There …

Aug 30, 2013: Minnesota on a Stick show at MN State Fair grandstand tonight.

Aug 30, 2013: At University of Minnesota Computer Science Memorial event celebrating the accomplishments of John Riedl. What a great man and mentor. Amazing roster …

Aug 28, 2013: Excited to read This Machine Kills Secrets, my book club pick this month.

Aug 27, 2013: I sure know a lot of folks at VMworld. I may have to attend next year.

Aug 26, 2013: LinkedIn: Yes, I know my daughter! Tonight while on LinkedIn I was prompted for some people I might now, including this one. So, yeah, in fact I do know my 8-year-old daughter. I …

Aug 25, 2013: Considering moving my daily wake up from 6a to 5a. Feels daunting.

Aug 23, 2013: Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal published this short blurb on me joining SPS Commerce. They also published an article as well.

Aug 19, 2013: SPS University! #TeamSPS growing.

Aug 18, 2013: Blank Big Green Egg canvas. Awaiting its subject. Whole tenderloin ready for Big Green Egg. Today’s PSA: always burp your Big Green Egg Tenderloin …

Aug 17, 2013: Tyler and I had a great time on the MetroTransit light rail for fun! Tyler loves the train!

Aug 17, 2013: Good macchiato and cookie at Urban Bean Coffee.

Aug 16, 2013: Fun discussion with Paul DeBettignies exploring ways to grow #TeamSPS tech team — great way to cap off first week at SPS Commerce!

Aug 15, 2013: MN Twins with #TeamSPS. Great to meet more people at tonight’s Twins event!

Aug 15, 2013: Team SPS getting ready to go to Twins game! ⚾️

Aug 12, 2013: Excited to start a new adventure today at SPS Commerce!

Aug 10, 2013: In other news, I setup an account on Untappd. So, if you do that, you can find me there.

Aug 10, 2013: Just placed my first order on Bite Squad. Totally confused how much to tip for the driver, isn’t that what the delivery fee is for?

Aug 10, 2013: Passed through Kubb Capital of North America (Eau Claire, WI). No stopping, 9 hour road trip today.

Aug 10, 2013: Little healthy snack while on the road.

Aug 10, 2013: 61 mile road construction zone on I-90? Ouch.

Aug 10, 2013: Noting that Minnesota Kubb has hosted three Kubb tournaments this year. Think only USA Kubb has hosted as many in a year in the states.

Aug 10, 2013: Goodbye Saugatuck! Think we will be back. Great time! Time to drive, all day.

Aug 9, 2013: Beach Kubb with Tyler today.

Aug 9, 2013: Case of wine procured from Fenn Valley Vineyards.

Aug 8, 2013: New Holland Brewing Sampler While in Saugatuck we went to Holland a couple of times, it’s just 10 miles or so up the road. We had dinner at New Holland Brewing and I got to …

Aug 8, 2013: Saugatuck Beaches I had no idea that there were beaches like this in Michigan! We’ve been having a great time in the Saugatuck area, and nearly every day …

Aug 8, 2013: Saugatuck Brewing Sampler More opportunities to try local beers at Saugatuck Brewing. I picked a bunch of hoppy brews. The serving method was a little odd, if you had a table …

Aug 8, 2013: Saugatuck Dune Ride Us at the top of one of the higher dunes at the midpoint of the Saugatuck Dune Rides tour. The dune ride was a lot of fun, if your in the area put it …

Aug 8, 2013: Returning to Salt of the Earth in Fennville for an encore dinner. This place was great!

Aug 6, 2013: Music in the park with Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellies in Fennville, MI. The fiddle player for Lindsay Lou would fit right in with The Avett Bros - …

Aug 5, 2013: Debating wether I should have 2 4G servers or 1 8G server at Linode for my personal server. 😕 One Ubuntu to manage sounds better.

Aug 5, 2013: Dunes.

Aug 4, 2013: Super fun day on the beach today.

Aug 4, 2013: Astounding beer selection at Saugatuck Brewing Company. Including 118 IBU IPA. Flight ordered.

Aug 2, 2013: Vacation starting now.

Aug 2, 2013: Found out this morning that Sona Mehring and I share common Perl skills! $_ FTW! 🙂

Aug 2, 2013: Good CaringBridge program meeting this morning → great progress!

Aug 1, 2013: Mom grilling for sisters birthday!

Aug 1, 2013: Great video about 2013 US National Kubb Championship tournament.

Aug 1, 2013: Updating to WordPress 3.6. Hope this is smooth. 😊

Jul 30, 2013: Did The Economist annual subscription price actually go up? Yikes.

Jul 30, 2013: Just discovered a ground hornets nest right in our backyard. Luckily nobody bitten.

Jul 30, 2013: Makes me chuckle how Canon camera firmware updates describe bug fixes as “Resolves a phenomenon where …”

Jul 29, 2013: Paging Large Datasets in Semantic MediaWiki I’ve been working with Yaron Koren’s new Miga project to provide an offline, mobile optimized way of accessing the nutrition data in …

Jul 29, 2013: Password v. Passphrase Today’s xkcd highlights what might be one of the biggest security mistakes of our digital age: using passwords over passphrases. The comic does …

Jul 27, 2013: Spent a solid 4 hours cleaning the garage with Tammy. Looks great.

Jul 27, 2013: How long will a 3 year old cry and scream at the bottom of the stairs insisting someone “carry him!” up the stairs? You’d be amazed.

Jul 25, 2013: There are a lot of people at the American Swedish Institute playing Kubb! Nice job Minnesota Kubb! Kubb unites people and creates peace. Kubb …

Jul 24, 2013: Enjoying some Really Goods with my coffee. Delicious. (Official sponsor of US National Kubb Championship)

Jul 23, 2013: Don't Ruin the Past with Reality I really enjoyed this article and photo for The 40-Year-Old Photo That Gives Us A Reason To Smile. Great story behind the photo, and it’s a …

Jul 23, 2013: Pro Tip: Small business owners, don’t name your WiFi the same as your business if it’s not open to customers.

Jul 20, 2013: Goodbye to my friend, John Riedl Three years ago my friend, mentor and former professor John Riedl shared the news with our book club that he had been diagnosed with cancer. Melanoma. …

Jul 20, 2013: Pictures from 2013 US Nationals Kubb Championship I didn’t get much time to take photos at the 2013 US Nationals Kubb Championship. Saturday was a day focused my team the Kubbchucks progressing …

Jul 20, 2013: Backyard Kubb with Kent. Kubb destruction.

Jul 19, 2013: Very impressed with TradingView. If I were to build BigCharts.com again today, I would like to think it would be what they did.

Jul 18, 2013: Researching collaboration for a better world: John T. Riedl (1962 – 2013) ← My professor and friend John Riedl honored by Wikimedia.

Jul 18, 2013: Great crowd at Minnedemo tonight.

Jul 15, 2013: Made a super simple MediaWiki extension for parsing URLs.

Jul 14, 2013: Mazie wearing her new US National Kubb Championship shirt.

Jul 14, 2013: Tyler getting his Kubb on with new US National Kubb Championship set.

Jul 14, 2013: Home from US National Kubb Championship Kubb tournament and eating my Really Goods.

Jul 14, 2013: “US National Kubb Championship: Congrats to Jamie Thingelstad on winning the US National Kubb Championship set in the raffle.” Awesome set! Thanks!

Jul 14, 2013: USA Kubb King

Jul 13, 2013: Might as well cancel 5am alarm and just get up. Upside is time to make coffee.

Jul 13, 2013: Talked Tyler through the worst of the thunder on the monitor without him ending up in our bed. Different story with the dog though.

Jul 12, 2013: 40 minutes at the Apple Store and $149 later I have a new piece of glass in my iPhone 5. All better now.

Jul 11, 2013: Ugh. Just shattered my iPhone screen. 🙁 Time to head to the Apple Store tonight.

Jul 8, 2013: Stopping MediaWiki Spam with Dynamic Questy Captchas This method of using Questy Captcha has been defeated by some spammers. Please check out my updated dynamic Questy Captcha method. MediaWiki websites …

Jul 7, 2013: Tyler was excellent helper mowing the lawn this morning.

Jul 6, 2013: Whole tenderloin (4 lbs) came off the Big Green Egg great!

Jul 6, 2013: Today’s weather brought to you by Tanqueray & Tonic.

Jul 5, 2013: Cactus Blossoms at The Turf Club Packed show for The Cactus Blossoms live recording at the Turf Club. “The Cactus Blossoms and so can you.” Surrounded by a group of folks visiting …

Jul 5, 2013: Kubb blaster training. Small yard.

Jul 5, 2013: Winnie the Pooh enjoys tiny coffees too. Urban Bean Coffee

Jul 4, 2013: Having a great time with the family on the TCBC Watermelon Ride!

Jun 29, 2013: The Avett Brothers on stage! Nice! Avett’s just sang “When I Drink”. Didn’t think they would hit that album. Don’t think Yardsale will be coming …

Jun 29, 2013: Brandi Carlile takes stage. See list of Brandi Carlile shows.

Jun 29, 2013: Kubb set for sale at Ingebretsen’s in Stockholm, WI.

Jun 28, 2013: Just heard on MPR that Peter’s Grill is closing tomorrow! May have to make a final lunch stop today. Mayhem at Peter’s Grill with everyone …

Jun 27, 2013: Decided to give SaltStack a go for managing my small Linode setup. Feels like a good fit.

Jun 26, 2013: Pro tip: Apple TV parental controls is a great way to hide all the dumb “channels” added in the last update.

Jun 23, 2013: Today’s exercise in flat packing: pirate ship sandbox!

Jun 16, 2013: It’s possible that I may have more demitasse cups than Urban Bean Coffee. 😊

Jun 16, 2013: This may be coffee cheating, but its awesome.

Jun 15, 2013: Not my Big Green Egg. Still awesome.

Jun 15, 2013: The gorgeous Nyland Sack Trophy just unveiled on Planet Kubb!

Jun 15, 2013: To the person that turned Tammy’s keys she lost by the Lake Harriet bandshell into the cafe so when I went looking they had them? Thank you!

Jun 14, 2013: Got this “I Biked” sticker for riding my bike to the park tonight.

Jun 14, 2013: Enjoying Lucid Duo Double IPA at Pairings Food & Wine. Delicious.

Jun 7, 2013: Camping. ⛺️

Jun 7, 2013: Kubb pitch setup. Ready to camp! Tyler helping put in the center pins. Not bad, but not a master driller.

Jun 4, 2013: Jay Farrar and Son Volt take stage. I’ve been listening to his music for 22 years. If you know who Wilco is and don’t know Son Volt or Uncle Tupelo, …

Jun 4, 2013: Colonel Ford opening for Son Volt at First Ave. Nice.

Jun 2, 2013: Spent the late night hunting a bug with MediaWiki 1.21 and Semantic Forms. Oi!

May 28, 2013: chef frustrates me with its Ruby-ness. Why can’t we have some deploy frameworks in Python?

May 28, 2013: Saw a BMW X6 on the road this morning. What is going on in Munich? 😬

May 25, 2013: Got my MediaWiki farm upgraded to 1.21. Some great improvements, and excited to open the door on Lua modules!

May 25, 2013: In North Dakota. Have had to resort to Starbucks.

May 25, 2013: Just backed D is for Django kids album by Girlyman members.

May 24, 2013: This morning I bought the new Daft Punk album on iTunes. Just now iTunes sent me an alert that the new Daft Punk album was out. 🤦‍♂️

May 24, 2013: Proud to be a backer of the Aaron Swartz documentary on Kickstarter.

May 22, 2013: That espresso shot was a disaster. Tough at home when you are only making 1-2.

May 18, 2013: Figured out the root cause of slowness on my MediaWiki farm.

May 18, 2013: Minnehaha Creek by our house. Love this spot.

May 17, 2013: Attending CaringBridge board meeting this morning. Great things in all areas. Go Sona Mehring and team!

May 16, 2013: Aria looks a lot different for this benefit than it does for minnedemo!

May 16, 2013: At the Movable Feast Open Arms event tonight. Very nice.

May 16, 2013: At Tyler’s school program. Brought Canon 5D. No memory card. 😬

May 15, 2013: 9-8 B-Squad wins! OMG! The Nads show up at Dusty’s to celebrate B-Squad win! B-Squad and Nads sitting around a table at Dustys! And now the …

May 15, 2013: Today is the anniversary of BigCharts.com I still remember watching those first chart requests scroll by.

May 15, 2013: Shouldn’t all these Google I/O presenters being wearing Glass? Surprised they aren’t.

May 14, 2013: Mazie and I just beat Super Mario World! Take that Bowser!

May 13, 2013: Cactus Blossoms at Turf Club.

May 13, 2013: It makes me happy that the IRC /me command works in places like Skype and Messages. 🤓

May 11, 2013: Mothers Day BBQ Ribs Made dry rubs for 5 full racks of ribs and pork shoulder. Firing up Big Green Egg today for Mothers Day BBQ. Ready for dry rub. Rubbed. Time to get …

May 10, 2013: Renewed my Nice Ride subscription. Such a great service!

May 10, 2013: Thanks to Matt Ellsworth for introducing me to Mos Def’s “The Ecstatic”.

May 10, 2013: Very good macchiato at Urban Bean Coffee this am.

May 9, 2013: Happy with today’s #mnmarriage vote!

May 8, 2013: Build. Ship. Test. Huh? 🙂

May 6, 2013: A Big Green Egg blank canvas awaits the artists brush.

May 5, 2013: 10th Annual Olson Family Weekend This weekend we got together with Tammy’s side of the family for the 10th Annual Olson Family Weekend. We returned to Lanesboro this year. The …

May 5, 2013: Two pitches going at Olson Family Kubb Tournament! My son’s king shot. Sister-in-law Michelle and I won the Olson Family Kubb tournament!

May 4, 2013: Good throw to start game of Kubb!

May 3, 2013: Snowy May drive to Lanesboro for weekend with Olson family. Left bikes at home.

May 2, 2013: Great lunch with Matt Hardy learning about Kidblog. Cool stuff going on there!

May 2, 2013: Fun panel conversation this morning at The Collaborative event with Justin Kaufenberg.

May 1, 2013: Congrats Marc Frons! Well done! @rajivpant: BtoB Business Media selects @MarcFrons among Top Innovators!

Apr 30, 2013: Double down. Urban Bean Coffee ☕️

Apr 27, 2013: What’s the big problem with having wires on your bike computer?! I like wires!

Apr 27, 2013: Trying to buy tubes for my road bike. Every tube has equal number of 1 star and 5 star reviews. 😕

Apr 27, 2013: Just finished a fabulous bike ride on my road bike without pulling a kid behind me. Awesome.

Apr 26, 2013: Really looking forward to The New Standards tonight at the Dakota! See list of The New Standards shows.

Apr 25, 2013: Started down the path of leaving Quicken after 15 years and moving to You Need A Budget. I’m hopeful!

Apr 24, 2013: I just backed Aaron Swartz Documentary - The Internet’s Own Boy on Kickstarter.

Apr 21, 2013: Strong hour on my spin bike. Felt good. Legs had a lot left if them. My Vitamix treat after the spin.

Apr 20, 2013: Trying to abandon Quicken and make the leap to just using my bank website like the kids do these days. Terrifying.

Apr 20, 2013: Trying to use the Paychex website and filled with rage over “Server Error in ‘/’ Application.”. Way to “upgrade”…

Apr 19, 2013: Display MediaWiki job queue size inside your wiki I wanted to find an easy way to show the current size of the MediaWiki job queue on WikiApiary. When you make changes to templates that are used on …

Apr 18, 2013: April in Minneapolis.

Apr 18, 2013: Thanks to my buddy Kent for turning me onto The Gaslight Anthem. Started with The ‘59 Sound. Great album! #music

Apr 18, 2013: As you reflect on the gun bill vote yesterday, it’s worth watching Larry Lessig’s TED talk “We the People”.

Apr 15, 2013: Explosion at Boston Marathon. Know only that Jim Bernard is fine.

Apr 15, 2013: On related news, the Boston Marathon iPhone app is really, really bad. Unfortunate. Such potential.

Apr 14, 2013: Digging some ideas of putting Panic Status Board panels together with data from WikiApiary. Hmmm…

Apr 13, 2013: Catalog Unsubscribing I make it a routine task to request removal from any and all catalogs that show up in our mailbox. Sometimes there is a bit of detective work to get …

Apr 11, 2013: There is something so beautiful about running water and snow.

Apr 11, 2013: Espresso and snow.

Apr 10, 2013: Linode NextGen: RAM Upgrade ← Love to see Linode doing great stuff. My server is migrating now.

Apr 10, 2013: Sure snow in April isn’t exactly welcome, but it is pretty. 📷

Apr 7, 2013: I can’t wait to fire up both Big Green Eggs soon. I need to get some grilling going!

Apr 7, 2013: Seriously; so good. Espresso!

Apr 7, 2013: Excited to head to Mike Rock tonight for what I’m positive will be yet another great evening with amazing food and friends!

Apr 7, 2013: So awesome to be able to be outside getting the yard ready, fire going and just having a nice time. Yeah for spring!

Apr 7, 2013: Slides from my Minnebar Build Advanced MediaWiki Websites are on the wiki.

Apr 7, 2013: Sessions for Minnebar 8 are now on the wiki. Presenters please add any materials to your sessions.

Apr 6, 2013: Minnebar 8 Minnebar crowd assembling. Getting serious in advanced MongoDB session! Attending Hadoop session. Lot of people here. Clearly Hadoop is hot point via …

Apr 5, 2013: Seeing Chastity Brown at The Cedar tonight. Very good.

Apr 5, 2013: No really, that’s cool, keep talking on your cellphone and being annoying to everyone else on the elevator.

Apr 3, 2013: Seated for Sigur Rós show. Excited to see them play. Sigur Rós blew that up!

Apr 3, 2013: Delicious espresso at Metropolis.

Apr 2, 2013: Standard espresso at Wormhole Coffee in Chicago. Wormhole Macchiato! WINNER!

Apr 2, 2013: Dysfunctionale at Piece Brewery and Pizzeria!

Apr 2, 2013: Macchiato at Gaslight in Chicago.

Apr 1, 2013: Chicago-style from Lou Malnati’s tonight.

Mar 31, 2013: Chicago My π Pizza!

Mar 29, 2013: Excited to “drop some science” at my MediaWiki session at Minnebar.

Mar 29, 2013: The Jawbone Jambox is practically a magical device to me. Audio quality, size, portability - blows me away.

Mar 28, 2013: Wonder if Goodreads API will drop access to ratings now that Amazon bought it.

Mar 28, 2013: I sure am glad that Google got rid of Google Reader to clear the way for Shopping Express! 😤

Mar 27, 2013: Got coffee squared for weekend in Chicago. How about best deep dish pizza? Gino’s East? Kid friendly needed.

Mar 27, 2013: Just requested replacement of my Dollar Shave Club handle for the 4th time. Anyone else have handle problems?

Mar 26, 2013: Sue Gardner announced that she is moving on as Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation today. She highlighted where she wants to direct her …

Mar 24, 2013: My Lightroom catalog has 74,721 photos in it. 😲

Mar 24, 2013: Traffic

Mar 24, 2013: Minneapolis Photo Center workshop with Mike Rock! See list of Photography Workshops.

Mar 23, 2013: Mediawiker ← Sublime Text 2 plugin to edit MediaWiki pages directly. Very nice!

Mar 22, 2013: Great espresso at World’s Most Dangerous Coffee Shop Urban Bean Coffee with charged water. ☕️

Mar 21, 2013: So predictable how LARGE BANK Co. “forgets” how to pay my homeowners insurance out of escrow nearly every year. It seems too obvious to me that they …

Mar 16, 2013: Python gives me this great productivity flow, like Perl used to. But unlike Perl, I don’t feel dirty afterward.

Mar 15, 2013: Congrats to Mike Bollinger on the 40 Under Forty Award!

Mar 15, 2013: Why is it so hard to find personal finance software that doesn’t suck?

Mar 14, 2013: Making short list of things to talk to Dr. about at physical. Suddenly feeling very old. 😕

Mar 13, 2013: If your replacement for Google Reader is a free iOS app on your phone your probably going to be in the same spot again. I’ve been using Fever for 2+ …

Mar 12, 2013: Google Reader RIP; Long Live RSS! Today Google announced that they are shutting down Google Reader. People on Twitter are apoplectic about it all. I get to feel a little smug since I …

Mar 12, 2013: RSS Infinity Mirror Reading about Google shutting down Google Reader, from the guy that made RSS, using Fever on my own server.

Mar 11, 2013: I’m presenting at Minnebar 8: Build and Deploy Ridiculously Advanced MediaWiki Websites! Also as board member of Minnestar am presenting Minnebar 8 …

Mar 11, 2013: Took my Linode VPS to a loadavg of 13+ with a nasty bug in a WikiApiary bot. Fixed now. Happy LiSH got me on console!

Mar 11, 2013: Tonight’s bedtime routine was a -27 on a scale of 1 to 10. 😳

Mar 10, 2013: Played “labyrinthian” in my Letterpress game. Rest of the day will be easy.

Mar 10, 2013: Trying to explain to Mazie what a cassette tape was. Makes no sense to her.

Mar 8, 2013: One of my Minnebar 8 sessions: Build and Deploy Ridiculously Advanced MediaWiki Websites.

Mar 8, 2013: Wow, Piwik 1.11 looks like a very solid release. Love the new settings improvements and native HTML maps!

Mar 4, 2013: Cold snowy day to wait 20 minutes for the bus. 🥶

Feb 23, 2013: Bought the Alabama Shakes album last night without sampling from one text from Kent. Listening now.

Feb 23, 2013: Initialized four new wikis this morning and it’s not even 8am. 😊

Feb 22, 2013: This is big! @mediawiki: @Wikipedia starts supporting Lua for writing templates

Feb 17, 2013: Preparations for Tyler’s Thomas the Train birthday party underway! Listening to Thomas & Friends: All-Star Tracks. Tyler is totally committed to …

Feb 14, 2013: Flatten my funnel! Thomas-speak is starting to sound totally normal. Life with a 3 year old boy!

Feb 12, 2013: Watching Bob Mould on Austin City Limits. So good. Oh wow, Celebrated Summer! I can’t hear Celebrated Summer without thinking of Old Milwaukee beer.

Feb 12, 2013: I'm a boy and I'm three. When Tyler came down from his room this morning I gave him a big hug and wished him a very, very happy birthday. He replied to me that …

Feb 10, 2013: Saw Book of Mormon today. Pretty funny!

Feb 4, 2013: KARE11 HDTV signal seems dead. Anyone else in Minneapolis see this too? I show 90+ signal strength with digital lock, but grey screen.

Feb 3, 2013: Remember that GoDaddy is a terrible company that you should not do business with. Ignore the Super Bowl commercials.

Feb 3, 2013: 2013 Minnesota Kubb Tournament Photos Spent 12 hours outside on Lake Calhoun yesterday. Dressed right, but still gets cold. Great day of Kubb!

Feb 1, 2013: Sir Topham Hatt sure is stern a lot.

Jan 31, 2013: I just created my first ever MediaWiki barnstar — You make WikiApiary awesome! I think this level += 1 me in wiki speak.

Jan 31, 2013: I’m clearly not grokking Python classes. May have to bug Paul for some pointers tomorrow.

Jan 27, 2013: Took Tyler’s crib apart today. Big boy bed time. Wish me luck. I’m gonna need it. Is it a guarantee that you’re a terrible parent if you wish there …

Jan 27, 2013: Lately Tyler has taken to sitting down at the iMac, logging in on the guest account, starting a Safari which takes him to Apple’s website. He …

Jan 26, 2013: My sister-in-law just got a Snood. I’m calling it a Thneed.

Jan 21, 2013: Having 2nd beer of the night. 🍺🍺 At home. Nothing special. Just having a beer. Now two. Almost never do this. Seems odd.

Jan 19, 2013: At Firefighters Hall & Museum with Tyler. This place is pretty awesome, for both little and big boys.

Jan 18, 2013: Macchiato Urban Bean Coffee “Bryant style”.

Jan 16, 2013: First espresso gorgeous.

Jan 13, 2013: “That regulation?” A Kubb comic… and my first comic attempt ever.

Jan 9, 2013: Wow. Just observed a guy on the bus using Google+. First time for that. Facebook dominates the bus with a smattering of Twitter.

Jan 8, 2013: Nice! #MediaWiki website Dungeons and Dragons Wiki http://t.co/tKoWd7gr registered. — WikiApiary (@WikiApiary) January 8, 2013

Jan 6, 2013: Attempting to write Python for WikiApiary that is not embarrassing. 🙂

Dec 30, 2012: Preener's Eve 2012 with The New Standards Excited for the The New Standards “Preeners Eve” show tonight at the Dakota! Got to walk over from the parking ramp with Chan Poling for …

Dec 29, 2012: Awesome tabletop Kubb set!

Dec 28, 2012: Being that guy on a conference call via cellphone in the coffee shop.

Dec 26, 2012: Another award for a website that allows you to set a 20 character password but silently stores less than 20 characters of it.

Dec 26, 2012: Please Charge Me Something For Christmas the brother-in-laws on Tammy’s side pick names. There are only four of us but we like the simplicity of just getting one name to …

Dec 25, 2012: Mom’s been baking! Slice of pumpkin for me. Maybe two. 😊

Dec 25, 2012: Santa brought me a kickin’ Letterpress shirt! Nice!

Dec 24, 2012: Two porterhouses going on Big Green Egg for Christmas Eve dinner. The magic of Christmas, via Big Green Egg.

Dec 22, 2012: PSA: it’s fun to adore shiny espresso machines, but if you don’t have this part right, it doesn’t even matter. ☕️

Dec 22, 2012: Mazie’s sleepover with two friends just ended. They went to sleep after 1am and were up at 7am. Let meltdowns begin! 😊 Parachute fort remnant from …

Dec 22, 2012: Just made Aunt Belle’s Carrot Cake for dinner with Mike Rock and family tonight. Yum! Cake frosted.

Dec 20, 2012: Great 8thBridge holiday party tonight! What a crew!

Dec 18, 2012: Donation to Wikipedia done, finishing trifecta of EFF + Creative Commons.

Dec 17, 2012: A ridiculously long Letterpress battle with Tammy.

Dec 16, 2012: Ugh! Some days being a parent feels like your doing a tour in ‘Nam.

Dec 15, 2012: This week+ long sore throat has me drinking Premium Earl Grey with honey like I’m an addict. 4 to 5 cups a day.

Dec 15, 2012: I win for biggest lens at skating practice.

Dec 13, 2012: Yesterday renewed EFF membership, today did annual Creative Commons donation! Join me!

Dec 12, 2012: I renewed my EFF membership. They work to keep the Internet free and open. Join me and get a 3x Power Up!

Dec 11, 2012: Crowd filling in at Minnedemo. Great demo from Spark Devices! Great demo from Smart Things! TripleMap demo was impressive. Cosit may be the funniest …

Dec 9, 2012: Snow on Branches.

Dec 8, 2012: 2012 New Standards Holiday Show Super excited for the The New Standards holiday show tonight! Of course Mrs. Braintree is at The New Standards Holiday Show! New Standards Holiday …

Dec 8, 2012: Just consolidated my Linode 1024 and Linode 768 host into a single Linode 2048. Expecting better performance and easier admin.

Dec 7, 2012: I guess Google messed up Reader again. I gave up after they forced Google Plus. Using Fever and host my own RSS.

Dec 2, 2012: Adding Email Mention Notification to WordPress P2 I’m using the P2 theme on a couple of websites, one of them is for the team minnestar to help coordination and collaboration. P2 supports the …

Nov 30, 2012: Need tickets.

Nov 27, 2012: Sitting next to James Wallen who has Whooping Cough. This seems like a bad idea.

Nov 22, 2012: Brilliant! Borrow it? 🙂 @mnadel: Just bought digital calipers so I can measure my filter basket to order the perfect Reg Barber tamper.

Nov 21, 2012: Making Wassail Tea for Thanksgiving Day!

Nov 13, 2012: Played synchronicity in Letterpress. BAM! 😊

Nov 13, 2012: Tiny coffee. Urban Bean Coffee.

Nov 9, 2012: AT&T turned LTE on in South Minneapolis? I have it. LTE full strength in warehouse district too. AT&T didn’t have this yesterday.

Nov 8, 2012: I wish there was a Mac version of Letterpress where I could have multiple games open at the same time.

Nov 8, 2012: Dads and Donuts at Berry Patch Today I got to take Tyler to Berry Patch for pre-school to attend Dads and Donuts day! Tyler was super excited for Dad to come to school with him. We …

Nov 6, 2012: Took a moment during election coverage to upgrade to MediaWiki 1.20, released a couple hours ago! All went very, very smooth. Not even a hiccup. New …

Nov 5, 2012: I won a nice game of Lost Cities against Tom Keekley.

Nov 5, 2012: New Bob Mould album “Silver Age” is very good!

Nov 4, 2012: It would be nice if you could stash words in Letterpress that you want to remember for a future move. It would be a lot of fun if you could “react” to …

Nov 2, 2012: Mission accomplished! Beer at Wits! Mike Doughty playing at Wits!

Nov 2, 2012: Agile Day Twin Cities 2012 Presenting at Twin Cities Agile Day today! Minneapolis Institute of Art is nice venue for Twin Cities Agile Day. Attending Jeff Sussna session on …

Nov 1, 2012: Wow. That’s how it’s done.

Oct 31, 2012: So, how many pieces of candy do you give to trick or treaters? I do 3-5 depending. Estimate 80 trick or treaters so far. Wave 2 of trick or treaters …

Oct 30, 2012: Guest network now openwireless.org For years I’ve ran a guest WiFi network at home that has been called “Thingelstad Guest”. It makes it super easy for people that are …

Oct 30, 2012: MediaWiki Template Filter Title I was recently doing some cleaning on our Read/Write Book Club website and ran into an interesting challenge. All of the books in the wiki are in a …

Oct 29, 2012: There should be an Emoji version of Letterpress.

Oct 28, 2012: Surprised that Letterpress doesn’t have achievements.

Oct 27, 2012: Nice seats for Gopher game! Thanks Kent! 🏈

Oct 27, 2012: Double Macchiatos at Urban Bean Coffee with Kent. ☕️

Oct 26, 2012: Playing Lost Cities this way.

Oct 19, 2012: Visiting National Eagle Center While in Wabasha for the weekend we spent the morning at the National Eagle Center. Mazie and I also attended one of their workshops and learned a lot …

Oct 19, 2012: What part of “Keep your kids behind the yellow line.” do these parents not get. Seriously!

Oct 19, 2012: Tammy is shocked that I’ve never heard of Goonies also. WTH.

Oct 18, 2012: Upgraded espresso art this morning at Urban Bean Coffee. That’s a macchiato!

Oct 13, 2012: It wasn’t a good day yesterday to do the Pedal Pub. Cold, rainy.

Oct 13, 2012: AT&T LTE Spotting AT&T has announced that they are working to bring LTE to the Twin Cities market by the end of the year. Yesterday while driving by the River …

Oct 13, 2012: New Standards at The Dakota We returned to The Dakota last night after seeing Robyn Hitchcock the night before for The New Standards. We’ve seen The New Standards play at …

Oct 13, 2012: Robyn Hitchcock at The Dakota On Friday night we went to The Dakota to see Robyn Hitchcock. Tammy enjoyed his music a lot in high school and college. I knew of him, but …

Oct 13, 2012: Back at the Dakota for The New Standards! Love their rendition of “After the Gold Rush”. Stout Gingerbread with Surly Bender Ice Cream! …

Oct 12, 2012: Blue Monk, best drink at the Dakota.

Oct 11, 2012: Delicious macchiato with Jim Bernard at Urban Bean Coffee.

Oct 7, 2012: Minnehaha Creek Dry

Oct 6, 2012: 2012 Dallas Oktoberfest Kubb Tournament The Kubbchucks played at the 2012 Dallas Oktoberfest Kubb Tournament on Saturday. In between games I took out the camera.

Oct 3, 2012: Happy Birthday Mom! Today is my Mom’s 60th Birthday! Happy Birthday Mom! If my Mom is any indicator, 60 is the new 30! 🙂 To mark the day we get family together at …

Oct 2, 2012: When you try this hard, stuff is gonna happen! Collateral damage from macchiato pour at Urban Bean Coffee.

Sep 23, 2012: iPhone 5 shipped today. Week earlier than order said it would.

Sep 22, 2012: “ISO 25,600 is the new ISO 100.” ← Yes, I just wrote than in an email.

Sep 22, 2012: Ate entire meal of nothing but fried things out of deep fat friers. Will pay for this. Great to run into Chris Gwinn there! Thanks Kelly and Scott …

Sep 20, 2012: I rather dislike that iTunes highlights a genius mix for me titled “Adult Alternative”.

Sep 19, 2012: Iceland Trip Video I had a great time in Iceland recently with friends Steve, Dennys and Layne. Dennys made this very cool video from our trip. He brought his whole …

Sep 15, 2012: Sitting by the fire, lakeshore sounds in the air. Nice breeze. Great Olson Family Weekend day 1!

Sep 11, 2012: PSA: It’s still too warm for wool socks.

Sep 9, 2012: Back from Iceland. Listening to Sigur Rós this morning and thinking about the glaciers.

Sep 8, 2012: Yum! was out of the “mini” chocolate chip cookies so Tyler had to get a full size one. He didn’t seem to mind! I’m pretty sure …

Sep 8, 2012: Reykjivik Homes

Sep 8, 2012: Greenland from the Sky

Sep 7, 2012: Just got done chasing Northern Lights around Selfoss, Iceland. 1:30a. Time to sleep.

Sep 7, 2012: Icelandic Interior.

Sep 7, 2012: Columnar Geology.

Sep 7, 2012: Glacial Pond.

Sep 7, 2012: Aluvial Plains.

Sep 6, 2012: Wave Crashing on Ice.

Sep 6, 2012: Glacier view from this morning. Stunning. Ridiculously windy.

Sep 6, 2012: Going out to shoot the Vatnajökull glacier! The light is awesome!

Sep 5, 2012: We tried waiting out the rain yesterday to shoot the Vatnajökull glacier. The rain won.

Sep 5, 2012: Icelandic Church.

Sep 4, 2012: Backing Up While Traveling Time to backup all of the Iceland trip photos to two separate 500G portable drives. Not going to lose any of these photos!

Sep 4, 2012: Atlantic Black Sand in Iceland.

Sep 4, 2012: Skógafoss in Iceland.

Sep 4, 2012: Northern Atlantic Waves Waves crashing onto the shore in Iceland. Play the audio while you look at the pictures. The tinkling sound in the audio is all of the pebbles on the …

Sep 3, 2012: Glasshouse Through Trees at Night

Sep 3, 2012: In Selfoss, Iceland for tonight. Going out for some night photography.

Sep 3, 2012: Goodbye Djúpavík! Way up north!

Sep 3, 2012: Iceland Road with Sheep

Sep 2, 2012: Djúpavík Herring Factory We decided to explore the Northern reaches of Iceland and drove to Djúpavík. Djúpavík is home to a deserted Herring factory that has been closed since …

Sep 1, 2012: Icelandic Horse.

Aug 31, 2012: Got a kicking Ford Transit to explore Iceland Euro-style.

Aug 30, 2012: Next Stop: Reykjavik!

Aug 30, 2012: Packed for Iceland Photography Trip I finished packing my kit to head to Iceland for a week of photography tonight. Here is what I decided to put in my camera backpack: Canon 5D Mark II …

Aug 25, 2012: Portland, Maine seems like a pretty cool place.

Aug 24, 2012: What a great time we’ve had in Maine.

Aug 23, 2012: Boats in the Fog.

Aug 23, 2012: Sailboat and Lighthouse.

Aug 21, 2012: Lobster Buoys.

Aug 18, 2012: View from our rental in Port Clyde, ME. Tide is out.

Aug 18, 2012: Vacation stat: Number of dirty diapers changed on public park benches: 2

Aug 17, 2012: Sailboat.

Aug 13, 2012: The $18 umbrella stroller at Rite-Aid is nirvana for traveling parents.

Aug 13, 2012: “No Talky on Phony”. 😊

Aug 12, 2012: Love these two so much. Both pictures by my other love, Tammy.

Aug 11, 2012: Coldplay Concert At Coldplay concert. Floor left, row 35. Noticing all the redundant tech systems in the Coldplay setup.

Aug 8, 2012: Surprised how 3 days after the fact this (these?) hornet stings are really swollen.

Aug 6, 2012: Three racks of St. Louis ribs on the Big Green Egg. Smoke. Sauce. Surly Sÿx! Thanks Kurt! Ribs done. Delicious.

Aug 4, 2012: Now that is a Big Green Egg!

Jul 30, 2012: Wow. Apple’s web site to schedule a Genius Bar appointment doesn’t work right in Safari 6? Can’t move to future days. Works in …

Jul 29, 2012: Came across this snake while hiking on Rock Island this weekend. Anyone know what kind of snake it is?

Jul 28, 2012: Played a quick game of Kubb yesterday in Sister Bay, WI waiting for our boat ride.

Jul 26, 2012: Bummed that I was out of town for Luke Francl last Minnedemo (for a while at least).

Jul 26, 2012: I win!

Jul 25, 2012: Upgrading my Macs at home to Mountain Lion an hour before leaving town for a few days. I lose all sensibility when new bits arrive.

Jul 21, 2012: Americoob Attempting to Siphon Traffic from USA Kubb I recently went to usakubb.com forgetting to use .org to go to usakubb.org, the website for the US National Kubb Championship. USA Kubb got this site …

Jul 21, 2012: Trolley Train Tyler and I visited Choo Choo Bob’s today and somehow this happened.

Jul 20, 2012: Near perfect espresso this morning. ☕️

Jul 16, 2012: Photos from 2012 US National Kubb Championship This last weekend the Kubbchucks, our Kubb team, traveled to Eau Claire for the US National Kubb Championship. It was an awesome time. Here are some …

Jul 13, 2012: I’ve been reunited with my Kensington Expert Mouse Trackball and it’s so great.

Jul 4, 2012: Reference Macchiato When I go to a good coffee shop I almost always order a macchiato. I enjoy them, but far too many places make them poorly. If you order one, and it …

Jul 4, 2012: Terms of Service Screens Got this a while back on my iPhone. That gave this. You got that right? Good.

Jul 4, 2012: Tofu joins the Jalapeños. Big Green Egg.

Jul 4, 2012: Looking forward to popping some of these in my mouth! Big Green Egg.

Jul 1, 2012: Coffee ice brewing. Check back in 8 hours. First drip of coffee arrives 48 mins later. all good here!

Jun 30, 2012: 2% Real Maple Syrup I’ve been using only real maple syrup at home for a while. I kind of take it as a given that people know that most syrup in the store is just …

Jun 30, 2012: Bookmarking with Semantic MediaWiki I have been doing a lot of exploration using MediaWiki and the Semantic MediaWiki suite of extensions. I’ve deployed a number of wikis doing a …

Jun 30, 2012: Website for my Photography I’ve got a new website where I am highlighting my photography, Thingelstad Photography! My photography hobby has grown over time and I wanted a …

Jun 24, 2012: Don’t drink and Kubb.

Jun 23, 2012: Fudge making at Chrest family reunion.

Jun 23, 2012: Cassette tape anyone?

Jun 16, 2012: Happy Fathers Day 2012

Jun 16, 2012: Tyler and I watching the race cars at 24 Hours of Le Mans. Happy that I can watch it live on the web, even without english commentary. The camera …

Jun 12, 2012: Airport BSOD These just never get old. 🙂

Jun 12, 2012: My Setup for WWDC on Monday This was my setup for Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference keynote on Monday. It sure would be nice if they just sent out the video live. 😊 …

Jun 7, 2012: SSH through GoGo Inflight WiFi is surprisingly responsive.

Jun 6, 2012: Interest in Twin Cities OmniFocus Meet Up? I’ve been an OmniFocus user since the very first release and use it all day, everyday on my Macs, iPhone and iPad. I’ve found it really …

Jun 5, 2012: This made me laugh yesterday. What a great network name!

May 30, 2012: Just realized I have shmuts all over my shirt and it’s probably been there all day. 😕

May 28, 2012: Corn and asparagus on Big Green Egg. Simple today.

May 28, 2012: Making some coffee with the Yama Cold Brew Tower.

May 26, 2012: Letting the coffee bloom in the Chemex.

May 26, 2012: Great morning for Kubb & Koffee.

May 23, 2012: Good morning Urban Bean Coffee.

May 22, 2012: The Collaborative Technology Summit 2012 At The Collaborative Technology Summit event on panel 2 talking about 8thBridge and evolution of tech in Minnesota! Had fun on panel with Erin Newkirk …

May 19, 2012: At the The Fitzgerald for Jeremy Messersmith show.

May 19, 2012: At George and the Dragon for first time and I’ve got a major crush. Loving it!

May 18, 2012: I ran this command in the wrong directory! sudo find . -type f -print -exec rm '{}' \; luckily the damage is repairable, but plenty bad… and if anyone …

May 17, 2012: We all had fun playing in the creek tonight after dinner.

May 15, 2012: On this day in 1997 Philip Hotchkiss, me and a team of 6 launched BigCharts.com. Great memories!

May 14, 2012: My Sessions at MinneBar 7 MinneBar 7 was just a little over a month ago and the videos the two sessions I did are now online. Running a Virtual Server with Confidence I gave …

May 14, 2012: Just created my very first MediaWiki bot! It’s working like mad for me right now. 😊

May 13, 2012: B-Squad 2012 Season Underway Another year of Men’s Recreational E-League Softball has begun. The suspense is heavy this year. The B-Squad is playing well. A win taunts us.

May 13, 2012: Bakers Wife ridiculous today. Didn’t expect mothers day donut rush!

May 11, 2012: Nice macchiato Urban Bean Coffee! Think I overheard the Urban Bean brain trust brainstorming a Ham & Gruyere latte to follow the PB&J one. …

May 10, 2012: Trampled by Turtles on the roof of our building!

May 9, 2012: My Running a VPS with Confidence session from Minnebar just got online.

May 7, 2012: Just sent a diff to add two Tag Cloud features to Semantic Results Format extension for Semantic MediaWiki.

May 4, 2012: The New Standards at the Dakota. So good. 🎶 See list of The New Standards shows.

May 2, 2012: 23,307 now. 🙂 @niceridemn: As of today, we’ve been up and running for a month - we’re at 23,306 rides so far this season #bikeshare

May 1, 2012: Daft Punk “Alive” may be one of the best electronica AND best live albums there are.

Apr 29, 2012: Tyler at the Keys This weekend we were at Tammy’s folks and Tyler disappeared upstairs on his own. I went up to find him and this is what he was up to. Like …

Apr 27, 2012: Thank you Dan Wilson for playing Free Life. Great song! Great arrangement!

Apr 25, 2012: My FSA needs a Doctors Note to pay an expense that was incurred at a Doctors office? All I can see in these FSA claim push backs are people getting …

Apr 25, 2012: There is something wrong about the Nice Ride fob being made to attach to a keychain. Would rather have a card that I could keep in my wallet to get …

Apr 24, 2012: Graphite launch day! Go team!

Apr 23, 2012: Girlyman with Edie Carey at City Winery ← That’s us! 😊

Apr 21, 2012: It’s a good coffee desert here filled with thousands of Starbucks.

Apr 21, 2012: Lunch at 7th Avenue and 17th Street.

Apr 21, 2012: Macchiato at Ninth Street Espresso.

Apr 21, 2012: Walking the High Line. Awesome. Other times on the High Line: 2012, 2018, 2023 (Tyler and I), 2023 (Tammy and I), and 2023 (Family).

Apr 21, 2012: New Yorker.

Apr 18, 2012: I would not say I have been unusually stressed lately. But, the 4 bandages on my fingers from nail biting suggest otherwise. 😕

Apr 17, 2012: I seriously think Minnebar is breaking some records getting video from sessions up so fast!

Apr 17, 2012: Getting fire started. Perfect night for it.

Apr 14, 2012: Watching Fresh tonight. I have no need to know anything more about this topic. I believe I’ve read and seen all I need to, but it seems too …

Apr 11, 2012: I feel a growing desire to learn LaTeX.

Apr 11, 2012: Bummer. Matthew Dornquast not able to attend award ceremony. Congrats!

Apr 10, 2012: Great breakfast with Sona Mehring this morning at Sun Street Breads. Delicious biscuit, and even better conversation!

Apr 8, 2012: Kubb pitch.

Apr 8, 2012: Kubb.

Apr 7, 2012: Our Family Easter 2012.

Apr 7, 2012: Minnebar 7 Dug out my MinneBar 4 shirt for Minnebar 7. Final edits to the Minnebar 7 post event survey done. This year’s Minnebar shirt rocks! These …

Apr 7, 2012: Panorama photo from the stage right before Minnebar 7 started.

Apr 7, 2012: I’M OUT OF COFFEE! #CRISIS #ALLCAPSJUSTIFIED

Apr 6, 2012: At the Minnebar preparty!

Apr 6, 2012: On my way! @fultonbeer: Tapping a new beer at 3 today: The Ringer! It’s a session-style American Pale Ale with big hop aroma & flavor.

Apr 4, 2012: I have, very nice! @MetroTransitMN: Have you enrolled in Auto Refill yet? Get Auto Refill & never run out of fares.

Apr 4, 2012: May have to drive tomorrow instead of MetroTransit just to stop at Urban Bean Coffee on the way in.

Apr 4, 2012: I need to get myself to a Chemical Brothers show. If only there was one to go to. Watching Don’t Think is no substitute.

Apr 1, 2012: Travels to Iceland My friend Dennys Bisogno just self-published a photo book on a trip that he and my other friend Steve LeVahn took to Iceland. It’s a free book …

Apr 1, 2012: Going to stop for some New Glarus’ Wisconsin Belgian Red before we leave Wisconsin.

Apr 1, 2012: Crazy good macchiato at Johnson Public House! And the 2nd macchiato is just as good. Having a 3rd macchiato. That good.

Apr 1, 2012: Best WiFi network name ever: 3girls1catandapizzaplace

Mar 31, 2012: Tyler can now climb out of his Pack-n-Play. This is not a welcome development.

Mar 31, 2012: Enjoying a Hopalicious at The Green Owl Cafe in Madison. Minneapolis needs a place like Green Owl!

Mar 31, 2012: Delicious macchiato at Bradbury’s in Madison. Definitely real deal.

Mar 30, 2012: Macchiato report from Barriques in Madison. Okay, slightly above average.

Mar 30, 2012: Agree. @jdludlow: Ah crap. April Fools Day is almost here already? If you’re “hilarious” and have a website, keep it to yourself ok?

Mar 30, 2012: Driving out of town with American Pie by Don McLean playing! 🎶

Mar 26, 2012: Infinite scroll is torture for OCD types like me. You can never finish!

Mar 25, 2012: MediaWiki Template Get Hostname I was working on a template for one my personal wikis and needed to get the hostname for a given URL. Using the capabilities of the Parser Functions …

Mar 25, 2012: Got my Nice Ride token. Excited to use the green bikes.

Mar 24, 2012: Green Hat This morning Tyler and I made a donut run for the family. He was digging his green hat.

Mar 23, 2012: At the theater for Hunger Games. It’s a teenage zoo here.

Mar 23, 2012: 😊 @damonallison /* this is the ugliest code you will ever see. squint hard and pray right now */

Mar 17, 2012: Listening to Coldplay! 🎶

Mar 17, 2012: 9 yards of mulch distributed. Will push it around tomorrow.

Mar 17, 2012: Second wood project started. Oooph. Where the hell is Kent when I need him. 😊

Mar 17, 2012: First wood project of the day done.

Mar 16, 2012: 9 yards of mulch and a third cord of firewood coming tomorrow. I’ll be sweating and dirty.

Mar 16, 2012: @dantull My god, it’s full of pixels!

Mar 16, 2012: Decided to subscribe to Nice Ride this year.

Mar 11, 2012: Joining the Dollar Shave Club This Dollar Shave Club service seems to be making the rounds and it happened to be a time when I was running out of blades for my Gillete Mach 3 …

Mar 10, 2012: Tyler having a 2nd minor brush with croup. Stuff sounds terrible and makes me nervous. Feel bad for the little guy.

Mar 7, 2012: 4G? #ios51

Mar 7, 2012: iPhone and iPad doing OTA upgrade to iOS 5.1 at the same time. #darksideofmoon

Mar 4, 2012: I was happy with Python — until I needed to spawn to the shell for a command. 😬

Mar 3, 2012: Please convince me I don’t need to try Minecraft.

Mar 3, 2012: Watching Wilco on Austin City Limits.

Mar 2, 2012: Another Reason You Need to Use a Password Manager Got this in my mailbox just now. Dear Slicehost Forum Member, Our records show that you have used the Slicehost forum at some point in the past. …

Mar 1, 2012: Sidewalks are super slippery everywhere. Nearly fell several times on walk to bus.

Mar 1, 2012: Cool Kubb Bumper Sticker The Kubb Fever continues. This vinyl sticker is really well done and looks perfect on the Mini. This sticker is sold by Des Moines Kubb.

Feb 28, 2012: Smell of Fresh Kubb I got my package from Old Time Games today with my 2nd Kubb set. The kitchen smells like wood tonight. I’ve got special plans for this set! …

Feb 26, 2012: Ubuntu is requesting a reboot. 208 days uptime. 😢

Feb 25, 2012: MediaWiki Templates Why MediaWiki needs Lua: {{#vardefine:time_delta|{{#expr:{{#timel: U|2/24/12}}-{{#timel: U|{{#time: Y-m-d }}}}}}}}

Feb 23, 2012: Reading Python Essential Reference (4th Ed) by Beazley and love Python’s style.

Feb 19, 2012: We joined the Tangen family for a trip to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts today to see the opening of the Sports exhibit. The weather was so …

Feb 19, 2012: Kubb Practice My buddy Garrick came over yesterday and we enjoyed some practice rounds of Kubb across the street at Minnehaha Creek West Park. We played three …

Feb 18, 2012: Winter Trees on Minnehaha Creek.

Feb 15, 2012: Versioned Backup of Typerighter Account My friend Garrick has been working on a really cool project called Typerighter. Typerighter is a notepad for your browser. It has almost no interface …

Feb 12, 2012: Tyler Turns Two Tyler turned two today! We had a festive birthday party with family over last weekend so that Hector and Michelle could join in the fun from New York. …

Feb 12, 2012: Girlyman at 7th Street Entry Last night we had the pleasure of seeing Girlyman play at the 7th Street Entry, part of historic First Avenue! My friend Jim noticed they were coming …

Feb 12, 2012: The Shining Friday night I had my friends Jim, Tom and Tim over for the first “movie night” in our new family room. I’ve been wanting to watch …

Feb 9, 2012: Vegetarian cooking class tonight at Kitchen Window! Instructors name is Anna Dvorak. Wonder if she is related to that Dvorak. Chimay is so good. Drink …

Feb 8, 2012: Shutting Down Some Websites I recently decided to prune some websites that I was hosting, mostly ideas that I set up and then never took anywhere. Tammy had also decided to take …

Feb 4, 2012: Warming up on Kubb pitch for winter tournament at Theodore Wirth Park.

Feb 1, 2012: Huh, vim was originally written for the Amiga? Had no idea.

Feb 1, 2012: This is awesome! @wikiworks MediaWiki devs choose Lua as the future scripting language for templates

Jan 29, 2012: Super Fort This morning Mazie, Tyler and I built a super fort in the living room! Here is the view from inside! It was awesome! We anchored it on the couch and …

Jan 29, 2012: Tyler's Domain Tyler’s domain name came up for renewal, tylerthing.com. I didn’t even realize this the registration date is the same day as his birthday. …

Jan 28, 2012: Double event day! 8thBridge team and family ice skating this afternoon at The Depot Minneapolis. CaringBridge annual event tonight.

Jan 26, 2012: Morning Smoothie We’ve had the Vitamix for about three months now and a morning smoothie has become part of our routine now. We use the Vitamix for many other …

Jan 25, 2012: This new Metallica EP, Beyond Magnetic, is pretty great!

Jan 20, 2012: SOPA Scrapbook I participated in the SOPA blackout on January 18th. All of my personal websites went dark at 8:00am CT and returned at 8:00pm CT. I served 6,235 STOP …

Jan 18, 2012: Missing Minnedemo tonight. BIG customer launch. Will be a memorable event with Code42 announcement!

Jan 17, 2012: The SOPA page on Wikipedia is not blacked out. Good.

Jan 17, 2012: Forty Two weeks ago I turned 40. I’ve been wanting to write a “Forty” blog post but each time I think to do it I find myself with little …

Jan 17, 2012: Participating in SOPA Blackout I just added these crontab entries 0 8 18 1 * /srv/www/maint/sopa/deploy-sopa.sh 0 20 18 1 * /srv/www/maint/sopa/remove-sopa.sh On January 18th at …

Jan 12, 2012: Enjoyed vegan cooking class at Cooks of Crocus Hill from Robin Asbell tonight! Delicious food and great insights!

Jan 10, 2012: Lightroom 3.6 was 117MB DMG file. Lightroom 4.0b1 is 409MB DMG? Yikes.

Jan 10, 2012: Birthday Dinner at Heidi's Chef's Table I had a big birthday this year and Tammy surprised me with a number of things, including a very cool dinner at Heidi’s at their special …

Jan 10, 2012: Lightroom 4 Gets Maps! I’ve been an avid user of Lightroom since the very first 1.0 beta and for as long as I’ve remembered I’ve wished that there was a …

Jan 7, 2012: Yama Cold Brew Drip Tower A few weeks ago I was discussing various ways of making coffee with Ry4an at the office. He had seen this crazy looking coffee system and sent me a …

Jan 1, 2012: Nice! ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Wikipedia article, thanks to @dreamyshade! http://t.co/7cLCsSvd — Pinboard (@Pinboard) January 2, 2012

Dec 31, 2011: At dinner and two 20ish developers at table next are praising the greatness of .Net and C#. Using word “enterprise” a lot. First time …

Dec 31, 2011: Morgan Remodel Final Pictures For 18 weeks I wrote a weekly update on the progress of our remodel project. At the end the work was really small items, just working through a punch …

Dec 31, 2011: WeSolver I’ve been having a lot of fun working with MediaWiki and particularly the Semantic MediaWiki extensions. A few months ago a friend from when I …

Dec 30, 2011: Preener's Eve 2011 with The New Standards Many friends at The New Standards “Preeners” show at Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant. See list of The New Standards shows.

Dec 23, 2011: Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

Dec 21, 2011: CaringBridge Illuminate I have been fortunate enough to have the privilege of serving on the board of CaringBridge for the last three years. I support CaringBridge both with …

Dec 20, 2011: Love seeing Ward Cunningham, creator of the wiki, on the fundraiser campaign for Wikipedia. (I’ve been a contributor for 4 years now).

Dec 20, 2011: Tyler's First Stitches Tyler had his first visit to urgent care tonight. He was running around the house like he normally does and he fell into the kitchen door frame. He …

Dec 15, 2011: Couple of cute Instagram photos of Mazie and Tyler from tonight.

Dec 10, 2011: At Northern Brewing for Minneapolis Homebrew Day announcement.

Nov 28, 2011: Our Family - November 2011 Thanks to Angie for taking the photo!

Nov 27, 2011: Updating my offline backup disks. 4TB of data.

Nov 26, 2011: Forget WordPress caching plugins if using nginx, just use fastcgi_cache_path. Same for MediaWiki.

Nov 26, 2011: Solid Browsermob load test on my new Linode VPS with nginx.

Nov 26, 2011: Count 404's in group of access logs I found myself needing to see all of the 404 errors in the access logs for all virtual hosts on my web server. I put all of my logs for a given …

Nov 20, 2011: Move to Linode This website (and all the other websites I run) should all be running much faster now. This weekend I flipped everything from my previous VPS at …

Nov 20, 2011: Tammy's Favorite Picture of Me Tammy went digging deep into our Lightroom library looking for photos for our new exercise room. She told me she had found her “favorite …

Nov 19, 2011: Bring on the Snow.

Nov 18, 2011: Great Minnestar board meeting this morning with strong plans for Minnebar and Minnedemo in 2012!

Nov 14, 2011: Good Commies Hi-Res Cover Art Four of my friends from the B-Squad Softball team are in a band called the Good Commies. I was finally able to add some of these wonderful tracks to …

Nov 14, 2011: iTunes Match Updates Ratings and Play Counts Apple launched iTunes Match today and having all my music in iTunes, with three different computers, an iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and three Apple TVs I …

Nov 11, 2011: I think I might be getting “over the hump” with nginx. Had to debug something in my config and it actually made sense. 🙂

Nov 11, 2011: Upgraded to iOS 5.0.1 this morning and have more battery at 5p on iPhone 4S than I’ve ever had. By a big margin.

Nov 11, 2011: The lua-nginx-module is very cool.

Nov 9, 2011: The other day the coffee maker in the office was out of commission. From this note you can see the situation was dire.

Nov 9, 2011: First Snow of 2011 First snow of the year just started falling. Really big flakes slowly floating down. First snow is always special. I hope it is still on the ground …

Nov 9, 2011: Garage Reclaimed While doing our remodel we lost the use of our garage. We used it for storage and the contractors had a big dumpster in the driveway. For most of the …

Nov 9, 2011: Typing Big Green Egg on iPhone Have a Big Green Egg? Have an iPhone with iOS 5 on it? Then you absolutely need to go here Settings - General - Keyboard - Shortcuts Then create this …

Nov 6, 2011: Just made my annual contribution to the EFF. You should too!

Nov 4, 2011: Watching Jeremy Messersmith on NPR Tiny Desk podcast. Very good.

Nov 3, 2011: With all the changes at Google Reader, it may be worth revisiting Fever again.

Nov 2, 2011: Want a Piwik extension that shows number of IPv4 versus IPv6 requests.

Nov 2, 2011: I have an IPv6 only website since Linode supports that. But none of my networks support IPv6. Can’t see my own toy.

Oct 31, 2011: Importing 300 CR2 files from Canon 5D Mark II with a POS USB card reader (vs. FireWire reader). This should be done in about 10 hours.

Oct 31, 2011: Listening to Elton John and now I want to throw a big house party! 😀

Oct 31, 2011: Maybe I’ll come around, but I’m hating on the new Google Reader so far. Shared Items was my favorite thing, and it’s just gone.

Oct 31, 2011: Awesome @zacharyjohnson I made a video game for you. Play it now! Happy Halloween!

Oct 31, 2011: When I see someone using a pay phone these days I just assume they are doing something illegal.

Oct 30, 2011: Happy Halloween 2011 Ran out of candy at 7:30p. 100+ trick or treaters. Crazy night! Eating a vegan chocolate bar and drinking a beer. Happy Halloween all!

Oct 30, 2011: I really need to see The Decemberists in concert. I like their albums more with every listen.

Oct 29, 2011: Chile Cornmeal-Crusted Tofu I seem to have a food, movie, food, movie, food, movie stream going here so why not add one more food. 😀 Last night we turned to the Veganomicon for …

Oct 29, 2011: Margin Call I can’t remember where I first saw Margin Call referenced. The movie depicts a 24-hour segment of the 2008 financial crisis. I’m a sucker …

Oct 29, 2011: I don’t think our new family room could have come out any better. Starting a movie tonight. “Margin Call”. 🎬

Oct 28, 2011: Hot-Sauce Glazed Tempeh Our month of eating vegan has gone really well. Tammy has tried all sorts of new recipe and made some really great meals. This past weekend I wanted …

Oct 28, 2011: Moneyball the movie Last night Tammy and I went to Moneyball. I read the book a while back and really liked it. I was curious what the movie was going to be like since, …

Oct 26, 2011: Bummed that Origins Coffee is done for the season. Dude makes a killer espresso. Hope he pops back up soon! ☕️

Oct 20, 2011: Ratatouille on Big Green Egg Our month of eating vegan has a lot of new challenges. One of the biggest is what to do with my cherished Big Green Egg’s. I liked that …

Oct 19, 2011: Dolphin Tale Tammy, Mazie and I went to see Dolphin Tale tonight. Tammy and I both agreed that this movie was about the most family friendly movie you could make. …

Oct 17, 2011: Anyone have a phonetic spelling for my last name that would help Siri? I can’t get the hard g. 😕

Oct 14, 2011: On hold for AT&T to start the cross-upgrade process. Me: iPhone 4 → iPhone 4S. Tammy: iPhone 3GS → iPhone 4.

Oct 14, 2011: Perfect. dennis ritchie is gone but the memory we've allocated to him will live on forever — Pinboard (@Pinboard) October 14, 2011

Oct 13, 2011: Dennis Ritchie’s passing makes me want to go back and re-read The C Programming Language.

Oct 10, 2011: Beautiful Jacks Homelink Entertainment is doing all the low voltage work in our remodel. One of my goals in the project has been to have cutting edge infrastructure …

Oct 10, 2011: Making Soup in Vitamix One of the things that wowed Tammy about the Vitamix was that you can make soup in it. Real soup. Not some cold Gazpacho. Honest to goodness hot soup. …

Oct 8, 2011: Remodel Update Week 18 There are still a number of things on our punch list, but, the remodel is done! When we started the project it was expected to take 16 to 20 weeks, …

Oct 7, 2011: Jobs Cake We have a lot of Apple people at 8thBridge. On Thursday we marked Steve Jobs’ passing with a cake in his memory. The screen dimensions on the …

Oct 7, 2011: Tyler Double Doodling Tyler has been having a great time playing with the Magna Doodles lately. He will not just play with one. He has to have both. And he mostly enjoys …

Oct 7, 2011: Vitamix in the house I think everyone knows that I’m the gadget guy at our house. Tammy will often cite that she is anywhere from ambivalent to gadgets, to …

Oct 7, 2011: Building git, so I’m installing about 200 packages first. That makes sense. 😕

Oct 7, 2011: Got my iPhone 4S pre-ordered!

Oct 6, 2011: Great night for Minnedemo! Thanks to St. Thomas for hosting. 8thBridge demoing tonight! Watching Mike Bjerkness changing the code on the demo. 14 mins …

Oct 5, 2011: Always Connected — I’ve talked to some of my super-wired friends about what I call “digital fatigue”. This is it.

Oct 5, 2011: gapingvoid: Rays My daily gapingvoid cartoon showed up in my mailbox this morning with Gloop. It seemed like a good message for the day. This is a character I created …

Oct 5, 2011: Steve Jobs, t_hero.png My friend Kent found this and commented on Facebook about it. I wanted to capture it for posterity. On Apple’s website the tribute to Steve Jobs …

Oct 2, 2011: Seems one of Google’s best known bloggers is copying Tammy and I on his most recent 30 day challenge: going vegan!

Oct 1, 2011: Detect Slow Cacti Polling I’m a big fan of graphs, and as such am a big fan of Cacti. I’ve used it at work and at home. It’s a wonderfully powerful, and …

Oct 1, 2011: Marathon Morning It was a beautiful morning to walk over to Minnehaha Creek and watch the Twin Cities Marathon.

Oct 1, 2011: Remodel Update Week 17 This was a big week for the project! The painting is mostly done now. The final colors are on all the walls, the tape is off, the trim is all painted. …

Oct 1, 2011: Soccer with Puddles Mazie had a soccer game on Saturday. The field had a few puddles on it. The kids had no issues playing through.

Sep 30, 2011: Good CaringBridge board meeting this morning with Sona Mehring Lars Leafblad and more. Proud to be able to work with such a great org.

Sep 29, 2011: Tomorrow Tammy and I start our 30 day vegan challenge! I’m a little concerned I have no idea what to eat, but I think it will be fun!

Sep 28, 2011: iPad Stolen I had my iPad stolen out of my hands tonight while waiting for the 8:50pm 4K bus at Lake and Lyndale. We had a fun 8thBridge outing this afternoon at …

Sep 27, 2011: Tyler and I played outside a bit tonight after dinner. He spent some time playing with the lock box. I think given enough time, he might get it. 😀

Sep 27, 2011: Keep Out Mazie and her friend Gigi were playing today and decided to add some ad hoc signage to the playhouse. So awesome. I love the spelling.

Sep 27, 2011: LoFerno Fire Pit Last weekend I bought my last fire pit. A number of years ago I saw Jeff Lohaus LoFerno fire pits at Art Attack in the Northrup King Building. I …

Sep 25, 2011: Family Room Built-in The fancy built-in cabinetry was put in today for the family room. It looks really great. There is still one part to add, the floating granite shelf …

Sep 24, 2011: 32 Plants Planted The landscapers were here this week and got the yard looking a lot better. We decided to do the planting ourselves though and took advantage of 50% …

Sep 24, 2011: Contagion Last weekend Tammy and I had a nice dinner at Kings Wine Bar (one of my new favorite places) and then went to a movie. We went to Contagion. It was a …

Sep 24, 2011: Remodel Update Week 16 This week was the 16th week of the remodel. In the very first project plan we would be done now. Remodeling, like any other complex project has …

Sep 21, 2011: Hoping that the materials for SMWCon are shared for those that can’t attend.

Sep 20, 2011: Trying to update Final Cut X but App Store can’t seem to authenticate me. 🙁

Sep 20, 2011: Landscapers blew me away with how fast they finished. 2 days and done.

Sep 20, 2011: Alright, no more pistachios. Ate about 20 and feel notably “wrong”. Must be a little allergic.

Sep 18, 2011: Remodel Update Week 15 More finish work continued this week. The exterior of the new mudroom got painted. The real door arrived and will be put in after painting. The …

Sep 18, 2011: Cube: Time Series Visualization ← This looks incredibly interesting. Cool possibilities.

Sep 15, 2011: Giddy to have my espresso machine back operational! New heating element in place and general tuneup!

Sep 11, 2011: Ring the Bell 2011 We made our first trip to the Renaissance Festival on Labor Day. As I do every year, I had to swing the hammer. I rung the bell 3 out of 5 times this …

Sep 10, 2011: Delicious Pancakes with Fresh Berries.

Sep 10, 2011: Remodel Update Week 14 This week was all about finish carpentry. Happily the tile floor in the mudroom got installed and it does look really nice. The finish carpenters …

Sep 7, 2011: Eating my first Saucy Burts meatball sandwich. Delicious!

Sep 4, 2011: Remodel Update Week 13 I think week 13 of the project will go down as the least exciting week for me. The only thing to get worked on was the mudroom tile floor. That was …

Sep 2, 2011: Midnight in Paris Tammy and I got to see a movie last night after a very, very long time. Can’t even remember the last one. We went to Midnight in Paris at the …

Sep 2, 2011: As Fall starts to approach in MN, so do Hüsker Dü and The Replacements on my playlists.

Aug 31, 2011: Been listening to The Decemberists all night.

Aug 30, 2011: Document Versioning in Mac OS X Lion I’ve recently seen updates to some of the applications that I use regularly supporting the new document versioning feature in Lion. Wow. Time …

Aug 29, 2011: Test Post for RSS Feed I’ve seen this problem for a while now where Google Reader isn’t getting my RSS feed for days, and sometimes weeks at a time. I have a …

Aug 27, 2011: Mazie's 2011 Today was the 2011 So Long Summer show! Our neighbors the Miller’s host this every year for five years running now. It’s the last Sunday …

Aug 27, 2011: Remodel Update Week 12 We are entering the home stretch on the remodeling project. The work now is no longer about structure and wire. We are dealing with drywall mud, paint …

Aug 27, 2011: Tyler's Tractor Shortly after Tyler was born my Mom got him a pedal tractor. At my Grandparents farm there was always a metal pedal tractor that my cousins and I use …

Aug 26, 2011: Impromptu S'mores Our neighbors down the street, the Conley’s, hosted an unplanned S’mores evening last night. Mazie loved staying up to 11:30 pm! 🔥🍫

Aug 26, 2011: Playhouse for the Kids Tammy had noted that Mazie and Tyler really like to play in playhouses when we visit people. Our yard is a standard city lot, so we don’t have …

Aug 24, 2011: Ballroom Jeans, and that doesn’t mean dancing. I had no idea this was a problem requiring a specific pair of pants.

Aug 24, 2011: Thanks to sage guidance from Dan Frankowski I got my first AppEngine site running tonight at the “write” meeting of our book club.

Aug 20, 2011: Remodel Update Week 11 This week the remodeling was all about drywall mudding and taping. Tape, mud, repeat. Repeat. Repeat some more. We were out of town which was a nice …

Aug 10, 2011: Remodel Update Week 10 I’m posting this weeks update a little early, the progress is so fun to see. The theme for this week is drywall! The framing is gone, and in …

Aug 8, 2011: Efficient Market One of the things that I really like about eBay is that I don’t have to set a price. I typically am selling used electronics or camera gear. My …

Aug 8, 2011: Majestic Trees One of my favorite things about living in our neighborhood is walking around with the old, majestic trees overhead. Conversely, I get very sad when I …

Aug 7, 2011: Gypsie Tonight we put Gypsie to sleep. Tammy took her to the vet a couple of months ago because we noticed that she didn’t seem to be urinating right. …

Aug 6, 2011: Remodel Update Week 9 The remodel continues to go well. This week carpentry was mostly outside. The new mudroom got the exterior finished. The roof needs to be finished and …

Aug 2, 2011: Forcing myself to leave the warm, and comforting, arms of Apache for the speed and power of nginx. Getting there, and about time…

Aug 2, 2011: Yeah, got my very first IPv6 only website running on my new Linode host. ipv6.thingelstad.com Unfortunately, no networks I have access to are IPv6 …

Aug 1, 2011: Doing some Unix cleaning tonight and found the website I host for my cousin had been compromised. Ugh! 😕 One crappy WordPress plugin (is-human) with a …

Aug 1, 2011: Wow, my new Linode VPS is easily 2x faster than my old Slicehost VPS.

Jul 30, 2011: Somewhat rare that we all get in the same photo. Also Tammy with brand new hair color.

Jul 30, 2011: Remodel Update Week 8 The remodel is continuing along really well. This week all the framing was completed. There were some ceiling parts left from last week. We did the …

Jul 30, 2011: U2 360° FanCam At the U2 360° show they had this “gigapixel” Fan Cam thingy. It would be interesting to know a bit more about how it worked. It captures …

Jul 30, 2011: Tyler got a new background to his landing page website. tylerthing.com Gave me an excuse to use the text-shadow CSS attribute.

Jul 30, 2011: Did some big time exploring with MediaWiki and Semantic MediaWiki tonight. Cool stuff!

Jul 30, 2011: Crazy impressed with Linode so far. Hope to have my sites moved this weekend. Wish it was easier to move a VPS.

Jul 25, 2011: Electrician named Sparky The last two build-outs that I’ve worked through at the office have had the same electrician and everyone always calls him Sparky. It is his …

Jul 23, 2011: Remodel Update Week 7 The update last week felt really significant with the new floors in and all. This week felt like an even bigger advance! All of the walls in the …

Jul 23, 2011: Tyler Playing with Shoes Tammy put up a blog post about how much Tyler loves to play with shoes. This was one of the pictures that I thought was just great.

Jul 22, 2011: U2 at TCF Stadium Tip for tonight’s U2 show: Bring a Ziploc bag to put your phone in, just in case. Pre-U2 blackberry mojito at Cafe Maude before catching #4 bus. …

Jul 21, 2011: App I most want full screen support for in Lion that doesn’t have it now? OmniFocus I’m sure it will come soon. App I least need full …

Jul 20, 2011: It’s Wednesday. Where’s Mac OS X Lion? Downloading Lion… Starting Lion install… MacBook Air is now running Lion. Upgrade was fine.

Jul 19, 2011: Tomorrow is officially Mac OS X Lion day! Looks like the Internet will be busy sending bits around.

Jul 19, 2011: Trying to buy a doorbell online. Surprising that very few websites let you listen to the chime. 🙁

Jul 17, 2011: Next year will mark our return to the Winnipeg Folk Festival! 353 days to go.

Jul 16, 2011: Car Seat Does Fit in Mini Tyler got to ride in my Mini Cooper for the first time today. His infant seat definitely would not fit, and the car seat wouldn’t fit rear …

Jul 16, 2011: Car Seat Toy I brought Tyler’s car seat into the house so it could be put back in the van. He then decided to spend a half-hour getting in and out of it. …

Jul 16, 2011: Perceived Project Progress Our remodeling project is scheduled for 12 weeks. I’m very familiar with project execution, that is a big part of what I do for a living. …

Jul 16, 2011: Remodel Update Week 6 Week six was a big one! The difference between last week and now is really fun. Last week we had a dirt floor in the basement, now there is cement. …

Jul 16, 2011: Soggy Outside Inside: 76 °F with air conditioning. Outside: 91 °F and 75% humidity with a dew point of 81 °F.

Jul 15, 2011: Minnehaha River? After Fridays big rains I was curious to see what Minnehaha Creek was running like when I came home. In short? Like a river! For a fun comparison look …

Jul 15, 2011: I had a blast hacking MediaWiki tonight with my awesome book club gang, John Riedl, Dan Frankowski Erik Jordan and Tom Erickson.

Jul 13, 2011: Rumor was that Mac OS X Lion would be released tomorrow. Haven’t heard much in the last day or two. Will upgrade at home right away.

Jul 12, 2011: Any of you out there use Linode? I’m about to sign up and would be happy to send the referral to a friend.

Jul 12, 2011: Square Surprisingly Useful A couple of months ago I got a Square credit card reader and associated Square account for my iPhone and iPad. I did it because we were (and still …

Jul 11, 2011: Bubblers Against Bottled Water This weekend we went to the Minnesota Arboretum. It was ridiculously hot and when we got done walking around we entered the visitor center and were …

Jul 11, 2011: Concrete Trucks Today was a big day for our project. This morning a bunch of guys showed up between 6:45 and 7:00am. Two big, blue concrete trucks showed up and …

Jul 11, 2011: Sat on the “blaring fireball” (aka sun) side of the bus. Poor choice. Still managed to ssh from the bus and made a quick vi edit with Prompt on my …

Jul 8, 2011: Remodel Update Week 5 This last week was short with the 4th of July holiday, but there was still some nice progress. The mudroom is now framed in and you can really see …

Jul 7, 2011: Cedar Rapids Tammy and I watched Cedar Rapids tonight. It was fine, but not as funny as I hoped.

Jul 7, 2011: Filtering Google Plus Notification emails It sure didn’t take long for Google Plus to start filling my mailbox with email notifications of all sorts of actions. Luckily, its super simple …

Jul 6, 2011: Today the reinforcing steel arrived to insure that the basement walls never slide in over time. Modern foundations have rebar connecting the footings …

Jul 6, 2011: Glow in the Dark B-Squad Shirts The 2011 B-Squad shirts have an easter egg. They glow! Keekley you brilliant bastard!

Jul 6, 2011: Just had a surprisingly pleasant support call with Adobe getting activation counts reset. Was very simple. Bravo!

Jul 6, 2011: Vandals trash closed state parks ← This is pathetic.

Jul 4, 2011: Black Keys at Roy Wilkins On Sunday night Tammy and I went to see The Black Keys at Roy Wilkins Auditorium. I only recently discovered the Black Keys. I heard they were coming …

Jul 4, 2011: First Week of Standing Desk Today I started my second week of using my makeshift standing desk. My initial observations are: I’ve struggled with some lower back pain and I …

Jul 4, 2011: Where the Sidewalk Ends Last night Mazie and I finished reading Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein. I really enjoyed reading each and every poem to Mazie, and she …

Jul 4, 2011: Just upgraded 8 WordPress sites to 3.2 in about 5 minutes. Super easy. (Wish MediaWiki was that easy.) The Edit Post screen is shockingly nicer, but …

Jul 3, 2011: Epic Fourth of July! Today was the best Independence Day in memory. The day started early. Pancake breakfast. Mazie and Tyler both love pancakes. Trip to Minnesota Zoo. …

Jul 3, 2011: Tyler the Monkey Tyler loves to climb on things, and he doesn’t give up easily. This morning I had the Tour de France streaming on one of the computers and left …

Jul 2, 2011: Bubble Jack I had a chance to try the Rush River Bubble Jack IPA tonight at Cheeky Monkey Deli in St. Paul. Actually had a 2nd pint on the patio. Highly …

Jul 2, 2011: T-Rexing a Donut Turns out that Tyler likes donuts! 😀

Jul 1, 2011: Remodel Update Week 4 The destruction in the yard slowed in week four and the destruction in the basement accelerated. Outside we got our new egress window wells poured and …

Jun 29, 2011: Cupcake Surprise We got a pleasant surprise at the office today with the delivery of some delicious cupcakes from Wuollet Bakery.

Jun 29, 2011: Dirt Conveyor If you need to take seven inches of dirt out of a basement floor, it is best to have a cool portable conveyor belt. You can see this laying on the …

Jun 28, 2011: Day 2 of standing desk: my feet hurt.

Jun 28, 2011: Who has people hammering outside their house at 7:12 AM? Oh yeah, me. Sorry neighbors!

Jun 27, 2011: Basement Destruction Today the heavy equipment came inside and made a bunch of noise while tearing out the basement floor.

Jun 26, 2011: AT&T: Stop Reminding Me You're Expensive Okay, these monthly text messages from AT&T; drive me crazy. Let me inventory all the ways these are annoying: They seem to come at the worse …

Jun 26, 2011: Cars 2 in 3D Mazie and I went and saw Cars 2 this weekend. We splurged and saw it in 3D! It was a ton of fun with a Daddy-Daughter movie and some Gummy Bears. …

Jun 26, 2011: Concrete Poured Last week we had a lot of digging in the remodel project. It was exciting to come home today to concrete forms poured and the new egress window …

Jun 26, 2011: 3 o’clock beer, sitting outside, watching the kids play in the wading pool, after mowing the lawn.

Jun 25, 2011: Remodel Update Week 3 Week three of the remodel project has been substantial. Arriving home to heavy equipment in the yard is the first clue. Most of this weeks pictures …

Jun 25, 2011: Tyler Mowing Tyler thought it would be fun to push the lawn mower for a while. (Note: that is our neighbors lawn mower. I was out shooting pictures of the remodel)

Jun 24, 2011: Saturday at Science Museum Tammy had her 2nd photography class today. Last week I went with the “Dad standby” and we went to the Zoo. Today we went to the Science …

Jun 24, 2011: Standing Desk Trial I’m taking a trial run at a standing desk. If I like it I’ll see about something more nicer than a box of paper and an upside down …

Jun 22, 2011: Construction Excavation I came home tonight and was excited to see the first significant work on the excavation around the house. This digger was in the front yard getting …

Jun 22, 2011: Multi Ping Pong We had a Ping Pong Tournament at this years Olson Family weekend. I took video of a bunch of the matches and didn’t know what to do with it. So …

Jun 18, 2011: Considering Mini Countryman All4 I’ve had my Mini Cooper S for two years now and I still like it a lot. It’s been a really good car and it’s a blast to drive, still. …

Jun 18, 2011: Fun Day at Zoo Yesterday Tammy had a photo workshop at the Minneapolis Photo Center. This was a class that we had gotten her for her birthday. Mazie, Tyler and I had …

Jun 18, 2011: Google Reminding People to Update I got this email yesterday for a blog that I help my brother-in-law out with. I haven’t ever seen a notice like this: Dear site owner or …

Jun 18, 2011: Open Eye Backyard Puppet Show Last week Mazie and I had a delightful evening sitting in Garrick Van Buren’s backyard watching a puppet show. This is the 3rd year that the Van …

Jun 18, 2011: Saving Plants My Mom came to the rescue of more plants. This week the excavation starts on the remodel and the side of the house is going to get dug up. A lot of …

Jun 17, 2011: Remodel Update Week 2 The I-beam is in place! This week the project has gotten dirty and more serious. I would say that the project has really started now with a decent …

Jun 17, 2011: Tyler Learning to Sit in a Chair Tyler is still very much constantly on the move. He has started to enjoy the novelty of sitting in the kids rocking chair that my Mom got Mazie a long …

Jun 17, 2011: Windsource Savings We have been enrolled in the Windsource program for years now, ever since it was first started. Windsource is a program that XcelEnergy provides that …

Jun 17, 2011: Bunch of guys are sliding an I-beam into our basement. #remodeling

Jun 12, 2011: Hunger Games Trilogy Tammy had read The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins a few months ago and really like it. I had just finished reading my book club pick Never Let …

Jun 10, 2011: First Twins game for me of the 2011 season and first game for Tammy since Target Field opened. Beautiful day for a game!

Jun 10, 2011: Mazie with her Spring 2011 Soccer trophy.

Jun 10, 2011: Tammy got two tickets to the Twins for her birthday from my Mom, with packages babysitting as well.

Jun 10, 2011: Remodel Update Week 1 The first week of the project really just focused on getting things ready for real work. The deck was tore apart so that the new mudroom foundation …

Jun 10, 2011: Spring 2011 Cyclones Team photo of the Spring 2011 Cyclones after the last game today. They played a great spring season and will be back strong in Fall.

Jun 10, 2011: The King's Speech We finally got around to watching The Kings Speech last night. Very good movie and incredible acting. Worthy of the awards. The Wikipedia page for the …

Jun 8, 2011: Mazie's 2nd Soccer Season Mazie is playing soccer again this year with the Cyclones in the Fuller Soccer Club. The whole team has improved a ton and there is some improvement …

Jun 8, 2011: Memorial Day Tribute My friend Dennys Bisogno is a great photographer and is now doing some video work as well. Here is a video he did for Memorial Day in River Falls, …

Jun 7, 2011: Tyler figured out how to climb into this area of Mazie’s art table. He thought it was a lot of fun, until he couldn’t figure out how to …

Jun 6, 2011: Our remodel meant that a pretty sizable Azalea bush in our yard had to go. My Mom couldn’t stand to see it get discarded so she came over in 100 …

Jun 6, 2011: Congrats to Jim on First Marathon! This weekend my friend Jim ran the Minneapolis Marathon. This was his first one and he looked great, even at the end!

Jun 6, 2011: Hot Dashboards It was really hot today. It seems that the thing to do today was to take a picture of your car dashboard to prove it! This is what I saw on Facebook …

Jun 6, 2011: Remodel Project Starts This week we started the remodeling project on our house. I plan on taking photos of the process. It’s a decent sized project. We are lowering …

Jun 3, 2011: Outdoor Burner Here is a scenario. You are doing a brisket on your Big Green Egg. It’s a weekend, and the meat will be smoking on the grill pretty much all day …

Jun 1, 2011: Inside Job I finally got a chance to watch Inside Job tonight. Wow. Very good documentary on the financial collapse. For those that have read a bit about the …

Jun 1, 2011: Wonder if Eddie Vedder’s next album will be “Recorder Songs”. Maybe “Kazoo Songs” instead.

May 31, 2011: Set up a Square account in preparation to accept credit cards for upcoming garage sale.

May 31, 2011: My daughter is alternating between an absolute angel and a demon with sharpened horns and fangs. Trick is figuring out which, when.

May 30, 2011: Mazie In Tree Mazie’s kindergarten class had a picnic at the Rose Garden by Lake Harriet. She decided to do a little tree climbing while we were there.

May 30, 2011: Memorial Day Grilling Memorial Day is required grilling in my book. I did the entire meal outside. Simple burgers, asparagus, carrots and grilled romaine hearts. Delicious.

May 30, 2011: Twins Fan Tyler Tyler did his best to try and help our last place team. Doesn’t seem to have had much effect yet.

May 26, 2011: We just hired Quartersawn as the general contractor to do a house project. Upon signing the agreement every friend of mine feels compelled to share …

May 23, 2011: Asking For Too Much Softball season has arrived again and the B-Squad is back out trying to win a game. My softball team calls Dusty’s in Northeast home, and after …

May 23, 2011: Foo Fighters in Council Bluffs It has been a day since the Foo Fighters show and my ears are still ringing. This had to be one of the loudest shows I’ve been to, and it was …

May 18, 2011: Why I run my own websites Marco Arment had a blog post today on the recent changes to Twitters API. He highlights that “Twitter is not Ours”. Twitter can do …

May 18, 2011: Did some testing with OmniPlan 2.0’s collaborative features today. Amazing. Can’t wait for the release version!

May 17, 2011: Technotarian I was reading this very interesting article on Bitcoin by Jasan Calacanis and used the term “technotarian” and then defined it in a …

May 16, 2011: Great Minnestar board meeting this morning. Things are coming together nicely!

May 15, 2011: Great piece on CaringBridge on the news tonight. Quality. Organization I’m proud to work with. Congrats Sona Mehring!

May 14, 2011: Just won the Change Game on 48¢!

May 14, 2011: Star ratings seem such poor taste for Classical music. Is there a website for reliable metadata for classical music? Trying to get my classical …

May 14, 2011: Happy that I remembered I have a thermos! Keeps the weekend Chemex coffee nice and hot!

May 8, 2011: One of my favorite photos from Minnebar. Paul DeBettignies prepared to deal with power challenges.

May 8, 2011: Created two new address book groups “MinneBar Pings” and “MinneDemo Pings” so I remember to nag people to get to events.

May 7, 2011: MinneBar 6 Photos Yesterday was an absolutely great MinneBar event. I lugged the big camera around to get some shots. I didn’t get that many because I presented …

May 7, 2011: Minnebar 6 I got the privilege of kicking off and introducing Ben and Luke this morning at MinneBar 6. About 1,000 people! MinneBar 6 is going down as the best …

May 6, 2011: A couple of months ago we were at my Aunt Susie’s house and she had this bottle of wine with a very memorable name. Made me chuckle. 😀

May 6, 2011: Twilight Zone on Netflix Streaming How great! I was looking at Netflix tonight via Apple TV and noticed that the original Twilight Zone series is now available. Watching season 1, …

May 6, 2011: Really bummed to be missing the Minnebar organizer/sponsor dinner tonight. I’m on Dad duty all weekend and couldn’t swing it tonight.

May 6, 2011: The new Beastie Boys album is just amazing. Floored.

May 5, 2011: Hotel WiFi is significantly worse than Personal Hotspot via iPhone. I’m surprised how often I’m using personal hotspot.

May 4, 2011: I spent the night at the Rosewood this week for an overnight trip to Palo Alto. Beautiful grounds and great view from the room.

May 3, 2011: MacBook Air is so light, I think I’ll just bring both of them (work & home) on this trip. 😀

Apr 30, 2011: G. Love & the Special Sauce with Mike Rock, Ellen and Tammy.

Apr 30, 2011: Enjoying a 2nd very good macchiato at Angry Catfish. Recommended.

Apr 29, 2011: Tesla Roadster Sighting First spotting of a Tesla Roadster in Minneapolis. Parked outside of Café Lurcat. Given the plates I’m guessing it is someone from Z.Vex Effects …

Apr 29, 2011: $15/day hotel WiFi, please meet my iPhone 4 Personal Hotspot. We won’t require your services.

Apr 27, 2011: $75 for gas! Bit of a shocker when we filled the minivan up with gas.

Apr 27, 2011: Backyard Lights We have done a number of things in our backyard to make it more of an outdoor living space. We decided to put some LED tree lights in to make the …

Apr 27, 2011: Pot Rack After much searching Tammy found a pot rack that works in our kitchen. It was a bit of a bear to mount but it looks nice and seems very functional. I …

Apr 25, 2011: At Minneapolis Photo Center for session 3 of Lighting Workshop. Very good thus far. See list of Photography Workshops.

Apr 22, 2011: Happy Easter!

Apr 22, 2011: I really wish there was a Tiny Wings version for the iPad.

Apr 21, 2011: My New Espresso Bar We had a new cabinet installed recently and the countertop and plumbing were finished today. I now have a nice spot for my espresso machine an …

Apr 20, 2011: Just swapped my boot drive for an SSD with no more than 3 minutes of downtime for screws and a reboot. Thank you SuperDuper!

Apr 16, 2011: Seeing The New Standards at The Dakota tonight. Amazing seats. See list of The New Standards shows.

Apr 16, 2011: I didn’t even realize I had videos on Google Video until Google sent me an email saying they were shutting it down.

Apr 14, 2011: Very bothersome that the Mac Twitter client doesn’t honor Spaces. It forces itself in every space.

Apr 13, 2011: Nginx hits v1! Cool.

Apr 12, 2011: Awesome new Community Supported Kitchen program from Corner Table and Scott Pampuch.

Apr 12, 2011: Congratsulations! @TECHdotMN: Zencoder Raises $2M for Cloud-based Video Encoding

Apr 10, 2011: Family, Cousins A few weeks ago we went back to North Dakota for a long weekend to visit my Grandma Rose. In her house she has this needlework display with the names …

Apr 10, 2011: Improved Workspace with Monitor Arm My friend Garrick recently posted about an ergonomic improvement to his workspace. He got a monitor arm to get his display up where it worked better …

Apr 10, 2011: Odd Facebook Conversations On Facebook I follow a handful of people who are semi-famous, and I don’t know but I know there work. One of those people is Jim Brandenburg, …

Apr 10, 2011: What plants for our backyard? Last year we had some hardscaping done in our backyard. We created a little planting area next to the garage. This year I’d like to plant it but …

Apr 8, 2011: Tyler’s Awesome Yoda Shirt — “Judge me by my size you do?”

Apr 8, 2011: Centralized Data Breaches The design of the Internet allows for an incredible amount of decentralization. My blog, is run on my server, and yet you can all get to it. We …

Apr 8, 2011: Triumph of the City: Minneapolis My book club is reading Triumph of the City by Edward Glaeser, an economist at Harvard University. It has been an interesting read. I was a bit …

Apr 8, 2011: Fun watching people file into Target Field to watch the Twins game today! Jets just flew over Target field.

Apr 5, 2011: Got an Ignite Minneapolis ticket. That was too hard. Please charge something for the next one.

Apr 4, 2011: I’m going to suggest that we have a new title, Font Stack of Boredom™, for the following CSS block. font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, …

Apr 2, 2011: Tammy got a new haircut yesterday at Lili. She looks amazing.

Apr 2, 2011: Got my Fitbit A couple of weeks ago I revisited the Fitbit site to learn more about their product. After doing some research I decided to jump in and I ordered my …

Mar 31, 2011: Just got my Fitbit. Have it charged and paired with my account. Looking forward to seeing data.

Mar 29, 2011: My Fitbit just shipped. Excited to try it out.

Mar 27, 2011: Wow! @ESPNResearch: 5.9 million brackets in the ESPN Tournament Challenge… and TWO have the Final Four correct. TWO!

Mar 26, 2011: Tammy got this cool bookshelf for the kids to keep their books in.

Mar 26, 2011: Tyler taking a (very) brief rest on a blanket while playing.

Mar 26, 2011: Someone make a Pinboard2Wordpress plugin? Put up a draft page of API documentation here: http://pinboard.in/api — Pinboard (@Pinboard) March 26, …

Mar 23, 2011: Vacation Coffee Break I’m on vacation this week. We went to North Dakota earlier. Today I spent the day with Tyler and it was great. Tomorrow Mazie and I are having a …

Mar 23, 2011: One of my favorite mashups we ever did at MarketWatch put realtime news on a live timeline. Cool stuff.

Mar 23, 2011: TimelineSetter: A New Way to Display Timelines on the Web ← I’m a big fan of timelines as a tool to tell a story. Excited that ProPublica is making it …

Mar 21, 2011: Tyler and Dad.

Mar 18, 2011: This is our plan for the day. 592.2 miles.

Mar 18, 2011: Less is More Sometimes a song has lyrics that are so striking you can’t help but take note. This is a great section from “Society” by Eddie …

Mar 17, 2011: Artists’ Point in Grand Marais.

Mar 16, 2011: First Shots with Lensbaby For Christmas this year Tammy got me a fun lens for my camera, the Lensbaby Composer. When I did the Stone/Steel/People workshop I mentioned that my …

Mar 15, 2011: First Shots with Tilt-Shift Lens While I was shooting this weekend in Grand Marais I took an opportunity to try out my new tilt-shift lens. I really didn’t know what I was doing …

Mar 15, 2011: Tilt Shift Lens I recently added a new lens to my camera bag, the Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L. This is one of those weird tilt-shift lenses. It’s not the brand new …

Mar 15, 2011: Tethering my iPad via my iPhone 4 on the bus. This works very well.

Mar 14, 2011: How Much Do I Write? At my last book club meeting one of the guys asked if anyone had plans to write a book. Two of the guys in the club answered affirmative very quickly. …

Mar 14, 2011: My Mobile Data Usage Trends Now that I’ve upgraded to iOS 4.3 I was itching to enable Personal Hotspot on my iPhone 4. I take the bus to work most of the time and want to …

Mar 14, 2011: Save the Lead I tapped on a unsubscribe link today to rid myself of another spam list. This URL quickly flashed through the browser as several redirects were …

Mar 14, 2011: On the phone with AT&T getting mobile hot spot enabled. Surprised that I only use around 300MB of data a month on my iPhone.

Mar 13, 2011: Tyler Walking Tyler is an exceptional crawler. He passed his 1 year birthday without feeling the need to work on walking all that much. Why walk when you can crawl …

Mar 12, 2011: Great day of photography with Steve LeVahn and Dennys Bisogno on the North Shore!

Mar 12, 2011: Nice photography options this morning in the snow at Artist Point in Grand Marais.

Mar 12, 2011: Dennys grabbed this shot of me shooting in the snow today at Artist’s Point in Grand Marais.

Mar 12, 2011: Busted For Bad Camera Management This weekend I am up in the Grand Marais area with my friends Steve and Dennys for a photography weekend. We went out shooting today and the weather …

Mar 9, 2011: Just got an offer for tickets to see Def Leppard with Heart opening. Thought it was 1988 again.

Mar 6, 2011: Lasagna on Big Green Egg This weekend we had friends over for dinner and I tried something new. I decided to try making my lasagna on the Big Green Egg. The Egg can work as an …

Mar 5, 2011: Tyler refused his morning nap after swim class this morning. By the time we got to lunch, he was too tired to eat.

Mar 2, 2011: iPad 2 (0.34 inch thick) is 0.005 inches thicker than Kindle 2 (0.335 inch thick). I read that as “same”. Impressive.

Mar 1, 2011: Mac Rx Work Digging out some SATA cables and bare drive adapter this afternoon to rescue a Mac. I always find this stuff fun, when it is easy. If you are curious, …

Mar 1, 2011: Presenting from iPad I gave a talk today at a class at the University of Minnesota. I used it as a trial run for presenting right off of my iPad in Keynote. Worked great! …

Feb 27, 2011: Ristretto Last night we had dinner at our friends the Rock’s. After dinner Mike fired up his Gaggia espresso machine and made some fabulous ristretto. …

Feb 27, 2011: Was Wrong on OpenID My friend John asked me to present at a class of his next week at the U of MN. I took an old Keynote presentation I had from a couple of years ago to …

Feb 25, 2011: Weeds season 6 just hit iTunes. Yeah!

Feb 23, 2011: New OmniFocus task: Upgrade to WordPress 3.1 tonight. 😀

Feb 22, 2011: Just spent two hours cleaning vandalism off of one of my websites. (mediawiki, not WordPress). Nasty Internet out there.

Feb 22, 2011: 368MB of Ads It has been a really long time since I used the Wired application on my iPad, but I recently fired it up and bought an issue to peruse. The experience …

Feb 22, 2011: Michael Birawer Prints The hallways of the 8thBridge office just got classed up! The building added a number of Michael Birawer prints. It makes the space feel a lot better.

Feb 22, 2011: The Black Keys: Brothers I heard an interview with The Black Keys on Fresh Air on MPR. That is probably the least hip way I could describe discovering a cool band like The …

Feb 21, 2011: We got snowed in again. The weather says we got 14 inches of snow on Sunday. Happily it was a long weekend so we just stayed inside and let it come …

Feb 21, 2011: Driveway Avalanche Our driveway provides almost no opportunity for me to get snow out of the way. I blow a lot of it over the fence into the backyard, but also blow a …

Feb 19, 2011: Tammy surprised me with a Chemex Coffeemaker for Valentine’s Day. I brewed a batch of coffee with it for the first time today and it was great. …

Feb 19, 2011: I was at Ambrosia Espresso for a coffee yesterday. I got my typical macchiato. They got it right on the demitasse, but what is with the giant plate?

Feb 19, 2011: I 💚 Unix Maybe this should be titled “I [Heart] Shell”, but it seems more fitting to lay praise at Unix. Sometimes you do something on the prompt …

Feb 19, 2011: New Standards at Lantern Festival Gala One of our favorite bands, The New Standards, announced they were playing at the Lantern Festival Gala for Yinghua Academy. Yinghua is a Chinese …

Feb 19, 2011: New Standards Pano at Lantern Festival Gala Here is a shot of the scene while the New Standards performed at the Lantern Festival. This was taken with You Gotta See This! on my iPhone 4.

Feb 17, 2011: Minnehaha Creek was picturesque this morning coming through Minnehaha Creek West Park with a light fog from the snow melt. The creek appears thawed …

Feb 17, 2011: Minnehaha Creek caught my attention this morning, and it did again this evening on the way home.

Feb 14, 2011: Happy Valentines Day 2011 Mazie made me this awesome and sweet Valentine. Happy Valentines to everyone!

Feb 14, 2011: Heart Shaped Pancakes Valentines Day dinner. This was Mazie’s special request. Of course she was so full of chocolate she hardly ate any.

Feb 14, 2011: Double Big Green Egg Table When I got my Big Green Egg I got the large table to go with it. It seemed okay, not great. I knew I wanted to have a good work surface for my Egg and …

Feb 13, 2011: “Calamity Song” (track 2) on the new Decemberists album sounds exactly like an old R.E.M. song. Spooky. Cue it with Lifes Rich Pageant. …

Feb 12, 2011: EGGfest Chili This weekend I made EGGfest Chili for the second time. This recipe is from the new Big Green Egg Cookbook. I’m a big fan! What makes this chili …

Feb 11, 2011: Wow - launching Twitterific 4.0 with the “light” theme is a breath of fresh air. Upgraded my license! Yeah for normal windows!

Feb 9, 2011: Basic Currency of the Internet Great quote from OkTrends, the OkCupid blog: The basic currency of the Internet is human ignorance, and, frankly, our database holds a strong cash …

Feb 7, 2011: Having fun with Daytum. After 1-month I’m pretty happy with my beer page.

Feb 6, 2011: Family Websites Updated We took a little time this weekend and updated everyone else’s websites this weekend. Tyler now has a landing page up on his website. No blog or …

Feb 6, 2011: LinkedIn InMap LinkedIn created this cool InMap visualization of your network. Useless really, but it sure looks nifty. 😀

Feb 6, 2011: Sunday Afternoon Sledding We all got bundled up this afternoon, grabbed the Mountain Boy sleds and headed over to the sledding hill. Even Tyler got into the action taking a …

Feb 6, 2011: Why No Mail Encryption on iPad? I like to use digital signing in email, and some friends have done the same and we can exchange fully encrypted email. However, it’s a major …

Feb 2, 2011: Big Green Egg Buyers Guide I’m a huge fan of my Big Green Egg. I have been a casual griller for a long time, mostly on a gas grill. At some point I decided I wanted to …

Jan 31, 2011: Giddy for my book club meeting tonight. Topic is Wikileaks.

Jan 30, 2011: Birthday Photo Shoot My sister asked me to do a favor for her. She has a good friend that was turning 40 and she wondered if I would mind doing a small photo shoot at his …

Jan 29, 2011: Mazie the Butterfly Mazie getting her fingernails painted to go with the butterfly face. Having a lot of fun at the Sunshine Montessori’s Sunshine on a Stick …

Jan 27, 2011: "Dad, I am glad to see you" I was out of town most of this week. When I got back Mazie made this great picture of her and I.

Jan 27, 2011: Tyler and his Music Table Tyler is working hard at learning to walk. Pushing his music table is a favorite of his. Add video. This video was made entirely on my iPhone. 😀 …

Jan 25, 2011: Gorgeous view from Mt. Tamalpais. What a great tiny get away from San Francisco. I grabbed this 8-frame panorama with Pano on my iPhone.

Jan 24, 2011: I just posted a 7 character URL that Twitter “shortened” to 12 characters and obfuscated in the process. 🤷‍♂️

Jan 23, 2011: Abrasive Ale is so good. Megahops!

Jan 22, 2011: Making EGGfest Chili from Big Green Egg cookbook. Smells awesome! On the Big Green Egg for a couple hours of smoking. Using binoculars to check Big …

Jan 17, 2011: Empty Airplane Seats I didn’t think this type of thing ever happened any more. On a ridiculously full flight and have two open seats next to me?

Jan 16, 2011: Sunday morning, tuned into Ely, MN for Pathways with Ray Nargis.

Jan 16, 2011: Mazie the Singer My mom was visiting today and Mazie wanted to perform a song for her. Out came the microphone!

Jan 16, 2011: Playing with Blocks Mazie and I had a ton of fun this afternoon stacking up blocks as fast as we could and then having Tyler knock them down.

Jan 15, 2011: Tyler Playing with his Shoes Tyler was having a blast flinging his shoes around on the coffee table. And then he coyly hid them under the table and gave me this great look. 😀

Jan 14, 2011: Guy on bus is listening to his Android phone using white iPod earbuds. Is that allowed? 😀

Jan 13, 2011: The new Minnedemo demo room is huge, which is great. Nice to have a place to sit. My buddy Ira grabbed a photo of me with my spiffy MacBook Air. View …

Jan 12, 2011: I got my Grantwood MacVelope today for my 11" MacBook Air. I like it. It’s fun, small and will protect the Air when I don’t want to …

Jan 11, 2011: From yesterday’s junk mail. Why not a more direct message, like “Stuck in a contract? We’ll pay to get you stuck in our …

Jan 11, 2011: "Synced" Is Not a Word Let me nitpick for a moment. I’m a huge fan of Omnifocus and I use it on my Macs, iPhone and iPad. I’ve bought it for everything I use …

Jan 11, 2011: Apps With Notifications I’ve got a lot of applications on my iPhone. They are spread over multiple pages, and some of them are in folders with similar applications. I …

Jan 11, 2011: Kindle Icon Confusion Just yesterday Amazon released the Kindle application into the Mac App Store. They also released a new version of the iOS Kindle application. Time to …

Jan 9, 2011: Huge Snowman Some people in our neighborhood build a huge snowman in the park every winter. Mazie stood next to it for scale. The nose is a traffic cone. Awesome! …

Jan 9, 2011: One Hour of Cardboard This wasn’t a record, but pretty close. That’s one hour of cutting and tying into bundles. And, even though we had some warm days, my snow …

Jan 9, 2011: Snowshoeing in the Park Mazie and I put on our snow shoes and went for a loop around Minnehaha Creek West Park and down Minnehaha Creek. Great day for snowshoes! We stopped …

Jan 9, 2011: Tyler Conquers Stairs This weekend Tyler decided that the stairs were his. He can climb them in no time, and immediately started going down them as well. He proceeded to do …

Jan 6, 2011: The Mountain Boy Sleds I ordered have arrived. The sled pads are attached and ready to rocket down the sledding hill this weekend.

Jan 3, 2011: TRON: Legacy We saw the new TRON movie tonight as part of my birthday fun. In short, it was great.

Jan 2, 2011: Happy Birthday: MacBook Air I’m writing this blog post on my super light, super fast and super tiny 11" MacBook Air. Thanks to Tammy, my Mom & Kurt and my sister …

Jan 1, 2011: Tyler helped Dad unload the dishwasher this morning. Chase’s lack on an opposable thumb made him much less helpful.

Dec 31, 2010: Spotted the KBS Pro Cycling team having lunch at Yum! Bakery.

Dec 31, 2010: Getting ready for New Year’s Eve Bistecca alla Fiorentina.

Dec 27, 2010: Just ordered some huge porterhouse steaks from Clancey’s for upcoming dinner with Mike Rock and family.

Dec 27, 2010: Mazie Jewelry Shopping.

Dec 27, 2010: Park Husband Here. (This scene required commentary.)

Dec 27, 2010: Sorry State of Sleds One of the really cool things about our new house is that we are just down the street from “the sledding hill”. When we were moving here …

Dec 25, 2010: Homemade Caramel Rolls. 🤤

Dec 25, 2010: Mazie the Young Photographer Mazie the Young Photographer.

Dec 25, 2010: Mazie's Angry Bird Mazie’s Angry Bird.

Dec 24, 2010: Snow Fire. 🔥❄️ Minnesota Grilling.

Dec 24, 2010: Merry Christmas 2010 Our best to you and your family on this wonderful holiday season!

Dec 19, 2010: Kids See Santa 2010 Tammy took Mazie and Tyler for their annual trip to see Santa Claus. Mazie was super excited to see Santa and tell him what she wanted in her …

Dec 19, 2010: Smaller Desktop Footprint For many years now I have sat down at my desk in front of giant monitors. I’ve wanted to become more nomadic in my computing and am going to try …

Dec 18, 2010: Mazie Doing Puzzle We are celebrating Christmas this weekend with the Olson family. It’s afternoon break and puzzle time.

Dec 17, 2010: Tyler Working on Standing Tyler is getting better better at standing. We expect it will still be a while before he is walking. But he much prefers being upright. Meanwhile he …

Dec 16, 2010: Got my Glif! My Glif arrived in the mail today! I was one of the many backers on their Kickstarter campaign. This little widget is to allow you to place your …

Dec 15, 2010: Mazie Español Mazie has been taking Spanish class at Burroughs and today they had a program where all the kids showed their skills. They named fruits, shapes and …

Dec 14, 2010: Learning Carcassonne I’ve been learning how to play Carcassonne with some friends. I had the fun experience tonight of playing Aaron, a buddy in Singapore. He took a …

Dec 14, 2010: OmniFocus and Sync Server Possibilities I often like to dream that I get to wave a magic wand and influence the future product plans of software that I use. I’ve been a constant user …

Dec 13, 2010: Wow… Minneapolis Schools cancelled again tomorrow. Just got the call.

Dec 13, 2010: Been on Lyndale for 1 hour. Made it from 50th street to 28th street. Watching green lights while sitting still.

Dec 13, 2010: Good Passwords with 1Password This morning I read the news about Gawker having 1.3 million passwords taken from their servers. These passwords were attached to email addresses. …

Dec 13, 2010: Remote.app and Cover Art I keep a mountain of content in iTunes and I am constantly accessing it one way or another. The iPad Remote application is one of the more common …

Dec 13, 2010: Sparklines Used Well I absolutely dig the way the My-Cast weather application for the iPhone uses sparklines. Works just as it should, and conveys information without me …

Dec 12, 2010: Spent a few hours this weekend blowing snow.

Dec 12, 2010: Chase Running in Snow After taking care of the necessary snow removal chores we all got dressed and went for a walk around the neighborhood. I brought my camera and Chase …

Dec 12, 2010: Plowed In I realize that getting plowed in is part of the deal. That plow line is just under 5 feet deep 3 feet deep (upon closer inspection). The snowblower …

Dec 12, 2010: Snow Shelf I couldn’t figure out any way to clear the alley where I leave the recycling out. Just too much snow. Solution? Flatten the top with a shovel …

Dec 11, 2010: Full Bus.

Dec 11, 2010: I’m Broke(n).

Dec 11, 2010: No grilling today. Over a foot of snow in the driveway. And, not much of anywhere for it to go. Still figuring out where to put the big piles of snow …

Dec 10, 2010: Attract Customers with WiFi Name A while back we were traveling and I noticed that this coffee shop, Kavarna, didn’t just have its name in its WiFi network as most do. They …

Dec 10, 2010: Twitter Spam It’s clear to me that spam on Twitter continues to be a growing problem. Tonight I posted a simple question about weather apps on the iPad. …

Dec 9, 2010: Oatmeal Ratio Mazie and I enjoy our oatmeal. It is one of our favorite breakfasts. When she was really little I would make 2 servings and she ate about 1/2 of a …

Dec 5, 2010: Canon Listened to me! Just over a year ago I posted my plea to Canon asking that they make it so I can lock the mode dial on my Canon 5D Mark II. Last week they announced a …

Dec 5, 2010: First Photo Book: Stone/Steel/People A few weeks ago I took a workshop at the Minneapolis Photo Center. The workshop was led by Layne Kennedy. Layne led the Dogsledding Photo Workshop …

Dec 4, 2010: The New Standards Holiday Show #5 is awesome! See list of The New Standards shows.

Dec 2, 2010: Very fun evening at Pizza Luce for the Drivetrain Agency event. Thanks Dan Grigsby!

Nov 29, 2010: Brilliant: Swivel Tree Stand Last year I decided I had enough of our old tree stand and got rid of it. We decided to pick up our Christmas tree after Thanksgiving but I needed to …

Nov 29, 2010: It's When You Wake Up? Why is it so different to go to sleep at 2am and get up at 6am, versus going to bed at 10pm and getting up at 2am? Both are a miserly 4 hours of …

Nov 22, 2010: Upgrade Bonanza! Some of you reading this realize how much I like to upgrade things. I really do. I’m not saying it is wise, but I feel a nearly unstoppable urge …

Nov 21, 2010: Eyjafjallajökull My friends Dennys Bisogno and Layne Kennedy sent a link around to this amazing video of “that volcano in Iceland nobody can pronounce the name …

Nov 16, 2010: No More Beatles Rumors Finally we have The Beatles on iTunes. Now we can be done with all the rumors about The Beatles on iTunes. Thank you!

Nov 15, 2010: Editing a Book I’m working on creating my very first photography book. The editing process is arduous. The light is nearing though. The book is laid out. The …

Nov 11, 2010: My dentist has a guest WiFi network. For some reason this surprises me. Stream a movie rental while I’m “in the chair”?

Nov 10, 2010: Shipping Air This one, 5 foot section of rubber was the only thing shipped in this box. Wasteful.

Nov 8, 2010: Transit Equality “It is hard to feel like you are better than everyone else when you ride the bus.” — me

Nov 6, 2010: It would be nice if someone could explain daylight savings time to babies.

Nov 6, 2010: My mom had us over for a wonderful breakfast this morning. Here is a nice shot of Tyler and Grandma.

Nov 2, 2010: Chlorofluorocarbons With an instinct for the regrettable that was almost uncanny, he invented chlorofluorocarbons. — Bill Bryson, about Thomas Midgley Jr., the engineer …

Nov 2, 2010: Unsubscribing I’ve started the process of having our name and address removed from all the junk mail that we get. We moved a few months ago and now it seems …

Nov 2, 2010: Just added my 100th web login to 1Password.

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Oct 31, 2010: 10+ lbs of pork shoulder rubbed for the Big Green Egg. Halloween smoke! Wasn’t expecting a frozen Big Green Egg this morning. No worries. Bottom …

Oct 31, 2010: Hey Surly Brewing, is the wax on darkness intended to be an “are you sure?” deterrent. Took 5 mins and 3 tools to get it open. 🙂

Oct 31, 2010: It’s Sunday. It’s 9am. Time for Pathways with Ray Nargis on WELY. Good morning Ely, MN!

Oct 28, 2010: I signed up last night! Introducing Kernest Konstellations!

Oct 28, 2010: Listening to Uncle Tupelo, No Depression. Amazing how good this album still is. 🎶 ★★★★★

Oct 23, 2010: Up early taking daybreak photos downtown Minneapolis with Layne Kennedy on workshop.

Oct 22, 2010: Neon.

Oct 22, 2010: Foshay.

Oct 21, 2010: Check out Eventburn. Built by my friend Dan Frankowski and Max Harper. Social media view of events. Cool!

Oct 21, 2010: Listened to Hüsker Dü, Land Speed Record, while reviewing a legal doc. Went surprisingly well together. 🙂🎶

Oct 19, 2010: Bob Mould at The Dakota Bob Mould blasting it at The Dakota! Awesome! Start with Wishing Well. Bob just put away the acoustic. Time for electricity! Is this The Dakota? 🙂

Oct 17, 2010: Sunday morning, time for Pathways with Ray Nargis on WELY. Hello Ely, MN!

Oct 12, 2010: Wow. Fell asleep on my bus ride home. Missed stop. Taking a little adventure. 😕

Oct 10, 2010: Now time to tune into Pathways on WELY! Say Hi to Ely, MN.

Oct 10, 2010: Sunday morning music, Tammy vetoed Ray Price and switched to The Beatles.

Oct 9, 2010: Hey LaunchBar! You’re great, BUT, could you make your UI a little more fun so I don’t feel all jealous of Alfred.

Oct 8, 2010: Finished monthly update of offline backups. 4 TB safe and sound.

Oct 4, 2010: At the Dakota for Ruthie Foster show. Nice!

Oct 3, 2010: Most wished for iPad app? OmniOutliner. OmniFocus is great, and an outliner on iPad would be killer.

Oct 1, 2010: I finally spent some quality time on Quora. I like it. Here is my profile.

Oct 1, 2010: Had a really great CaringBridge board meeting this morning. Smart group, much opportunity, and great progress.

Oct 1, 2010: Just spent the last two hours exploring DevOps with OpsCode and Chef. Nearly got my EC2 instance bootstrapped!

Sep 28, 2010: New Apple TV has shipped, should arrive on Friday!

Sep 26, 2010: Made our first trip to the new Linden Hills Coop today. New location is great! Much nicer experience.

Sep 26, 2010: Listening to WELY this morning. Ray Nargis, Pathways. Best of radio.

Sep 24, 2010: Watched Wall Street with Tammy tonight, she had never seen it. Prep for seeing Wall Street 2 tomorrow night.

Sep 24, 2010: I declare it officially fall, and thus, officially The Replacements season. Listen on. 🎶

Sep 24, 2010: Listening to Greg Merkle’s album while working through email inbox. Great music.

Sep 23, 2010: Everyone should listen to some Hank Williams Sr. at least once a year or so. So good.

Sep 23, 2010: Was great to reconnect with Farhan Muhammad today over lunch!

Sep 17, 2010: It blows my mind to see how much we packed for this weekend trip!

Sep 16, 2010: At The Collaborative Technology Summit event this morning. Will be on the 4th panel discussing tech successes in town.

Sep 13, 2010: I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to chsh zsh on my Mac. Hello again zsh. It’s been too long old buddy! I really wish I still …

Sep 13, 2010: Required installing many dependencies but I now have chef and knife gems installed to start playing with deployments.

Sep 13, 2010: Mazie soccer game tonight!

Sep 13, 2010: Turning off Google Instant. That feels much, much better.

Sep 13, 2010: Burstable performance instances — Considering AWS EC2 Micro instances? Read this doc to understand the compute profile.

Sep 12, 2010: The Lightroom 3.2 → Facebook workflow is very, very slick. Only problem is you cannot replace a photo. Republish deletes and uploads again. I expect …

Sep 10, 2010: Planning out deploying thingelstad.com on Amazon EC2 with autoscaling and independent SQL/NFS server.

Sep 10, 2010: As odd as this seems at first, Amazon EC2’s new “micro” instance is a game changer. Ridiculously cheap for the right task. A …

Sep 8, 2010: Game Center First Impressions I’m all setup on game center. Find me as “thingles”. I’m curious to see what non-game things Game Center enables. What could …

Sep 8, 2010: First impression of Google Streaming Search: hate it. Distracting, clunky. It’s like someone not allowing me to finish a sentence.

Sep 7, 2010: Curious: are baseball games played faster when temperature is colder? 🥶

Sep 4, 2010: Mazie's First Soccer Game Last week Mazie had her first soccer game! She’s in the Fuller Soccer Club on the Cyclones. With no practice aside from trying on her shin …

Sep 4, 2010: I feel like I should rename Fall to “Claritin”. 🤧

Sep 3, 2010: That was the nicest bus driver ever.

Sep 2, 2010: Another great book club meeting tonight. I relish book club nights.

Sep 1, 2010: Not a fan of the new visual elements in iTunes 10. Reminds me of the grayscale of NeXT.

Aug 30, 2010: Got a great rundown from OpsCode on Chef and managing cloud instances on EC2. Very impressive!

Aug 28, 2010: Heading to Minnesota Renaissance Festival!

Aug 28, 2010: Absolute mayhem at Wuollet this morning!

Aug 27, 2010: Beautiful night at Lake Harriet.

Aug 16, 2010: Parked and ready for movie at the drive-in in Door County. Awesome!

Aug 4, 2010: Amazing espresso this morning. Refresher training session from Mike Rock put my game back on track. I’d gotten lazy in my technique.

Aug 3, 2010: This new talk from Larry Lessig is worth watching. Great stuff.

Jul 31, 2010: Just setup my Magic Trackpad. Will take some getting used to, but has promise. See if I can replace my 10+ year Kensington Trackball run.

Jul 30, 2010: First blush of OmniFocus for the iPad is: stunning. Love the UI. The Forecast view is great! Hope to see that on the Mac and iPhone.

Jul 28, 2010: Really pleased with how our landscaping project came out. Functional, efficient and relaxing.

Jul 28, 2010: Tasty pork tacos at Chef Shack for lunch today. Pretty busy today with a line.

Jul 27, 2010: BrowserMob seems to be a winner in this space. Like that you can write your own test cases using Selenium.

Jul 24, 2010: Temp on the grill is stable at 200 °F. Nothing for me to do tonight so time to sleep and check on the brisket in the morning.

Jul 23, 2010: Had pulled pork tacos for lunch at Chef Shack today - 5th St and Nicollet parking lot. Awesome chow!

Jul 22, 2010: Moving about 2.5TB of data to the new LaCie 4Big drive. This is going to take a while. :-)

Jul 22, 2010: Installing dozens of apps on my new MacBook Pro. Nice and fast!

Jul 22, 2010: Trying to figure out if I want to partition this 6TB drive or just have one big volume.

Jul 22, 2010: Bus in Motion.

Jul 21, 2010: Guys doing our landscaping just fired up the stone cutter at 7:45am. Good morning neighbors! 😬

Jul 19, 2010: On a different bus at a different time. This 790 to Plymouth is not my 156.

Jul 16, 2010: Just ordered LaCie 4big 8TB drive to go with new laptop (and an OWC ExpressCard/34 eSATA adapter for speed)

Jul 16, 2010: Just ordered my new laptop. 17" MacBook Pro, loaded.

Jul 14, 2010: Theme for today has been Me v. My To Do List. So far, I’m doing pretty good!

Jul 13, 2010: Two iPhone 4’s are waiting for me to pick them up at the Apple Store in Uptown tomorrow. Other one is for Tammy.

Jul 4, 2010: Prime Rib Rubbed for the Egg. Grilling in the rain — no reason to not grill! Prime Rib on the Egg. Looks delicious! Prime Rib resting. “Let it …

Jul 3, 2010: Fresh Strawberry Tart with Port Glaze Delicious recipe from a (new?) local Minneapolis food blogger Healthy and Gourmet.

Jul 3, 2010: Pork Shoulder on Big Green Egg Happy 4th of July!

Jun 30, 2010: Very nice painting by Michael Birawer at Target Field. It looked about 8 feet wide.

Jun 30, 2010: Day Game at Target Field, simply great!

Jun 30, 2010: I’m just digging the new Mos Def album “The Ecstatic” even more and more.

Jun 28, 2010: Depressing Phone Tree “If you are calling regarding a death claim please press 9, if you are calling regarding a cancer policy please press 5, …”

Jun 26, 2010: Double Grilled Cheese Dego

Jun 25, 2010: Big Green Egg Truck Spotted in front of Settergren’s Ace Hardware.

Jun 25, 2010: Flickr, Leaving You in Control I want to take a moment to applaud Flickr. It really frustrates me when websites do not give you full control of your data. I decided that I wanted to …

Jun 25, 2010: US v. Ghana at Riverview Theater Today my brother-in-law Hector and I went to the Riverview Theater to check out the US v. Ghana game in the World Cup. I was excited to watch the game …

Jun 21, 2010: Swing Set on the Way! We are redoing a lot of the outdoor space in the backyard of our new house. We’ve wanted to put in a swing set for Mazie but it was a real …

Jun 20, 2010: iOS 4 Folders for Context I’ve written before about how much work it is to navigate a lot of apps on the iPhone. Today’s launch of iOS 4 brings us folders in …

Jun 18, 2010: First CSA Box of the Season As many know we try to support local, sustainable food production as much as possible. We’ve tried to do Community Support Agriculture (CSA) …

Jun 13, 2010: Anyone out there with personal experience using an eSATA ExpressCard adapter on a MacBook Pro? I’d love to hear what card and if it works? This …

Jun 10, 2010: Garage Tunnels Why isn’t it common to have a tunnel from your detached garage to the basement of your house?

Jun 5, 2010: Eggciting!

Jun 5, 2010: At the Dakota for tonights The New Standards show with my lovely wife! See list of The New Standards shows.

Jun 3, 2010: Normal State of Alertness But a new study suggests that coffee doesn’t really give us caffeine fiends the jolt we think it does - it just returns us to a normal state of …

May 29, 2010: Hotel WiFi is giving me 4.5 KB/sec. Anyone got a USRobotics modem sitting around?

May 27, 2010: Doing a make on git is so clean that I just like to sit and watch all the commands go by so cleanly.

May 27, 2010: MediaWiki is sort of blowing my mind.

May 26, 2010: Social Media iPhone Icons Noticed this on my iPhone screen the other day. What is it with the blue? These companies are supposed to be thought leaders but they can’t help …

May 22, 2010: Minnebar 5 Another record breaking attendance for Minnebar! It’s great that even in year 5 Minnebar is drawing a large group of new people still. What a vibrant …

May 18, 2010: Dego Melt at Dusty’s.

May 14, 2010: Chomp indeed.

May 10, 2010: After lugging all 740 pages of Team of Rivals from the library on the bus multiple times I finally caved and bought the eBook.

May 8, 2010: Tyler loves to giggle. Happy Baby!

May 8, 2010: Find My Phone Used “Find My iPhone” tonight to, find my iPhone. So nice to not have to search and search. Just listen for the sound.

May 8, 2010: Happy Mothers Day Wishing my wife an awesome mother’s day. She’s a great mom! Love you dear!

May 3, 2010: Scape Goat beer from Big Sky Brewing.

Apr 22, 2010: My book club picked Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals, a whopping 754 pages. Wish me luck!

Apr 16, 2010: Why do most architects write like this?

Apr 16, 2010: Please Rate Me Annoying behavior to game the ratings in the AppStore.

Mar 20, 2010: Big Move Started Yesterday we started the big move. There have been many preparations but yesterday with the help of many family members we moved the majority of the …

Mar 19, 2010: Thirtyhood. 1987… thirty something. 2010… Parenthood on NBC. “Just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round.” Even the typography of the …

Mar 18, 2010: 4 of 5 stars to Traffic by Tom Vanderbilt.

Mar 14, 2010: You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. — Tyler Durden

Mar 14, 2010: Bent Nail IPA My brother-in-law Denny gave me a bottle of this Bent Nail IPA from Red Lodge Ales in Montana. They were just out there and enjoyed the brew. It was a …

Mar 12, 2010: Lil’ Brother Playing Bass Shut up and go play the bass.

Mar 12, 2010: iPad Ordered! Placed the order this morning for the iPad and am excited to see the future of touch computing in early April. I wasn’t sure what one to get, so …

Mar 12, 2010: Stock Charts in HTML5 HumbleFinance produces really nice looking, smooth and interactive charts in HTML5 using Canvas. Very nice. At MarketWatch we had been trying to do …

Mar 11, 2010: I’ve heard really good things about Lift Bridge beers and I finally got to try a couple. The rumors were true. Definitely seek out this local …

Mar 9, 2010: Avett Brothers, one of my favorite new bands, was on Austin City Limits. It’s worth watching.

Mar 9, 2010: Flavors.me ← Having a personal landing page is getting more popular. I like the concept, but I don’t want to have this hosted elsewhere. We …

Mar 9, 2010: Forks over Knives looks like a great documentary. I’ve read the book, The China Study, and it makes a strong case.

Mar 9, 2010: Harmony ← Very cool HTML5 painting tool.

Mar 9, 2010: I’m 1000% jokey and your 100% jokey. — Mazie

Mar 9, 2010: Tron Legacy Trailer ← Wow! I can’t wait to see this! Block your calendar for December 17, 2010.

Mar 9, 2010: TypeWith.me ← Firing up the open sourced code from Etherpad.

Mar 9, 2010: Democratization of Media G. Love and Garrick.

Mar 9, 2010: Peeing and Hockey What a great chart.

Mar 8, 2010: I’ve been looking at my blog and feeling total blockage. Is it the theme? Is it my fingers. I have no idea. Block.

Mar 1, 2010: Dinner in New House Today we closed on our new house. It was an exciting day filled with activity and signing many, many sheets of paper. To celebrate the closing we …

Feb 27, 2010: I’d really like a new MacBook Pro to have Core i7 and two eSATA-II ports. I’m planning on going laptop only very soon.

Feb 27, 2010: I’m considering one of the LaCie 4big Quadra units. Anyone have one of these?

Feb 27, 2010: I’d really like a new MacBook Pro to have Core i7 and two eSATA-II ports. I’m planning on going laptop only very soon.

Feb 19, 2010: Having your kid fall asleep on your shoulder is one of the best parts of life.

Feb 18, 2010: Tyler Sleeping.

Feb 14, 2010: Very quickly being reminded how newborns sleep, or more accurately, don’t.

Feb 13, 2010: Five years ago today Road Sign… Five years ago today Road Sign Math launched. Someday I’ll get to rebuild it.

Feb 12, 2010: Tyler Born! Welcome Tyler Thingelstad to the world! Tammy rocked the delivery! 8lb 3oz and 22 inches long! Everyone is doing well.

Feb 7, 2010: Reaction at our house to 1st half super-bowl ads: “Ahh, that was dumb.”

Feb 7, 2010: This half-time show makes me think bands should have “Best Before” dates.

Feb 6, 2010: Why do people on eBay think that I will add a Buy-It-Now price when I specifically listed it without one. C’mon!

Feb 6, 2010: Showing Your Kid to Program My friend Jim and I were talking the other day and he asked me for some recommendations on a way to introduce his son to computer programming. I have …

Feb 5, 2010: Great Minnedemo tonight! Way to go everyone that demoed!

Jan 31, 2010: At the Farrar & Gibbard concert at the Varsity with my friend Kent. Awesome. Farrar singing Big Sur. Great! Suggestion: from now on Benjamin …

Jan 31, 2010: Preparing the house for another open house today.

Jan 30, 2010: Putting my Pleo (s/n 1650) on eBay. Sort of sad for the little guy.

Jan 29, 2010: Surly Got in on the Surly Brewing tour this week. It was Surly-licious.

Jan 26, 2010: Purchased Yojimbo, I’m liking it a lot. Feel late to the game. :-)

Jan 26, 2010: Is “utilize” ever necessary? Isn’t “use” always fine instead?

Jan 24, 2010: Tuned into Pathways on WELY this morning. Nice cup of espresso to go along. Tammy’s making breakfast. Fire going in fireplace. Great espresso. …

Jan 23, 2010: It’s National Pie Day? I need a slice of Triple Berry fast!

Jan 23, 2010: Pork Shank with White Beans is looking like a good option for tomorrow.

Jan 23, 2010: If you like fast word games you really need to play Word Crasher for the iPhone. It’s awesome!

Jan 22, 2010: Played with Twilio today. Impressed.

Jan 21, 2010: Word Crasher is a great iPhone word game. Awesome game play!

Jan 19, 2010: Got a first pass through my workshop photos. Good set of 60 photos to edit do some post-processing work on.

Jan 17, 2010: Photographing the Nude Workshop with Doug Beasley. 2 days. 5 models. 1,668 photos. Time to edit down!

Jan 17, 2010: Get Close

Jan 16, 2010: At the inaugural grilling class at Kitchen Windows new space! Awesome! I’d be happy to live on the new grill deck at Kitchen Window. It is hard to not …

Jan 16, 2010: At the coffee shop working on photos. Girl is dumping her boyfriend at next table over. He’s not doing well.

Jan 16, 2010: Day 1 of photo workshop concluding. Great day with some great shots. Loading 200 raw photos, converting to DNG and generating 1:1 previews just …

Jan 16, 2010: Taking a challenging photography workshop at the Minneapolis Photo Center today: Photographing the Nude with Doug Beasley. Impressed that my Canon 5D …

Jan 16, 2010: Moon Very interesting movie. It’s hard for this movie to not be compared to 2001, but it stands tall even in that shadow.

Jan 9, 2010: Mad dash to get house prepared for first showing done. Drenched in sweat from shoveling out the firepit.

Jan 9, 2010: Just got a call to confirm our first showing for the house. Nice!

Jan 7, 2010: I really wish that the Mail application on the iPhone used and displayed the IMAP flag status. Would be HUGE help.

Jan 6, 2010: Finding a boys name that we like is proving really difficult. And we only have about a month left to make up our mind!

Jan 3, 2010: Watching Nature episode “Christmas in Yellowstone”. Really good one.

Jan 3, 2010: Wrapping up a great day with family.

Dec 31, 2009: Intermediate stage for porterhouses on Big Green Egg. Firing up to 700 °F to finish.

Dec 30, 2009: Preener's Eve 2009 with The New Standards Just seated at The Dakota for The New Standards show with Tammy, Phoebe, and Dave-O! Their cover of “Androgynous” is awesome. Competes …

Dec 28, 2009: Book club night. Always smart and lively conversation.

Dec 27, 2009: High Resolution Album Art #3 More high-resolution album art for others that may have these albums: Chan Poling “Calling All Stars”, Cities 97 Sampler Volume 8 and Dan …

Dec 23, 2009: Seated for Avatar 3D. Looking forward to it! Hanging with brother and sister-in-laws.

Dec 22, 2009: Weeds Season 5 on iTunes! Finally get to catch up with one of our favorite shows.

Dec 20, 2009: Holiday Cookies party with friends! Awesome day!

Dec 19, 2009: Drobo problems: Does not properly sleep/wake with Mac Pro, and under heavy load will randomly reboot itself.

Dec 17, 2009: Wassail Tea ready to bring into the office tomorrow!

Dec 12, 2009: In a room with not one, but two, people who have been on Jeopardy.

Dec 12, 2009: Spirit of the Web I don’t intend to make a habit of quoting myself, but I really like this. “Every time a blog is created an angel gets its wings.”

Dec 11, 2009: Lusting over new espresso machine.

Dec 11, 2009: Stopped by Holidazzle parade floats. Not so fun when your trying to get home.

Dec 10, 2009: A 35 minute call to Australia cost me $122.15 from AT&T! I realize it’s international, but that is shocking! Also exceeded my text allowance …

Dec 10, 2009: Just got my new Minnesota Public Radio membership card. I’ve been a member since 1995. Wonder how many other things I’ve done for 14 …

Dec 9, 2009: Double-extra Happy Birthday wishes to my friends Anna Klombies and Jim Bernard since they are both a long way from home today!

Dec 5, 2009: Getting ready for The New Standards Holiday Show at the Fitz! See list of The New Standards shows.

Nov 29, 2009: After 5 days I have finally found my watch. Indeed, Mazie had been “tricky” and hid it, then promptly forgot!

Nov 26, 2009: Luckily found out early my Big Green Egg is frozen shut. Also lucky there is charcoal in it to burn and thaw

Nov 25, 2009: Haven’t been able to find my watch all day. My guess is Mazie hid it and then forgot about it. Hmmm….

Nov 25, 2009: Turkey in brine ✓ Rub ready ✓ Sweet Potatoes ready ✓ Wassail Tea made ✓ Carrot Cake made ✓ Let Thanksgiving begin!

Nov 25, 2009: Yeah, my sweet potatoes are going to have marshmallows on them. You got a problem with that?

Nov 23, 2009: Just got Chrome OS running in Parallels 5 to play with it. Nifty.

Nov 22, 2009: For fun, here are my photos from the first Minnebar in 2006. The whole group looks like one of todays sessions. Add photos that were previously on …

Nov 21, 2009: Watching Objectified. Great documentary.

Nov 21, 2009: I’m carrying my camera today instead of laptop. My camera turns out to be much heavier. :-)

Nov 20, 2009: Picking up two whole beef tenderloins for tonights grilling extravaganza! I (heart) Clancey’s. I really need to learn to call my meat order …

Nov 20, 2009: In celebration of getting U2 tickets for next summer, I’m sharing this from McSweeney’s.

Nov 18, 2009: Just scored 2 tickets to the U2 concert in June!

Nov 18, 2009: Had a surprisingly pleasant interaction with two different health insurance companies.

Nov 17, 2009: John Muir’s birthday should be a national holiday. I’m declaring today John Muir day. What an amazing person. Read up on John Muir on …

Nov 16, 2009: At the Mpls Photo Coop for Final Cut Studio Workshop. Great space! My first time here. Won’t be the last! Suffering through an Aperture demo …

Nov 16, 2009: Enjoying some quiet time at Toraccino with a Macchiato before heading to Mpls Photo Center for seminar tonight.

Nov 16, 2009: At the Minnesota Public Radio Future of News event today, getting started.

Nov 15, 2009: Heart is in Ely this morning. Listening to Pathways with Ray Nargis on WELY.

Nov 13, 2009: Running my MacBook Pro in target disk mode to attempt to recover a broken Parallels VM. Very slick!

Nov 11, 2009: Twitter’s new Retweet mechanism needs a global setting to turn of ALL retweets, in addition to the per user capability.

Nov 11, 2009: Just finished a great home movie in iMovie. I know some people think iMovie blows, but I couldn’t disagree more. So nice, and so easy.

Nov 11, 2009: iTunes Smart Playlist: Three Plays I’ve written before about some of the ways I use Smart Playlists in iTunes to enjoy my music more. I’ve got a large music collection with …

Nov 10, 2009: I’m an avid Safari user, and when I launch Firefox I wonder if they are purposefully making it ugly. Can someone please clean it up?

Nov 10, 2009: With Apple and Google getting less cozy, how long until Safari allows easy switching away from Google for search bar?

Nov 10, 2009: What the… Bing is indexing one of my websites which has an explicit robots disallow. C’mon people!

Nov 10, 2009: Just got the new retweet features turned on in my account. Looking forward to being able to disable nearly all retweets! :-)

Nov 10, 2009: Upgrading my Vista license to Windows 7 is going to cost me $200? What the? Someone at Microsoft needs to look at Mac OS X pricing.

Nov 9, 2009: Simply great song from the The Avett Brothers, I and Love and You.

Nov 9, 2009: Canon, let me lock my mode! I’ve been absolutely loving my new Canon 5D Mark II. It’s a serious camera and having a full-frame sensor means I’m shooting a lot …

Nov 9, 2009: Ugly Bug in Mac OS X Address Book? I don’t have an official bug report for this but I’m seeing a very ugly bug in Mac OS X Address Book or some part of the applications that …

Nov 3, 2009: Voted!

Nov 2, 2009: Adding Symbols to Mind Maps I’ve been aware of mind mapping software for a while but had never found an application that worked like I wanted it to. I need the software to …

Nov 2, 2009: Ridiculous Web Surveys It amazes me when I actually attempt to take a survey on the web how poorly designed they are. Most of the time I disregard them, but sometimes a …

Oct 31, 2009: Brilliant: “ketchup squirts of maple syrup down the middle” - Garrick Van Buren

Oct 31, 2009: Flipping through the new B&H Photo Video catalog. 🙂

Oct 29, 2009: Apple Store finally has Magic Mouse in stock. Time to run an errand. I’m totally digging the Magic Mouse. A+

Oct 29, 2009: Apple TV 3.0 release. Looks really nice. Looking forward to upgrading the three Apple TV’s at home.

Oct 29, 2009: I finally found a mind mapping tool that works for me. MindNode Pro. Gets out of the way and just works. The iPhone version is also very good and has …

Oct 29, 2009: Ubuntu Karmic Koala? Where do they get these names. :-)

Oct 28, 2009: Car got towed!!! $138 lighter but getting Mini Cooper back. Oh, and $42 parking ticket. Thanks to Anna Klombies for rescuing me! 😬

Oct 27, 2009: Ugh - everyone is drinking Surly Brewing Darkness except me!

Oct 27, 2009: My Twitter account just got lists enabled. This is seriously useful. Now Tweetie needs to get lists integrated too.

Oct 26, 2009: New Video Stingers (v2) A little over a year ago I created a handful of stingers to use on video content that I create. The stinger serves a bunch of purposes. On the …

Oct 26, 2009: Saving at the Dentist Found out totally by accident yesterday that I save 5% if I pay the dentist on the same day I have the work done. Not happy they don’t make that …

Oct 26, 2009: If you are thinking of going to BC Liquor to get remaining Surly Brewing Darkness, stop. They have none. Only had 24 bottles.

Oct 25, 2009: Unix Lesson for Today Learned after much difficulty today that find doesn’t actually spawn a shell, and as a result trying to use backticks doesn’t work in a …

Oct 24, 2009: Surly Darkness Haven’t tasted Surly Darkness yet, but I was lucky enough to get a bottle into the house.

Oct 24, 2009: Video: Open Internet This is a really great video that explains in plain language why Net Neutrality is so vitally important.

Oct 24, 2009: Would love to be at Surly Brewing Darkness Day but not going to stand in line for 4 hours. :-/ Will see what line report is at 11a. Tempted to go to …

Oct 22, 2009: Unauthorized Transactions This morning when I checked my email I found many more unread messages then typical. A bit concerned, I found many PayPal messages. That isn’t a …

Oct 21, 2009: Happy Birthday to Microsoft [Windows 7]!

Oct 20, 2009: Shooting Anvils Forget about model rockets - let the anvils fly!

Oct 12, 2009: Mail.app Smart Mailboxes I’ve been using Smart Mailboxes in Mail.app for the first time ever and finding them very helpful. I’m guessing there are a lot of people …

Oct 12, 2009: R.I.P. Thawte Web of Trust Still saddened that the Thawte Web of Trust system is being shut down by the new owners, Verisign. Anyone surprised since Verisign offers a pay …

Oct 11, 2009: Inspired Software Keynote I was honored this year to be invited by the Computer Science department at the University of Minnesota to give the keynote for the 2009 Computer …

Oct 10, 2009: Just listened to Steve Earle’s appearance on KQED’s Forum. Great interview.

Oct 10, 2009: Resisting the temptation to wear my Sorels this morning.

Oct 10, 2009: Just finished an OCD-like marathon session watching the last FIVE episodes of The Wire. Done with all 5 seasons now. Best show ever.

Sep 28, 2009: Just sitting here working away with some reasonably heavy I/O operations on my Drobo and it spontaneously rebooted itself. Yikes.

Sep 26, 2009: The Wire, Season 4 Just finished watching season 4 of The Wire. Amazing season in an amazing series. Brutally up close.

Sep 24, 2009: 1+1 Macchiatto.

Sep 23, 2009: Four pounds Beef Tenderloin going on the Big Green Egg. Plated.

Sep 20, 2009: Farm to Table Chef Time

Sep 19, 2009: Very nice Steamworks Coffee Macchiato.

Sep 18, 2009: “Don’t be stupid - we reserve the right to kick you out if you’re being a dick (or any other reason we find).” — SurlyFest …

Sep 18, 2009: SurlyFest 2009!

Sep 16, 2009: “Improving a pain-in-the-ass does not make it a kiss! And we need a kiss!”- Doc Searls, Rebooting the News #23

Sep 14, 2009: Kawishiwi Falls While we were up in Ely this past weekend we took a brief hike out to Kawishiwi Falls. I’m a sucker for waterfalls so it doesn’t take much …

Sep 10, 2009: “Welcome to the W-E-L-Y Ely Timberwolves High School Football radio pre-game show.” - WELY 94.5 FM

Sep 10, 2009: Aaron Kaercher & His Crazy Neighbors playing outside at Northern Grounds Cafe in Ely, MN.

Sep 10, 2009: Next Olympic venue?

Sep 10, 2009: For what I believe is the third time I downloaded my RAW files off of my compact flash card, put it back in the camera and formatted the card. Then, …

Sep 10, 2009: Big Green Egg Pro Tip: Vent Alignment Over the weekend I decided it was time to do a full cleaning of my Big Green Egg. Now and then I find it helpful to actually pull out the fire box and …

Sep 10, 2009: Canal Park and Gooseberry Falls We drove from Duluth to Ely this morning to start our weekend in Ely. We got some photos in Canal Park and of course we stopped at Gooseberry Falls. I …

Sep 8, 2009: Fancy Flash Websites on the iPhone There are a bunch of reasons that you shouldn’t have a website that is just one big flash application. Here is one simple one. The other day we …

Sep 8, 2009: Freezer Canning Tomatoes For the first time I decided to try some canning. I didn’t feel confident enough to do real canning, so I’m just doing some freezer …

Sep 8, 2009: iTunes 9 Removes Old iPhone Restore Images Upon upgrading to iTunes 9 today I noticed that some old iPhone restore images had been dumped in my trash. I’m not real sure where they were …

Sep 7, 2009: Brand new gasket for the large Big Green Egg tonight. It always feels like the grill is shiny and new with a brand new gasket. It closes with a soft …

Sep 6, 2009: Mazie, Tammy and I all went to Ponyo today. Fun movie, great story. Mazie loved it.

Sep 6, 2009: 2009 State Fair We had a great time at the Minnesota State Fair this year. This year was the first year that Mazie really got into it. Highlights included the …

Sep 5, 2009: Suggestion: If going to the Renaissance Festival, leave your iPhone at home.

Sep 5, 2009: Dark humor via bumper sticker. I started out with nothing and I still have most of it

Sep 5, 2009: Julie & Julia Fun movie. Light. Good laugh or two. Cool context of cooking and blogging.

Sep 4, 2009: iTunes Feature Request: Song Linking A couple of weeks ago I was having an email dialog with my friend Dave Oosterhuis about iTunes metadata. We had been discussing the finer points of …

Sep 2, 2009: “Domain names, like ideas, are cheap.” — me

Sep 2, 2009: Delicious corn at Minnesota State Fair.

Sep 2, 2009: Max's 30th Birthday Party My brother-in-law Max turned 30 today and there was a nice get together at the Bayside Grill on Lake Minnetonka to celebrate. Just a few photos from …

Sep 2, 2009: State Fair Day Big day at the Minnesota State Fair today. Mazie had a blast.

Sep 1, 2009: Ridiculous Grill.

Sep 1, 2009: CAPS LOCK DAY CAPITAL LETTERS REALLY DON’T GET THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE. MAYBE WE NEED TO HAVE A CAPS LOCK DAY WHERE WE DO EVERYTHING IN CAPITAL LETTERS. IT …

Aug 31, 2009: Deck Resurfaced Sometimes I get really excited by projects we have done around the house (garage shelves, rain gutters. Right now I’m really excited about the …

Aug 29, 2009: Just ordered my tickets for Surly Fest!

Aug 29, 2009: We have been in Lignite, ND this weekend visiting my family. It’s really nice to see everyone. In addition to great relatives, I’ve had …

Aug 27, 2009: Apple Store preparing for Snow Leopard release.

Aug 27, 2009: How to Expire Tweets on Twitter A lot of people consider Twitter a microblogging platform. I don’t really agree with that. I think Tumblr and Posterous are great examples of …

Aug 26, 2009: Still totally digging my Mini.

Aug 26, 2009: Frankhouse Enjoyed listening to Frankhouse tonight at the 318 Club. Good jazz. Friend of mine is the lead/trumpet player.

Aug 26, 2009: Goodbye Blue Dog Mural This week we said goodbye to one of the most distinctive art features of our house. In January of 2003 Tammy’s longtime friend Liane McMeen …

Aug 26, 2009: Mazie Photo Shoot Last Friday Mazie and I had a super fun “Daddy-Daughter” day filled with many fun things. Part of our fun day was a trip to a store to get …

Aug 26, 2009: TED Video: Hans Rosling Dataset Mindset The visuals in this talk by Hans Rosling at TED blew me away. Animated displays of 200 years of economic data about the world.

Aug 24, 2009: Holy crap did the WordPress plugin Hot Linked Image Cacher just save me a ton of effort in moving things off of Tumblr.

Aug 24, 2009: Just finished an emergency dog bath for Chase. I have no idea what he got into, but it smelled absolutely horrible. Hopefully a double shampoo got …

Aug 23, 2009: iPhone Pro Tip: Launch Apps with Spotlight With the 3.0 release of the iPhone software Apple brought the platform level search capabilities of Spotlight to the iPhone. This has been a really …

Aug 23, 2009: Surly Hell I got an email from Four Firkins at 10:13 am that they had received their very first limited shipment of Surly Hell. They were limiting sales to 2 …

Aug 22, 2009: Very nice 16 mile ride with Tammy, Michelle and Hector.

Aug 22, 2009: Why don't RSS Readers support kill files? As I was flowing through my RSS subscriptions in Google Reader I was struck for the millionth time how much everyone likes to write about “All …

Aug 21, 2009: 17 Again. Wow. Bubble gum. To be clear, Tammy’s pick.

Aug 21, 2009: I seem to be very focused on the themes of Creative Commons, GNU Public License and having control of my computing future lately. This is a good …

Aug 21, 2009: Frog A few days ago I took the leap and jumped to a new camera body. I made the big jump and moved to a Canon 5D Mark II. I’m loving it, and will …

Aug 21, 2009: Izzy: Could Not Be Happier We had a wonderful time at the Off-leash Dog Park this afternoon. Izzy particularly.

Aug 21, 2009: Water Lily We were having a nice afternoon at Como Park today and the Water Lily area was just breathtaking. Sometimes the subject is so amazing that you just …

Aug 20, 2009: Watched Frontrunners about the very competitive student elections at Stuyvesant High School.

Aug 20, 2009: Mazie on Skuut.

Aug 20, 2009: Mini Parking Only.

Aug 20, 2009: I’m not much of a football fan, but it’s odd even to the casual viewer to see Brett Favre playing in a Vikings uniform.

Aug 19, 2009: Getting nginx and php-fpm working to make things zippy.

Aug 16, 2009: I am being reminded of the awesome power of thousands of mosquitos in the North Woods.

Aug 16, 2009: Lake Time.

Aug 13, 2009: How can your dog live in your house for 2.5 years and still think, very rarely, that they should take a dump on the carpet. Dumbfounded.

Aug 13, 2009: Mazie.

Aug 13, 2009: Really surprised how busy Ciao Bella is. Recession? Unemployment? Apparently not here.

Aug 12, 2009: I’m trying to suck all of my Tweets off of Twitter and there seems to only be 3,200 tweets. However, Twitter says on my profile page I have …

Aug 12, 2009: Signature Required Delivery I got an opportunity to appreciate the asymptotic behavior of packages that are shipped requiring a signature. I’ve scheduled a pickup at the …

Aug 12, 2009: Using Google Reader I was excited to read about recent enhancements to Google Reader, particularly the “Send to…” feature that allows you to post items …

Aug 11, 2009: Dropping the www I’ve debated this many times, but finally decided to pull the trigger and remove the “www.” prefix from my website. This really …

Jul 31, 2009: “Blue jeans are the Photoshop CS4 of good looks.”

Jul 29, 2009: Entrepreneur in Residence at Split Rock Partners Earlier this week Split Rock Partners did a press release regarding my entrepreneur in residence (EIR) with the firm. The first question friends of …

Jul 29, 2009: My Solution for Microsoft to Get Nerds Back I was catching up on my Daring Fireball feed today and saw that John Gruber had put together a longer post on Microsoft’s earnings shortfall. …

Jul 24, 2009: Waiting for Coldplay to take the stage at Alpine Valley!

Jul 23, 2009: Away We Go — fun movie, puts a smile on your face.

Jul 23, 2009: Self-help Books That Will Actually Work.

Jul 23, 2009: Tron Legacy in 2010 This is a couple of minute preview from the upcoming Tron Legacy to be released in 2010, released today. It’s a great clip. I watched this …

Jul 17, 2009: This is a good example of what a Big Green Egg looks like when it’s full blast, north of 700 °F. And it can get hotter!

Jul 17, 2009: Bistecca alla Fiorentina on the Big Green Egg.

Jul 17, 2009: Pork shoulder on the Big Green Egg. After 10 hours.

Jul 17, 2009: Omar of Surly Brewing tapping the firkin at Grumpy’s. Surly Firkin Furious! 🍺

Jul 16, 2009: Grilled artichokes!

Jul 15, 2009: Two pork shoulders to go on the Big Green Egg tomorrow at 7am!

Jul 14, 2009: Big Green Egg class!

Jul 14, 2009: Burger Jones First Impression Tammy, Mazie and I joined my sister-in-law Angie, Mazie’s cousin Nora and Grandma Olson for lunch at Burger Jones today. We’d been meaning …

Jul 14, 2009: Fancy Email Signatures with hCard Microformat I recently redid my email signature. I’ve been using an HTML signature for a while and my friend Kent complained to me one day that my emails …

Jul 14, 2009: Joining the Board of CaringBridge I’m very late in sharing this news. Starting at the beginning of this year I was asked to join the board of directors at CaringBridge. …

Jul 11, 2009: Flow is a powerful and moving documentary on the struggle to keep up water as a public resource.

Jul 11, 2009: Another New Glarus Brewing beer. This time in New Glarus! Drinking Organic Revolution, very tasty.

Jul 11, 2009: Watched Wendy and Lucy. Sad movie. Wendy is broke. Her car needs a new engine. She loses her dog, Lucy.

Jul 11, 2009: Darkness Spending the night in the country is a good reminder of the power of night. The sun has long been down, and the moon isn’t reflecting. There is …

Jul 9, 2009: Enjoying a pint of New Glarus Brewing’s Totally Naked.

Jul 9, 2009: Stellar pulled pork sandwich with muenster cheese on Texas toast at The Old Fashioned in Madison.

Jul 8, 2009: Macchiato at Sip.

Jul 8, 2009: Not my Big Green Egg. Looks delicious.

Jul 8, 2009: Triple Hoppy!

Jul 4, 2009: On Sunday we hit Nelson’s Ice Cream for some giant ice cream cones in Stillwater.

Jul 4, 2009: The Wrestler We finally got a chance to watch The Wrestler. Very good movie, but pretty violent at times. Definitely worthwhile though.

Jul 3, 2009: Peppa Pig DVD Covers Part 2 Another contribution to the Internet for high-resolution cover art. Here are the front and back scans of the DVD’s for Peppa Pig: The Balloon …

Jul 3, 2009: Wisdom without wisdom, man is driven to build up a monster economy, which destroys the world — E. F. Schumacher in Small is Beautiful

Jun 30, 2009: Xefer Twitter Visualization This graphic can generally be put in the pile of visualizations of stuff that isn’t important, but the display is cool. This tool from Xefer …

Jun 28, 2009: iPhone 3.0 Phone Label This is a little change in the iPhone 3.0 release that I hadn’t seen anyone mention. When you change the type of a phone number in Address Book …

Jun 25, 2009: Flying Scotsman Good movie all bout Graeme Obree’s pursuit of various cycling records.

Jun 22, 2009: First Shot at Homemade Ice Cream Cooking was definitely the action for this years Father’s Day gifts. Tammy signed me up for a couple more of the Grillmaster cooking classes at …

Jun 22, 2009: Macchiato Isn't Caramel me: Macchiato please. barista: Caramel Macchiato? me: No, macchiato. barista: Espresso Macchiato? me: Yes, macchiato.

Jun 18, 2009: Star Trek Movie We finally went and saw the new Star Trek movie. I really enjoyed it. I hesitated seeing it for a long time. It was really good.

Jun 16, 2009: Bricker. Keekley.

Jun 13, 2009: Isn’t Hüsker Dü a band? What’s with the Hūsker Dū board game? I guess it’s all in the ū versus the ü.

Jun 12, 2009: Happy birthday to not you. — Mazie

Jun 10, 2009: Peppa Pig DVD Covers I find it frustrating when I cannot find good quality, high-resolution album or DVD cover art on the Internet. So, when I have to resort to scanning I …

Jun 7, 2009: CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL. — Comment by Jordan Young on TechCrunch

Jun 7, 2009: Learning to Make Sausage A couple of weekends ago we all loaded up into the car and drove up to Grand Marais to spend a wonderful weekend with our friends the Tangen’s. …

Jun 6, 2009: Flank steak off the Big Green Egg for lunch today.

Jun 4, 2009: I want. 😊

Jun 4, 2009: Interviewing Your Kid? Mazie is about to turn 4 years old and she is bubbling with excitement about it. She tells me regularly how many days until her birthday, and that she …

Jun 4, 2009: Unordered Lists to Comma Separated List I was tweaking some layout in Tumblr today and I really wanted to take a list of tags and display them with proper grammar. For example, I wanted to …

Jun 2, 2009: If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. — Thomas Jefferson

Jun 1, 2009: Up Mazie was ecstatic to see Up. She was giddy running to the theater to see it. We all really enjoyed it.

May 29, 2009: Freezer full of over 30 pounds of sausage from the sausage making class at the North House Folk School.

May 29, 2009: Learning to make sausage with Craig from the North House Folk School.

May 27, 2009: Ya know what Dad? I actually don’t care. — Mazie (almost 4)

May 23, 2009: Racks on the Big Green Egg.

May 23, 2009: The Hot Spots for Organic Food. This is a very interesting graphic for two reasons. I love to see that we in the upper-midwest have a real leadership …

May 22, 2009: The Gang at the Saints Game! ⚾️

May 20, 2009: Now Reading for Wordpress 2.7+, a “more updated” version of the Now Reading plugin for WordPress.

May 18, 2009: Big Green Egg Tandoor! About a week ago I stumbled upon a blog post from a fellow Big Green Egg enthusiast that explained how he had attempted to do tandoor style cooking …

May 17, 2009: Bartender Bricker.

May 17, 2009: Yesterday our neighbors across the street daughter had found a batch of very small baby kittens. There were four kittens, and Mazie took a turn …

May 17, 2009: ColdSnap Garden Photography Workshop This weekend, thanks to my awesome wife, I got to spend Saturday and Sunday at a photography workshop. The workshop was led by John Gregor of ColdSnap …

May 17, 2009: Tulips.

May 13, 2009: Dozen cars in line at the drive-thru at Caribou Coffee this morning. GET OUT OF YOUR CAR AND SAVE 15 MINUTES!

May 13, 2009: Mazie making pizza!

May 13, 2009: My first deep dish pizza on the Big Green Egg.

May 12, 2009: Jim Bernard and Mike Black at Dusty’s after B-Squad game.

May 12, 2009: Chase I just submitted my very first photo to JPG Magazine in their “Shoot Your Pet!” theme. Crossing my fingers that they will publish it.

May 12, 2009: Entrepreneurship Class at Carlson About a month ago I spoke at an entrepreneurship class at the Carlson School of Management. Nice group with a lot of good questions.

May 12, 2009: Why do Cyclists Tweet? I’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback from the release of VeloTweets. Thank you everyone for that, and please help spread the word about the …

May 11, 2009: Introducing VeloTweets - The Pulse of the Peloton A couple of months ago I started to notice that there were a lot of professional cyclists that were getting on Twitter. Lance Armstrong …

May 11, 2009: The Typographic Desk Reference A couple of weeks ago I was reading one of my favorite typography websites, I Love Typography, and saw their article about Theodore Rosendorf’s …

May 10, 2009: Starting to work up three racks of ribs for Mothers Day dinner on Big Green Egg. Checking in on the ribs in the Big Green Egg. Warning: this picture …

May 9, 2009: I’m quickly approaching an EPIC FAIL for Mother’s Day. Ugh.

May 9, 2009: Finally took the time to get all my home directory dotfiles into a Git repo. Feel happy and tidy.

May 8, 2009: Having a blast and learning a lot at the Grillmaster Pizza class. Bonus, Anna Klombies’s husband Lindsay is here rocking the thin crust pizza.

May 8, 2009: I really dig iStockphoto. It is like a project accelerator.

May 8, 2009: Took less than 24 hours for the cat to puke on the BRAND NEW carpet. I don’t think the cat realizes how tenuous her position here is. 😕

May 8, 2009: Just made my first Thawte Web of Trust assertion!

May 7, 2009: Great time at Minnedemo tonight. Awesome night. Thanks to Luke and Ben for making it all happen! Maybe Minnedemo should start having press …

May 7, 2009: I’ll be a pro at the next B-Squad game with these awesome shoes.

May 6, 2009: Heading to the B-Squad game! New, super pro baseball pants tonight. Watch out everyone! Injured myself on the FIRST play on tonights B-Squad game. …

May 6, 2009: I officially declare, that as of today, it is too warm to wear wool socks. Will revisit in November. Thank You.

May 6, 2009: Dreading having to empty the basement to have new carpet installed tomorrow. 🙁 Debating with Tammy about why she is vacuuming carpet that is going to …

May 4, 2009: Getting ready to put dry rub from Mike Rock on the 7.5 pound grass fed brisket. Brisket rubbed and ready to rest for the night before meeting the Big …

May 2, 2009: Mazie and Tammy being silly.

May 2, 2009: Shoulder riding.

May 2, 2009: Tetris Shower A couple of months ago we decided to re-tile our downstairs bathroom shower. After 20 years the house had settled enough that there were notable …

May 2, 2009: Making mojitos.

May 2, 2009: The B&H catalog arrived! Excuse me while I drool.

May 2, 2009: Decalcifying my espresso machine.

Apr 30, 2009: This is a great coffee infographic.

Apr 30, 2009: Listening to Bad Religion “Generator”. Watch out everyone! 🎶 Bad Religion and Foo Fighters. Nice combo. Recommended! 🎶

Apr 29, 2009: Finished first B-Squad game. It was awesome!

Apr 29, 2009: Vet diagnosed Chase with a staph infection. 14 days of medication for him.

Apr 29, 2009: Aquarium sold! Good guy buying it too. Fish will have a happy home.

Apr 28, 2009: Starting a business is the most public, most expensive, riskiest way of all to be wrong. — The Bootstrapper’s Bible by Seth Godin

Apr 28, 2009: I like Manbirdpig Flu — Malibar

Apr 28, 2009: I’m considering a WordPress theme change for my site. Any pointers for awesome, clean themes? It must be on white. (Finding themes is hard!)

Apr 28, 2009: Installing Ubuntu 9.04 desktop edition in a VM on my MacBook Pro. I want to play with the pretty bits in addition to the server bits.

Apr 27, 2009: Bummed that I couldn’t make ruby.mn tonight.

Apr 26, 2009: Interesting box at One on One. GIRLS ONLY - BOYS KEEP OUT!

Apr 26, 2009: I was super lucky this year and got a good number of these amazing sausages made by my friend Kevin. These are the best sausage I’ve ever had. …

Apr 26, 2009: Sea Monkeys Tammy’s brand new, never played before, softball team has their first game tonight. I can’t wait to hear the recap!

Apr 26, 2009: Starting Ubuntu 9.04 upgrade on last two boxes.

Apr 25, 2009: Tammy and I continued her birthday weekend extravaganza with a second, really good movie, State of Play. Classic thriller, done right.

Apr 25, 2009: Role Models We were on a real role with movies this weekend and decided to finish it off with a rental on Apple TV. Role Models was funnier than I was expecting.

Apr 25, 2009: The Soloist Tammy and I went to see The Soloist last night and I thought it was just a great movie. I hope we never stop making movies like this.

Apr 24, 2009: Open Font Library CSS3 is bringing @font-face, which finally allows us to use a variety of real fonts on the web. Huzzah! This site offers a variety of fonts in an Open …

Apr 24, 2009: Starting 2nd Ubuntu upgrade to 9.04. First one went very smooth.

Apr 24, 2009: Blasphemy: Aren’t Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” and Whitesnake’s “Here I Go” essentially the same song?

Apr 23, 2009: I’m reading my first book via email from DailyLit. Rather like it for the right kind of book. Bite-sized segments needed.

Apr 23, 2009: Wha? Ubuntu 9.04 released? Time for do-release-upgrade?

Apr 22, 2009: Yikes - that’s a lot of stuff.

Apr 22, 2009: Money-Driven Medicine My book club meeting tonight was just awesome. Highly recommend people read the book Money-Driven Medicine. Great discussion.

Apr 22, 2009: I’m really struggling to get the hang of the Goldtouch Ergo keyboard. The command key is hard to adjust to. The CTRL key is horribly placed.

Apr 21, 2009: Suspenders ← Cool starter project to get you going with your Rails work faster. Nice.

Apr 21, 2009: First Attempt at Commercial Photography I’ve been continuing to work on my photography skills and looking for projects to work on that are fun and help me learn more. I’ve worked …

Apr 21, 2009: Minnedemo on May 7th, 2009 The next Minnedemo is now scheduled for May 7, 2009 at 6:00pm. It is free (as always), but registration is required so get signed up. There are 324 …

Apr 21, 2009: I’m really liking Instapaper, particularly with Tweetie integration. But things stack up faster than they come off.

Apr 21, 2009: TiVo didn’t record Frontline because American Idol and Biggest Loser took priority. Injustice of the highest order.

Apr 21, 2009: Proposal: Tag “140++” means a SIMPLE SOUNDBITE is ridiculous to deal with a complex topic. Twitter FAIL. Life isn’t that simple.

Apr 21, 2009: Watching 60 Minutes segment on 401k Plans and getting angry. Greed is everywhere.

Apr 21, 2009: Poisoned Waters ← I love PBS’s Frontline, but sometimes watching it makes me want to dig a bunker and never get out.

Apr 20, 2009: It seems that my daughter is likely to have the same kind of nightmare problems I had at night. Just got done calming her and back to bed.

Apr 20, 2009: Looking at info on CoQ10 and DHEA.

Apr 20, 2009: Oracle buying Sun saddens me. Greed beating passion.

Apr 20, 2009: Took about 3 minutes to realize that Tweetie for the Mac is going to be my preferred client. Time to get a registration code. Nice v1.0!

Apr 19, 2009: Mazie decided to do a little project with all of the dog toys the other day. Pretty cool. (Don’t obsess about the door frame. This is a panorama …

Apr 19, 2009: Petard? Kindle dictionary for the win.

Apr 18, 2009: Mazie and Caroline at the Minnesota Zoo!

Apr 18, 2009: Crushing peppercorns. Attempting to channel Mike Rock.

Apr 18, 2009: “Well, I’m full from food, but I’m not full from dessert.” - Mazie

Apr 18, 2009: Kindle dictionary for the win! Iatrogenic? Means complications caused by medical care.

Apr 18, 2009: Iran gives American journalist 8 years ← Roxana Saberi sentenced to 8 years of prison by Iran. 😲

Apr 18, 2009: (Number of Pages Left to Read) / (Days Until Book Club Meeting) > Number of Pages I Comfortably Read per Day

Apr 17, 2009: Well, I’m full from food, but I’m not full from dessert. — Mazie

Apr 17, 2009: Suggest that Twitter no longer “Fail Whales” but is instead “Harpooned!”.

Apr 17, 2009: At Clancey’s getting large hunks of meat to bring to the Big Green Egg! Reviewing The Cook’s Bible by Chris Kimball. Chapter 28. How to …

Apr 17, 2009: Heading to CaringBridge board meeting. See you soon Sona Mehring!

Apr 16, 2009: My Apple TV’s work insanely better if I don’t sync any content to them. Just connect to iTunes and never transfer things. Otherwise, …

Apr 16, 2009: Just had a great work session using OmniGraphSketcher. This program has a lot of potential, still in beta. Hope to see it move fast!

Apr 16, 2009: It’s funny to me that IE8 has moved Windows Update from the Tools menu, to the Safety menu. Be safe!

Apr 16, 2009: The 2GB memory limit in my MacBook Pro is starting to become a real problem. swap - swap - swap…

Apr 16, 2009: Prediction: Twitter will NEVER make as much money from me as the various Twitter client developers have made from me on various platforms.

Apr 15, 2009: Mazie and I went out for dinner tonight at Lion’s Tap! Daddy’s little princess went in her dress-up clothes. She was adorable and brought …

Apr 15, 2009: Spring in Minnesota Today, at 11:45 am the temperature at our house went over 70 °F for the first time in many, many months. This is the cause of much joy and elation in …

Apr 15, 2009: Glowing pockets.

Apr 15, 2009: The increase in temperature has definitely resulted in an increase in techno music for me.

Apr 14, 2009: Okay. So I just had to try out Birdhouse. It’s actually pretty fun and it is very fast since it’s not pulling in Twitter info, just …

Apr 13, 2009: I don’t want Daddy in our family anymore! — Mazie (mad!)

Apr 12, 2009: Tres Chickens on Big Green Egg.

Apr 11, 2009: Making plans for tomorrow’s breakfast. Old Recipe Johnny Cake on the Big Green Egg.

Apr 11, 2009: You could spend a nearly infinite amount of time goofing around with Cacti.

Apr 11, 2009: It seems fitting that make doc for git takes way longer than making the binaries.

Apr 10, 2009: Lighting little Green Egg for first time. Quick burgers tonight.

Apr 10, 2009: Premium Insurance Caps, Phytomax, Mito Caps.

Apr 9, 2009: Yum!

Apr 8, 2009: At least it wasn’t a pillow.

Apr 7, 2009: Kindle 2 has arrived. Initial impression is pretty good. Screen flashes a lot, but is very crisp.

Apr 6, 2009: Mazie had her first ever scuffle at pre-school. Seems her and her friend disagreed and a scratch on the cheek resulted.

Apr 6, 2009: Bro-in-law wants me to help him find a good Windows box. There are none. 🙂 iMac with Boot Camp?

Apr 6, 2009: Just got back from presenting to a class at the Carlson School. Tired out.

Apr 5, 2009: Mazie Mastering her Skuut It was the first weekend in April, but that didn’t get it warm. In fact we had snow overnight this weekend and woke up to at least an inch of …

Apr 5, 2009: There still is no Vimeo app for the iPhone. C’mon Team Vimeo!

Apr 5, 2009: Encoding HD video in iMovie on my MacBook Pro results in a REALLY hot lap. 72 °C right now.

Apr 5, 2009: It’s really cool that the Flip Mino HD plugs right into your computer. But I’m always nervous it’s going to get broken while …

Apr 4, 2009: “I wanna watch a TV show!” — Mazie

Apr 4, 2009: Mazie out on her bike. She’s doing great on her Skoot!

Apr 4, 2009: Mazie playing with shoes!

Apr 4, 2009: Just ordered a Goldtouch Split Ergonomic Keyboard for my Mac. Wrist pain has returned. Too much laptop.

Apr 3, 2009: Mazie: Dad, say “Why is the sky blue?” Me: Okay, why is the sky blue? Mazie: Because it’s daytime Dad!

Apr 2, 2009: Flight Control for the iPhone is still fun. And addictive!

Apr 2, 2009: Mentioned my Twitter info at the end of a talk I gave today. Looks like some picked up my Tweets. :-)

Apr 2, 2009: Amazon Elastic MapReduce looks interesting. Opens up some new solution paths!

Apr 1, 2009: Friendly Social URLs Using Redirects Have you ever thought it would be nice to be able to easily give someone the URL to your Facebook profile? It’s not easy with the id number URL …

Apr 1, 2009: Installers are evil. I have no idea what voodoo they do, and I’m sure there is voodoo. Everything should be drag & drop install.

Apr 1, 2009: I thought I had IE8 installed but now Windows Update has insisted on uninstalling whatever I had, rebooting, and installing IE8. Sigh…

Mar 31, 2009: Just ordered a Kindle 2. It’s time.

Mar 30, 2009: Flight Control - Great iPhone Game This last weekend I grabbed a copy of Flight Control for my iPhone. It looked like the kind of game that I can get into. I like puzzle style games and …

Mar 30, 2009: Rule #78 for Bloggers: Never post about not posting for oh so long.

Mar 30, 2009: I am now a Thawte Web of Trust Notary. Cool!

Mar 29, 2009: Tracking Twitter Followers with Cacti Two weeks ago I was one of the guests on Midmorning on Minnesota Public Radio for a show about Twitter. The result has been a lot of conversations …

Mar 28, 2009: Twouble with Twitters Current just posted a video mocking the “twittersphere”. Well done, and pretty funny too. :-) Of course I saw this via mkortekaas on …

Mar 27, 2009: Tammy and I went to I Love You, Man tonight. Pretty funny. It was exactly what you would have expected. Light. Simple. Funny.

Mar 27, 2009: I went looking for some nice music for this morning and wasn’t finding anything in my collection. I grabbed Yo-Yo Ma’s Bach: The Cello …

Mar 27, 2009: Twitter and Onions garrickvanburen: Cullect has shown me that indexing, archiving, and ranking tweets has much in common with peeling an onion. thingles: does that mean …

Mar 27, 2009: View-Master I was flipping through the March 14th copy of The Economist and ran across “The final reel” story. Fisher-Price is no longer going to make …

Mar 27, 2009: We need a website that ranks coffee shops on reliability and speed of their Internet connections. coffeebits.com?

Mar 26, 2009: Milk Tammy and I watched Milk tonight. It was a great movie. The story of Harvey Milk is amazing. Great acting by Sean Penn.

Mar 25, 2009: OmniGraphSketcher looks really cool.

Mar 24, 2009: Just got a copy of the MacHeist 3 bundle. Looks like a great bundle.

Mar 23, 2009: My Robot Returns I missed the 2 year birthday of my Twitter robot, Thinglesbot. He turned 2 on March 11. He was limping along though having lost connections to various …

Mar 23, 2009: Willie and the Wheel I got this album about a week ago and have been really enjoying it. Willie Nelson. Texas Swing. You can’t go wrong!

Mar 23, 2009: Nice night at iPhone Pub Night. Thanks to Dan Grigsby for organizing!

Mar 22, 2009: I’m already exhausted and bewildered considering all the iPhone Twitter clients getting push notification. Please make sure it’s optional.

Mar 21, 2009: Best day in months. Wow. Awesome everything. Spent hours outside. First shorts day of the year for me. Big Green Egg at dinner too!

Mar 20, 2009: Making waffles with Mazie.

Mar 19, 2009: Wow. Jim Allchin (Ex-windows God) released a CD? Music, that is. I’m speechless.

Mar 19, 2009: So odd to see Stringer Bell on The Office. Related Idris Elba.

Mar 19, 2009: Installing Internet Explorer 8 to see what Microsoft has been up to. This is Webkit right? Oh wait, guess not. :-P Second step in IE8 install …

Mar 17, 2009: Only Apple can make us excited to get copy/paste functionality. :-)

Mar 16, 2009: Lightroom Keyword Lists Lightroom Keyword Lists ← I don’t know if I feel it’s necessary to have standardized keyword lists in Lightroom. I’m more of a fan …

Mar 15, 2009: Guest On Minnesota Public Radio's Midmorning Today This morning I got the opportunity to be a guest on Midmorning at Minnesota Public Radio. The topic was Twitter! We were on the 2nd hour of the …

Mar 15, 2009: Enjoying a scoop of ice cream with family outside in t-shirt. It’s 55 °F out. Love Minnesota!

Mar 14, 2009: Nice evening of grilling on the Big Green Egg.

Mar 14, 2009: Be Smarter, Calibrate your Thermometers I’ve been firing up the Big Green Egg throughout winter and as the weather has started to get a little nicer I’ve been grilling even more. …

Mar 13, 2009: Happy Pi Day! See Pi Day Collection.

Mar 13, 2009: In the room at the U of M where I first met the Internet. I feel like I should have brought a gift or something.

Mar 12, 2009: I kind of like Safari 4’s tab placement. Don’t hate me for it.

Mar 12, 2009: Last night of clay class tonight.

Mar 11, 2009: PSA: All you WordPress folks remember to change your timezone offset. Took me until now to remember. Someday this will be automated.

Mar 10, 2009: iPod Shuffle Isn't First to Talk The new iPod Shuffle released today has made some waves for using voice prompts. It’s a great solution for the Shuffle which lacks a screen. In …

Mar 10, 2009: iTunes Needs iTunes Syncing Apple just released iTunes 8.1 with a bevy of new features, but there is a critical need for iTunes that I think would be a huge help for anyone that …

Mar 10, 2009: Mother of All Funk Chords I rarely send out YouTube video links, but this remix is pretty darn cool. Nice.

Mar 10, 2009: P2: The New Prologue I was a fan of the original Prologue, and this new iteration of it looks even better. I’m struck by how easy it would be to setup a private …

Mar 9, 2009: RAGBRAI 2009 Full Route Announced The full RAGBRAI route for 2009 was published this week. We are going to be going along the southern half of Iowa. One of the things my friend Jim, …

Mar 8, 2009: Firing up Big Green Egg to smoke two racks of ribs.

Mar 8, 2009: First Try at Studio Photography Yesterday I took my first attempt at doing studio photography. I’ve done a variety of different shooting, but I hadn’t yet attempted to …

Mar 8, 2009: Scheduling Help: When Is Good Like all of you reading this, I have some things that I just hate to do. It’s not that they are particularly difficult, I just find them …

Mar 7, 2009: Baked Ziti from April 2009 Cooks Illustrated. Looks great!

Mar 7, 2009: Chase's Mug Shot Chase was being a very good dog as my model for some test shots while I was getting my camera setup to do some shooting. I just love this one. …

Mar 7, 2009: Registered for RAGBRAI! I first heard of RAGBRAI several years ago when I was riding like a crazy man doing centuries nearly every weekend. RAGBRAI (pronounced rag-br-eye) is …

Mar 7, 2009: The Wire I’m late to the game getting into The Wire, but I’m just finishing up season 1 and am really enjoying it.

Mar 6, 2009: Nice night for a fire.

Mar 6, 2009: Photos from Overnight Website Challenge Last weekend I made three trips to the Sierra Bravo Overnight Website Challenge to get some photos of the start, middle and end. I lugged a decent bit …

Mar 5, 2009: Graffletopia ← Using OmniGraffle? Need stencils? Stop your search, here they are. Wow.

Mar 4, 2009: Elizabeth Kreutz ← Really good professional photographer that is covering Lance Armstrong’s return to cycling.

Mar 2, 2009: OmniGraffle Scripts OmniGraffle Scripts ← Several scripts by Peter McMaster that help do some nice things, like drawing arcs, in OmniGraffle.

Mar 1, 2009: IndieBound IndieBound ← Saw a poster for this while we were at Wild Rumpus in Linden Hills. It’s a cool resource to find independent bookstores and help …

Mar 1, 2009: Vicky Cristina Barcelona Okay movie. Interesting. Perhaps a little slow. No big revelation in the plot.

Feb 28, 2009: I love the smell of this Coffee & Tea Ltd.

Feb 28, 2009: Leaving to go shoot the 24 Hour Web Challenge. Full kit-belt geared up.

Feb 28, 2009: Photographing the Overnight Website Challenge I spent this morning shooting the first of three sessions at the Sierra Bravo Overnight Website Challenge. The guys at Sierra Bravo were nice enough …

Feb 27, 2009: Bottle Shock Fun and happy movie about the beginnings of the California wine valley. Not a great script. Fine snowy evening rental.

Feb 26, 2009: 20 Corporate Brand Logo Evolution ← Cool overview of brand logo evolution. Interesting to see how some have changed, and how some haven’t.

Feb 25, 2009: Fired up the Big Green Egg and did a 3 lb. grass-fed beef tenderloin on it tonight. Basic preparation with a little salt and pepper. Turned out really …

Feb 23, 2009: Family Ski Weekend Earlier this month we went “up north” and spent the weekend at Giant’s Ridge with our friends the Tangen’s. A fun time was had …

Feb 19, 2009: Had to dig out a smaller suit. Yeah for weight loss.

Feb 19, 2009: Removing clay from wheel. Throwing.

Feb 19, 2009: Driving at night.

Feb 19, 2009: Enough Twitter already!

Feb 18, 2009: Helped neighbor resolve MobileMe syncing problem. MobileMe support did a good job.

Feb 18, 2009: Apple TV just restarted spontaneously on me. Rare, and annoying.

Feb 18, 2009: Great cartoon on the bathroom wall at One on One bicycle studio.

Feb 18, 2009: Start Seeing Black Dogs ← As someone that has a black dog, this site and it’s goal is absolutely worth highlighting.

Feb 15, 2009: Back to Bartering Yes, we need to go back to the old system. Really? Yes, bartering. Yes, they do that in Mexico. Two old guys at Peet’s coffee (via …

Feb 15, 2009: Cafe Mozart Mazie and I are reading and relaxing at Cafe Mozart this morning. Really great espresso.

Feb 15, 2009: Hector The many faces of Hector.

Feb 15, 2009: PDML Photo Annual PDML Photo Annual ← This looks like a really interesting photography book brought together by shooters around the world. Great idea.

Feb 14, 2009: Finalizing our plans for the day in Chicago. I 💚 Chicago. Heading over to see Hector’s place shortly. Need coffee too.

Feb 14, 2009: Mazie chilling at a restaurant.

Feb 14, 2009: Michelle and Tammy Michelle and Tammy expressing their emotions.

Feb 13, 2009: Driving to Chicago Heading down the interstate in Wisconsin.

Feb 13, 2009: Kiln Success First pot from ceramics class made it through the kiln. It’s about 3 inches tall. Glazing next.

Feb 13, 2009: Kiln Success 2 Second pot from ceramics class. Much smoother. On to glazing!

Feb 13, 2009: Watching the herd flow through Starbucks I’m not buying or drinking, no Starbucks for me. There is no culture here. Sterile. Unhappy people. Long live local coffee shops.

Feb 12, 2009: Apostle Islands Sea Caves

Feb 12, 2009: Flashback: BigCharts Partnership Portfolio from 1997 We recently converted my home office to hardwood flooring from carpet. Doing this required that the room be emptied, including a big filing cabinet. I …

Feb 12, 2009: Photography, Taking the Long Way When I was getting ready to go up to Wintergreen for my dog sledding trip I was talking with my friend Jim about the trip and he told me there were …

Feb 12, 2009: Photos from Wintergreen Dog Sledding Trip I finally edited and uploaded the photos from the Wintergreen Dog Sledding Photography Workshop I did two weeks ago with Layne Kennedy. The workshop …

Feb 12, 2009: Wintergreen Plunge Mittens When I went up to Ely to go dog sledding I was pretty comfortable with most of my gear, but I wasn’t real sure about my gloves. I had decent …

Feb 11, 2009: Not the best looking restaurant, but really great food.

Feb 7, 2009: Eat Lamb Simple and to the point advertising. Also proof that the Internet truly is everywhere, and everything. This billboard is on I-35 northbound heading …

Feb 7, 2009: Mazie Skiing Mazie skiing for the first time ever. She did really awesome. Ruled the bunny hill. She went down it probably 20 times.

Feb 4, 2009: The Turning Gate Lightroom Web Galleries ← Nice set of additional web galleries that can be added to Lightroom.

Feb 3, 2009: Google Forcing Software Update Install I just upgraded to the new Google Earth 5.0 beta and was really surprised when I first launched it to get this dialog. The problem with this are the …

Feb 3, 2009: Hardwood Floor installation tomorrow! My home office is ready for the hardwood floor installation tomorrow!

Feb 3, 2009: North Shore Photography Workshops North Shore Photography Workshops ← Photographer offering workshops to improve your shooting, using the North Shore as your subject.

Feb 3, 2009: Wintergreen Photography Workshop in Google Earth I just pulled the data out of my Garmin GPSmap 60CSx from my dog sledding trip. I just love being able to go into the wilderness and just drop my GPS …

Feb 3, 2009: World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms looks like an interesting opportunity to take a vacation and learn about organic farming.

Feb 2, 2009: Bend to Visualization The scene just wouldn’t bend to visualization. — Ansel Adams

Feb 2, 2009: Winterdance When I left for my dog sledding trip I decided that I would get into the spirit of things with a book for the trip. Wintergreen had listed …

Feb 2, 2009: Wisdom You aren’t cold and dead, until your warm and dead. — Jason Zabokrtsky

Jan 27, 2009: A cloudy day is natures giant soft-box. — Layne Kennedy

Jan 27, 2009: All things considered, a pretty great forecast for dogsledding!

Jan 26, 2009: I Am Here: One Man’s Experiment With the Location-Aware Lifestyle ← I’ve done some playing with location-aware applications, mostly …

Jan 25, 2009: I like 1 minute cause it’s just like an hour. — Mazie

Jan 25, 2009: C-Lazy-U This video is from C-Lazy-U, the dude ranch we stayed at this last summer with the Tangen’s. It is really well done. I also did a video of the …

Jan 25, 2009: DirecTV Canceled A couple of weeks ago I finally pulled the plug on DirecTV! I wrote about the comparison I did between DirecTV and iTunes before, and we decided to …

Jan 25, 2009: Kopplin's Coffee I’ve been doing plenty of complaining lately about coffee shops that are so inept that they cannot serve a passable shot of espresso. Note, …

Jan 25, 2009: Thermapen, Grill Like a Pro A few months ago my neighbor Mike and I decided to put my Big Green Egg through it’s first real trial with a 12-hour brisket session. Mike is a …

Jan 24, 2009: Going to Red Stag Supperclub with Tammy because Andrew Eklund talks about it all the time. Must be good! Ordering a Surly Furious. 🙂

Jan 23, 2009: At the pharmacy again. Feel like this is happening more in recent years. Getting old?

Jan 23, 2009: How Shift Lenses Change your Life ← I haven’t played with a tilt-shift lens before, but seeing some of the cool things you can do with one it …

Jan 21, 2009: “Fresh pain”?

Jan 21, 2009: Poem on kids step stool. This little stool is mine I use it all the time To reach the thing I couldn’t And lots of things I shouldn’t. At …

Jan 20, 2009: Finished the book for my book club! Meeting is tomorrow, just in time. Now I can catch up on everything I haven’t been doing while reading.

Jan 20, 2009: Did Slicehost drop the 10% prepayment discount over $240? Huh?

Jan 20, 2009: Lunch at Yum! celebrating our new President! Awesome Mac-n-Cheese! Mazie loves it!

Jan 20, 2009: January 20, 2009.

Jan 20, 2009: The next Minnedemo is now scheduled for February 6, 2009 at 7:00pm. It is free (as always), but registration is required so go there and get signed …

Jan 20, 2009: Alocola Brings Location Info to the Web My buddy Dan Grigsby has just launched his first iPhone application. The application fills an interesting gap, it allows a web site to get the …

Jan 19, 2009: I use OpenDNS, and you should too! A few months ago I switched my home network to using OpenDNS for domain name lookups. Prior to that I had typically ran my own DNS server on my home …

Jan 18, 2009: Chase and Izzy chilling out on their bed.

Jan 18, 2009: Fluid Love for Mint ← I’m really enjoying using Mint for stats on thingelstad.com, and I’m a fan of Fluid.

Jan 18, 2009: Mazie has always had her Lions since she was a little baby. Yesterday our neighbors gave her this great Lion sweater. She’s loving it!

Jan 18, 2009: We’ve been enjoying the reprieve from -20 °F to 20 °F with some great winter grilling on the Big Green Egg. Tonight is a chicken on the vertical …

Jan 18, 2009: Bamboo Hardwood Floors Installed in Bedroom Our house was a complete disaster zone this week. We’ve had a number of projects done recently and are about midway through the list. …

Jan 17, 2009: Celebrating the “heat wave” with some pork chops on the Big Green Egg!

Jan 17, 2009: Mazie getting ready for brunch at Butter.

Jan 17, 2009: Doesn’t it seem ridiculous that my Apple TV’s can sync with iTunes over the network, but my iPhone on the very same network cannot. …

Jan 17, 2009: Where are the best photography spots in Minneapolis? I would really like to get out and do some fun shooting but would love to find some new spots that have a lot of interesting stuff going on. The Stone …

Jan 16, 2009: -42 You know, it has been really cold here in Minneapolis lately. But, my relatives in Lignite, ND have it much worse. That’s -42 without any wind …

Jan 16, 2009: Freedom of American Coffee Enjoyment Resolution I suggest that congress work on enacting the following legislation: Whereas many residents of the United States seek the pleasure of a coffee-based …

Jan 16, 2009: iTunes Tip: Using a "No Playlist" Playlist I have all of my music in iTunes and it is my central hub for distributing nearly all content to various iPods, iPhones and Apple TV’s …

Jan 15, 2009: Hardwood floor installation has begun!

Jan 15, 2009: I wonder how long the HD acronym will be around. At some point it will just be the default right?

Jan 14, 2009: Huh? Sliced Apple Recall? Possible Listeria contamination? Go to the co-op people. Get your food from places that SHOULD sell food.

Jan 14, 2009: Time to start a slow drip of water in our shower to avoid a nearly certain frozen pipe overnight.

Jan 14, 2009: First swim class in several months.

Jan 14, 2009: Me: Can I have a double espresso. Panera: Ahh, what was that? Me: Just two shots of espresso. Panera: Ok. Panera: Do you just drink it like that? Me: …

Jan 14, 2009: MobileMe Sync Loves Apple, Inc. I was really hoping that the 10.5.6 Mac OS X update, which promised nice improvements to MobileMe sync, would solve this incredibly annoying problem …

Jan 14, 2009: Stopping Twitter Updates on Facebook If you are a friend of mine on Facebook you are going to see a lot fewer updates from me going forward. I’ve decided to no longer send Twitter …

Jan 13, 2009: Too cold to walk the dogs this morning.

Jan 13, 2009: Awesome Customer Service from Petzl When you buy outdoor equipment there is always a stark difference in price between the store brand, entry-level products and the premium outdoor …

Jan 13, 2009: Bottle Cap Tripod This is pretty cool. While I’m not going to support anyone using plastic water bottles, if you have something that this mounts to it could be …

Jan 13, 2009: Kiva Impact I’ve been a Kiva user for over a year now and have done several micro-loans with it. This is a really cool video that shows the personal side of …

Jan 13, 2009: Lightroom Tip: Smart Collection for Pictures Without Location Lightroom 2 introduced a badly needed feature, Smart Collections. I was ecstatic about using Smart Collections to assist with workflow. One of those …

Jan 13, 2009: Mazie Sings Santa Claus is Coming to Town Mazie really got into Christmas this year. It made Christmas so much more fun for me this year just to see the excitement and enthusiasm she had for …

Jan 11, 2009: I'm going Dog Sledding, with my Camera! This will be me in a couple of weeks, except I’ll have a camera strapped around my neck too. Photo by Dennys Bisogno Several weeks ago Tammy was …

Jan 10, 2009: Aerogarden Progress: Everything is going except parsley, but that takes the longest.

Jan 10, 2009: Upgraded Apple TV Hard Drives I’ve been really pleased with the newest releases of the Apple TV software. Notably, the incorporation of AirTunes has resulted in me using them …

Jan 9, 2009: Any Given Sunday is a great “background” movie.

Jan 9, 2009: Updated email encryption certificate 1 day before it expired.

Jan 9, 2009: dd commands that run for 2+ hours could really use a –verbose flag

Jan 9, 2009: AirTunes Bug in Apple TV 2.3 I was doing some work on my Apple TV’s today, swapping out hard drives, and at the same time we’ve had some painting going on so my …

Jan 8, 2009: Midway through upgrading one of my Apple TV’s from 40G to 250G. Easy so far. The dd steps on Apple TV hard drive upgrades take a long time.

Jan 8, 2009: Finished tearing up bedroom getting ready for painters to arrive. Just started the ball rolling on two hardwood floor installations. Bedroom painting …

Jan 8, 2009: The Kiln room at Northern Clay Center. This is one of the 4 gas kilns, on the other side of several electric kilns. All your pieces are fired to 2,350 …

Jan 8, 2009: Stacks of art.

Jan 8, 2009: Tried to sign up for a trial subscription to JPG Magazine today. I don’t think this was the result I should have gotten. The error, and stack …

Jan 8, 2009: Tetris Tiles ← Very cool tiles to do Tetris inspired layouts in your home!

Jan 6, 2009: All of iTunes now DRM Free The announcement today that all music in the iTunes store was going iTunes Plus and removing the DRM protection was one that I was expecting and …

Jan 6, 2009: Keep Track of DRM Protected Content in iTunes I mentioned in my post on DRM being removed from iTunes that I track DRM content using a Smart Playlist. I’m fine with some DRM content, but I …

Jan 5, 2009: Bummed that Slicehost doesn’t support IPv6. No AAAA record for me. Lame.

Jan 5, 2009: Had the first of my personal training sessions today. Starting a 3 month training program (3x week) today. Heading to spin class (early!) to make sure …

Jan 5, 2009: Called to cancel DirecTV and they saved me (for now) with a better rate that nullifies some of the cost savings I would get by dumping it.

Jan 5, 2009: How to Remove Your "Wall" on Facebook I’ve become more of a fan of Facebook over recent months (see my profile). They have made a number of improvements that I really like, and the …

Jan 5, 2009: MobileMe Needs Time Machine I’m frustrated with MobileMe synchronizing again. I have no idea what happened but around 10:00 am this morning my Address Book has a duplicate …

Jan 4, 2009: Sweet Shop Baking Class Caramel Pecan Rolls from Kitchen Window class. Tammy making donuts!

Jan 3, 2009: “Somebody’s hands are sticking out!” Mazie’s reaction to some interesting art.

Jan 3, 2009: Stating the obvious. Please, no calls or texts during the movie. — AMC Theatres

Jan 1, 2009: Just setup Mint on my site to see if it really is that much better than other packages.

Jan 1, 2009: Created an Apple TV patchstick. Let’s see how this works out!

Jan 1, 2009: There are too many radically different recipes for Æbleskiver. Completely baffled and unsure of how to proceed.

Dec 31, 2008: Getting ready to do some New Year’s Eve grilling! Preparing Big Green Egg for grilling. Music playing on the deck. Hello winter!!! Researching …

Dec 31, 2008: A little surprised that I still know my NWA Elite number by heart.

Dec 31, 2008: Egghead Forum ← Place to go and learn about all things Big Green Egg.

Dec 31, 2008: Naked Whiz T-Rex Steak ← Really great description of making the “perfect steak” on your Big Green Egg. I really appreciate the detail on …

Dec 31, 2008: That’s a lot of AirTunes!

Dec 31, 2008: Needed: AirFoil SDK for iPhone This should exist. Background apps are still not an option, but it would be so great if AirFoil was available as an SDK option for the iPhone. It …

Dec 30, 2008: Preener's Eve 2008 with The New Standards Just ordered a Blue Monk Lemonade. Seated for The New Standards at The Dakota. Waiting the arrival of Phoebe and Dave-O! Phoebe after the show. …

Dec 30, 2008: Good weather for Sigur Ros.

Dec 30, 2008: Shocked there is no aquarium management app for the iPhone.

Dec 30, 2008: AeroGarden getting started.

Dec 30, 2008: Got three AirTunes setups in the house with independent amps and speakers. This is really great. Will do a more thorough blog post on it later.

Dec 30, 2008: Best Typefaces of 2008 ← Nice review of some of the best fonts introduced in 2008.

Dec 29, 2008: Sitting down to watch The Real Dirt on Farmer John.

Dec 29, 2008: Starting acclimation for starfish, Pygmy angel, cleaner shrimp and some coral frags in my micro-reef. They look really good. The starfish is a clear …

Dec 28, 2008: Off to what I expect will be a memorable meal at the Bayport Cookery (archive.org).

Dec 27, 2008: Settled in for the night in Jamestown, ND. Finish the drive tomorrow morning. We’ll be on the road and going pretty early.

Dec 25, 2008: Very nice Christmas day with the big family in Lignite, ND.

Dec 24, 2008: 2:57 pm: Leaving Olson’s and driving to Bismarck today. North Dakota bound! 11:30 pm: Longest drive to Bismarck - EVER. In hotel. Mazie asleep. …

Dec 23, 2008: Merb merging into Rails 3 ← Big news!

Dec 23, 2008: Christmas Tree pancake for Mazie this morning! Finished pancake with chocolate chip ornaments and maple syrup garland.

Dec 23, 2008: Chase in the Snow I was shoveling the driveway for what seems like the 20th time already. For some reason I haven’t pulled the snow blower out yet. It’s …

Dec 23, 2008: YakTrax I’ve been taking the dogs out on walks every morning, provided the temperature is about 0 °F. Now that we’ve had a bunch of snow …

Dec 22, 2008: After watching Young@Heart, Coldplay’s ‘Fix You’ seems like a different song. Good movie. Highly recommended. (but sad).

Dec 22, 2008: Fluid.app makes Pandora into a standalone app pretty well!

Dec 22, 2008: Subscribing to Pandora (after lapsing) due to Airfoil’s magic. Will use Pandora 100x more than before. Wish Pandora had a standalone app tho

Dec 22, 2008: AppleTV units could benefit from a /sbin/reboot in the crontab at 4:00 am. Wonder if I could add that via ssh.

Dec 22, 2008: If you have a LaserJet 2605dtn and are using Leopard - you need to get firmware 20071108. It will make you much happier.

Dec 22, 2008: Mosaic installation on the fireplace is starting. Pretty cool.

Dec 22, 2008: Wrapping Tammy’s christmas presents and am really excited that somebody finally started putting a grid on the back of gift wrap!

Dec 22, 2008: Coldplay the "Biggest Band in the World"? I was browsing through Last.fm’s “Best of 2008” coverage. There have been a number of blog posts and articles about the best new …

Dec 22, 2008: Merry Christmas 2008 Merry Christmas everyone! This year is a travel year for us. We’ll be heading back to North Dakota to spend Christmas day with my family. We are …

Dec 21, 2008: Are “Hip Hop” and “Rap” really the same genre? They seem totally different to me.

Dec 21, 2008: My friend Greg Merkle got his first album on iTunes – it’s really great.

Dec 21, 2008: Trying to thaw a frozen pipe.

Dec 20, 2008: AirTunes FTW in a big way – blog post to come in the future. Happy camper this morning.

Dec 19, 2008: Total meltdown from Mazie staying up an hour after bedtime. Complete FAIL.

Dec 19, 2008: git seriously needs tab-completion for branch names.

Dec 18, 2008: Getting 5 (!) countertops replaced today. Process starting now. Guys are here taking large mirrors off the walls to facilitate counter replacements. …

Dec 18, 2008: Ugly Bash Scripting I started down this rabbit hole tonight trying to make a bash script do more than I probably should make it do. But I didn’t want to move to …

Dec 17, 2008: Have had the fireplace going for four hours. Birch, oak. Love fires.

Dec 17, 2008: Just hit me how great it would be if the WordPress theme world lived on something like github. Fork! Fork! Fork! Would be great.

Dec 17, 2008: At coffee shop. Woman at table next door is selling yellowpages.com listing to a guy. Tough sell. Lot of work for not much revenue.

Dec 16, 2008: Making some new loans on Kiva. 100% repayment rate so far.

Dec 16, 2008: Wrestled Capistrano down today. Now have multi-stage Capistrano deployment working for this PHP application. Nice. Today I feel like I turned the …

Dec 15, 2008: Really digging the new album from The Killers. - Day & Age.

Dec 15, 2008: To all Minnesotans: it’s not that cold out. You live in Minnesota. Move on. 🥶

Dec 15, 2008: MacBook Battery Toast I was just updating our oldest Mac, my original MacBook (black) that is now pretty much Tammy’s laptop. I was upgrading it to 10.5.6 and …

Dec 14, 2008: I know they are man’s best friend and all, but sometimes there is just no way around it, dogs suck. Lately this has been applying to Chase more …

Dec 13, 2008: Date Night! Great dinner at Rinata in Uptown and now movie, Four Christmases!

Dec 13, 2008: Mazie had Belgian waffles for the first time this morning. She’s a fan! The “big” waffles hold more syrup, FTW!

Dec 12, 2008: Testing out SQL schema, fixing, git pushing. Having fun. Beethoven is helping along in the background.

Dec 12, 2008: Downloading a 22.6MB app to decompress a 3.9MB file. This makes sense.

Dec 11, 2008: Creating some process flow diagrams using Instaviz on my iPhone before going to sleep. Thanks for the demo earlier Dan Grigsby.

Dec 11, 2008: It’s really lame that iTunes doesn’t have the classic christmas specials. No Rudolph! At least they have the Grinch. 😕

Dec 11, 2008: Dad: “The balloon popped, it’s broken, you can’t have it.” Mazie: “Daddy, I want the balloon.” Repeat x100.

Dec 11, 2008: I just took the plunge this evening and updated WordPress to 2.7. So far I’m pretty impressed. I wasn’t sure what I would think of the new …

Dec 9, 2008: Mir:ror - RFID for the Home I’ve been wondering when these little RFID gadgets will start to make a presence in the home. Big companies have done pretty amazing things with …

Dec 8, 2008: Installing Boxee to try it out. Hmm.. On first launch Boxee hard crashed my MacBook Pro. Not good. Boxee people - anyone know why it’s an …

Dec 8, 2008: At Apple Store to warranty replace a defective AppleTV. Of course Apple TV unit works great at the store. They are replacing anyway, yeah!

Dec 8, 2008: Hard to believe I’m paying $1.71 for premium gas.

Dec 8, 2008: Waiting to go to my meeting with court officer about my traffic ticket from several weeks ago. Done waiting, heading up to officially plead my case. …

Dec 8, 2008: Another Contribution High Resolution Album Art Another contribution to the world to improve album art.

Dec 8, 2008: DirecTV v. iTunes & Apple TV I recently was doing a review of some of our monthly expenses. With the economy in the toilet I think this is a pretty common activity. Mainly I …

Dec 8, 2008: Holiday Hay Ride Most years at my mother’s office they invite family, and especially grandkids, to join the festivities at their holiday party. This year was at …

Dec 6, 2008: Everyone should congratulate my bro-in-law, Hector Fernandez. He’s rocking his MBA run like it’s the Green Lake Tri.

Dec 6, 2008: The gunfight in the saloon at the end of Unforgiven is top notch.

Dec 6, 2008: Comcast Broadband Upgrade - Faster A while back Comcast announced that they were rolling out a new high-speed option called DOCSIS. I always want more bandwidth but the price tag on …

Dec 4, 2008: 'Back to My Mac' Needs iTunes Sharing Support I’m now working full-time on my Mac’s and I’ve been surprised by how useful the Back to My Mac feature has been. I had never really …

Dec 1, 2008: My Nabaztag Rabbit just reported the stock market is “up up up!” It is so very wrong. Wishful thinking?

Dec 1, 2008: Trying to resolve a medical bill via several 800 numbers and IVR systems. Going nuts.

Nov 30, 2008: Having 200+ DVD’s ripped into iTunes + ubiquitous Apple TV is proving pretty cool. 1TB+ of content + Apple TV = Watching Return of the Jedi in …

Nov 30, 2008: Just finished reading Traffic. Really enjoyed it.

Nov 30, 2008: At the movies for Bolt with Maze. So fun that she digs movies.

Nov 27, 2008: Great Thanksgiving! Tomorrow resume 6am walk with the dogs and keep the fitness program on-track.

Nov 26, 2008: iDisk not having an iPhone App is just crazy silly.

Nov 26, 2008: This Amazon 50 albums for $5 is dangerous for the wallet.

Nov 26, 2008: Still not feeling 100% but went to spin class anyway. Glad I did.

Nov 26, 2008: Eco-Friendly Painting, Safecoat Tammy has wanted to change some colors in our house for a while. If you’ve been to our place you know we are not afraid of color in any way. Our …

Nov 26, 2008: Improved Updating of Apps in iPhone 2.2 I didn’t see this covered in any of the reviews of the iPhone 2.2 software but I’m really excited that they really smoothed out the …

Nov 26, 2008: Joining M4V Files is Painful I’ve been processing my entire DVD library in the background on my Mac Pro using Handbrake, moving all the content into iTunes so that it is …

Nov 26, 2008: Refill Products, Reduce Plastic Waste Tammy drives a lot of our green decisions in the house. For a long time she’s been using all natural cleaning products. She doesn’t want …

Nov 25, 2008: Upgraded to Handbrake 0.9.3 in the middle of my big DVD ripping project. Presets are all different, hopefully better.

Nov 22, 2008: Bunny pancakes this morning for Mazie!

Nov 21, 2008: GitX is actually nice for seeing branching activity in your project. Also nice to see diff’s very fast.

Nov 21, 2008: Looking at ways to do push-deployment of PHP from GitHub.

Nov 21, 2008: Frenzic may be the best iPhone game yet. I liked it on the Mac too, but the touch interface is perfect.

Nov 21, 2008: At pharmacy. Turns out this problem with my neck is either a staph or strep infection. Antibiotic time.

Nov 21, 2008: Today in Review: PHP, Coda, Git, Ubuntu, GitHub, TextMate, FBML. Awesome.

Nov 18, 2008: Garage Shelves, Awesome One of the earliest posts on this blog was a celebration of the installation of 6 inch rain gutters on our house. By the way, those rain gutters have …

Nov 18, 2008: Twitter Down for Database Maintenance Lately Twitter has actually been reasonably reliable, at least compared to it’s previous daily (hourly?) issues. But can this really be right? I …

Nov 18, 2008: Under 300 - First Milestone Complete Today I hit the first milestone on my fitness program. I stepped on the scale to do my weigh-in and was under 300! I’m just under two months in …

Nov 16, 2008: Watching The Spirit of the Marathon.

Nov 15, 2008: Bear pancake for Mazie this morning.

Nov 15, 2008: iBrow Lately Mazie has really been into letters and trying to figure out what letter a word starts with. For example, she’s figured out that …

Nov 13, 2008: Happy to report that the Airport Extreme can map internal requests to external port mappings. Whew.

Nov 13, 2008: DNS-O-Matic is pretty darn cool. Happy days!

Nov 13, 2008: Favorite word for today: metacognition

Nov 13, 2008: Dogs and/or Cat pulled the Firewire cable out of the Drobo again. Grrr!

Nov 12, 2008: Really enjoying this new Sigur Rós album.

Nov 12, 2008: Trying out the new Intense Debate plugin for WordPress. Moving comments off of my blog, even with syncing, scares me. Plus, iframes are just wrong.

Nov 11, 2008: Mac users: you ever just run Console while your using your machine? Wow there is a lot of trash programs dump to console.

Nov 11, 2008: Installing Parallels 4.0. So great: Vista has decided it is no longer “genuine” in the middle of the Parallels 4.0 upgrade. Vista, I hate …

Nov 11, 2008: Just won the Change Game on 36¢. Dime, 4 nickels, 6 pennies!

Nov 10, 2008: Any suggestions on what to do with a bunch of old laserdiscs? I’m not going to hook up the player, and capturing them to iTunes is painful.

Nov 10, 2008: After more than a year of grinding my espresso at 3, I moved to 1. Finer grind. It’s like discovering a whole new thing. Amazing.

Nov 10, 2008: So, when can we get a POTUS Podcast going. Please add that to the list for change.gov.

Nov 10, 2008: MobileMe sync is really pathetically bad.

Nov 9, 2008: Major GTD action from Tammy and I in the Thingelstad house.

Nov 9, 2008: At Madagascar with Mazie. She is “excited”.

Nov 9, 2008: Cold out today, but not too cold to fire up the Big Green Egg for some burgers.

Nov 8, 2008: Checking out Art Attack in Northeast. Loved this painting from Eddie Hamilton so much it is coming home with us.

Nov 7, 2008: Mazie is absolutely in love with this mornings snow! Pretty morning walk with the dogs earlier.

Nov 6, 2008: Contribution to High Resolution Album Art I’m a big fan of high resolution album art. It improves the overall music experience for me. I like having a high-quality album cover while …

Nov 5, 2008: Tammy out tonight and what do I watch in the background thread on TV? Nova “Fractals”. Frontline. Man I’m a geek.

Nov 5, 2008: Double Espresso Just had one of those coffee shop experiences that drive me crazy. barista: Hello! What would you like today? me: Double Espresso please. barista: Ah, …

Nov 5, 2008: Mazie's 2008 School Picture Mazie’s 2008 school picture just came in. Here is Daddy’s little girl. Last years scowl seems entirely gone.

Nov 4, 2008: My MacBook Pro is up to 133 °F. No wonders my arms are sweating. Time to shut it down for the night. Time to sleep.

Nov 4, 2008: Glued to election coverage. This will be the rest of the night. Yes! Congrats Barack Obama. Now comes the hard part. Somebody with the right font, …

Nov 4, 2008: I Voted, 2008! I got out and placed ballot #382 this morning around 8:30 am. Contrary to what I’ve heard in many precincts there was almost no line and I was …

Nov 4, 2008: I can’t seem to convince Mazie that it’s Barack Obama day. She keeps saying “Mom said it wasn’t Barack Obama day.”

Nov 4, 2008: Dad: “I’m going to see if I can find that on the web.” Mazie: “On Charlotte’s Web?” Awesome!

Nov 4, 2008: Facebook Election Widget This election year is the first with a very well established social networking world. I thought this real-time counter that Facebook put up today was …

Nov 4, 2008: Mazie and Mom at Yum Mazie and Tammy being ridiculously cute at lunch today.

Nov 3, 2008: Just got my deposit back from the London rental company. Happier!

Nov 2, 2008: Just got two backdrafts in one session from my Big Green Egg! 🔥💨

Nov 2, 2008: Just finished a great 18 mile bike ride. November rides without jackets are great.

Nov 2, 2008: PSA: WordPress users, remember to adjust your Timezone setting after the time change.

Nov 2, 2008: Paging through the B&H catalog. This is the only catalog I ever look at.

Nov 1, 2008: Baked Oatmeal Tammy found this recipe in the October 2003 issue of Cooking Light magazine and thought it would be something I would like. The recipe is originally …

Nov 1, 2008: Pause, Pause, Play? I was flipping through the Economist this morning and this ad for Cathay Pacific caught my eye. I guess that’s the goal of advertising and all, …

Nov 1, 2008: Updating two Slicehost slices to Intrepid Ibex. Hopefully goes as smooth as my home machine last night.

Oct 31, 2008: Mazie's 3rd Halloween Mazie greeted her 3rd Halloween with much excitement and anticipation. I think this is the first holiday that she has been really, truly excited …

Oct 31, 2008: Some nights it is totally fair to say that I hate our dogs. Halloween is one of those nights. Total crazy barking and stress.

Oct 31, 2008: Upgrading my home server from Ubuntu 8.04.1 (Hardy Heron) to 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex). Upgrade to Ubuntu 8.10 was totally easy, breezy.

Oct 31, 2008: Oops - Just ran out of candy. Tammy says I give out too much. All the lights turned off.

Oct 31, 2008: Happy Halloween everyone! Just had our first kids stop by. Mazie is so excited about Halloween – it is beyond adorable.

Oct 31, 2008: aptitude install ruby is a lot less than aptitude install ruby-full.

Oct 30, 2008: Caught on Camera at One on One When I worked downtown I was really lucky to have this very cool independent coffee shop just a block away from the office. I made a daily trip, even …

Oct 30, 2008: Stop Twitter Direct Messages My relationship with Twitter ebbs and flows. Sometimes I find it very enjoyable, and at other times it seems like a worthless distraction. However, …

Oct 29, 2008: Initial estimate shows that dropping DirecTV and going iTunes/Apple TV plus OTA HD will save me $432 a year. I can do all sorts of things on …

Oct 29, 2008: Leopard seems much faster talking NFS as compared to SMB.

Oct 29, 2008: Turning my Windows Server 2003 box into a Ubuntu 8.04.1 Server box.

Oct 26, 2008: Waiting for Metallica to take the stage. This is gonna be loud!

Oct 24, 2008: Break the Bottled Water Habit I’ve posted before about the immense problems with bottled water. Tammy and I have been on a massive push to push all non-necessary plastic out …

Oct 24, 2008: King Corn Tammy and I decided to relax a bit tonight and rent a movie. I felt like watching a documentary and a couple of clicks later we were watching King …

Oct 24, 2008: TED: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on Flow I’ve known about flow and experienced flow all of my life. I think I started to really understand it when I started programming in my early …

Oct 24, 2008: Weight Loss Check-in for Oct 24, 2008 For those of you tracking my progress on my weight loss journey here is an update. Since my last check-in I have had a lot of great progress. At my …

Oct 24, 2008: The USB drive on my Airport Extreme just blew chow - complete erase and new filesystem. There goes four machines Time Machine history.

Oct 24, 2008: Just watched the Nova episode on the Space Shuttle Disaster. Well done. Sad.

Oct 22, 2008: Considering a switch from del.icio.us to Ma.gnolia. Thoughts?

Oct 21, 2008: Fourth Spin Class I went to my fourth spin class tonight at LA Fitness. First off, after four sessions I still think the spin bikes are incredible. They are so much …

Oct 21, 2008: Texting Car Repair I dropped our Honda Odyssey off this morning for regular maintenance at Richfield Honda. I was pretty impressed to see this sign on the door. …

Oct 18, 2008: Diving in with DNG I’ve hesitated and resisted migrating all my native Canon Raw (CRW and CR2) files to DNG. However, over the last couple of months I started to …

Oct 18, 2008: Mill City Farmers Market for the last weekend. Stocking up.

Oct 16, 2008: Textmate, Rails, Git. The rust is slowly breaking off of my hands.

Oct 14, 2008: Watching Frontline: The Choice. Good show.

Oct 13, 2008: Canon 5D Mark II Video - Reverie A couple of weeks ago Canon made a really big splash by announcing the Canon 5D Mark II. I’m a longtime Canon owner now having gone from the …

Oct 13, 2008: Weight Loss Tool: My Diary I’m a couple of weeks down the path to losing a bunch of weight. This will be a long road and to help along I have a few tools that I’m using to …

Oct 11, 2008: Mill City Farmers Market is great this morning. (and every Saturday morning)

Oct 10, 2008: I’m surprised there isn’t a Hundred Pushups iPhone app.

Oct 10, 2008: “He Stopped Loving Her Today” followed by “Shout at the Devil”. Wow. Need Genius on my iPod. 🙂

Oct 10, 2008: Markets are recovering by websites are not. Much of the web just not working… NYTimes.com, WSJ.com, Marketwatch.com, Economist.com – all …

Oct 9, 2008: Bee Docs' Timeline 3D: Mac Developer Special Touch One of the things that makes the Mac so great is the wonderful independent, or “indy”, software developers out there. Mac software is …

Oct 9, 2008: Google Language Detection Problems When I was traveling in the UK I had a couple of really interesting experiences using the normal set of online services I use. The Internet really …

Oct 9, 2008: iPhone Feature Need: Block WiFi Network I really dig my iPhone and it seems to get better and better with every software release. However, I really wish that Apple would add a feature to …

Oct 9, 2008: MinneWordCamp Not Happening Back in February I posted a feeler to see if people would be interested in getting a Minneapolis WordCamp together. The response was pretty great, …

Oct 9, 2008: Weight Loss Check-In This is the end of the second week since I took a hard diet change and got serious about getting myself back into something resembling fitness. My …

Oct 9, 2008: Booking person from London that we got our apartment from is attempting to rip us off and not return my deposit. Very pissed off.

Oct 7, 2008: Canon Exceeded Download Capacity? A few days ago I watched this amazing video that was created on the brand new Canon 5D Mark II. I was going to put a link to it on my site, but when I …

Oct 7, 2008: New Kitchen Toys for Applesauce Tammy and I have both been eating much better the last couple of weeks and we’ve been doing a lot more cooking at home. I like to cook. I find …

Oct 6, 2008: Lightroom 2 64-bit Printing I was doing some printing in Lightroom recently and was struggling. The prints were coming out really badly, and when looking for the quality controls …

Oct 6, 2008: Great cup of Boulder Blues green tea.

Oct 3, 2008: Watching Glengarry Glen Ross. It’s time for my semi-annual viewing. “Put that coffee down. Coffee’s for closers only” … …

Oct 3, 2008: Neil Young, Harvest Moon → Genius = Nice Fall Friday playlist.

Oct 3, 2008: Apple TV 2.2 Upgrade Upgrade morning. All three Apple TV’s up to 2.2 and iTunes up to 8.0.1. Genius on Apple TV is, genius. Will get much more use on TV than in …

Oct 2, 2008: Foreclosure Alley This is an incredibly depressing video of the reality of home foreclosures in southern California. Amazed to see the guy who paints lawns green. Via …

Oct 2, 2008: At the Humane Society to learn about dog training classes for Chase and Izzy. Serious punk rocker dude in dog class wearing a Profane Existence shirt. …

Oct 2, 2008: I seriously doubt there is any band that goes better with fall than The Replacements.

Oct 1, 2008: Looking to extend my AIM network via Twitter. Use AIM, @ me your username. You can find me on AIM under “jthingelstad”.

Oct 1, 2008: Using the MPR iPhone application to listen to Barack Obama’s speech. Thanks Damon Allison and Minnesota Public Radio for making this possible.

Sep 30, 2008: First Spin Class in 4+ Years Tonight I went to my first spin class in over four years. I was pretty nervous and joked with Tammy that we should check the status of my life …

Sep 30, 2008: Joined LA Fitness Tammy and I have had a gym membership for a while. Let’s just be nice and say that the membership was “under-leveraged”. We got …

Sep 30, 2008: Too Fat, Losing Weight I’ve struggled with my weight for a long time, my entire adult life really. In 2000 I started an intensive program working extensively with a …

Sep 30, 2008: Just added the WordPress LifeStream plugin to my blog.

Sep 30, 2008: Since I no longer go to Starbucks I guess I wont be tasting coffee from a Clover machine.

Sep 30, 2008: Just scheduled time to contest my ’no left turn’ ticket from yesterday. First available meeting with court rep was Dec. 8th.

Sep 29, 2008: To: Numbers.app From: me I suggest you work with me, and be good, or you will be replaced. Sincerely, Jamie

Sep 29, 2008: Got pulled over for illegal left turn in a trap on Lyndale. 😬

Sep 28, 2008: Saying goodbye to nearly 5 months off. What a great, great summer it has been. Feeling very fortunate.

Sep 28, 2008: iWork really badly needs a Numbers.app 2.0. It’s a nice try, but needs a big boost.

Sep 28, 2008: Indian-style Potatoe-Spinach soup with Chicken. Yum!

Sep 27, 2008: MacBook Pro Battery on the Ropes I’ve been thinking that my MacBook Pro’s battery has been especially lightweight lately. To be honest, none of Apple’s laptops do …

Sep 27, 2008: Time to do a cycle on my battery. Only 51% of capacity available!

Sep 27, 2008: At a movie with Tammy and totally excited. Seeing Burn After Reading. First movie out in months! Thanks grandma for watching Mazie!

Sep 27, 2008: Fun day at Minnetonka Orchards with family.

Sep 26, 2008: Running DVDFab inside of a Parallels VM working on a DVD. Seems to be working.

Sep 25, 2008: Backdraft on Big Green Egg A couple of days ago I was grilling some chicken breasts on the Big Green Egg and opened the top too fast without “burping” the egg and …

Sep 25, 2008: Stacking Wood, Exhausted Today I turned this “fireplace cord” that I got the “special” delivery of the day, about 20% more than I ordered from …

Sep 25, 2008: Too Much Trash This is a sign of bad housekeeping on your computer. Exactly what were in those 74,959 files anyway? Hmmm…

Sep 25, 2008: Which is it? This was from a couple of weeks ago when iPhone OS 2.1 came out. It’s so common on the web to research a product and find completely …

Sep 25, 2008: Painless automated install of both Vista and XP in two VM’s went great. Walked away and came back in an hour. Thanks Parallels!

Sep 24, 2008: Just got a CrashPlan connection going with my neighbor. Speed looks promising. May be able to stop worrying about offsite backups of photos

Sep 24, 2008: Bracing myself to setup Windows XP and Windows Vista virtual machines on my Mac Pro.

Sep 24, 2008: Creating a 4TB volume (with 2.03TB of free space) on my Drobo. Future home for my iTunes library. Funny how the Drobo setup process is all in the 1st …

Sep 22, 2008: Watching Mazie’s very first dance class. Precious!

Sep 22, 2008: The arrival of two pit bull/bull mastiffes to the dog park added much stress.

Sep 21, 2008: Abalastow Compendium My buddy Dan has issued an SEO challenge to the students in his class. I thought it was pretty cool and could use some spice to see how base PageRank …

Sep 21, 2008: Trying Twittelator on iPhone. Like the more advanced features.

Sep 21, 2008: Commercial defending high-fructose corn syrup = the definition of corporation over health.

Sep 21, 2008: Just ordered a log hoop for the upcoming Big Green Egg chiminea.

Sep 21, 2008: These Mojave Experiment ads are – desperate? Anyone else think it’s exactly like Folgers instant coffee commercials from way back?

Sep 21, 2008: Reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and wishing I had a spot in the yard for a garden.

Sep 21, 2008: 2 for 5 on the “ring the bell” sledgehammer. Not great. 🙁

Sep 20, 2008: Wishing my Big Green Egg chiminea wasn’t 3 weeks away. 😕 Rearranged the deck for it, great spot and nice layout now. Zen.

Sep 20, 2008: Got the fountain running for the first time in 3 years. Now it’s setup outside. Much corosion to clean in the pump, but got it going!

Sep 20, 2008: Just finished replacing the gasket on the Big Green Egg. More work than I expected, but closes so nice again.

Sep 20, 2008: Queueing to get in Ralph’s World concert. Mazie very excited! Bumped into Mykl Roventine at Ralph’s World. Any other parents here? Mazie …

Sep 20, 2008: Sun coming up much later these days. Fall is here.

Sep 19, 2008: Note to self: must put iPhone earbuds in my computer bag to have with at all times.

Sep 19, 2008: Rather excited about news that Amazon is entering the CDN market. That is a good thing. Will help a lot of small companies.

Sep 19, 2008: Facebook should make an IMAP interface to their messaging system. Growing annoyed that I have to check it. 😕

Sep 19, 2008: Like much of the new Twitter layout, but not a big fan of these super big tabs on the right.

Sep 18, 2008: I wish the iPhone would have had an IR emitter in it. Would be a great remote setup.

Sep 17, 2008: Waiting to speak at Dan Grigsby’s class and watching him pulling off the Professor thing like a Pro!

Sep 17, 2008: The new Canon 5D Mark II looks shockingly cool. Never thought of HD video through a fisheye.

Sep 16, 2008: At the “Grillmaster: Smokehouse” class at Kitchen Window. Fired up! Learning about smoking oysters. I’m sorry, but these things are …

Sep 16, 2008: My least favorite error from MobileMe (which is paid for): idisk.me.com server returned “payment required” (402) in response to a request

Sep 16, 2008: Waiting for the DirecTV guy to come and take my TiVo away from me. Grrr…

Sep 16, 2008: Seriously, is it ever a good idea for an IVR system to ask you to “speak” your social security number? There is a keypad on the phone!

Sep 16, 2008: I cannot believe how painful it is to transition health insurance around. Frustration level: 10+

Sep 16, 2008: Half-way through massive Quicken slog through piled up bills during our trip.

Sep 16, 2008: You now have to pay sales tax when you buy Wii Points? Huh…

Sep 15, 2008: Burgers on the Big Green Egg tonight!

Sep 15, 2008: Mazie and cousin Nora in Chariot!

Sep 15, 2008: Four Macs upgraded to 10.5.5. No issues at first blush. Taking dogs for walk.

Sep 15, 2008: For the life of me I cannot figure out why spammers so badly want to create accounts on my WordPress sites. Luckily SABRE solves the problem

Sep 15, 2008: Many errands this morning. Taking break for afternoon espresso and some laptop time. New Michael Franti & Spearhead album playing. Nice.

Sep 15, 2008: I think Chase (dog) is finally getting out of his “funk” from us being gone. Izzy (other dog) is fine. Gypsie (cat) is crazy, no change.

Sep 14, 2008: Address Book just sync’d itself into corruption nightmare. This is not good. Had to revert to an Address Book backup 2 months old. ☹️

Sep 14, 2008: Installing X Code and iPhone SDK because I’m overly optimistic.

Sep 14, 2008: Just merged my Lightroom travel catalog into my main catalog at home. +2000 photos.

Sep 14, 2008: Something on my firewire chain just blocked up my machine again. Grr… need to diagnose this.

Sep 13, 2008: Odd to return to your house after 4 weeks. Everything is in goofy places. :-)

Sep 13, 2008: Upgraded to iTunes 8.0 on Mac Pro. Updating iPhone to 2.1 next.

Sep 13, 2008: Just landed in Minneapolis! 🛬

Sep 12, 2008: Last day in London. We pack this morning and get a cab to Heathrow. Get to sleep at home tonight, after a very long day.

Sep 12, 2008: Great final night in London with friends Alice and John.

Sep 12, 2008: Great, but brief, visit to the Kew Botanical Gardens. Great place. This mornings coffee and scone there. Back into city for lunch.

Sep 12, 2008: Wondering how many pairs of shoes Tammy has gotten for Mazie while I drink my coffee. Shopping!

Sep 11, 2008: Heading to the tube to meet Greg Merkle for a couple pints at the pub!

Sep 11, 2008: Having nice espresso and croisant with Mazie.

Sep 11, 2008: Checking out of this apartment shortly and saying goodbye to broadband until we are home on Saturday. Not using that 3G modem anymore!

Sep 10, 2008: First half of AT&T bill that includes London trip: $417.74 😬

Sep 10, 2008: Why can’t Apple TV have these super cool iTunes Visualizers. (I know, probably not enough juice in them. And it might get even hotter!)

Sep 10, 2008: There may be no food that Nutella doesn’t make better.

Sep 9, 2008: Lance Returns to Racing! I had read rumors over the last couple of days that Lance Armstrong was going to be returning to racing, but there were rumors only and I figured they …

Sep 9, 2008: iPhone firmware 2.0.2 will be the first release I will never install. 2.1 will be out by the time I return home, and will be able to upgrade

Sep 9, 2008: Crazy shows on BBC – tonights is a show called “Other Peoples Breastmilk”. Wow. Last weeks crazy BBC show was “Dawn Goes …

Sep 9, 2008: I still can’t see iTunes 8 in Software Update? What gives? Got Quicktime update, and Front Row update, but nothing else.

Sep 9, 2008: Since when is there a .travel TLD? Was I asleep when that was announced?

Sep 9, 2008: Just tried to merge 20 DNG (RAW) photos in Photoshop CS3. 2 GB of RAM = FAIL!

Sep 9, 2008: Listening to Minnesota Public Radio here in Bath because I miss home a bit.

Sep 9, 2008: Just put Mazie down for nap. Raining all day in Bath, but didn’t stop us from seeing the sights. Tammy is shopping this afternoon.

Sep 9, 2008: Mazie and Tammy left Dad to pay the bill for lunch while they shop down the street. Hmmm.z

Sep 9, 2008: Nice lunch at Bottelino’s in Bath.

Sep 8, 2008: Spore sounds so laborious I have a hard time reading all about it, much less even considering playing it.

Sep 8, 2008: Mazie is getting a stellar nap. Big win. She hasn’t gotten a nap for 3 days and she was starting to frazzle.

Sep 8, 2008: Here in Bath. Pretty happy with the place. Think we will likely extend our stay to 3 nights. And I have a real, wired, ethernet connection here. So …

Sep 7, 2008: Excited to go to Bath today for a couple day mini-trip from London.

Sep 7, 2008: Boarded train on the way to Windsor Castle for the day. Bit of craziness finding the right train.

Sep 6, 2008: Rainy, rainy day in London. Fun sightseeing with Tammy’s parents and aunt/uncle.

Sep 5, 2008: Back to the apartment from a very long Mazie day. Lot’s of fits thrown today. Had tea with Grandma Olson - they flew over on their own trip!

Sep 5, 2008: Heading to the Tate Modern shortly. Taking a 3 year old to a modern art museum = FAIL!

Sep 5, 2008: Stumbled on a great market outside London Bridge tube stop. Having delicious lunch.

Sep 4, 2008: Shot some pictures today in Adobe RGB (vs. sRGB). Can’t tell any difference on the screen, but I’m also not super-calibrated.

Sep 4, 2008: Playing with Twhirl for the first time in a while. Really nice.

Sep 4, 2008: Trying out TweetDeck for the first time.

Sep 4, 2008: Very excited to have found the Daily Show on the basic, basic Sky TV subscription this apartment has!

Sep 4, 2008: At the Cambridge train station waiting to head back to London. Raining today.

Sep 4, 2008: Visiting Apple Store in Cambridge!

Sep 4, 2008: Lunch!

Sep 4, 2008: In Cambridge, getting a mocha.

Sep 4, 2008: Watching Charlotte’s Web on train with Mazie as we travel to Cambridge for a quick day trip

Sep 4, 2008: Seriously thinking of getting Mazie (3 years old) her own iPod Touch. She’s really learned our iPhones. Crazy?

Sep 3, 2008: Microwaving dinner for myself after a quick 1-stop tube trip to Whole Foods. Stocked up on Mac & Cheese for Mazie.

Sep 3, 2008: Growing more than a little worried about the AT&T bills that will follow this month in the UK. On phone to get a bit more international data …

Sep 3, 2008: The 2GB of RAM on my MacBook Pro (max) is feeling like a room with a 5 foot ceiling. It also feels smaller when I have 7GB on my Mac Pro. Lightroom 2 …

Sep 2, 2008: Ran to coffee shop for working WiFi, but they close at 8pm! What are the chances the coffee shop WiFi router knows they close at 8pm? :-)

Sep 2, 2008: Visiting Apple Store in London (Oxford Circus).

Sep 2, 2008: Raining in London again. Late start to the day. Still figuring exactly what we’ll do today.

Sep 1, 2008: Relaxing day in London. Playground time with Mazie at Hyde Park, nice Lebanese food for lunch, good Mazie nap, trip to the grocery store.

Aug 31, 2008: Raining this morning! Leaving shortly for Stonehenge! On the bus to Stonehenge with whole crew. Stonehenge was very cool. Great photos.

Aug 30, 2008: Going to another show tonight. Blood Brothers at the Phoenix Theatre with Tammy.

Aug 30, 2008: Is there an official name yet for someone that collects domain names?

Aug 29, 2008: Downloading MP4 of Obama’s speech over HSDPA wireless modem. “8.3 of 104 MB (6.2 KB/sec) - 4 hours, 26 minutes remaining”. Hope it …

Aug 29, 2008: Dinner at Noura (awesome!) then 39 Steps at the Criterion Theatre at Picadilly Circus.

Aug 29, 2008: Going on Charles Dickens walking tour.

Aug 29, 2008: Watching changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace. Crowded!

Aug 28, 2008: Just boarded train back to London. Coming back a day early to soothe a sad Mazie.

Aug 27, 2008: Grabbing 10 minutes of great WiFi at Caddon View in Innerleithen before sleep. Heading back to London tomorrow.

Aug 26, 2008: On a train to Edinburgh. Train has WiFi and power. Nicely done UK!

Aug 25, 2008: I’m blogging. My mother is on the couch writing in her diary. Same or different? 🤔

Aug 24, 2008: Heading to Scotland Tomorrow morning, bright and early, Tammy and I head off to the train to spend three days in Scotland. We are going light with reading and photography …

Aug 24, 2008: Royal Observatory and Prime Meridian Today is pretty much summed up with one picture, and if you are familiar with this location you know exactly what we did today. :-) Visiting the Royal …

Aug 23, 2008: Mazie and Daddy Day in London This morning Tammy and my Mom took off for Liverpool. When we were looking at our trip over here, and when my Mom would come over, we found out there …

Aug 23, 2008: Zorro the Musical When we told people that we were coming to London one of the most popular questions was “Are you going to any shows?” We gave what seemed …

Aug 22, 2008: Mom Arrives in London Yesterday afternoon my Mom arrived in London to join us for part of our month abroad! She is hanging out with us a couple of days and then will be …

Aug 22, 2008: Whole Foods to the Rescue Food culture is always interesting, and now with Mazie I’ve started to appreciate the food culture of the kid’s menu. Here is a shocker: …

Aug 22, 2008: Plan to plug iPod into TV here in London is thwarted by confusing SCART connector!

Aug 22, 2008: Woke up today before 7am on my own. I think this means I’ve adapted to London time.

Aug 21, 2008: Espresso Abroad I really like my coffee. The apartment we are staying at here in London doesn’t have a coffee pot. There is a french press, and I’m not …

Aug 21, 2008: Harrods — World's Largest Something This morning we decided to head to Harrods (store) and visit the worlds largest department store. My first piece of advise is to treat Harrods like an …

Aug 21, 2008: iPhone App - Units I had seen this application in the AppStore before we left for London but for whatever reason I didn’t think it would be needed or all that …

Aug 21, 2008: Lightroom 2 Makes Vacation Look Even Better I upgraded to Lightroom 2 as soon as it was available. I was lucky enough to be part of the beta program but I didn’t give it the time needed to …

Aug 21, 2008: Visiting Friends Alice & John One of the benefits of visiting London is that we got the chance to visit with our friends Alice & John who moved here a little over a year ago. …

Aug 21, 2008: Watching the UK version of Big Brother. Very odd show.

Aug 21, 2008: Tammy has decided we should move to London. Hmmm.. Wasn’t expecting that. :-)

Aug 21, 2008: Just spent a great few hours with old friends from Minneapolis, Alice Kim and John Granholm, who now live in London.

Aug 20, 2008: Getting to London The trick with spending a month in London is that you have to get there, and that has to be done on a plane. Mazie had never been on a plane before …

Aug 20, 2008: Living with a 3G Modem I’ve mentioned that our “included Internet access” at our London Apartment is a 3G USB Modem (Huawei E220 to be precise). It’s …

Aug 20, 2008: London Apartment Our London trip is a lot different from our Summer of Love West Coast Road Tour. Notably, we aren’t on the road very much for London and with …

Aug 20, 2008: Lunch at Leicester Square.

Aug 19, 2008: C-Lazy-U Horse Run Video While we were at C-Lazy-U I did an audio capture of the horse run. I also got a chance to capture it with my Canon HDV-30. In a lot of ways, I …

Aug 19, 2008: Winnipeg Folk Festival 2008 Kids We go to the Winnipeg Folk Festival every year (see music from 2008, but kids only go every other year. This was a kids year, and I got this really …

Aug 18, 2008: Mazie and I up and having croissant breakfast this morning. Today we get the apartment situated and visit the market.

Aug 18, 2008: Quordy - Awesome Game I have been really impressed with the games landing on the iPhone AppStore recently. I’m hopeful that Apple is looking at the top selling …

Aug 18, 2008: Hello from London! Getting situated. Barely online via 3G USB modem. (ugh!) Bootstrapped my Mac onto this 3 HSDPA USB modem via my Parallels …

Aug 17, 2008: Boarded plane! Mazie got scared walking onto plane but thinks it’s fun now. Wish us luck!

Aug 17, 2008: These huge £’s bills don’t fit in my wallet.

Aug 17, 2008: Mazie loving the airport.

Aug 17, 2008: Here is where we are staying in London. If you have suggestions, especially kid friendly, send me whatever you have.

Aug 17, 2008: Linking Brightkite into my Twitter account in preparation for our London Summer of Love extravaganza.

Aug 16, 2008: Our friend Marilee Poe Tangen took this picture of Mazie and I love it.

Aug 16, 2008: Organizing iPhone Apps I’ve loaded my iPhone up with a decent number of applications now and found it difficult to find things quickly. I’ve started organizing …

Aug 16, 2008: WordPress iPhone Application and RSD Link I posted before from the WordPress iPhone application when it was released. Its pretty nifty. When they upgraded it to 1.1 though I could no longer …

Aug 16, 2008: “That guy can run.” No kidding. Usain Bolt’s 100m was amazing. ⚡️

Aug 16, 2008: Wondering what is on Phelps’ iPod. Anyone?

Aug 16, 2008: Just got another update from Hector in Beijing at the Olympics. Bro- and Sis-in-law are having once in a lifetime experience!

Aug 15, 2008: Wow – Spitz talking to Phelps. Nice. Wish Lemond could show half that much character to Armstrong.

Aug 15, 2008: Whoa – totally digging Quordy on AppStore. Would like to see some games coming out with network play.

Aug 15, 2008: Best iPhone file utility: DataCase, File Magnet, MobileFinder, Files? DataCase seems best, agree?

Aug 15, 2008: Why does swimming almost never have a false start, but track does a lot?

Aug 15, 2008: Researching average weather for our London/Scotland trip. Conclusion #1, bring rain jackets.

Aug 14, 2008: Can Al Trautwig be any more annoying? Seriously, we all get the scoring system. It changed years ago for craps sake!

Aug 14, 2008: So far OmniFocus for iPhone v1.0.3 seems to have fixed my syncing problem. Yeah!

Aug 14, 2008: Shopping for plane activities for Mazie. Coloring books!

Aug 14, 2008: Just logged into my Slicehost server via pTerm on iPhone via EDGE. Slow, but works.

Aug 14, 2008: Drinking cold press coffee. Still good after a few weeks in the fridge.

Aug 13, 2008: First ALT.NET Meetup I received an email this morning from Ira Mitchell clueing me in on a group that Freemind is helping get going called ALT.NET. The first thing I …

Aug 13, 2008: Go Dollar! As we are preparing for our trip to London I started watching, with great displeasure, the demise of the US Dollar. However, August has brought some …

Aug 13, 2008: Reasons to Love Cold Press Coffee I wrote a little over a year ago about my introduction to cold press coffee. Shortly after that post I got a Toddy Cold Press Brewing System and …

Aug 13, 2008: Scoring Gymnastics, Bring the Computers Tammy and I have been watching a lot of the Beijing Olympics this year. Tammy is a huge gymnastics fan and we’ve been watching nearly all of the …

Aug 13, 2008: Summer of Love Resuming - Preparing for London Tammy and I are doing final preparation for the second big trip of the Summer of Love. We leave on Sunday for London. We’ll be staying there for …

Aug 13, 2008: John Lennon’s “Imagine” has to be one of the best songs ever written.

Aug 13, 2008: Just declutered a zillion cables into 4 boxes: power, network/phone, computer, audio/video.

Aug 12, 2008: Thanks for all the Brightkite invites – Barry Hess to the rescue! I’m all setup now. I must have been the last person on Twitter to get on …

Aug 12, 2008: Listening to Crooked Still from todays On Point. They are so good.

Aug 12, 2008: Really confused why my Mac Pro hangs on boot if my external firewire drives are plugged in. Unplug and boots right away. Is there any way to tell OS X …

Aug 12, 2008: Reading about Ubunty 7.1 to 8.04 upgrade. Thinking about just doing it. What the heck? Brand new snapshot backup created with Slicehost. Time to …

Aug 11, 2008: Just slapped a new 2TB Western Digital drive on my Mac Pro. HD video just eats up drive space.

Aug 10, 2008: Don's 70th Birthday Party This past weekend Tammy and her sisters Corinne, Angie and Michelle threw a surprise birthday party for their Dad, Don Olson. It was a very nice party …

Aug 10, 2008: iPhone App - SleepOver I haven’t posted anything about the release of iPhone 2.0, but the approximately 20 applications that I’ve installed on my phone show that …

Aug 10, 2008: Iron Chef Minnetonka - Egg Tammy just hosted/produced the most recent Iron Chef Minnetonka night. This time around was a very special theme. You’ll have to wait 3 months …

Aug 9, 2008: Olympics on. Hanging out around home. Pancakes for breakfast.

Aug 8, 2008: Starting the Big Green Egg for todays brisket cook! Smoke! 11 hours from now we’ll have brisket. Having hard time keeping Big Green Egg at 200 …

Aug 7, 2008: It’s Thursday - Lunch at Yum! with family!

Aug 7, 2008: Feeling intimidated. “For what it’s worth, brisket is generally regarded one of the hardest cooks in barbecue circles.”

Aug 7, 2008: Started soaking wood chips for tomorrows brisket. Half hickory and half black cherry wood.

Aug 5, 2008: Just got nVidia GeForce 8800 GT to replace overheating ATI Radeon X1900 XT in Mac Pro. Got the special one for “legacy Mac Pro”. Mac Pro …

Aug 5, 2008: Found the hornet nest Chase got too close to yesterday. Need RAID.

Aug 4, 2008: Slicehost is great. “up 153 days, 22:17”

Aug 4, 2008: Now the proud owner of minnewordcamp.com.

Aug 4, 2008: Downloading and applying iPhone 2.0.1 update. Suggest the 2.0.1 release should re-use the title “The Audacity of Hope”. Whenever iTunes …

Aug 4, 2008: Lunch at Tejas after picking raspberries in Lakeview.

Aug 4, 2008: At Honda dealership after dropping off Odyssey. Waiting for Tammy and Mazie.

Aug 3, 2008: Computer Overloaded Rare change this afternoon with me feverishly working on my Mac Pro getting a bunch of stuff done. Running a ton of apps and everything working hard. …

Aug 3, 2008: Nearly 20 minutes for my iPhone backup to complete. Grrr… iPhone is now syncing. I started this docking session over 30 minutes ago. Wow.

Aug 3, 2008: 2 hours of yard work… nicely done.

Aug 3, 2008: Hanging out while we wait for a table at Original Pancake House.

Aug 2, 2008: At the dome (early) for the Twins game. Batting practice for Cleveland Indians. The Twins mascot is named “T.C.”? Really? They …

Aug 2, 2008: At Uptown Art Fair again.

Aug 2, 2008: At The Bad Waitress! Bad Waitress has open WiFi. I 💚 open WiFi. I 💚 Bad Waitress!

Aug 2, 2008: Mazie: Terrible two’s? Ha! No way. I scoff at two. TERRIBLE THREE’S!

Aug 1, 2008: At Uptown Art Fair. 🙂

Aug 1, 2008: Has anyone “fully” IPv6 enabled their home network? Curious for some info if you have.

Aug 1, 2008: So far I’m really liking the move to OmniFocus. So much more GTD power. iPhone version is nice too. Only gripe is syncing is too touchy.

Jul 31, 2008: Electric Outlet Debugging A few months ago I took the plunge back into aquariums. I got a small, mini-reef setup and put it in the basement. We were trying to figure out where …

Jul 31, 2008: Switching to OpenDNS (who needs to try when Hadar says it is great!)

Jul 31, 2008: Just switched to using Comcast’s DNS server. I’ve always ran my own on the local LAN, but trying to reduce server count at home.

Jul 31, 2008: Listening to Tammy deal with insurance crap, COBRA, etc. Sounds like complete nightmare.

Jul 31, 2008: Mac Pro video card/freezing issues have started again. Time to pull out the X1900 and replace it. Fans are already jacked trying to cool it.

Jul 31, 2008: Just called AT&T and got my options for iPhone usage while in London. Ugly.

Jul 30, 2008: Started reading Shaping Things by Bruce Sterling.

Jul 30, 2008: iTunes 7.7.1 seems to see a lot more AppStore updates than 7.7 did 5 minutes ago. Hmm…

Jul 30, 2008: Seems like a lot of “spam friends” coming on Twitter lately. It needs to be easier to identify these and block them. Your friends list on …

Jul 30, 2008: I love logging onto WiFi at Caribou Coffee as foo@bar.com. Always makes me smile.

Jul 28, 2008: Lightroom 2 in 64-bit Glory Lightroom 2 was just released today and I immediately got the upgrade. After waiting a bit to get the serial number for the new version I installed it …

Jul 28, 2008: It’s odd that sometimes Finder initiated restart will hang forever, but /sbin/restart will work from a terminal launched via Quicksilver.

Jul 28, 2008: Just test drove a Toyota Prius. Pretty nice. A bit boring though.

Jul 27, 2008: Checking into Moon Dance B&B.

Jul 27, 2008: At Blue Moon in Red Wing having an espresso.

Jul 27, 2008: Off to Red Wing to celebrate our anniversary.

Jul 27, 2008: Rachmaninoff, Espresso, The Economist.

Jul 26, 2008: Overheard during haircut: “My cellular phone is so old it doesn’t even have a camera!”

Jul 26, 2008: Lunch at Indio! Very promising. Mojito on the way!

Jul 25, 2008: Getting ready to fire up the Big Green Egg!

Jul 25, 2008: Just won eBay auction for a Bogen/Manfrotto background support system. Time to play with some studio photography.

Jul 25, 2008: Hanging at One+on+One before heading to lunch.

Jul 24, 2008: Taking the first step to adopting OmniFocus.

Jul 24, 2008: MobileMe is really broken. Haven’t constant problems with just sync functionality. Not happy. MobileMe now believes that my Family account that …

Jul 23, 2008: Homemade pizza on Big Green Egg was awesome! Need to do better with the dough next time, and need another peel. Oh, and less of a mess next time.

Jul 23, 2008: Having people look at our garage and propose new cabinet and shelving systems for better organization. Hmmm…

Jul 23, 2008: Furnace technician says I have a faulty furnace board. Luckily under warranty.

Jul 22, 2008: Just made pizza dough for tomorrow nights Big Green Egg fun.

Jul 22, 2008: Firing up todays stage in the Tour de France. Trying to ignore TdF Blog for a couple of hours. 🙂

Jul 21, 2008: WordPress for iPhone I just installed the WordPress application on my iPhone and am testing it out. It will be fun to be able to post and edit on the road!

Jul 21, 2008: Walking down memory lane looking at photos from 2002 to 2004 in Lightroom.

Jul 20, 2008: Water table fun with Mazie.

Jul 20, 2008: Smoker started. Ribs ready. Ribs are on! Rack seems too big, not happy with it. Challenging getting the Egg to sit at 230. Wants to sit at 260. Not …

Jul 20, 2008: MobileMe definitely has many issues. I’m having way too many problems just syncing contacts between two Macs and my iPhone.

Jul 20, 2008: Good luck to Tammy on her triathlon this morning!

Jul 19, 2008: Started soaking Down East Hickory and Black Cherry wood chips for tomorrows ribs.

Jul 19, 2008: Having a nice morning playing outside.

Jul 18, 2008: Put gas grill on CraigsList and got an email from someone wanting it in < 15 minutes.

Jul 18, 2008: Eating a plain chicken breast grilled off the Big Green Egg. It’s like a revelation!

Jul 18, 2008: Checking out OmniFocus. Considering it as a replacement for Backpack since OmniFocus has a nice iPhone app already.

Jul 17, 2008: Cup Plants Flowering The cup plants have decided to pop open their flowers. In a week there will be a couple hundred of these yellow flowers in the yard, along with a …

Jul 17, 2008: Woohoo! First 2 updates came through AppStore. Facebook 1.1 and Tap Tap update.

Jul 17, 2008: Installing Twinkle on my iPhone. Twinkle sounds? Ugh. OFF.

Jul 17, 2008: Inbox Zero™ is so far from me right now.

Jul 17, 2008: Evernote worries me. I’m not sure why. Backpack seems a lot easier and portable. Evernote feels proprietary and locked in. Wrong?

Jul 17, 2008: I really wish that Quinn would come out for the iPhone. I don’t want to buy one of the lame Tetris apps out now.

Jul 17, 2008: Just registered thingelstad.me. Also got: mazie.me, jjt.me, jamiethingelstad.me. Mazie will be the cool, hip kid with mazie.me. 🙂

Jul 17, 2008: Queuing for the Star Wars exhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota.

Jul 16, 2008: B-Squad fan night huge success! At Dusty’s!

Jul 16, 2008: Alarms that have false positives are pointless.

Jul 15, 2008: Impressed with Trism. Nice game for iPhone!

Jul 15, 2008: At the MN Thunder v. Burnley FC game!

Jul 15, 2008: Having dinner with Hector.

Jul 15, 2008: Got MobileMe push working! Needed some iPhone reboots.

Jul 15, 2008: I’m trying to convince myself that I actually need a Canon WFT-E3.

Jul 15, 2008: Now that we have Remote.app for the iPhone, can we have Remote.app for the desktop too?

Jul 15, 2008: Getting MobileMe for calendars and contacts, but using a 3rd party IMAP for mail is a bit confusing. Think I got it setup right. Push love?

Jul 15, 2008: If only MobileMe allowed you to use your own domain name for email I’d consider going in with both feet.

Jul 14, 2008: Setting up push syncing via MobileMe for contacts and calendar.

Jul 14, 2008: Upgraded 4 blogs from WordPress 2.5.1 to 2.6. All looks good. I wish WP Automatic Upgrade worked right still though.

Jul 14, 2008: Getting video artifacts on my primary video card again. Fans are already set pretty high. May have to ditch this card soon.

Jul 14, 2008: Ventura considered running for senate? Oh please, no. Thankfully it’s not going to happen, but that shouldn’t even be considered.

Jul 14, 2008: Buying lots of music from various Winnipeg Folk Festival performers. Crowd favorite so far seems to be Little Miss Higgins.

Jul 14, 2008: Great climb up Hautacam today for the Tour de France.

Jul 14, 2008: Wow. Looking for “Frenzic iPhone”. Google returned old, worthless junk. Summize gave me precisely what I wanted instantly. Huh.

Jul 14, 2008: I’m surprised Frenzic isn’t out for iPhone 2.0 yet. Would love to play it with a touch interface.

Jul 14, 2008: Playing with Mazie.

Jul 13, 2008: Winnipeg Folk Festival 2008 Albums We just returned from the 2008 Winnipeg Folk Festival. Every year we pick up around 20 albums from performers this year. We’ve gone entirely …

Jul 9, 2008: We did shopping for Winnipeg Folk Festival today. Tammy got me a cot that is so big I’m not sure it will even fit in the tent.

Jul 9, 2008: Not in a good place with our pets. Would love to ban all dogs, cats and fish from the house right now.

Jul 8, 2008: Driveway Paved A few days ago the driveway was removed and prepared for a brand new asphalt driveway. I had charged my camera to get a good time-elapsed movie of the …

Jul 6, 2008: Driveway Removal This past Thursday the contractor got started with our driveway removal. I was watching, and realized it was a great time-lapse opportunity!

Jul 6, 2008: Cooking my first meal on my Big Green Egg! Tenderloins — they were awesome!

Jul 5, 2008: Heading to the wedding! Congratulations to my mom and Kurt on their wedding! Ceremony done. Caterer late! Grrr! Belly Dancer at the wedding reception! …

Jul 5, 2008: Lunch with a bunch of relatives at Yum! Kitchen & Bakery.

Jul 5, 2008: Finished opening remarks for my Mom and Kurt’s wedding.

Jul 4, 2008: Just picked up my very own Big Green Egg!

Jul 4, 2008: Helping set things up for Mom’s wedding!

Jul 1, 2008: My Haircut “#1 on the sides, high, to a #2 finished with a #3 on the top.”

Jul 1, 2008: Tiny Tonka T-Ball Mazie and I had our very first Tiny Tonka T-Ball game last night. Sorry, no pictures or video from it. Tammy had plans, and I’m one of the …

Jun 30, 2008: Summer of Love Day 43 Log 8:24 am: On the road again. 429 miles until we are home. 11:06 am: On I-35 north. We are in the final stretch! 11:30 am: Back in Culver’s …

Jun 29, 2008: Summer of Love Day 42 Log 12:45 pm: Heading home. 1:17 pm: 906 miles to go. 3:01 pm: DQ stop in Ogallala, NE. 3:04 pm: Excited to be heading home, but equally sad that our big …

Jun 27, 2008: Just passed 3,000 photos for our 6-week Summer of Love road trip!

Jun 26, 2008: Horse Run We are having a great time here at C-Lazy-U. Every evening they send the horses out to the pasture for the night, and the wranglers get up early to go …

Jun 25, 2008: Great day rafting down the Colorado River followed by an awesome massage.

Jun 23, 2008: Summer of Love Day 36 Log 2:07 pm: First ride at the dude ranch was really great. My horse for the week is Buster. 10:59 pm: The Internet is exceptionally elusive at the dude …

Jun 22, 2008: Summer of Love Day 35 Log 9:27 am: Nice breakfast at Cali Cochitta B&B in Moab. Heading to see Arches soon. 10:51 am: Great vistas at Arches National Park. 12:12 pm: …

Jun 21, 2008: Summer of Love Day 34 Log 2:49 pm: Hello Utah! 2:50 pm: Driving from Sedona, AZ to Moab, UT today. Quick stop in Moab on way to Colorado. 4:36 pm: Exploring downtown Moab. 6:51 …

Jun 20, 2008: Summer of Love Day 33 Log 11:55 am: Heading to Montezuma Castle National Monument. 1:45 pm: Lunch at Judi’s in Sedona. 2:49 pm: 104 °F in Sedona today. Yeah, hot! 3:34 …

Jun 19, 2008: Road Trip So Long You Need An Oil Change Yesterday we passed a milestone on the Summer of Love. After 29 days on the road and driving 4,541 miles the Honda Odyssey kindly let us know that it …

Jun 19, 2008: Summer of Love Day 32 Log 9:25 am: Heading to the Grand Canyon today! 5:16 pm: Waiting for Tammy and Mazie to emerge from Target in Flagstaff. 5:18 pm: Arizona is really hot. …

Jun 17, 2008: Summer of Love Day 30 Log 8:56 am: Packing up. Leaving Las Vegas and awesome Mandalay Bay. Heading to Sedona, AZ! Laundry day too. 11:01 am: Hoover Dam! 2:33 pm: Lunch stop at …

Jun 16, 2008: Summer of Love Index - Updated Number of days on the road so far: 29 Mileage on the 2006 Honda Odyssey at the beginning of the trip: 48,139 Mileage on the minivan at the end of the …

Jun 16, 2008: Summer of Love Day 29 Log 4:26 am: I seem unable to sleep in Las Vegas. This sucks. 9:44 am: Heading down to the pool. Lazy river today. 1:52 pm: At Mesa Grill (Bobby Flay) for …

Jun 15, 2008: Take a Lap in the Lazy River Have a couple of minutes? Join us on the Summer of Love for a trip around the Lazy River at Mandalay Bay. Mazie’s very first time in a lazy …

Jun 15, 2008: Summer of Love Day 28 Log Heading to the pool again. Fathers Day cake? Sure! Fathers Day cake! Black Cherry Mojito at lunch. Yum! I wish there was a way to rid the world of …

Jun 14, 2008: Happy Fathers Day 2008! This year marks something that will not happen again until 2014, when Mazie turns 9. Father’s Day is the day right after Mazie’s birthday! …

Jun 14, 2008: The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder A while back at one of my book club meetings John Riedl mentioned the author Tracy Kidder. I expressed my ignorance and he was dumbfounded. “You …

Jun 14, 2008: Summer of Love Day 27 Log 11:42 am: Heading to the pool. 4:21 pm: Trying to figure out best Fathers Day activities in Las Vegas. Any suggestions? Thinking of Hoover Dam visit. …

Jun 13, 2008: Daddy's Girl Turns Three Today my little girl turns three years old! Happy Birthday Mazie! Mazie has been blowing my mind lately. This morning she told us “my birthday …

Jun 13, 2008: Summer of Love Day 26 Log 9:56 am: Leaving Monterey for our next stop, Las Vegas! 12:37 pm: Paying $4.66/gallon for gas. 3:33 pm: Starting to cross the Mojave Desert. 103 …

Jun 12, 2008: $5.50 Gasoline We’ve happened to take our longest road trip ever during the most expensive gas prices ever. We’ve been hitting gas in the mid $4 range …

Jun 12, 2008: Driving to Vegas After days of beautiful scenery and amazing vistas our view today is all blacktop. We are on our way to Las Vegas for the next stop on the Summer of …

Jun 12, 2008: Summer of Love Day 25 Log 11:11 am: Heading to Carmel this morning. 1:48 pm: Amazed with Carmel. Blue Dog gallery is dangerous. 4:34 pm: Left Tammy in Carmel for the afternoon. …

Jun 11, 2008: Summer of Love Day 24 Log Driving down CA-1 to Big Sur. Listening to Jack Johnson. (12:29 pm) Feet have sand on them (12:41 pm) Amazing morning going down the coast. Early …

Jun 10, 2008: The traveling family is taking the 4th week of the road trip to eschew a restaurant, and I’m making pasta! Yeah!

Jun 9, 2008: Summer of Love Day 22 Log 12:03 pm: Leaving San Francisco, headed to Monterey for next stop on Summer of Love. 2:08 pm: Pulling into Monterey, CA. See full Summer of Love …

Jun 7, 2008: Expansive, Powerful and Majestic Our Summer of Love trip was never intended to be a camping or hiking trip. We booked all of our visits in hotels and motels and have stuck to …

Jun 7, 2008: In line at Tartine Bakery.

Jun 6, 2008: Sounds of the Redwoods While we were walking with the big Redwoods I stopped for a moment to do a quick field recording. This isn’t pristine. You’ll catch a …

Jun 6, 2008: Summer of Love Day 19 Log 9:13 am: Anybody know the best, sourest, densest sourdough bakery in San Francisco? 11:19 am: Really good breakfast at Savor in San Francisco. 4:42 …

Jun 5, 2008: Summer of Love Day 18 Log 1:24pm: Stop at Ramone’s Bakery in Eureka, CA. 1:46 pm: Having a very nice stop in Old Town section of Eureka. 2:18 pm: Mazie and I playing with …

Jun 4, 2008: Walking Among the Redwoods It has been a few days since we were up in Crescent City communing with the big trees. The Redwood Forest was one of the most amazing places …

Jun 4, 2008: Summer of Love Day 17 Log 3:01 am: Mexican at Torero’s in Crescent City, CA. 10:55 am: Breakfast at Good Harvest in Crescent City, then out to see the Redwoods. 3:56 pm: …

Jun 3, 2008: Curly Redwood Lodge We checked into our 7th hotel tonight after driving on the Redwood Highway and pulling into Crescent City, CA. Tammy did all the research for places …

Jun 3, 2008: Redwood Highway (US-199) Join us for a time-lapsed view of the 40 minutes of driving from the Oregon/California border on the US-199 segment of the Redwood Highway as we come …

Jun 3, 2008: Summer of Love Day 16 Log 1:02 pm: At Full City Coffee in Eugene having a Cafe Borgia. Yum! 5:53 pm: Pit stop on way to Redwood Forest. 8:20 pm: In Crescent City. Awesome …

Jun 2, 2008: Bricking my Linksys WTR-54GS Sometimes I really should know better. There are some things you just don’t do, like updating firmware on something when you need it right away, …

Jun 2, 2008: RailsConf 2008 Recap We just left Portland today on our continuing Summer of Love trip. You wont find much about Portland from me though. Our stop in Portland for me was a …

Jun 2, 2008: Super Mom This is definitely a parent story. If you don’t have kids, you may just want to skip this. :-P Being a parent is really great. When Mazie says …

Jun 2, 2008: Summer of Love Day 15 Log 11:24 am: Awesome bakery stop this morning followed by an improptu haircut at a cool barbershop. 12:12 pm: Childrens Museum in Portland, OR. Very well …

Jun 1, 2008: Find Friends on Flickr I find myself really liking Flickr more and more. I’m really pleased with the features and how usable, and very importantly, how extendable it …

Jun 1, 2008: Summer of Love Index Number of days on the road so far: 14 Mileage on the 2006 Honda Odyssey at the beginning of the trip: 48,139 Mileage on the minivan at the end of the …

May 31, 2008: Trying to find a way to buy carbon offsets for the Summer of Love. Confusing, and way too hard.

May 31, 2008: Seattle Recap I’ve been trying to post updates from the Summer of Love trip pretty regularly but we seem to have arrived and left Seattle without even a …

May 31, 2008: 819 photos taken so far on the Summer of Love. At this rate, I expect to end this trip with ~3,000 photos.

May 30, 2008: New Blog Theme? I’m experimenting with a new blog theme. Before I go through trouble getting it all wired up, I’m curious what the folks visiting this …

May 30, 2008: Checking out Powell’s Books in Portland. This place is huge.

May 28, 2008: Mount St. Helens Today we hooked up with the Tangen family on the Summer of Love. Kent is here going to RailsConf as well, and Marilee and kids came out to join Tammy …

May 27, 2008: Baby Monitor in the Hallway Tammy and I are hanging out in this extremely cool, funky hotel in Portland called McMenamins Kennedy School. It used to be a school, but they …

May 27, 2008: Blogger Born? Smaller Than A Redwood Fire up your RSS reader and get ready to add a feed! Some of you know that my wife Tammy has had a blog, Smaller Than A Redwood, for a while, but …

May 27, 2008: Delicious Library 2 Released Last night Wil Shipley, and the Delicious Monster team, released Delicious Library 2. Delicious Library is a cataloging application that I’ve …

May 27, 2008: Greg Merkle: Great Music This post is a bit of a tease since you can’t (yet) just go out and buy this music. I know Greg Merkle from working at Dow Jones and have been …

May 27, 2008: Rhythm of Travel Doing extensive travel with Mazie has a certain rhythm to it. I’m sure this is very familiar to all parents. I find that this rhythm provides …

May 27, 2008: Dinner at Mama’s for Mexican!

May 27, 2008: At Top Pot Donuts.

May 26, 2008: Seattle has a lot of cool indie coffee shops.

May 26, 2008: Mazie throws blanket on floor. Dad picks up. Go to step 1.

May 25, 2008: Attempted unwise flash of WTR-54GS to DD-WRT while traveling. Doesn’t look good. Have a brick right now. Will investigate more in morning. 🙁

May 25, 2008: At the REI flagship store in Seattle. When you pass away, if you have been good your whole life, you end up at this REI.

May 24, 2008: What happens when you give a near 3-year-old a digital camera and explain how to take pictures? You get a lot of pictures!

May 24, 2008: Summer of Love Day 6 Log 9:00 am: Woke up in Seattle and noticed that the F5 Networks office is right across the street from the hotel. “Hi F5!” 👋 3:25 pm: …

May 23, 2008: Sounds of Glacier About three years ago Dante Vono sent around some links to photos he had taken in Italy. They were really great photos, but what hit me more was that …

May 23, 2008: Summer of Love Day 5 Log 10:08 am: On the way to Seattle. 10:13 am: Going through Kalispell, MT. 2:07 pm: Relaxing lunch in Coeur d’Alene, ID. Now in pacific time. 3:41 …

May 22, 2008: Glacier National Park Photos

May 22, 2008: Site Performance as seen by Google I mentioned earlier that I had moved my sites over to Slicehost. My reasoning for this was performance. Here is a graph that proves that performance …

May 22, 2008: Sites Now on Slicehost If you are a regular visitor to my sites you have likely noticed that a couple of months ago things got much faster. You may be thinking that I …

May 21, 2008: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer I finished Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer this evening. It was enjoyable to both start and finish this book during our stay at Glacier National Park. …

May 21, 2008: Trail of the Cedars Contrary to the predictions of the weather people, today was a better day than yesterday. The temperature seemed slightly warmer and there was …

May 20, 2008: Rainy and Cold Today was our first full day in Glacier National Park. This place is pretty amazing. Our cabin is a just a couple of steps from McDonald Creek, …

May 20, 2008: Summer of Love Day 2 Log 7:23 am: Up earlier than I would like. Time change to mountain time to blame. 9:21 am: False alarm roadside potty stop for Mazie. 9:59 am: Passing …

May 19, 2008: Dumbo Today was another driving day. We got up early in Glendive, MT and hit the road after having breakfast in the hotel. We had a full 10 hours of driving …

May 19, 2008: Summer of Love Day 1 Log 9:57 am: Van loaded. Hitting the road. Sleep in Montana tonight! 12:15 pm: Lunch in Alexandria, MN. 4:33 pm: In a real North Dakota wind storm. 50+ …

May 18, 2008: All Day on I-94 Today we loaded up in the Honda Odyssey and started our big trip. Packing was a bit last minute, we weren’t really done until just shortly …

May 18, 2008: New iPod Classic 160G Before heading out on the Summer of Love, our 6-week family road trip, I suggested to Tammy that we may want to consider getting one of the big iPod …

May 18, 2008: In 24 hours we leave for our 6-week trip around the western US. Much to do before leaving.

May 18, 2008: Hoping Tammy is doing well in the Gear West duathlon. Thinking Hector is likely done now.

May 17, 2008: Gibber Jabber Yesterday we had a birthday party for Mazie. Her actual birthday is a few weeks away and we’ll be in Las Vegas on the Summer of Love trip at …

May 17, 2008: I keep thinking that I need a license for Yep. It does a great job. I’m not sure why I sit on the fence about it so much.

May 17, 2008: Battling with iTunes and my new iPod Classic 160G to get it to take my DVD rips. Just wont go and everything looks fine.

May 17, 2008: Have now officially begun travel packing for Summer of Love - West Coast.

May 16, 2008: Just saw Iron Man. Great flick. Definitely one to see in the theater.

May 14, 2008: 40 Under Forty Award I got the exciting news a couple of weeks ago that I was selected to be one of the recipients of the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal’s 40 …

May 13, 2008: Taking Mazie to School One member of our family sure is happy to have Dad home this summer! Mazie has been Daddy-this and Daddy-that. It’s awesome. She keeps asking me …

May 13, 2008: Walking the Dogs I always feel bad that Izzy and Chase don’t get enough exercise. We are pretty bad at getting them the walks that they really could use. One of …

May 12, 2008: Themes: The Worst of the WordPress Ecosystem This is frustrating. I’ve spent the last couple of hours trying to find a new WordPress theme for Tammy’s blog, Smaller Than a Redwood. …

May 10, 2008: Minnebar 3 At Intro to iPhone Development session. At Screw You, LAMP presentation from Dan Grigsby. At WordPress as a CMS session. See also Minnebar collection.

May 10, 2008: New 130GB iPod has been syncing for two hours and it’s half-way done. Wow.

May 10, 2008: Nearly done with tomorrows (errr, todays) Minnebar session materials. Wow – 50 sets of handouts in full color is $170. Black & White of …

May 9, 2008: MarketWatch Farewell Video Last night was my absolutely amazing farewell party at the Bernard’s house. The gang put together this awesome going away video for me. …

May 9, 2008: Power WordPress Presentation Materials I’m doing my Power WordPress presentation at Minnebar today. I decided to do the presentation today without any slides but instead give everyone …

May 9, 2008: Just turned in SecurID, company ID, American Express card, etc. whew… Completely overwhelmed with all the heartfelt comments from people on my …

May 8, 2008: I think that one of the four ports in this USB I have doesn’t get power. Stuff works fine on the other three, but not that one port. Odd.

May 8, 2008: Changing Primary Workstations As I get ready to leave Dow Jones I’ve been working to get my home office setup more streamlined for work. I think I’ve succeeded, and am …

May 8, 2008: MarketWatch, Dow Jones Chapter Closing Today I’m closing a very long chapter in my career. This is my last day at Dow Jones/MarketWatch. This transition has been in the works for a …

May 8, 2008: Upgrading my Windows XP virtual machine to SP3. Long, long, long… will visit it in the morning.

May 8, 2008: Completely flattered by all the amazing emails I’ve been getting from people as my final day at Dow Jones approaches. In the end, it’s all …

May 7, 2008: Flashback: MarketWatch in Windows 2000 Launch There are a few points in the history of BigCharts and MarketWatch that I’m especially proud of. Perhaps one of the most prominent ones, and …

May 6, 2008: Playing with Bento for the first time. This has some real promise. Would be a killer app if it had great iTunes integration.

May 5, 2008: Awesome dinner and conversation with Greg Merkle tonight. Great stuff!

May 5, 2008: Realizing how completely opaque, confusing and non-sensical Unix file system permissions can be to non-geeks.

May 4, 2008: Power WordPress Session at Minnebar Minnebar is approaching this weekend, May 10th! I’m really excited and I just couldn’t stand to not be presenting this year so I decided …

May 4, 2008: Going to catch the end of the Living Green Expo!

May 3, 2008: Sitting down for a game of Risk. I’ve only played this on the computer so far. “You don’t know real risk!”

May 1, 2008: All the money references in the movie Wall Street just smack you around all over about how old it is. That and Gordon Gecko’s giant cell phone.

May 1, 2008: Previewing my Handbrake rip of Wall Street on my Apple TV. Looks great with full functionality. Nice.

May 1, 2008: This new service, Dropbox, looks pretty cool. I may happily be able to abandon FolderShare finally.

May 1, 2008: At This American Life live broadcast.

May 1, 2008: Wiping my MacBook Pro hard drive clean for the next person.

May 1, 2008: Listening to Big Smith on the way to work. Wahoo!

May 1, 2008: The newest Handbrake may make my iTunes/movie project achievable in a finite period of time. Nice.

Apr 30, 2008: “Give me the beat boys and free my soul; I wanna get lost in your rock ’n roll and drift away.”

Apr 30, 2008: Scanning photos really highlights how amazing a good digital camera is. Hard to get a scan to look decent.

Apr 30, 2008: I really hate it when companies have unsubscribe pages that are just insanely broken. Surprising (?) how often they generate errors.

Apr 30, 2008: Listening to CD from Greg Merkle. Very good!

Apr 30, 2008: Long Distance phone bill for May: $0.05

Apr 30, 2008: Taking more stuff home to slowly drain my personal stuff out of my office.

Apr 29, 2008: Iron Chef Minnetonka - Yogurt A couple of years ago we had a fun evening at the Bernard’s house where our friend Dean Eichaker and I did a mock Iron Chef competition. The …

Apr 29, 2008: Jazz on Street I’ve been thinking about putting up more photos that I take. I played with the idea of a photoblog, but decided I didn’t have enough …

Apr 29, 2008: Mazie's School Picture I love this picture! Mazie had her very first school pictures at preschool this year. She seems to be communicating very well what she thinks about …

Apr 29, 2008: I 💚 Slicehost!

Apr 29, 2008: I wish that anyone that did anything with avatars would just get their act together around one source. They need to be universal.

Apr 29, 2008: Updating Pleo to 1.1.

Apr 29, 2008: Something seems to be driving increased Twitter adoption. I’m getting a lot of people I know signing on and following me. Welcome!

Apr 28, 2008: At Ruby User Group meeting.

Apr 28, 2008: Just seeing that Postini has grabbed some emails from me that were note spam.

Apr 28, 2008: Wondering if there is any reason to use Subversion and git, or just wholesale use git only.

Apr 27, 2008: Just got Mario Kart for the Wii!

Apr 27, 2008: Suspect FireWire cable just wasted an hour of time.

Apr 27, 2008: Never record DV and HDV content on a single DV tape. Makes importing a total nightmare!

Apr 26, 2008: Just received another $100 deposit from Google Adwords for Road Sign Math. I should really pay at least a little attention to that site.

Apr 26, 2008: Checked out Craftaganza at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. Pretty cool. Go if you can.

Apr 26, 2008: Dropped Izzy and Chase off at Downtown Dogs.

Apr 26, 2008: Happy Big Birthday Day to Tammy!

Apr 26, 2008: Totally bailing on the Get in Gear 5k. Tammy too.

Apr 26, 2008: January-like snow at the end of April!? Ugh!

Apr 25, 2008: Just found a wood tick crawling on my back in bed. Blaming Izzy for bringing it into the house. Seems tick season has started!

Apr 25, 2008: Beware, Perian 1.1 and iDVD using H.264 video sources is bad mojo. You have to remove the Perian drivers before transcoding for the DVD.

Apr 25, 2008: Gearing up for Tammy’s birthday weekend!

Apr 25, 2008: The $300,000 Watch That Doesn’t Tell Time ← Anyone up for a $300,000 watch that doesn’t tell the time? 🤪

Apr 23, 2008: Yum Kitchen gets WiFi The Internet continues to expand! I was recently at Yum! Kitchen and Bakery, a regular favorite restaurant of ours, and was happy to see my iPhone …

Apr 23, 2008: For some reason I feel like I need to avoid Facebook chat as if it were some virulent strain of bird flu.

Apr 22, 2008: Al's Breakfast A few days ago I got a hankering for hash browns. It seems most breakfast places have moved to potato wedges which are a far, far cry from hash browns …

Apr 22, 2008: Just submitted a serious bug in iMovie to Apple.

Apr 22, 2008: Totally ecstatic about the warranty repair job on my Aeron chair today. Like new!

Apr 21, 2008: Spent the entire evening playing digital librarian. Moving photos and home movies around to their proper spots. Tedious, but necessary. Would someone …

Apr 21, 2008: File copy was taking forever and I just noticed I was on my 802.11g network. Flipped to 802.11n, much faster.

Apr 21, 2008: Just converted 240 images from CR2 to DNG. First ever use of DNG. Attracted by the 10-20% reduction in file size.

Apr 21, 2008: iPhone just restarted itself while syncing. 😕

Apr 21, 2008: Just imported my first DV tape from the Canon HV30. Quality is amazing.

Apr 21, 2008: Finally watching Paris-Roubaix. Thanks TiVo.

Apr 19, 2008: Just watched “Run Fatboy Run”. Nice feel good movie.

Apr 19, 2008: Surprising number of birthdays at Hickory Park.

Apr 18, 2008: Big Smith & Blue Mountain at The Bottleneck (Lawrence, Kansas) Tammy and I are hanging out in Lawrence, Kansas this weekend. We are here to fulfill her New Year resolution to see Big Smith play …

Apr 18, 2008: Local Burger and Miltons (Lawrence, Kansas) When doing her research for places to check out in Lawrence, Tammy ran across an interesting restaurant called Local Burger. Local …

Apr 17, 2008: Just found out my broken Aeron chair is still under warranty! Free repair. 😊

Apr 17, 2008: Sonic stop in Missouri on the way to Lawrence, Kansas!

Apr 17, 2008: Very disappointed that my Mac Pro has the same video problems after they replaced the 2nd card in the shop. despair. Anyone know of a good …

Apr 16, 2008: Truth Revealed! Fresh dent in MacBook Pro is from wife dropping it!

Apr 16, 2008: Adding yet another Vista BSOD to the my running count.

Apr 15, 2008: Left BlackBerry in NY cab. Contacted cabbie but he got taken to JFK. Ugh! Luckily getting it back in a bit. Still waiting for BlackBerry return. …

Apr 13, 2008: Just upgraded all my WordPress plugins. So happy to do that in 2.5 now. Wishing there was an “Upgrade All” button.

Apr 13, 2008: Threat level is still orange. Be afraid!

Apr 13, 2008: If KML is the HTML of geo, what is the XHTML of geo?

Apr 13, 2008: I sent this tweet four hours ago. Your getting it now, in the future, from me in the past. One of the tweets highlighted in my MarketWatch Farewell …

Apr 12, 2008: Minneapolis Getting Comcast Love This rolled by in my newsfeed a few days ago and caught my eye. The New York Times had a short piece on Minneapolis getting some new high-speed …

Apr 12, 2008: TED - Podcast You Should Be Watching TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. TED has an annual conference that in recent years has become a pretty amazing event. Getting into …

Apr 12, 2008: Wow - if you “Restore to Factory Defaults” an original Apple TV you are left with v 1.0 on it. Eek…

Apr 12, 2008: My computers are turning on me and its ugly!

Apr 12, 2008: Mac Pro going into the shop for diagnostics and repair. Apple TV being swapped today.

Apr 12, 2008: Funny that using OS X still makes me so much happier than any other OS I use on a regular basis.

Apr 11, 2008: Ugh – finally gave up and made an appointment for my Mac Pro. This has to be a hardware issue.

Apr 11, 2008: Anyone know if you can change Time Machine in Leopard to run while on battery power? Only running when plugged in is screwing me up.

Apr 11, 2008: Still thinking about Into the Wild from last night. What a movie. Think I need to read the book.

Apr 10, 2008: Good Luck to Hector in Ironman Arizona My brother-in-law Hector is racing in Ironman Arizona this weekend! On Sunday morning he is going to do the epic 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and 26.2 …

Apr 10, 2008: Continued refining and thinning of household “junk”. So much more to do. Simplify.

Apr 10, 2008: CSSEdit just saved me major pain and anguish. Happy.

Apr 9, 2008: Just reinstalled my Mac Pro and my dreaded video problem persists. I’m worried this is hardware related. Ugh. Slowly rebuilding my Mac Pro. …

Apr 9, 2008: Why is it so predictable that the one button Mazie would be most obsessed with on my MacBook Pro is the POWER button. One of the tweets highlighted in …

Apr 9, 2008: Tammy is doing her first iMovie project and it looks really great. This is why iMovie made the right move. Timeline, schmimeline.

Apr 7, 2008: Very annoyed that I cannot just download a Google Earth installer anymore. You are forced to download the Google Updater and use it!?

Apr 6, 2008: At Gasthof’s for German beer and food! And accordian music!

Apr 6, 2008: Reading about directed acyclic graphs.

Apr 5, 2008: Question: is there ever a case where “utilize” is more appropriate than “use”? Related: See word lists.

Apr 5, 2008: At party celebrating Dr. Dave.

Apr 4, 2008: Watching 60 Minutes on TiVo. Nice to see Al Gore has upgraded to Leopard.

Apr 4, 2008: Matinee movie! Leatherheads.

Apr 1, 2008: How Software Is Built Interview A few weeks ago I got the opportunity to do a phone interview with Scott Swigart and Sean Campbell who are doing a series of interviews regarding How …

Apr 1, 2008: Feeling fairly stupid having trouble migrating to WP 2.5 built-in avatar support and ditching Gravatar plugin. Ugh. Avatar success! Magic is: <?php …

Mar 31, 2008: Getting tired of the more and more elaborate April Fools things from various Internet sites. Perhaps I’m being lame.

Mar 30, 2008: Heading to The Bulldog for early ruby.mn fun.

Mar 29, 2008: Watching Clifford Stoll’s TED video. Dude seems totally insane.

Mar 29, 2008: Seems the USB hub in one of my Dell monitors is dead. 1 hour of my life wasted.

Mar 28, 2008: Watching Frontline “Bush’s War” in the background. Hard to even watch. Watching a disaster in slow-motion.

Mar 28, 2008: Updating three Apple TV’s to 2.0.1.

Mar 28, 2008: Enabling Time Machine via network drive for all Macs.

Mar 27, 2008: Summer of Love Preview This summer is going to be filled with a lot of travel. I’m taking the summer off after leaving my current role, before I get going on a new …

Mar 26, 2008: Flashback: BigCharts on CNBC Flashback to February 4, 1998! Here are a couple of videos that I stumbled upon on my machine recently. These are an extraordinary walk down memory …

Mar 26, 2008: I wish time didn’t go so very fast when I’m jamming on my laptop in the evening. One of the tweets highlighted in my MarketWatch Farewell …

Mar 26, 2008: The question isnt if, but to what extent, I’m addicted to the Internet. One of the tweets highlighted in my MarketWatch Farewell Video.

Mar 26, 2008: Wish I had an Xserve running Leopard server at home. Starting to feel the need for something like iCal server.

Mar 25, 2008: Playing Magnetix with Mazie.

Mar 24, 2008: Airbags Kaput, What Would You Do? A couple of weeks ago my aging 1999 Audi A6 Avant decided to start flickering a little red light at me. Kind of like the car was winking at me. A …

Mar 24, 2008: FriendFeed Duplication via Mashing I’ve been working with financial news for years now and there is a really common problem in financial news, deduplication. The issue is when …

Mar 24, 2008: More FriendFeed Fun I wrote earlier about FriendFeed and I’m continuing to really enjoy it. I’ve played in the past with aggregation and this is by far the …

Mar 24, 2008: New York Taxis Get Computers I seem to be on a string of complaints about screens being placed everywhere (annoying ads and zip codes. I admit that being the gadget geek I am, …

Mar 24, 2008: Zip Code Insult for Gas I’ve already written about how annoying it is to be bombarded with advertisements while buying gas. Now they’ve gone even further. I went …

Mar 24, 2008: Installing drivers for my ancient HP ScanJet 5500c. Scanner heading to be recycled. Drivers are PowerPC only. Ugh. New scanner ordered — and a new …

Mar 24, 2008: Just spent 90 minutes rerouting cables, moving peripherals and optimizing my desk. 5 more hours to go before it’s all nice.

Mar 24, 2008: It’s annoying when sales people are so obviously trying to figure out a “tickler date” to call you back.

Mar 23, 2008: Watching MacBook Air commercial and experiencing lust.

Mar 23, 2008: Yeah - found a plugin to block registration spam. I’ve been getting hammered with it the last few days.

Mar 21, 2008: Life Tip #845: Completely finish the electrical wiring work on your aquarium before filling it with water and putting fish in it. Ugh! One of the …

Mar 20, 2008: Ordering a Canon HV30. Finally making the jump to a new, hi-def video camera.

Mar 19, 2008: Wow – Safari 3.1 really is blazing fast.

Mar 18, 2008: Obamas “More Perfect Union” speech one of the most amazing I’ve ever heard a politician give. Brave and inspiring.

Mar 18, 2008: Vista SP1 has totally hosed my WiFi card. How ridiculous can Vista get. It worked fine before.

Mar 18, 2008: First Gary Gygax dies. Now Arthur C. Clarke. Not a good week for geek heroes.

Mar 17, 2008: FriendFeed is Pretty Cool In September 2007 I came up with the idea of using a Yahoo! Pipe to create the Thingelstad Superfeed. The basic idea was to provide one feed that you …

Mar 17, 2008: Publisher Party at Hearst Tower I got a fun opportunity to attend a really nice event hosted by True Ventures, Automattic, Sphere, New York Times and Hearst Interactive at the Hearst …

Mar 17, 2008: Finally checking into the Westin. Long day. The broadband in this hotel is horrible. Westin gets my vote for best bed in any recent hotel.

Mar 16, 2008: My Mac Pro just froze on me twice within thirty minutes. Not good. 🙁 panic(cpu 1 caller 0x00192D43): pmap_flush_tlbs() timeout: cpu 2 failing to …

Mar 16, 2008: Happy St. Patricks Day everyone!

Mar 16, 2008: Getting lots of server errors while using Google Reader today. Anyone else?

Mar 16, 2008: Heading to dinner at Tamarind in New York for meeting with Sapient.

Mar 15, 2008: Getting ready to tap a maple tree!

Mar 15, 2008: Heading to Horton Hears a Who. Hoping it’s not sold out.

Mar 14, 2008: Pragmatic Studio: Rails Studio Graduate! I graduated! Or, well, at least I got the certificate! I finally took the plunge this week and took Rails Studio after thinking about it many times. I …

Mar 12, 2008: I think I left my super fancy iPhone headphones on the last plane! Argh!

Mar 11, 2008: Pragmatic Studio: Rails Studio Day 3 Today was the last day of Rails Studio. Dave and Mike took us through the finish line with a packed syllabus. We took our event application all the …

Mar 11, 2008: Tip: Paying Attention with Laptop I’ve spent the last two days in this all day Rails training class. Here is my #1 tip for helping to stay focused. It’s really simple, just …

Mar 11, 2008: Wii Suggestion, Flickr! One of the great things about the Wii is the built in support for the Internet. The freely available Opera browser for the Wii is perhaps one of the …

Mar 11, 2008: Hanging out at Starbucks playing with some code and surfing.

Mar 10, 2008: Beautiful Evidence I’m the newest member into a small book club that only counts tech geeks in its membership. The first book I read in the club was Edward …

Mar 10, 2008: Flashback: The Day Webfront Died I’ve been cleaning up some old, old files on my machine and have run into some really fun stuff. I’ll have a few posts with some of this …

Mar 10, 2008: Fluid and Site-Specific Browsers So, you may be wondering what a site-specific browser is. In a nutshell, it is just a web browser that is packaged with some specific functionality or …

Mar 10, 2008: Hello Again, Twitter Last November I decided to pull the plug and wish Twitter “buh-bye”. Those that follow me have realized that I’ve returned to …

Mar 10, 2008: Pragmatic Studio: Rails Studio Day 2 Today was day two of Rails Studio. Dave Thomas and Mike Clark really ramped up the fire hose today. We continued working on our project site and today …

Mar 10, 2008: Rails API using Fluid SSB I’ve been diving big into Ruby on Rails this week with this class I’m taking. One of the things I found right away is you need to have the …

Mar 10, 2008: Looking forward to South by Southwest being over and Twitter returning to normal.

Mar 9, 2008: Caffeine for your Mac Here is a little piece of free software that you don’t realize you need for your Mac, particularly your MacBook laptop. Caffeine is a free …

Mar 9, 2008: Pragmatic Studio: Rails Studio Day 1 I’m in Denver today for the first of three days of Rails Studio. Rails Studio is one of the Pragmatic Studio classes offered by Pragmatic …

Mar 9, 2008: Really happy I didn’t waste time and money to go to SxSW for a soap opera’s and parties.

Mar 9, 2008: Fugaise Restaurant Tammy and I just got back from a fabulous evening out. We were invited to join our friends across the street, and a number of other folks, at Fugaise …

Mar 8, 2008: At a dinner with at least 10 doctors. Tempted to stab myself with a knife to see some action. One of the tweets highlighted in my MarketWatch Farewell …

Mar 8, 2008: Just pushed all the clocks ahead an hour. This early DST stuff is still odd.

Mar 7, 2008: Getting a fire going in the fireplace. Nice contrast to the frigid cold outside.

Mar 7, 2008: Getting services at the Government Service Center.

Mar 6, 2008: Heading to lunch with Tom Von Kuster and Paul Bieganski. Thanks Dan Grigsby for the intro.

Mar 6, 2008: Updating Vista to SP1. Wish me luck. I feel I’m going to need it. Vista SP1 Dialog: “The installation might take an hour or more. Your …

Mar 5, 2008: Very impressed with the iPhone 2.0 release. Disappointed that I have to wait until June!

Mar 4, 2008: Just spent a really frustrating hour trying to move a 4.5G set of files over my Wireless network. Grr…

Mar 4, 2008: Demo for Lightroom User Group meeting is ready to go and I think it’s going to be pretty good! Exciting.

Mar 2, 2008: Checked into Hampton Inn in Bismarck for the night. Rest of drive tomorrow morning.

Mar 2, 2008: So far me managing my own VPS on Slicehost is not outperforming Dreamhost. Problem is the guy at the keys I think. 😕

Mar 2, 2008: Mazie to Dad using iPhone, “Dont do that.”, pointing at the iPhone. One of the tweets highlighted in my MarketWatch Farewell Video.

Feb 29, 2008: Leaving Sammy’s Pizza in Minot, ND. Only 90 more minutes of driving. (8 hours driving so far.)

Feb 29, 2008: The Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová show sold out in less than an hour!

Feb 26, 2008: In the pharmacy drive-thru at Walgreens feeling 132 years old.

Feb 24, 2008: Congratulations to Diablo Cody! A Minnesota Oscar winner! Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova playing on the Oscars. Yeah! Definitely getting tickets …

Feb 24, 2008: Just baked three loaves of banana bread. Yum. Chase just ate half-loaf of banana bread off the counter! One of the tweets highlighted in my …

Feb 24, 2008: Just ran into Dan Grigsby having coffee with Matt O’Keefe at my local coffee shop.

Feb 24, 2008: Quiet Lately I haven’t been posting much the last couple of weeks. My travel schedule has been a bit higher than normal, which you would think could lead to …

Feb 22, 2008: Having a frustrating time trying to export a movie out of ScreenFlow. I’m totally impressed with how well done Slicehost tutorials are written. …

Feb 22, 2008: Just calculated that I have 7,624,000 pixels on my desktop. One of the tweets highlighted in my MarketWatch Farewell Video.

Feb 20, 2008: Back in hotel room. TV doesn’t work in this room. I find the failed TV more annoying than I think I should. Listening to Pandora instead. One of …

Feb 20, 2008: Just finished doing the majority of the initial setup on my Ubuntu slice at Slicehost. Pretty simple with their very well written docs.

Feb 20, 2008: Watching The Family Guy on Hulu. Shocked I’m actually using Hulu. Solves broken TV problem.

Feb 19, 2008: Giving up on NetNewsWires and NewsGator and going back to Google Reader. Just can’t deal with the suboptimal mobile experience.

Feb 19, 2008: Just finished tour of Fox Business studios. Pretty cool.

Feb 17, 2008: Pulled the trigger on a HP Color LaserJet 2605dtn. Looking forward to having a nice printer with all the whistles - Postscript, Duplexing.

Feb 16, 2008: Reading about the Epson Stylus Pro 3800 and trying to convince myself I need one.

Feb 16, 2008: Just got my Nabaztag hooked up to Twitter! Welcome Twitter people to Thinglestag!

Feb 16, 2008: Totally obsessed about getting my MacBook Pro laser etched. Any suggestions?

Feb 16, 2008: Why isn’t there a Flickr channel on the Wii? This seems like such an obvious and easy thing. Please Yahoo and Nintendo, do this!

Feb 16, 2008: Interested in a Minneapolis WordCamp? I’m conducting a quick test to see how much interest there would be in hosting a Minneapolis WordCamp. WordCamp is an unconference focused on …

Feb 14, 2008: Got a NabazTag from my wife for Valentines day. Can’t wait to connect it to Twitter!

Feb 14, 2008: At coffee shop, noting how different it is when two women chat at a coffee shop versus two men. So completely different. Freaky.

Feb 12, 2008: Upgrading third and final Apple TV to 2.0. So far I’m really impressed with the new features. I especially love the Flickr integration!

Feb 12, 2008: Holy crap! Apple TV’s now show up as AirTunes remote speakers. How cool! Just had 3 systems all playing the same music from my desktop. One of …

Feb 12, 2008: Struggling to keep my personal mailbox under control. Email is a virus.

Feb 12, 2008: Wishing there was a WordPress user group in Minneapolis. And yes, I realize I could start one.

Feb 12, 2008: Apple TV Take 2 Initial Impressions Today brought the Apple TV faithful a big win with the release of Apple TV Take 2, or more appropriately the Apple TV 2.0 Software. Being the proud …

Feb 11, 2008: Happy to get 10.5.2. Still wondering where that promised Apple TV update is!

Feb 11, 2008: Mac OS X 10.5.2 Update is Out! The long awaited, and huge (341MB), update for Mac OS X 10.5.2 is out now! Get it while it’s hot! Don’t forget to do a second Software …

Feb 10, 2008: Living in Minnesota it gets cold. Really cold. But this is a bit over the top. Yeah, like I said. Cold! We were going along just fine and then boom, …

Feb 9, 2008: Trying out Coda for the first time and thinking that it may be perfect!

Feb 9, 2008: Confluence Case Study A case study was just posted at the Atlassian website on the use of the Confluence wiki solution at work. Some nice quotes from me in it, and the …

Feb 9, 2008: In Defense of Food - An Eater's Manifesto I just finished reading Michael Pollan’s newest book, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto. It is a well-written and well-researched …

Feb 8, 2008: Happy to be using my MacBook Pro again. Missed it after a week on that horrible Dell Latitude.

Feb 7, 2008: Just finished great dinner at Los Dos.

Feb 7, 2008: Checked into Holiday Inn in New Jersey. This hotel may redefine the meaning of cheap. So tired!

Feb 7, 2008: I can’t have jam.ie, too bad. I could have thingl.es. The domain maz.ie is actually available. That would be a nice reservation for my daughter. …

Feb 7, 2008: Ann Coulter being interviewed on the TV. The evil is warping the image and starting to melt the plastic.

Feb 7, 2008: Watching Walt Mossberg talk about the iPhone and technology trends. Cool!

Feb 6, 2008: Just loaded summer travel plans into Dopplr. Phew!

Feb 6, 2008: Threat level ORANGE! Stay terrified.

Feb 6, 2008: Mazie's Awesome T-Shirt This weekend we were in a store and I saw this t-shirt. It was a must have for Maze! If you have trouble reading that, it’s: AB/CD FOR THOSE …

Feb 3, 2008: Impressed by an actually interesting Super Bowl! Congrats to the Giants!

Feb 3, 2008: Mazie's First Voicemail Another “Proud Papa” post. This landed in my voicemail a day ago. Made me melt. Your browser does not support the audio element. Oh …

Feb 2, 2008: Delicious Library 2 Interview I love Delicious Library. Why? Delicious Library to me epitomizes the belief that software can always be better. Fundamentally what Delicious Library …

Feb 2, 2008: Mazie and the Mirrors After swim class today Mazie and I had our usual bagel routine and afterwards we walked down the mall. Along our walk she found these mirrored columns …

Feb 1, 2008: Just won the Change Game on $5.67!

Feb 1, 2008: Jumpnode Network Appliance For the last few months I’ve had a Jumpnode appliance in my house keeping a tab on all of my computers, the network and other infrastructure. …

Feb 1, 2008: Tufte Returning to Minneapolis June 23 & 24 I was checking out Edward Tufte’s site the other day and I noted that he is going to be returning to Minneapolis again for his seminar. …

Jan 30, 2008: Solving Offsite Backups Nobody likes to deal with backups. It’s a chore. It usually has some expense to it. But we all know it’s critical. Your probably backing …

Jan 29, 2008: $8 for the MnPASS lane!? I’ll pass on that.

Jan 29, 2008: Registered for RailsConf 2008 Registration just opened up for RailsConf 2008 in Portland, Oregon. I’m heading out to my first RailsConf!

Jan 14, 2008: Chase's "Procedure" Tomorrow Chase will have been living with us for one month and a week. It seems like so much longer than that. He has a big day. Not a good day, but a …

Jan 14, 2008: New Year Resolutions - Tech Edition I don’t have New Year resolutions every year, but this year I figured what the heck. Looking back, while I didn’t call it a resolution, I …

Jan 14, 2008: Revamped OS X Desktop Sometimes I get stuck on something, particularly late at night and I get totally obsessed. It’s almost always not very important, but then I …

Jan 14, 2008: Shaving Green Our house keeps getting greener and greener. Tammy has done an awesome job of finding alternative products for us to use that are better for the …

Jan 11, 2008: Spreading the Digital Love This will be brief since I’m posting it from my iPhone. I spent the night with my brother-in-law Hector getting his Mac all souped up with …

Jan 4, 2008: I just upgraded WordPress to 2.3.2 on all of the sites I run. Of course this starts with the mandatory upgrade of any plugins that are outdated. While …

Jan 3, 2008: 36th Birthday! Today I turned 36! It was a great, great day spent with my wonderful wife and amazing daughter. And, this super cool cake. Thanks to everyone for many …

Jan 1, 2008: Defensive Domain Names I purchased thingelstad.com in April 1999. I’m a little surprised that it took me until 1999 to buy my own last name. It seems odd to me now that I …

Jan 1, 2008: Get a Gravatar and Be Cool! If you have commented on my blog you have likely noticed this blue Gravatar image appearing next to your post. This is the default image that appears …

Jan 1, 2008: Get a Monopod and Improve Your Home Movies Do you have a video camera? You need a monopod! This Christmas I got the Bogen-Manfrotto Pro Black Monopod with Swivel Tilt Head. This item has been …

Dec 30, 2007: It's a Wii Christmas It’s very possible that my friends and family think I need to have more fun. There must have been a vast conspiracy to hit me with a bunch of …

Dec 30, 2007: Western Digital 1TB My Book A long, long time ago I decided to do an experiment. I built a server with 1 terabyte in storage. I wanted to see if the average person could deploy a …

Dec 29, 2007: Beat Guitar Hero III on Medium Big day today! I beat Guitar Hero III on medium. Wahoo! I don’t think I’m even going to attempt hard. It just seems rather insane. …

Dec 26, 2007: Christmas 2007

Dec 25, 2007: Awesome Bluetooth Headset Dude! I got my brother-in-law Denny a new Bluetooth headset for Christmas and my brother-in-law Hector showed up after putting in a mandatory morning at the …

Dec 25, 2007: Merry Christmas 2007 Christmas 2007 is a wrap! Great time with family. Mazie really started to grok the holiday this year and was pretty excited. She loves presents. In …

Dec 24, 2007: 2007 Holiday Letter Tammy and I are both pretty shocked that we got a holiday letter out this year. It just sort of happened. Tammy started writing something and it just …

Dec 23, 2007: Guitar Hero III - 497 Note Streak I’m still having a blast on Guitar Hero III. I played for a while yesterday trying to clear some levels before the big Christmas Day …

Dec 23, 2007: Vimeo Solves Video Problems I have been searching for a good video hosting service for a while. Something that solves my online video problems like Flickr solves my online photo …

Dec 21, 2007: "All In" On Apple TV I thought about naming this post “I have a dream” but I figured the SEO impacts would be all wrong. The idea though would be spot on. I …

Dec 20, 2007: Dow Jones Disco Party 2007 Oh my. Really. Wow. Absolutely fabulous! That is the only way to start any post on the 2007 Dow Jones Disco Party that we had this year. This years …

Dec 20, 2007: New Apple Store in New York I was out in New York last week and couldn’t pass up an opportunity to check out the brand new Apple Store on 14th Street. It’s worth a …

Dec 18, 2007: Christmas Tree 2007 We’ve been a bit slow getting our Christmas tree up this year. We finally got one today and I figured it was a great time to do another …

Dec 15, 2007: Guitar Hero III Rocks the Wii I’m totally obsessed with my Wii all over again and it’s because of Guitar Hero III - Legends of Rock. In between attempts to update my …

Dec 15, 2007: Nintendo Wii Servers Overloaded It seems that delivering Wii’s to stores isn’t the only supply problem Nintendo has. Every time they release new versions of the software …

Dec 15, 2007: OLPC XO-1 Arrived My One Laptop Per Child XO-1 arrived today! I haven’t had any time to work with it so you will all have to wait to hear my thoughts on it. Some …

Dec 13, 2007: Blog Cred to Dictionary Evangelist My RSS reader is filled with a lot of technology stuff, a variety of Apple websites and a ton of friends that have blogs. I recently subscribed to a …

Dec 8, 2007: iPhone Screen Broken On Thursday of this week I experienced a disaster. I got a phone call and while taking my iPhone out of my pocket it slipped and I fumbled it ever so …

Dec 8, 2007: Welcome Chase! It was nine months ago that we added Izzy to our family. Today we added another dog to the family. His name is Chase! We adopted Chase today after …

Dec 8, 2007: Winnipeg Folk Festival Finale Study Guide I have given myself and a couple of my friends (him and him) a task for the upcoming Winnipeg Folk Festival. There is a tradition on the final night …

Dec 6, 2007: Mount Your iPhone While Flying Ever since I’ve gotten my iPhone I now have a new routine before I travel. I make sure to sync the iPhone with iTunes and get all the most …

Dec 6, 2007: Pleo Hatches After months of waiting Pleo has finally arrived! Pleo is the first robot from Ugobe. It seems not many people had pre-ordered Pleo (according to …

Dec 4, 2007: Copyright Notice in RSS Feed If you are reading thingelstad.com via the RSS feed you will notice that I have added a copyright notice creative commons license to the feed, along …

Dec 4, 2007: Crash Pen It seems that I lost my Crash pen today. This makes me very sad. I’ve had this pen for a few years and I think it’s just supremely cool …

Dec 4, 2007: Linksys WTR-54GS: Making Travel Better for Internet Junkies I recently picked up a Linksys WTR-54GS travel router based on the positive recommendation of my friend Chris. He had gotten one before going on a big …

Dec 4, 2007: Open Thread: Presenting at Code Freeze 2008 I’m presenting at Code Freeze 2008 in January. The title of my presentation is Innovation in Product Development. Everyone wants to have the …

Dec 3, 2007: MarsEdit I’m totally geeking over MarsEdit right now. MarsEdit is the desktop blogging client that I recently started using with my site. I’ve …

Dec 3, 2007: Stay Focused in WriteRoom I’m writing this post on a plane. I’m drafting with MarsEdit to post later. There isn’t much interesting about that. What is …

Dec 1, 2007: Top 10 Apple Wishes - iTunes Edition It’s the holiday season and along with that comes the time for everyone to make wishes for gifts. Along those lines, I put together my Top 10 …

Dec 1, 2007: Website Updates (Nov 2007) I just finished a pretty long session or upgrades and improvements to thingelstad.com. Here are some new things to check out. Gravatars I actually …

Nov 27, 2007: CPR Training at Red Cross Tammy and I had our first of two sessions getting CPR certified last night at the Twin Cities Red Cross. The class was a lot more than just CPR. It …

Nov 27, 2007: Upcoming Office Holiday Party Our annual holiday party at the office is coming up this weekend. It has been a tradition for many years to have a theme. There was a black & tie …

Nov 24, 2007: Rays of Sunlight on Artists Point in Grand Marais.

Nov 22, 2007: iTunes Ecosystem I mentioned in another post how much I’ve been enjoying iTunes. A few weeks ago I extended my Apple TV coverage to the family room and it just …

Nov 21, 2007: Apple, Please Make This - Apple TV + iPhone = iCar The iTunes ecosystem is pretty amazing. It spans my exercise routine (iPod Nano), entertainment on a flight (my iPhone and kicking back on the sofa …

Nov 21, 2007: Can't I Buy Overpriced Gas In Quiet? The other morning I pulled into SuperAmerica [link removed] on my way into work to fill up the tank. I got out and started to fill up and was greeted …

Nov 21, 2007: I Made a Pie! I made a pie! That’s right! A whole pie, from scratch, the whole deal. I made the crust. I steamed the pumpkin. No canned pie filling here! I …

Nov 21, 2007: The Office Men's Bathroom At our office we have a long running joke about the men’s bathroom. By long running I mean several years. There is always something wrong. …

Nov 18, 2007: Butterball! Tammy and I had a great time last night at the Butterball! Through the generosity of my friend Dan Grigsby, Tammy and I as well as the Tangen’s …

Nov 18, 2007: Chipai Fishing Trip Video It’s been a long time since June when my father-in-law took all the brother-in-laws fishing in Canada.

Nov 18, 2007: One Laptop Per Child, and Me Technology has the promise of being the great equalizer, or a great divider. I don’t think enough is being done to make sure that the benefits …

Nov 11, 2007: Launch of MinnPost.com Last night Tammy and I joined some friends and attended the launch party for MinnPost.com. MinnPost is an interesting new non-profit trying to bring …

Nov 8, 2007: Initial Review of GMail's IMAP Service I’ve been yearning for native IMAP for a long time now. Essentially since the day I got my iPhone. It got much worse as Leopard approached and …

Nov 6, 2007: iTunes Social Edition I’ve become a huge fan of iTunes. I’m pretty sure this is the biggest about face that I’ve ever done on a piece of software. For …

Nov 6, 2007: Mixed Green Messages I just took a trip to San Francisco. The hotel I stayed in had some odd mixed messages related to green issues. They encouraged me to forego daily …

Nov 4, 2007: Sous Les Sapins Photos from our weekend in Eastern Iowa staying at Sous Les Sapins Guesthouse with friends.

Nov 3, 2007: Buh-Bye Twitter I’ve tweeted my last tweet. If you’re a diligent visitor to my blog, you’ll notice that the Twitter section on the right hand side is no …

Nov 3, 2007: The Hold Steady at the State Theater On Thursday I went to see The Hold Steady for the first time. The Hold Steady is a Minneapolis-grown band that has now reached some recognition. It …

Oct 31, 2007: Hiding in the dark having ran out of candy on Halloween!

Oct 30, 2007: Wiring up Mail.app with GMail/IMAP. First impression — painfully slow.

Oct 29, 2007: Intrigued by CouchDB.

Oct 28, 2007: 2007 Block Pumpkin Carving The annual block gathering to carve up some Halloween pumpkins. We got a great one this year!

Oct 28, 2007: Just grabbed thinglestad.com (e and l transposed). This is the most common mispelling of my last name. A bit surprised it was still available.

Oct 28, 2007: Ruby Users of Minnesota meeting @ Acadia Cafe.

Oct 26, 2007: At the Dolphin Show with Mazie! One of the tweets highlighted in my MarketWatch Farewell Video.

Oct 26, 2007: Having lunch with Mazie at Yum! One of the tweets highlighted in my MarketWatch Farewell Video.

Oct 26, 2007: At dinner with my wonderful wife waiting for food and then going to RadioLab. Date night!

Oct 25, 2007: Leopard Has Arrived It’s been a busy night here. This morning Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard” arrived and I started installing it on all four Macs right away. …

Oct 25, 2007: Mazie's Big Girl Bed Monday was a big day in the Thingelstad household! A few weeks ago we ordered Mazie's new toddler bed and it finally arrived. After dinner that night …

Oct 25, 2007: Minnedemo 3 a Wrap Does anyone know where the reference to Mo’ started? Like, we got our mo’ in the second half. Our products really selling, we’ve got …

Oct 22, 2007: After using the iPhone for a few months the Blackberry can feel like you are carving on stone tablets.

Oct 22, 2007: Person at the counter just totally blew up at their boss while taking my order.

Oct 21, 2007: I had a lot of fun on Jyte today.

Oct 21, 2007: I think either Tuffmail or Fastmail.fm will do all that I want from an email host.

Oct 20, 2007: Becoming an MPR Sustaining Member.

Oct 20, 2007: Finished cleaning and rearranging the garage. Time for afternoon espresso.

Oct 19, 2007: Just finished a night of Wii gaming and Apple geekery with my friend Chad.

Oct 19, 2007: Mazie and I rockin’ out with the Foo Fighters.

Oct 19, 2007: Mazie and I having a great time at Mill City Farmers Market. Great music today!

Oct 19, 2007: Finished making my Butternut Squash and Garlic Puree.

Oct 17, 2007: Just ordered a Ball of Whacks.

Oct 16, 2007: I’m never going to agree to ship to Canada on eBay ever again.

Oct 16, 2007: Declaring today National iPhone Liberation day.

Oct 13, 2007: “kids drain the life out of you” — Dean

Oct 12, 2007: Missed a Change Game win by 1¢!

Oct 11, 2007: Watching Charlotte’s Web with Mazie. One of the tweets highlighted in my MarketWatch Farewell Video.

Oct 10, 2007: Wilco Concert! Its hard to watch Wilco without being a bitter old man. Do they really need that many keyboards? That Jayhawks guy is on stage again! …

Oct 10, 2007: Minnedemo On my way to Minnedemo! Open WiFi at O’Gara’s! Yeah! Crashplan demo at Minnedemo! FanChatter demo. Leaving Minnedemo. Great night!

Oct 8, 2007: Tammy Finishes Twin Cities Marathon This past weekend Tammy finished the Twin Cities Marathon! This was her first marathon attempt ever. She now has that 26.2 mile event under her belt. …

Oct 7, 2007: Have resorted completely to Meebo after Trillian and Vista separated with irreparable differences.

Oct 6, 2007: Just edited and posted the first-ever player written post on Road Sign Math.

Oct 5, 2007: Iconize Me Avatars I’m giddy! It’s like Christmas around the Thingelstad house. Why? We have new avatars! Several weeks ago a friend of mine clued me in on …

Oct 5, 2007: Moneyball I just finished reading Moneyball. This book was recommended to me by a friend who really likes baseball and feels that it’s very odd that I …

Oct 5, 2007: Moved to Dreamhost and WordPress 2.3 It’s been a couple of busy late nights here for me. I’ve been doing major work with my websites, including this one. The last two months …

Oct 5, 2007: Lunch at Trotter’s Cafe in St. Paul.

Oct 3, 2007: Uh oh, I think I just bricked my BlackBerry Yep, BlackBerry is bricked. Have to send it in. Ugh.

Oct 3, 2007: Throw out all your plastic now! It’s killing you!

Oct 2, 2007: Pleading that the seat next to me remains unoccupied. Flying Rule #754: Don’t leave your stupid bag 6" outside the overhead! Flying Rule …

Oct 1, 2007: Viewing a PowerPoint presentation that would make Edward Tufte scream.

Sep 29, 2007: Just finished watching Jarhead.

Sep 27, 2007: iPhone software update failed, restoring iPhone firmware to attempt again. Biting nails. iPhone breathing again with 1.1.1. Phew…

Sep 26, 2007: Feeling like the guy that dissolves in the storm of papers in the movie Brazil. Starting to question if I will EVER be able to transfer 100 gig of …

Sep 25, 2007: I need a ship. One of the tweets highlighted in my MarketWatch Farewell Video.

Sep 24, 2007: 2007 Minneapolis Bike Tour Tammy and I got to be one of the 4,500 participants in the very first Minneapolis Bike Tour a couple of weekends ago. I road with my Ironman …

Sep 24, 2007: Electric Arc Radio A little over a week ago Tammy and I went with some friends to see Electric Arc Radio. You may have heard about this group of writers under their …

Sep 23, 2007: Sitting at my desk, sweating. Thinking about how much I hate our office space. Around 83 °F in office. One of the tweets highlighted in my MarketWatch …

Sep 20, 2007: Too hot to be sitting at a computer. Over 80 in my office.

Sep 17, 2007: First Twitter reference just made at OPA Tech Day.

Sep 15, 2007: Done with the short route at the Minneapolis Tour bike ride

Sep 10, 2007: Etymotic Research ER6 Earbuds for iPhone One of the unexpected byproducts of getting the iPhone is that I’m listening to a lot more music on the go. There are two primary reasons for …

Sep 10, 2007: Stop Drinking Bottled Water Tammy has been leading the way on a number of environmentally conscious improvements in our house. We’ve done a lot of big things like our solar …

Sep 7, 2007: At Minnesota Renaissance Festival. Got a cape and a staff to go with it! Very busy today! Hazzah!

Sep 4, 2007: Just played a bit of network Battle Tetris. Wow!

Sep 2, 2007: Mazie's First RenFest This weekend we were adventurous and decided to take Mazie to her first Renaissance Festival! And just to keep things really interesting, we brought …

Sep 1, 2007: Went to the Minnesota Renaissance Festival with Mazie and Izzy. Was a total success! Yeah Family Thingelstad! 🙌

Aug 27, 2007: At Rafferty’s Pizza in Nisswa! 🍕

Aug 25, 2007: At King of Kong.

Aug 25, 2007: Amazing sky tonight. Unfortunately too late to roll out the telescope.

Aug 21, 2007: Watching Entourage.

Aug 17, 2007: Mario Strikers Charged for Wii I just got this game. I'm a total "noob" and am horrible, but if you want a laugh my friend code is 232036 674634. We'll see how I do with this, I'm …

Aug 17, 2007: ✅ Theme on WordPress version of Road Sign Math. ✅ Google Analytics wired up. ✅ RSS endpoints have a redirect so old-timers should see new post.

Aug 17, 2007: jsMath doesn’t work so hot on iPhone. It does try though.

Aug 16, 2007: Last week I called home while on my way to a meeting in New York. To my surprise when the phone was answered Mazie was on the other end saying …

Aug 16, 2007: Last Wednesday night Jim and I decided to go see a Mets game while in NY for business. We took a long train ride on the 7 out to Shea Stadium and …

Aug 16, 2007: Beastie Boys Bombard Brooklyn No Sleep Till Brooklyn! That was the last song that the Beastie Boys played at the McCarren Pool in their first ever concert in Brooklyn, NY. I was …

Aug 16, 2007: Son Volt at the Zoo I’ve been seeing Jay Farrar play music for around 15 years now. It started with Uncle Tupelo, continued with Son Volt through his solo work and …

Aug 16, 2007: Uptown Art Fair 2007 My favorite art fair in the cities was a couple of weeks ago, the Uptown Art Fair. (Post from 2005 Tammy and I did our usual routine, going on Friday …

Aug 16, 2007: 2007 Minneapolis Office Picnic

Aug 15, 2007: Deciding to give Pownce a chance.

Aug 15, 2007: John Lennon’s “Imagine” may be the best song ever written.

Aug 11, 2007: Green Lake Triathlon Up and leaving really early for the Green Lake triathlon — Tammy’s first triathlon! Hector, Michelle, and Tammy are all participating. Proud of …

Aug 10, 2007: Canadian Fishing Trip Recap A few weeks ago I went on a fishing trip into Canada with my three brother-in-laws and our father-in-law, Don, as well as his brother, Roger, his son …

Aug 10, 2007: Got a Message While I was in Canada fishing I was without any means of communication. The only thing that would have worked was a satellite phone, and while I …

Aug 10, 2007: Major Blow for US Cycling It has long been wondered if US cycling would be able to survive the retirement of Lance Armstrong. Today we got our answer, and unfortunately it …

Aug 10, 2007: Welcome to Lunkerville Everyone wanted to catch a really big Northern on the fishing trip. Big is pretty much anything over 30 inches. I grabbed this 35.5" Northern in …

Aug 10, 2007: At the MN Zoo for Son Volt!

Aug 10, 2007: First ever batch of cold press is brewing. Just pulled the stopper and letting the cold press filter. Coffee bar is open. 😊

Aug 10, 2007: At a wedding in Stillwater. Long lost relatives on my side of the family.

Aug 7, 2007: Landed in NY. Getting ready to deplane. Cab ride is horrible. Traffic is a mess. Getting naseous. Trying to avoid the pool of water on the floor of …

Aug 6, 2007: 24" iMac 5 months ago I said goodbye to my iMac G5 and sent it on to live happily with my sister. After it departed the MacBook took it’s place and …

Aug 6, 2007: LaserJet Memory Upgrade I think I’m like most people and never really think about my printer. Last week though I thought about it a lot as I waited forever to have it …

Aug 6, 2007: Just watched “You, Me and Dupree”.

Aug 6, 2007: iMovie ‘08 may be the answer to my video problems! Ridgedale store was a bust. On the way to Southdale. Apple Store Southdale is expecting a …

Aug 5, 2007: Tammy is getting addicted to Frenzic.

Aug 5, 2007: Wondering why I’m sitting here tapping on my iPhone with a MacBook Pro 12 inches away.

Aug 5, 2007: Watching Little Children.

Aug 4, 2007: Like iTunes before it, have now succumbed to flickr. Stunned and in awe over this WordPress Flickr Plugin.

Aug 4, 2007: Oceanaire proved too fancy for 2 year old.

Aug 3, 2007: Amazed by how much money you can spend on a gas grill! Wanting a Big Green Egg too!

Aug 3, 2007: Wishing that del.icio.us was integrated with Safari on my iPhone.

Aug 3, 2007: While much better with the 1.0.1 software, Safari still crashes way too much on the iPhone.

Aug 3, 2007: Upgrading firmware on all network devices and breaking things.

Aug 3, 2007: Day 2 of Uptown Art Fair done. Success.

Aug 3, 2007: Heading to Oceanaire for dinner.

Aug 2, 2007: Frenzic and Quinn I’m not a big gamer — and I’m really not a FPS (first person shooter) gamer. I’ll pass on Quake and all of its descendants. But, I …

Aug 2, 2007: Getting seated for Private Lives.

Aug 2, 2007: Looking at the 35W bridge during intermission. Wow.

Aug 2, 2007: Uptown Art Fair!

Jul 31, 2007: Installing iPhone Software v1.0.1

Jul 31, 2007: Watching Big Love.

Jul 30, 2007: Celebrating Backpack’s adoption of OpenID!

Jul 29, 2007: Sitting down to watch Breach

Jul 27, 2007: Getting seated for Spamalot!

Jul 27, 2007: Going on a bike ride to get Mazie!

Jul 27, 2007: At the Mill City Farmers Market.

Jul 27, 2007: Watching the final time-trial of the 2007 Tour. Go Disco!

Jul 25, 2007: Doping in the Tour The 2007 Tour de France is winding down, and is frankly a complete mess. The culprit, doping. Or, the appearance of doping. Yesterday was Stage 16 and …

Jul 24, 2007: The new version of Backpack is live! Awesome!

Jul 24, 2007: Finished amazing lunch at Peters Grill.

Jul 23, 2007: Just took some time to actually look at the flowers and plants in the backyard. It’s pretty amazing.

Jul 23, 2007: Glad to see the climbers in this years Tour have finally gotten mad.

Jul 23, 2007: Getting a sales pitch on Gartner.

Jul 22, 2007: Worst CD Ever I recently went through the process of reviewing my rather large CD collection and culling out things that I really don't like. Accidental purchases …

Jul 22, 2007: Drinking my cold press. On a telephone call.

Jul 22, 2007: Listening to The Wall.

Jul 21, 2007: Cargo Shorts Banned from Cycling Tammy, Mazie and I went on a bike ride today. Tammy is prone to comment about how great it is to just “ride your bike”. What she means by …

Jul 21, 2007: Mazie at her very first movie - Ratatouille. We’ll see how this goes. Made it through notably loud previews without issue. Mazie doing great so …

Jul 21, 2007: Rode our bikes to Yum! for lunch. Open WiFi at Yum makes my iPhone happy. Full of good food. Will be riding home very slowly.

Jul 21, 2007: Drinking amazing espresso roasted yesterday at Jim’s in Linden Hills. One of the tweets highlighted in my MarketWatch Farewell Video.

Jul 21, 2007: Listening to new Jason Isbell album Sirens of the Ditch.

Jul 20, 2007: Expecting that my life will be markedly better when the new version of Backpack is released. Can’t wait.

Jul 20, 2007: twitterfeed is kind of cool and it supports OpenID.

Jul 20, 2007: Finished cleaning most of the dog puke in minivan. One of the tweets highlighted in my MarketWatch Farewell Video.

Jul 20, 2007: Checking out Lumberjack Days.

Jul 20, 2007: Have posession of Harry Potter #7!

Jul 19, 2007: The iPhone is an even better flashlight than the BlackBerry.

Jul 19, 2007: Very long meeting and I’m last on the agenda. Awesome.

Jul 18, 2007: Inspecting TextDrive as an alternative hosting provider for my site. So far, like it a lot.

Jul 18, 2007: Playing Tetris over the network with Tammy.

Jul 18, 2007: Trying really hard to resist the urge to create PowerPoint slides for todays meeting.

Jul 17, 2007: Eating the best Jimmy John’s sub ever. Mayo. Yum.

Jul 17, 2007: Reviewed business dinner menu with chef. It’s going to be great.

Jul 14, 2007: 2007 Winnipeg Folk Festival Recap Last weekend I made my fourth visit to the Winnipeg Folk Festival (previous years were 2006, 2003 and 2001). Tammy was at all of those except 2001. We …

Jul 13, 2007: Initial iPhone Impression I’ve now had the iPhone for a couple of weeks and it is about time that I share some of my thoughts on the little magical device. I’m not …

Jul 13, 2007: Maximum Runtime for iPhone Battery Shortly after getting my iPhone I went to the Winnipeg Folk Festival, a 4-day folk music festival. During the festival I was camping, and had very …

Jul 13, 2007: Randy's Sanitation does Organics We got an announcement in the mail a while ago from Randy’s Sanitation. We have been Waste Management customers since we moved to our current …

Jul 13, 2007: Game Over: 65,265 points – 226 lines.

Jul 13, 2007: Checking out Tammy and Mazie’s 2008 Folk Festival chairs. Tammy has a footrest!

Jul 13, 2007: Finishing a fabulous dinner at Lucia’s.

Jul 8, 2007: 2007 Winnipeg Folk Fest via Twitter This was the first Winnipeg Folk Festival since I started using Twitter. I sort of “micro-blogged” using Twitter while I was there. Here …

Jul 4, 2007: Final preparation underway to leave for Winnipeg Folk Festival.

Jul 3, 2007: Tiger Woods for Wii rocks!

Jul 3, 2007: Tammy is watching show on TLC about 1,000 pound dude that hasn’t stood up for 7 years. OMG!

Jul 3, 2007: Tweeting about my iPhone “just cuz”.

Jul 3, 2007: Happy Independence Day everyone!

Jul 3, 2007: Sitting by the pool at a friends house watching people jumping off the diving board.

Jul 1, 2007: iPhone Activation One of the ways in which the iPhone claims to be revolutionary is how you activate it. Rather than sitting in the store and having someone press a few …

Jun 30, 2007: I got my iPhone I stood in line for a few hours on Friday at the Southdale Apple Store to insure a shiny new 8G iPhone would be in my possession for the weekend. My …

Jun 29, 2007: iPhone Day via Twitter I didn’t get an “I was there on June 29, 2007” t-shirt or anything, but the iPhone wait via Twitter is entertaining. #53 in line for …

Jun 10, 2007: Push Conference 2007 Listening to director of National Institute of Play. Listening to Clyde Prestowitz, author of Rogue Nation and leader of Economic Strategy Institute.

Jun 8, 2007: At Oceans 13

Jun 7, 2007: Getting even happier with my iTunes-centric music world. I should have caved years ago. 🙂

Jun 7, 2007: Watching AllThingsD Gates/Jobs interview. Transcript.

Jun 7, 2007: Tammy declares that I cannot wear my new fishing shirt to work, citing that “there has to be a line somewhere”. One of the tweets …

Jun 4, 2007: 2007 Olson Family Weekend This year was the 4th annual Olson Family Weekend! This year was Angie’s turn to plan and there is only one more year before we loop back around …

Jun 4, 2007: Canadian Fishing Trip Intro I will soon be departing on a Canadian Fishing Adventure. T-minus nine days before I head out with my father-in-law and all my brother-in-laws to …

Jun 4, 2007: Cold Press Coffee I had a great coffee moment today that I just have to share. It’s worthy of sharing because there is information here that is new to me, and it …

Jun 4, 2007: Mazie's First Baseball Game Grandpa Bruce came into town for the Memorial Day weekend. It was a nice time, and the most time that Mazie has gotten to spend with Grandpa Bruce …

Jun 3, 2007: Serious Development in JavaScript JavaScript is a really powerful development environment. Really. Many developers don’t agree with that statement. I think there are a couple of …

Jun 1, 2007: Congrats to my sister Alona for passing her social work exam!

May 31, 2007: Going Offline with Google Gears I just spent a little while getting caught up on a variety of sites with Google Reader. Reader is my RSS tool of choice. This isn’t all that …

May 30, 2007: Car service is a fully decked black suburban! I feel like I’m in the secret service. Where is POTUS?

May 30, 2007: Used the BlackBerry 8800 + GPS + Google Local to get coffee in completely random locale. Now watching myself walk on the map on the BlackBerry. Geek++

May 29, 2007: Dissapointed that it seems very hard, to impossible, to get a plug-in converted Toyota Prius.

May 29, 2007: iTunes 7.2 just showed up in Soaftware Update with DRM-free downloads. Guessing I know what Jobs said at AllThingsD.

May 28, 2007: Directory Structure for Digital Photos It seems that a lot of people have a hard time settling on a file structure to use for their digital photos. There are a number of different …

May 28, 2007: Drive to Work Take 2 Time for “Take 2” of my drive to work time elapased video! I really liked the first take at this, but the camera was mounted very poorly. …

May 28, 2007: My Robot and Steven Wright A friend of mine forwarded this screen capture from a friend of his who grabbed this great Twitter moment. It seems my robot and Steven Wright (also …

May 27, 2007: Sitting down to watch “An Inconvenient Truth” again. First time.

May 27, 2007: Wondering if anyone I know uses StumbleUpon? If you do, ping me.

May 27, 2007: Got home after running (and walking) my first 5k in forever.

May 27, 2007: Just bought greenrequest.com.

May 26, 2007: Solatube Installed A few weeks ago I was flipping through a recent issue of Home Power magazine and I stumbled upon an article abut solar tubes. (Sorry, I would provide …

May 26, 2007: What food would you give up the Internet for? Tammy and I had a really funny conversation today on the way home from the grocery store. I prompted the question of giving up the Internet for …

May 26, 2007: Finished watching Children of Men. Hmmm…

May 24, 2007: Drive to Work I’m having some more fun with the time-elapsed feature of my new camera. It has an ability to take the most trivial things and make them at …

May 22, 2007: Pleo may ship in the next month – exciting!

May 22, 2007: Updating WordPress to 2.2.

May 20, 2007: Shoe Experimentation I’ve went a little crazy over the last few weeks with some new shoe experimentation. To put this in context, I’m a really boring shoe guy. …

May 19, 2007: Assembling Mazie's Birthday Present One of the cool features of my new Canon SD750 is a brain-dead simple way to do time-elapsed movies. I just had to play today while putting together …

May 19, 2007: Canon SD750 I’ve been thinking for a while about upgrading my small, travel-friendly camera. I’ve had a Canon S500 for nearly three years. It is/was a …

May 18, 2007: Jon Stewart Stand-up Night Last night we went to see Jon Stewart do his stand-up show at the Orpheum downtown. I’m a very committed fan of The Daily Show, and some friends …

May 18, 2007: Dinner at Woody’s Grill.

May 17, 2007: New UI for Google Analytics is strikingly good.

May 17, 2007: Just rebooted the Road Sign Math server — it was down for 4 days. Need to move that to WordPress!

May 15, 2007: Frost/Nixon on Broadway Tonight while I was stranded in New York I decided to take a moment to forget the travel struggles and enjoy some theater. I had heard on MPR back …

May 15, 2007: Stranded in New York Tonight, for only the second time in the 10 years or so that I’ve traveled for business, I got stranded. I was to depart New York tonight on a …

May 15, 2007: Stranded in New York Tweets Flight home is 2 hours delayed from New York. Other flights are getting cancelled. I’m screwed. Ridiculously frustrated at the lack of WiFi at …

May 14, 2007: Leaving Enterprise Search Summit conference. I give it a C.

May 14, 2007: Starbucks people are using wireless headsets. Getting too close to McDonalds. 🙁 One of the tweets highlighted in my MarketWatch Farewell Video.

May 14, 2007: In New York and skinny jeans are everywhere.

May 12, 2007: Happy Mothers Day to all the mom’s out there!

May 10, 2007: OpenID Makes Identity Easy I’ve been using OpenID for a couple of weeks now, and I’m really impressed. I created an OpenID identity on MyOpenID a few months ago, but …

May 10, 2007: Delicious Library find similar function is totally cool.

May 10, 2007: Wishing that Twitterific would dual-post to Twitter and Facebook.

May 10, 2007: Just scheduled installation of a SolarTube for our house.

May 9, 2007: Just realizing that I need to get a mothers day gift for my wife!

May 9, 2007: At the Metropolitan for morning seminar. Crazy room!

May 8, 2007: There are a few movies that I’m particularly geeky about. “Apocalypse Now” rates at the top of my favorites, and I’ve seen it …

May 8, 2007: Capacious Memory I just upgraded my Mac Pro to 7 GB of memory. It’s really great to have the room to stretch your arms out and make yourself at home. Now …

May 8, 2007: Minnebar 2 I’m rather late doing my writeup on Minnebar 2007. I guess the advantage of being so late is that I get to reference all the great write-ups …

May 8, 2007: New Adobe CS3 Icons In the most recent iteration of the Adobe product line Adobe decided to make a radical departure with their “iconography”. The new color …

May 8, 2007: Weekend Away to Birdwing Spa A couple of weekends ago Tammy and I went on a weekend getaway for her birthday. Now that we have Izzy, getting out of town was a little more …

May 6, 2007: Just signed up for TimesSelect.

May 4, 2007: Created a Google Calendar account for my 22 month old daughter for “her stuff”. That’s normal, right?

May 3, 2007: Bumper sticker on drive to work: “Friends don’t let friends drink Starbucks.”

May 3, 2007: Maybe I should drink less coffee. One of the tweets highlighted in my MarketWatch Farewell Video.

May 2, 2007: Wishing Twitterific could post in the same way Spotlight allows a search to be done. Avoids a big window having to come up.

May 1, 2007: New Look for the Site I’ve grown tired of K2, the Wordpress theme I was using. It’s a nice theme, but I didn’t like how heavy it was and I started growing …

May 1, 2007: Ordered another 4GB of memory for my Mac Pro.

Apr 30, 2007: Starting MinneLightroom I continue to really love Lightroom. I’ve been finding more and more value out of my 35,000 photos with additional metadata. I haven’t …

Apr 30, 2007: Helping my brother-in-law get Parallels setup on his MacBook.

Apr 24, 2007: Got first run at MinneLightroom website up and running.

Apr 24, 2007: Listening to John Prine on the drive in this morning.

Apr 23, 2007: Pouting after Jim hurt my feelings. One of the tweets highlighted in my MarketWatch Farewell Video.

Apr 23, 2007: Upset that the Amstel Gold cycling race got 2 hours, while Paris-Roubaix got 1 hour.

Apr 22, 2007: Stunned by how hard it is going to be to do a cross-platform (win to mac) upgrade of Photoshop. Trying to call Adobe support for my CS3 license and …

Apr 22, 2007: Just registered c12free.com.

Apr 22, 2007: Wife “green lit” several consumer electronics things. What the hell is going on?

Apr 21, 2007: Happy Dog!

Apr 16, 2007: American Craft Show 2007 We went to the American Craft Council Craft Show in the River Centre in St. Paul today. We missed it last year which was a big bummer since Bill …

Apr 15, 2007: Wanting something… One of the tweets highlighted in my MarketWatch Farewell Video.

Apr 12, 2007: Highrise: CRM for Home? I realize that I’m probably on the verge (or well past the point) of being considered a 37 Signals “fanboi”. I’ve written …

Apr 12, 2007: Mr. Mom Weekend via Twitter I’ve been a bit enamored with Twitter for a bit now. Mr. Mom Weekend was a great time to do some “tweeting”. For posterity sake, …

Apr 12, 2007: Mr. Mom Weekend Wrap! I’m late writing my wrap-up post from the 5-day Mr. Mom Weekend adventure. Mazie and I spent our final day with Aunt Alona and went to the …

Apr 12, 2007: just installed the newly released Opera Browser on the Nintendo Wii and twittering from it!

Apr 12, 2007: Watching Tour of Flanders on TiVo.

Apr 12, 2007: Installed GPS application Spot on my BlackBerry and recorded GPS location for first time.

Apr 10, 2007: Happy to be alive after morning cab ride in Manhattan! Ther driver kept falling asleep while we were going down the road!

Apr 4, 2007: Wondering if Jim has had coffee. One of the tweets highlighted in my MarketWatch Farewell Video.

Apr 3, 2007: Unsubscribing from the digg RSS feed. It’s just too much now.

Mar 31, 2007: Lightroom Keywords I’ve been digging into Lightroom and continue to be excited about the ability to use my digital photo library in many new ways. Lightroom has a …

Mar 31, 2007: Pay Attention to Snacks Mazie and I had a nice Sunday. We ended up skipping swimming class. Mazie wasn’t feeling very well and was pretty congested. I imagined being in …

Mar 31, 2007: Struggling with how to manage my digital media assets best.

Mar 30, 2007: Parenting a Puppy is Hard We had a pretty good Saturday. Even though I was up way too late I woke up at a reasonable time with enough of a gap to get Izzy out before Mazie woke …

Mar 30, 2007: The Knob I’ve ogled this ultimate Mac accessory for a long time. I found myself in the Apple Store today and decided that it was time to put this shiny …

Mar 29, 2007: Running the Gauntlet Today was a challenging day for Mr. Mom. It started right away. Somehow I slept until 7am and woke up to Mazie saying “Get out” over and …

Mar 28, 2007: First Day as Mr. Mom I’m taking a moment to relax a bit and plugging this post up on the blog. The photos from the day are uploading right now as well. Today was the …

Mar 28, 2007: Riding on school bus with Mazie. One of the tweets highlighted in my MarketWatch Farewell Video.

Mar 25, 2007: Just installed Twitterific 2.0. Very nice!

Mar 25, 2007: Thinking that Twitter has tied into more “systems” faster than anything that has ever existed.

Mar 24, 2007: Bye Bye iMac G5 It’s been just over two years since the Mac invasion of my house began with my first Mac in over a half-decade, the sleek 20" iMac G5. I …

Mar 24, 2007: GPS Track Rant Why is it that almost all GPS units decide that when you save your active track into memory that they should degrade functionality? Yes, it is true. …

Mar 24, 2007: Just got back from The Last King of Scotland.

Mar 24, 2007: Having bagel and cream cheese with Mazie after swim class.

Mar 23, 2007: Spring Saturday Beautiful weekend for those in Minneapolis. Officially marks the first weekend where shorts are a go! Yeah!

Mar 23, 2007: Ordering Graeters Ice Cream for lasagna dinner.

Mar 23, 2007: Playing with Market Perception product on MarketWatch. Pretty cool!

Mar 23, 2007: OMG! GPS unit that attaches to your DSLR hotshoe! OMG!

Mar 22, 2007: Apple TV in the house Yesterday I got one of the first shipment of Apple TV units to arrive at the local Apple Store. The simplest way to think of the Apple TV is to think …

Mar 22, 2007: Location and GPS in Lightroom Many of my friends know that I’ve been pretty infatuated with the new Adobe Lightroom product even before it’s release. I’ve brought …

Mar 22, 2007: Minnebar 2 on April 21st Spring is here, and along with it is the 2nd annual Minnebar “unconference”. Reserve the date now and block out April 21st on your …

Mar 22, 2007: Listening to Graveyard Shift. Hometown, same town blues Same old walls closing in Oh what a life a mess can be I’m sitting here thinking of you, …

Mar 21, 2007: Finally finished my presentation for the Advanced Internet Programming class I’m presenting at the U of MN tomorrow.

Mar 21, 2007: Ecstatic that my Hosted GMail account got POP download now. Can finally transfer my mail archive up.

Mar 20, 2007: Welcome Izzy! Today we welcomed the newest member of the Thingelstad family, our new dog Izzy! Tammy, Mazie and Grandma Kaye made the trip to pick her up from the …

Mar 17, 2007: Still suffering the horrors of a 28.8 dialup. Windows Update ran all night long.

Mar 16, 2007: Thinking about learning java just to write a Twitter client for my blackberry.

Mar 16, 2007: In Minot, ND! Hotel and sleep await. More driving tomorrow to The Farm.

Mar 16, 2007: Getting frustrated on the small end of a ridicoulous 28.8 dialup connection in rural North Dakota.

Mar 15, 2007: Narrowly escaped running out of gas approaching Fargo.

Mar 15, 2007: Won the Change Game!

Mar 14, 2007: We're Getting a Dog! We’ve been thinking about getting a dog for awhile. We figured we would get one sometime after we had kids, since a dog does make travel a bit …

Mar 11, 2007: Introducing my Robot A couple of months ago I heard about Twitter for the first time. I logged onto it, created an account, and pretty much instantly decided that it …

Mar 11, 2007: Linked - How Everything is Connected The subtitle of this book is enough to garner intrigue – “How everything is connected to everything else, and what it means”. Wow! …

Mar 10, 2007: I finally bit the bullet and upgraded to Wordpress 2.1.2. Of course, it’s not just a Wordpress upgrade it’s also an upgrade to K2, …

Mar 8, 2007: Just finished watching Idiocracy. Huh. 🍿

Mar 8, 2007: U2’s Joshua Tree was released 20 years ago. Wow – I feel old.

Feb 28, 2007: Excited about the arrival of my Bluetooth barcode scanner!

Feb 27, 2007: Hoping the market doesn’t tank today. Predicting the Dow will be up 100 points 1 hour after open. Dow hit +85 at 1 hour in. My +100 prediction …

Feb 24, 2007: Ordered a Bluetooth barcode scanner to make Delicious Library even more awesome.

Feb 24, 2007: WiFi at Lakewinds If you find yourself in the parking lot of Lakewinds Coop waiting for your daughter to wake up – bring your laptop. The open WiFi in the cafe …

Feb 23, 2007: Buying a 2G microSD card for my Blackberry 8800. I can’t wait to try out some MP4 files.

Feb 21, 2007: One of the great things in The Week is their highlight of different comics found in various publications. I just loved this one. From Cagle Cartoons. …

Feb 21, 2007: Weekend in Chicago Tammy and I had our first big weekend away without Mazie. We went to Chicago and took advantage of the long weekend. Tammy did all the preparations …

Feb 21, 2007: What I Learned on AM Radio This past weekend Tammy and I drove to Chicago for a long-weekend getaway. We drove there late on Friday, arriving in the early morning of Saturday. …

Feb 18, 2007: Finished watching Stranger Than Fiction. Pretty good movie,

Feb 18, 2007: Read Sin City vol 4. Thanks Lou!

Feb 18, 2007: Got Gmail working on Moto Razr!

Feb 18, 2007: Just downloaded the release version of Lightroom! Lightroom has been upgrading the library from beta for 1+ hour. Waiting. Lightroom still upgrading …

Feb 17, 2007: Waiting for Wicked to start.

Feb 16, 2007: Of course my UPnP media server failed right before leaving. Fixing it so there is music in the house before leaving. Reboot and pray!

Feb 14, 2007: Just watched Fever Pitch. Maybe baseball is cool. 🙂

Feb 14, 2007: Wondering how many connections the most connected person on LinkedIn has.

Feb 14, 2007: Why isn’t there a site like Cogmap for managing a family tree? This seems so obvious.

Feb 13, 2007: Everyone Votes on Wii Can I just take a moment to say that I’m hugely impressed with what Nintendo is doing with the Wii. I fired up my Wii tonight just to play for a …

Feb 13, 2007: Making Tab Work "Right" in OS X I’ve found myself continually frustrated with the behavior of Tab in OS X when filling out forms on web pages. I fill out my name, press tab, …

Feb 11, 2007: 50th and France WiFi I’m happy to report that if you find yourself in the 50th and France area of Minneapolis with a laptop and some time on your hands – you …

Feb 11, 2007: PackRat - Taking Backpack on the Road I mentioned earlier that I’ve become a huge fan of Backpack. It is my home page in all of my browsers. I’ve been able to consolidate so …

Feb 10, 2007: Watching the Freedom Writers.

Feb 9, 2007: Blackberry Break I just got back home after a business trip. This trip entailed an offsite training event. At any event like this you have a couple of breaks in the …

Feb 8, 2007: Really missing espresso. Really. Badly. Brew is just no substitute. One of the tweets highlighted in my MarketWatch Farewell Video.

Feb 7, 2007: Microsoft should have to pay reparations for creating Powerpoint.

Feb 6, 2007: Considering if Twitter will be the new Enterprise Resource Planning package of 2010.

Feb 4, 2007: We had brunch at Salut today, and got to try this giant croissant that they had just put on their menu today. Note coffee cup, knife and Mazie for …

Feb 4, 2007: Bye Bye Thunderbird, Hello GMail I’m waving a white flag. I give up. I’ve decided to no longer attempt to host my own email. I’ve hosted my own mail for years and …

Feb 4, 2007: Permalinks and SEO I’ve been playing with different permalink structures on my site. For the last couple of weeks I’ve been using /category/title. Supposedly …

Feb 4, 2007: Super Bowl in the rain I’m watching the Super Bowl and I have to comment that the rain beading up on the helmets makes HDTV worth every penny. 🙂

Feb 2, 2007: Just finished watching The Devil Wears Prada. Pretty good movie.

Feb 1, 2007: Going over to neighbors to help put in new WiFi access point.

Jan 30, 2007: Are John Gordon and Dave Gordon brothers?

Jan 28, 2007: Minnesota Rollergirls Last night Tammy and I went to the Minnesota Rollergirls with some friends. It was my first time and it was pretty cool! I didn’t expect it to …

Jan 23, 2007: Fanatical About Backpack I think amongst my cadre of hyper-geeky, super web savvy friends I was probably a little late to get to Backpack. About a month ago however I was …

Jan 23, 2007: Searches Reaching My Site I’ve had Google Analytics on my website since it became free. It’s amazing the amount of detail it gives you. I barely use 10% of the data …

Jan 23, 2007: Update on Weight Loss Program It’s been about five weeks now since I posted about Traineo. I really started in earnest on my weight loss program a couple of weeks before …

Jan 22, 2007: Reading about WordPress 2.1 and thinking about how long it will take for the plug-ins I use to get cool with 2.1.

Jan 21, 2007: Proud of bench pressing 225 lbs at the gym today. 🏋️‍♂️

Jan 21, 2007: Mazie screaming after waking up too early from her nap. Debating what to do.

Jan 15, 2007: Upgraded to WordPress 2.0.7. Saw this on my WordPress Dashboard. “WordPress 2.0.7 5 hours ago.” Now that’s what I call fresh bits! …

Jan 14, 2007: thingelstad.com Moves Out I spent a couple of hours getting this website moved out of the server in my laundry room and to the faster server that I’m now renting in a …

Jan 13, 2007: Transfering data to Garmin GPS60CSx over USB and so happy to be done with serial ports.

Jan 12, 2007: Realizing it is almost impossible to find Z-scale model train stuff locally.

Jan 10, 2007: First CNN on Twitter. Now the BBC. How long until we have MarketWatch on Twitter?

Jan 9, 2007: At dinner with Dave Thomas and other Rails geeks.

Jan 9, 2007: The Water Tastes Different My wife thinks I’m loosing my mind. We recently ordered new drinking glasses for home. The ones we had before were fine, but we had broken a …

Jan 8, 2007: Drooling over just announced iPhone — must have. Imagining twittering on iPhone.

Jan 7, 2007: My Birthday A couple of days ago it was my birthday! Have I mentioned how amazing my wife is? Anyway, it was my birthday, or should I say the week of my birthday. …

Jan 6, 2007: Just got back from watching Casino Royale

Jan 6, 2007: Noticing that CNN is using Twitter for breaking news!

Jan 6, 2007: Just installed the Twidget Twitter Mac OS X Widget so I can Twitter without even launching the browser.

Jan 6, 2007: Looking at Z-Scale trains at Hub Hobby.

Jan 6, 2007: Watching Sweet Land.

Jan 6, 2007: Have you played with Twitter? If not, try it. Be a friend. Tell me what you think. It’s pretty crazy. You can even link Wordpress with Twitter.

Jan 6, 2007: New Baby Monitor We have been perpetually frustrated with the baby monitor that we got when Mazie was born. We got the Sony NTM-910 because it had good reviews, brand …

Jan 2, 2007: Article in Twin Cities Business Journal Excuse me for a moment of self-promotion. 🙂 I was featured in an article published last Friday in the Twin Cities Business Journal about what Dow …

Jan 1, 2007: Death by Metadata My software needs to start doing more work for me. Really. Either that or I need to get a digital librarian. What for you ask? I feel like I’m …

Jan 1, 2007: Must Have Thunderbird Add-Ons I’m not one of these folks that scours the internet for Firefox extensions only to make my web browser slower and crash more often. However, …

Dec 30, 2006: Weather is freaking me out Alright, the weather is really starting to bother me. Today, December 30th it was 41 °F while we were driving around this afternoon and it was …

Dec 26, 2006: We Love the Wii I’ve been wanting to use that headline for a while now. ;-) The Wii made the trip to North Dakota for Christmas. I wasn’t planning on …

Dec 24, 2006: Merry Christmas 2006 Tammy, Mazie and I all want to take a moment to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a great holiday season. You have possibly been checking your …

Dec 16, 2006: Cha-Ching The other night while catching up on my RSS feeds in Reader I stumbled upon a small software project for the Mac called Cha-Ching. Cha-Ching is a …

Dec 16, 2006: Traineo While reading TechCrunch about a week ago I saw a headline about a “web 2.0” community-centric fitness site called Traineo. This hit all …

Dec 7, 2006: Operation Junk Mail I’ve decided enough is enough. Perhaps it’s just the holiday season, but our mailbox has been overloaded with mail order catalogs. …

Dec 5, 2006: Wii Component Cables My component cables arrived for the Wii today. I finally was able to move off the incredibly lame composite connection and 480i to a nice crisp …

Dec 3, 2006: Butter Bakery Tammy and I checked out a new restaurant this weekend. Butter Bakery is in south Minneapolis and serves a brunch menu as well as traditional baked …

Dec 3, 2006: Mac Pro in the House About 2 months ago my primary workstation died. The machine was behaving very flaky, not posting from time to time and requiring my to jumper the …

Dec 3, 2006: Mazie's Kitchen I got to play Super Dad today and put together Mazie’s christmas present. December 3rd? Sure – she’s 18 months old – …

Dec 3, 2006: USB Drive Roundup At the end of August I picked up a new USB thumb drive that would perform at a pace capable of running applications. I got the OCZ Rally2 2G drive and …

Nov 27, 2006: Dad Skill #138 Singing the A-B-C song backwards. (Wait for the 3rd verse…) Try it. It’s harder than you would think. This skill courtesy Ralph’s …

Nov 27, 2006: Mazie Conquers Stairs Lately most of the news on the Mazie front has been about new words. Lot’s of new words. She can usually get her point across now, at least to …

Nov 25, 2006: Migrating .Text to WordPress I recently bit the bullet and migrated my ancient DotText (.Text) blog to WordPress. It wasn’t painless, and involved writing some code, but …

Nov 25, 2006: Wii Meets the Family Releasing the Wii shortly before Thanksgiving was a brilliant move by Nintendo. I’m sure thousands of Wii’s accompanied their proud owners …

Nov 24, 2006: I had my telescope out for about an hour tonight and sadly I still feel like a complete “noob” using it. I just did a quick Alt-Az mount, …

Nov 19, 2006: The Kindness of Strangers So, you don’t just walk into a store and get a Wii on the very day it comes out. This morning just before 8am Tammy suggested we should run to …

Nov 19, 2006: Wii In The House! Wii is in the house! Yeah! Okay, so it only took about a week for me to turn into a total fanboy in regards to the Wii. Really, I became a bit …

Nov 18, 2006: Good Spam Filtering for Home I’ve started to get deluged with spam again at home. The last time this happened I decided to switch my email address – a little …

Nov 18, 2006: PS3 and Wii Bananza My friend Chad brought over his brand new Playstation 3 today and I got my first taste of the hardcore gamer dream machine. The graphics are stunning, …

Nov 17, 2006: Threat Level Orange I just got home from another business trip. I seem to be in the middle of another spat of business travel with all the requisite fun of airports, …

Nov 16, 2006: Smaller Than a Redwood Tammy has launched her website, Smaller Than a Redwood. You should check it out. Her website is finding it’s groove right now. She’s got …

Nov 11, 2006: The last three weeks have been a backyard fire extravaganza! We’ve had three great evenings burning stuff with a variety of friends on late fall …

Nov 11, 2006: Wii Obsession? I’m not a gamer. Starting a post titled “Wii Obsession?” with a statement like “I’m not a gamer” may seem like …

Nov 9, 2006: I recently caught up to this new episode of Nova called the Monster of the Milky Way. I like Nova, but this is one of the better ones I’ve seen …

Nov 8, 2006: New Site Up! After wasting a lot of time messing with the routing options on my Zywall 10 I think I finally got the port-forwarding configuration setup right so …

Nov 8, 2006: Perhaps the Geekiest Thing Possible? So when your wife is upstairs on her computer, and you are downstairs on your computer, how do you communicate? Why not video chat? 🙂

Nov 7, 2006: #37 I had a busy day on election day with an 8am meeting at work. I was determined to get out and vote and I ended up being the 37th vote in my polling …

Nov 7, 2006: New Website Coming! This post is a heads up that a new thingelstad.com is on the way! I’ve finally made the push to get things into a new blogging package …

Oct 24, 2006: Google Reader Google released a new version of the Google Reader a couple of weeks ago and I’ve been using it for the last few days. I think that I’ve …

Oct 23, 2006: First RUM Meeting I attended my first Ruby Users of Minnesota (RUM) meeting tonight. I’ve wanted to go for a long time but the meetings seemed to always fall on …

Oct 15, 2006: How Many of Me? This site showed up in one of my RSS feeds recently, How Many of Me? It is a fun little site that takes census data to do rankings of people with the …

Oct 15, 2006: Triple Caffeine The title of this post is a reference to what one of my friends calls my regular coffee order. Iced Triple Espresso. It doesn’t get me hot in …

Oct 13, 2006: Birth of a Painting Right around 4 months ago Tammy and I spent the evening at our neighbors house with a really cool local artist named Erik Sletten. Our neighbors have …

Oct 13, 2006: Holiday MinneDemo Minneapolis is becoming a much cooler place to be a techie geek, startup business sort of guy. Thanks to the hard work of a very small group of people …

Oct 13, 2006: Sore Thumbs! I am a frequent “CrackBerry” user. That’s the slang term for a BlackBerry for those that are not “in the know”. In …

Oct 7, 2006: Georgia Aquarium On the way back home from the Great Adventure we took a slight detour through Atlanta specificially to see the new Georgia Aquarium. This is the …

Sep 29, 2006: East Coast Adventure '06 - Day 37 On September 30, 2006 our Great East Coast Adventure came to a conclusion when we arrived back home on Saturday evening. After 37 days, 5,890 miles of …

Sep 27, 2006: East Coast Adventure '06 - Day 35 It’s official! We have just finished the 5th week our trip. This was our last true day of vacation here in Charleston. We will hit the road …

Sep 26, 2006: East Coast Adventure '06 - Day 34 We spent Wednesday in Charleston. The real newsflash is that we *didn't drive* anywhere the entire day! Amazing! We had a relaxing morning and then …

Sep 26, 2006: Thank You for the Sleep I wrote earlier that Mazie was having a horrible time getting her sleep. Asheville was the breaking point for Tammy and I. We were like zombies, Mazie …

Sep 25, 2006: East Coast Adventure '06 - Day 33 On Tuesday we loaded up in the van and headed for a short drive to Savannah, Georgia. Drive more? Absolutely! Why not… we just can’t get …

Sep 23, 2006: East Coast Adventure '06 - Day 31 Let me get caught up first. On Friday we left Asheville and headed to Charlotte to spend the weekend with Tammy’s biological father Ed and his …

Sep 20, 2006: East Coast Adventure '06 - Day 28 Today we ventured out of Asheville again and went to Chimney Rock Park. The park was pretty cool. We did a short hike to the base of a 400 foot water …

Sep 20, 2006: Fender Bender Here’s a big bummer. Last night while driving back to the hotel getting ready to put Mazie down a car was trying to run the light as it turned …

Sep 20, 2006: MacBook, Parallels and Windows Vista Just because I’m on vacation doesn’t mean that “geeking on the ‘puter” stops. I’m happy to report that I was able …

Sep 20, 2006: Mazie's Words Over the last couple of months Mazie has really started to develop a lot more language skills. It’s so fun to watch her pickup new words. Tammy …

Sep 19, 2006: Crazy, Sleep Deprived Dad! Ever since we’ve arrived in Asheville, Mazie has had a horrible time sleeping. She’s just screamed all the time in her crib and for the …

Sep 19, 2006: East Coast Adventure '06 - Day 27 - AT Today we left Asheville and headed into the mountains. We drove about 30 miles northwest of Asheville to Hot Springs, NC. Hot Springs is one of the …

Sep 17, 2006: Traveling With a One Year Old It’s now the 25th day that we’ve been “on the road”. For me, this now marks the longest I’ve ever been away from home. …

Sep 16, 2006: East Coast Adventure '06 - Day 24 We have arrived in Asheville! We got going quickly this morning and clicked off the last 4 hours of the drive pretty fast. Mazie was kind enough to …

Sep 15, 2006: East Coast Adventure '06 - Day 23 Today is a driving day! I’m catching up on the Big Adventure from our hotel room in Roanoke, Virginia. We drove a little over 6 hours but I feel …

Sep 15, 2006: Reflections on the Northeast Corridor We’ve ended our three weeks in the New Jersey/New York area. I find myself pretty eager to get away. We are going on vacation. It’s the …

Sep 14, 2006: East Coast Adventure '06 - Day 22 This was the last week in New Jersey and we began preparation for the last two weeks of vacation. Grandma Kaye and Aunt Angie were out through …

Sep 9, 2006: East Coast Adventure '06 - Day 17 Today we extended the Great Adventure both North and South. The day started very early when Mazie woke up at 5:15am and decided that she was going to …

Sep 9, 2006: First Two Weeks I just put up a bunch of pictures from the first two weeks of the Great Adventure. These were edited down by Tammy, which is far superior to me and …

Sep 9, 2006: Great Adventure in Google Earth So you have been following along with update from the Great Adventure but your confused about where all this stuff is? Well, now you can explore the …

Sep 8, 2006: East Coast Adventure '06 - Day 16 Day 16 of the Great East Coast Adventure was a lot of fun. Mazie got us all up at the normal time and we decided to go into Princeton to have …

Sep 4, 2006: East Coast Adventure '06 - Day 12 On Day 12 of the Great Adventure I pretended like I was an average east coast commuter. I had a 9:00am meeting in New York City so I took the trains …

Sep 2, 2006: East Coast Adventure '06 - Day 10 It’s Sunday morning and the beginning of Day 10 of the Great Adventure. We are in Washington DC beginning our second day of sightseeing. Grandma …

Aug 31, 2006: East Coast Adventure '06 - Day 8 Day 8 of the Great Adventure starts with a relatively lazy morning as we prepare to head to Washington DC for the long weekend. This week has been …

Aug 27, 2006: East Coast Adventure '06 - Day 4 So the headline from the Great Adventure tonight is that Mazie absolutely hates, and I need to emphasize this, hates, sleeping here. Tammy is in with …

Aug 26, 2006: East Coast Adventure '06 - Day 3 On Friday we embarked on the Thingelstad Family Great East Coast Adventure 2006! What is this amazing event you ask? We are going to be away from home …

Aug 26, 2006: Game On: Time to Lose Weight Over the last couple of years I’ve really let my weight slide. Or should I say, climb. Slide would imply sliding down something, and I’ve …

Aug 26, 2006: Jump into 802.11n While getting the Internet side of life setup while on the Great Adventure I made a trip to Best Buy to get a wireless router. The apartment has …

Aug 26, 2006: Speed Matters I’ve got a bunch of little USB flash drives hanging around. It is almost as if they rain from the sky. In fact, if you go to a trade show, they …

Aug 12, 2006: Best Kiss Ever Mazie is growing up so fast. She’s such an amazing kid. For the last couple of months if I asked she would come over and give me a kiss on the …

Aug 11, 2006: Celebrity Spotting: Doug Savant We are all in Iowa City this weekend to see our friends Lisa & Eric and particularly their new baby girl Rachel. She’s as cute as can be and …

Aug 2, 2006: I won the Change Game! Today when I stopped at Starbucks and got my morning coffee – I won the Change Game! That’s only the 3rd (maybe 4th) time ever that …

Jul 29, 2006: Brain Games We got the Nintendo DS because we liked these brain games. We bought both Brain Age and Big Brain Academy. As if you care , here are my comments on …

Jul 29, 2006: Looking for Land Tammy and I have been talking for a couple years now about getting some land that we could eventually (10+ years) build a house on and maybe live on …

Jul 29, 2006: Nintendo DS Lite Yesterday we were at Best Buy on my occassional visit to wonder around the store and just check stuff out. Tammy finds these trips annoying since I …

Jun 25, 2006: Mazie's Pirate Party

Jun 24, 2006: MacBook Amongst the celebratory gifts I got for father's day this year was a pretty surprising toy. I had been commenting to Tammy for a while about how cool …

Jun 24, 2006: Mill City Farmers Market Yesterday morning we went to the Mill City Farmers Market. It was our first visit, and only the second weekend that the market has been in operation. …

Jun 24, 2006: Wordplay Last night Mazie’s aunt came over and babysat while Tammy and I went out for a “classic” date – dinner and a movie. We went to …

Jun 23, 2006: Happy (Delayed) Fathers Day Being a dad rocks. That pretty much sums it up. I could just end this comment now and be done. Dad’s that are reading it would understand. In …

Jun 23, 2006: PAX Tammy and I decided that we wanted to make sure to raise Mazie understanding the value of charitable giving and in general “doing good” in …

Jun 14, 2006: Mazie's Birthday

Jun 12, 2006: Save Some Birds Over this past weekend I applied some bird protection to our house. We live in an area with a lot of birds, and we have large parts of our house where …

Jun 12, 2006: Solar Panels Started Our solar heat project completed today! Just before 2:00 pm today Innovative Power Systems turned on the collectors and started to bring heat down to …

Jun 11, 2006: Xcel Energy Cheating Customers I’m mad. I’m a big supporter of alternative energy. For the last 3 years I’ve voluntarily paid a surcharge to Xcel Energy to fund …

Jun 9, 2006: An Inconvenient Truth It likely isn’t going to come as a surprise to anyone that the people who are currently finishing an installation of solar heat were at the …

Jun 6, 2006: Slow Down I left work late on Tuesday. I thought I would try to get home a little earlier and hopped into the MnPASS lane and hit the pedal. As I came out of …

Jun 3, 2006: Mazie Walking! Two weekends ago Mazie really started to walk. She’d been able to take a step or two for a while, but while we were in Lanesboro on the Olson …

Jun 3, 2006: Network Revamp My home network has been pathetic for the last few months. While doing our solar project and other work in the utility room I had to make some quick …

Jun 3, 2006: Safety Stairs I’m a super-excited Dad! I’ve been on the search for a long time for a gate that we could put on the stairs in our house and was having no …

Jun 3, 2006: Solar Project Update #3 In the last couple of weeks we’ve had a lot of progress with our solar project. The work on the roof and in the attic is essentially done now. …

Apr 19, 2006: T-Rex Flying This last weekend I finally said “uncle” and took my T-Rex to Hobby Warehouse in Richfield to get some help from the experts there and get …

Mar 26, 2006: Solar Project Update #2 After much consideration and a meeting with our contractor I’ve decided to change the location and configuration of our solar array. I posted …

Mar 16, 2006: Noise Canceling Headphones First Impression I got to try out my new Sony noise canceling headphones on my recent trip to New York. My impression is mixed, but overall I’m pleased with …

Mar 13, 2006: Mazie at 9 Months It seems amazing that in only 3 more months Mazie will turn 1! She is doing great. She has recovered from her 2nd real cold with lots of coughing and …

Mar 12, 2006: Deer at Bird Feeder If you like to feed birds you are completely aware of the ever-lasting battle with squirrels. They will go through amazing gymnastics to get at the …

Mar 12, 2006: Noise Canceling Headphones I stepped off of my last flight, from Dallas to Minneapolis, and wanted to immediately go and get a pair of noise canceling headphones. I made a …

Mar 12, 2006: Solar Project Update I’ve referenced our solar project on this site a couple of times, and this last week marked the most visible part of the project. The collectors …

Feb 19, 2006: Mazie Graduates to Bigger Car Seat We got Mazie’s next car seat today, a Britax Marathon. They had a sporting pink one with flowers all over it, but we went for the more neutral …

Feb 18, 2006: T-Rex Assembled I just spent the last 4 hours assembling my Align T-Rex 450SE. Luckily I got the high-end one that comes 80% pre-assembled. That is why it was 4 hours …

Feb 14, 2006: iPod Nano Happy Valentines day! My wonderful, beautiful wife and daughter decided to get me an iPod Nano for Valentine’s day. How fun! When the Nano was …

Feb 14, 2006: Mazie's Sick So yesterday when I got home from work Mazie was having dinner and she was really sick. She didn’t seem nearly as sick when I went to work. She …

Feb 12, 2006: First Attempt at RC Camera Yesterday I received my recent order from Helidirect, a wireless video camera. This little toy is to be put on-board of various radio control things …

Feb 7, 2006: Quick Mazie update – she has teeth! Her bottom two teeth have come through and boy are they sharp. I know since I was feeling them this morning …

Feb 7, 2006: Shotgun Microphone I’ve started to take more digital video now, and I was appalled by the quality of audio I was getting on my camera. My video camera is a …

Jan 25, 2006: New Camera Lens For my birthday this year Tammy surprised me with a new lens for my camera. She got me the Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM ultra-wide zoom lens. …

Jan 25, 2006: Roof Replacement About three months ago I decided to have a new roof put on our house. We are in the process of putting solar heat on our house and our shingles needed …

Jan 22, 2006: Yum! Kitchen and Bakery Continuing my trend of mentioning new restaurants that we really like I would be remiss without highlighting Yum Kitchen and Bakery mentioned at The …

Jan 11, 2006: Canon 12x36 IS II Binoculars I recently got my after-Christmas Christmas present. What’s that? Well, if I had something on my list and I didn’t happen to get it, I …

Jan 11, 2006: The Earth Is Enough I recently decided that I needed to re-read this book as well. Similar to A Walk in the Woods, I’d been reminiscing about what a great book this …

Jan 10, 2006: Desktop Blogging I may be in a minority of people running a web site and still creating content by typing into a web page. I’ve decided to get “with …

Jan 10, 2006: Sudoku Have you played Sudoku (Wikipedia: Sudoku) yet? My mother turned me onto it. She figured I would like it in part because I like math. Turns out there …

Jan 2, 2006: Birthdays and Set Points Tomorrow is my birthday, or more appropriately, in about an hour it"ll be my birthday. I’m turning 34 this year and there will be grand …

Jan 2, 2006: The Year of RAW I have decided that as of 2006, I’m going to officially make the transition to shooting all digital photos in RAW instead of JPEG1. I’ve …

Jan 1, 2006: Open Letter to Hopkins School Board We recently were notified by the Hopkins School Board that our school district finished the year in statutory operating debt. I’m not sure if it …

Dec 30, 2005: 300 Gallons! Yesterday we had Brian Broughten, the founder and owner of Advanced Aquarium to our house to get started on a bid to build a custom aquarium. He was …

Dec 30, 2005: Salut and Ravello We stopped by two new restaurants yesterday and were happy with both. We had lunch at Salut in Minneapolis, at the 50th and France area. Salut is a …

Dec 29, 2005: Photo Storage Article Published I sent my Digital Photography Storage Explosion article to our editorial team at MarketWatch to see if they would be interested in an article version …

Dec 29, 2005: RC Helicopter My friend Chris, who is constantly finding new things to get into and get everyone he knows excited in, recently decided to turn his OCD towards RC …

Dec 27, 2005: Mazie Sleeps Through Night! For the first time in the 196 days since she was born, Mazie slept through the night last night. She enjoyed restfulness, with minimal disturbances, …

Dec 21, 2005: Mazie at 6 Months Mazie turned 6 months old on Dec. 14th, and she had her 6-month Doctor appointment on Monday. She’s doing just great. She’s just growing …

Dec 4, 2005: Celebrity Spotting: Al Franken Okay,so maybe this is the Minnesota version of a celebrity spotting. It’s not Madonna, or Bono, or any other single-named person (really, how …

Dec 4, 2005: I 💚 Hobbies I’ve had fun this week getting caught up on some hobbies, restarting others, and considering picking up some more. I revisited my telescope for …

Dec 2, 2005: The "Not-So-Open" WRT54G This past week I was in Radio Shack and saw they were running a great deal on the Linksys WRT54G wireless router (double rebates!). I’ve had a …

Nov 28, 2005: Home Vacation I’m taking this week off, using up some of my remaining vacation time before it vanishes. Tammy and I are not feeling adventurous enough to go …

Nov 27, 2005: 'tis the Season The holiday season is now officially upon us. We were at Southdale today and Mazie got her first picture with Santa! She didn’t have a lot of …

Nov 22, 2005: Miss... TiVo... So... Much... We just had our roof redone, and of course they had to rip the DirecTV satelite dish off the roof. Last night, for the first time in 6 years (at …

Nov 20, 2005: Google Analytics - Overload? I was really excited to see the release of Google Analytics this week. I’ve been looking for a better way to track site usage and Weblog Expert …

Nov 20, 2005: Restaurant: Naar Grille Tammy and I went to our first movie since Mazie was born today. We saw Walk the Line if you are interested (and yes, it was very good). We also went …

Nov 18, 2005: Digital Photography Storage Explosion This is also avaiable in PDF format. You can also download the data used for analysis. Abstract Digital cameras have spread at an amazing rate. There …

Nov 18, 2005: Terabytes of Disneyworld A couple of years ago when Tammy and I visited Disneyworld I was struck by the pervasive use of digital cameras and digital video equipment. I started …

Nov 13, 2005: Construction Zone Our house has been a construction zone this last week, and will hopefully start to wind down after this next week. We scheduled a number of projects …

Nov 8, 2005: San Jose Trip I spent last weekend in the San Jose area for my friend Scott’s wedding. Scott and I met when we were freshman in college. We hit it off right …

Nov 7, 2005: Baby Stuff A couple of weeks ago Tammy, Maze and I all loaded into the minivan and headed on down to Iowa City. Our friends Dan and Melanie had just had their …

Oct 31, 2005: Mazie Moves... To Her Bedroom Newsflash! Mazie has moved to her bedroom! This seems like a pretty giant step to me. I took her crib apart and moved it out of our room into her …

Oct 31, 2005: Music Everywhere! A few months ago I bought the Roku M1000 MP3 player for Mazie’s room. I really liked it, even wrote on here about how great it was. Well, I …

Oct 22, 2005: Corteo We went to see Corteo, the traveling Cirque du Soleil production that is getting ready to leave Minneapolis. This marks my seventh Cirque production. …

Oct 19, 2005: 2005 Olson Family Weekend Last weekend was the 2nd annual Olson Family weekend. This is a fairly new tradition on Tammy’s side of the family where everyone does a …

Oct 17, 2005: Mazie's First Concert On Saturday Mazie went to her first concert, and it was rocking! Our neighbor suggested that we go to see Ralph’s World with their family. Mazie …

Oct 13, 2005: Just Typing Sometimes I just feel like typing something on this here website. I guess that’s the advantage of being the site operator, author, editor, …

Oct 8, 2005: Rix Bar & Grill We tried a new restaurant today. It was my mothers birthday a couple of days ago and we went out for lunch. We chose Rix Bar & Grill in north …

Oct 7, 2005: Honda Odyssey Pt. 2 We’ve had the 2006 Honda Odyssey for two weeks now and I thought I would share some of my comments on it. All in all, I really like the vehicle …

Oct 6, 2005: Mazie Mazie Mazie Little Maze is getting less little by the day it seems. Along with getting bigger she’s really developing a lot more of a personality. …

Sep 23, 2005: Honda Odyssey Ever since Mazie arrived we have been learning that taking a car seat in and out of a station wagon is not a terribly comfortable thing to do. …

Sep 23, 2005: Purple HDMI TiVo I thought I had dodged this bullet, but this morning when I turned on my HD DirecTV TiVo I got “purple haze”. Although, this was different …

Sep 22, 2005: Change Game Setback A friend and I got coffee today and the total came to $4.58. I gave the person at the register a $10 bill and three pennies. Expecting that I would …

Sep 17, 2005: Dad Tips I’m no expert on this matter. In fact, I’d say I’m far from it. But clearly I’m doing an adequate, or even above adequate job. …

Sep 17, 2005: Trouble Having a Geek Dad I wonder if when Mazie is older she will think this is a cool picture, or shake her head about her geeky dad. (Get your own Hello World Creeper.)

Sep 10, 2005: LDAP Coming Soon I spent a few hours today playing around with LDAP (Lightweight Directory Address Protocol). Why? Well, it frustrates me that my webmail application …

Sep 10, 2005: Mazie 3-month Update I think both Tammy and I are stunned at the thought that little Mazie is only going to be 3 months old this week. The 14th is the big day! She is very …

Sep 4, 2005: The Farm I come from North Dakota, and like the majority of people that come from North Dakota, I’m only one generation removed from the farm. My mother …

Sep 2, 2005: Jamie v. Racoons A few weeks ago we had some sod put down in our backyard. The first two weeks went as they should, I watered it everyday, all was great. I had even …

Aug 27, 2005: Weekend Geekfest I spent a bit of time this weekend on my home network. I had a “security incident” about 10 days ago that I had to both clean-up and …

Aug 26, 2005: Four Hours of Frustration I just spent the last four hours trying to get my new network topology in place. The result of all that time is zilch. I installed pfSense 0.79.4 on …

Aug 18, 2005: Two Weddings in Two Days This is wedding weekend for us! Tammy’s sister Michelle is getting married tonight and we are both in the wedding. Tammy is a bridesmaid and …

Aug 9, 2005: Make Minneapolis Bicycle Friendly A few months ago I sent a suggestion to the mayor of Minnetonka to request that they work with the League of American Bicyclists to get Minnetonka the …

Aug 9, 2005: Mazie's 2-month Checkup Mazie had her 2-month checkup today with the pediatrician. I arranged my schedule so that I could go as well. We really liked the pediatrician that we …

Aug 6, 2005: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince I just finished Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I rifled my way through the sixth installment of the Harry Potter series much faster than the …

Aug 6, 2005: Landscaping Wonders Last year we had the landscaping in front of our house redone completely. We used a small, native landscaping firm called Go Native. Native …

Aug 6, 2005: Mazie at 8 Weeks This Tuesday Mazie will be 8 weeks old. It’s time for us to schedule her 2 month appointment. I remember thinking how insane that was. We went …

Aug 5, 2005: Camera Upgrade: Canon 20D I’ve been going on and on for a while now with all my friends about how I’m not going to get a new digital camera until I can get one that …

Aug 5, 2005: Uptown Art Fair Conclusion Tammy and I returned to the Uptown Art Fair after having previewed yesterday. We brought Mazie with us this time, so we went early to avoid the heat. …

Aug 4, 2005: Uptown Art Fair Preview Tammy and I spent the afternoon at the Uptown Art Fair. This is by far our favorite art fair in the Minneapolis area. We have made a tradition of …

Aug 3, 2005: del.icio.us I just discovered del.icio.us. Del.icio.us is a social bookmark manager. What’s that you say? Essentially a way for you to manage your bookmarks …

Aug 3, 2005: Now I've Made .Text Unhappy I’ve modified and specialized this website so much it’s rather ridiculous. I use .Text for the site, and it’s open source which is fun …

Jul 26, 2005: 20-21 Restuarant Tammy and I went out for our anniversary this evening to 20-21, the new restuarant in the Walker Art Center.The restuarant is an asian-fusion fare, …

Jul 25, 2005: Congratulations Discovery! When I was in the 2nd grade I had my heart broken. It wasn’t over some cute girl as you may expect. No, I was (and am) a geek at heart, and my …

Jul 23, 2005: Bicycle Commuting I've been riding into work, bicycle commuting, for about a month now this summer. This is a big part of my plan to get rid of the "sympathy weight" I …

Jul 23, 2005: Lance Wins #7 I could have posted this a couple of days ago, Armstrong has had the 2005 Tour de France wrapped up for the last few days. Today’s stage was …

Jul 23, 2005: Mazie at 6 Weeks Mazie will be six weeks old in a couple of days. This seems to be a pretty big milestone, at least in her parents eyes, since supposedly after six …

Jul 18, 2005: Hiking With Baby I was reading some “evergreen” content on BabyCenter.com tonight. They have some semi-decent content targeted at dad-types. Anyway, they …

Jul 17, 2005: Cutest baby ever, at least to her Dad. 🙂

Jul 16, 2005: A Walk in the Woods It feels like a crime to re-read a book, at least for me. My reading list is as long as my arm (actually, about five times longer than my arm). …

Jul 16, 2005: Go George! Hincapie Wins Stage! Everyone, really, anybody knows Lance Armstrong and the Tour de France.Not everyone knows one of Lance’s close friends and longtime teammate …

Jul 16, 2005: Mowing the Lawn This is a rather pointless post but I wanted to share that I think Ihave found the best music for mowing the lawn, ever. Every weekend I have to plod …

Jul 16, 2005: RC Cars Live! Some would say that I have too many hobbies. I can’t help it! Ifind most things (particularly things with gear) to be amazingly interesting. …

Jul 15, 2005: Blog Upgrades Applied a couple of upgrades to the blog this morning. Decent amount of work that will have absolutely zero impact on you the reader. 🙂 I did a decent …

Jul 15, 2005: EarthRoamer: Now this is an RV! Tammy and I have occasionally thought about getting an RV. We like to take long road trips and like to get off the beaten path. Particularly with …

Jul 15, 2005: Windows Media Player as Infant Education I learned a new trick tonight while holding Mazie. We were sitting onthe couch and I had my laptop next to me. I was singing to her and keeping her …

Jul 13, 2005: Mazie Turns 1-Month Today is Mazie’s 1-month birthday! It’s an odd stretch of time. It seems in some ways like forever ago that we were in the hospital and …

Jul 3, 2005: Happy Independence Day! We aren’t doing much exciting for the fourth this year. I really like fireworks but with Mazie being just under three weeks old fireworks …

Jul 3, 2005: Lance and #7 (cont.) We are now past the 3rd stage of the tour and it’s clear that Discovery (formerly US Postal) has what may be one of the best tour teams ever …

Jul 3, 2005: Not All Fun and Games Tomorrow Mazie celebrates becoming three weeks old. She is filled with anticipation of exciting “three-week-old” things like having some …

Jun 30, 2005: Lance and #7 It is the eve of the 92nd Tour de France. I love cycling. I think it is the best sport in the world, and the Tour de France is the biggest event in …

Jun 29, 2005: Comment Spam Protection Just implemented some further spam protection to keep the evil doers at bay. I installed this great add-on that requires entering a validation code …

Jun 29, 2005: Power… Out… Again… Stunning! Shocking! Our power went out again at 4:04 pm today. It returned, fitfully with a lot of jerking and stopping around 6:30 pm. I really wish …

Jun 25, 2005: Too Cold! Too Hot! The people at the hospital were clearly out of their mind when they decided that we could go home with this small, fragile little baby. Seriously! …

Jun 23, 2005: Stopping TrackBack Spam with DotText I’ve seen a huge increase in trackback spam to my sites lately. It’s now reached hundreds a day. I thought this was one or two hosts so I …

Jun 20, 2005: Mazie, The First Week A week ago today Mazie introduced herself to us. Since then Tammy and I have shifted from glee to fright many times, sometimes all within a matter of …

Jun 17, 2005: Being Daddy Mazie turns 4 today, 4 days that is. It's been an incredible four days. I realize everyone all over the world goes through this process all the time. …

Jun 16, 2005: New Addition It is tradition that a husband get his wife a present after the delivery of a baby. After being in the room and seeing in every little bit of detail …

Jun 14, 2005: Happy Birth Day Mazie Kaye! Mazie Kaye Thingelstad was born on June 14th at 3:17 pm. She weighs 7 lbs 11 ozs and is 21 inches long. Baby is doing great, and Mom is recovering …

Jun 10, 2005: Hardcore Geeking! I’ve been having fun with what I expect will be my last weekend of hardcore geeking with my gear at home for a while. Once Baby Thingelstad …

Jun 8, 2005: Another Baby Update This should hopefully be the last of these baby updates before I’m putting up a picture of the little tike! We had another check-up on Wednesday …

Jun 8, 2005: Back on the Air! I’ve been asked many times in the last day “Why is thingelstad.com down?” I guess I should be happy that people actually cared when …

Jun 5, 2005: Roku M1000 Today we go straight from the PhatBox MP3 player in the car to the Roku M1000 for the baby’s room. I decided a couple of weeks ago that we …

Jun 4, 2005: No Baby Yet Well it seems public opinion polling on thingelstad.com wasn’t very accurate for the baby delivery. 58% of people predicted the baby would be …

Jun 4, 2005: PhatBox Installed I’ve felt for a long time that the car was absolutely the best platform for digital music. You can be in your car for hours and you need …

May 29, 2005: The Christmas Bell Last week my mother came back from my grandparents farm with their computer. It had died, seemingly a terrible death, and I was going to see what …

May 27, 2005: Tree Mosaic A few months ago my mother remodeled her kitchen and in the process she took out a window. This left the annoying problem of having a hole on the …

May 21, 2005: Star Wars III Tammy and I went to Star Wars Episode III today. We made a point to go to the DLP theater at the Eden Prairie AMC. The theater did a really great job …

May 20, 2005: Daddy Boot Camp I went to North Memorial today for Daddy Boot Camp. They recently renamed the class to the much more boring title of New Dads Class, but I’m …

May 20, 2005: Fun with MRTG and SNMP I’ve been busy (obsessed) with getting SNMP monitoring of my home network working with MRTG for the last couple of weeks. It’s been much …

May 18, 2005: Breastfeeding Class Tonight Tammy and I took the breastfeeding class at North Memorial. I have to admit to a bit of hesitation with this class. I asked more than a couple …

May 18, 2005: MnPASS I got my MnPASS transponder on Tuesday. I had my first opportunity to use it today on my drive into work. I hopped on the “sane-lane” at …

May 10, 2005: Bike to Work Week Next week is national Bike-to-Work Week! Take the opportunity to dust off the bike, pump up the tires and pedal on into work. I’m planning on …

May 10, 2005: thingelstad.com Data Center Over the last few months I’ve been on a steady march to increase my server capacity at home. Why? I’m not entirely sure why. How about …

May 8, 2005: Finding Pants In Manhattan I woke up in my New York hotel at 7:00 am this morning very tired. I didn’t get to sleep until fairly late the night before. I took my camera …

May 7, 2005: Airplane Stare I’m writing this on a plane. I’m flying from MSP to LGA, or for those not so “in the know” from Minneapolis to New …

May 7, 2005: Bad Leadership It’s really hard for me to stop reading a book. Once I start I feel like I’m obligated to finish it. Usually this isn’t a problem …

May 6, 2005: Google Web Accelerator, Just say NO! I’ve got a ton of respect for Google. They do an amazing job with search. Products like Google Maps make my jaw drop. It’s innovative, …

May 6, 2005: HTTP Compression I finally got HTTP compression working on content that matters – like ASPX pages. It looks like pages are compressing about 4:1 or more. This …

May 3, 2005: Glengarry Glen Ross on Broadway Last night I saw the new production of Glengarry Glen Ross at the Royale Theatre on Broadway. We went with a small group from the office and had a …

Apr 30, 2005: Mac OS 10.4, Tiger? If you have been reading my site for a while you know that I’ve been reconnecting with my Macintosh roots. I’ve had ups and downs with my …

Apr 29, 2005: Living Green Expo Tammy and I went to the Living Green Expo today. This is the 3rd year that we have went to it and the 4th year for the event. It was particularly …

Apr 25, 2005: Attached To Baby I got a great email today from someone that used to work at our company. I haven’t seen her for years, since she worked with us. We have emailed …

Apr 25, 2005: D.I.Y. Mosaic Tammy and I have taken a couple of mosaic classes in the past. It’s a surprisingly approachable and fun activity. It’s amazing how you can …

Apr 25, 2005: Edward Tufte Yesterday I attended Presenting Data and Informtion taught by Edward Tufte. A number of people that I work with had gone to this one-day session and …

Apr 25, 2005: Happy Birthday! Today is my lovely wife’s birthday! Happy Birthday! I learned very quickly when Tammy and I started dating that her birthday is a Big Deal™. …

Apr 25, 2005: Satellite Operators Devolving A while back we upgraded to a HD TiVo for our DirecTV setup. I’ve been loving the new TV (amazing!) and everything has been working pretty well. …

Apr 23, 2005: Baby Stirs We are now in the 35th week of the pregnancy. Of course I say we in the modern husband way that really just means Tammy is in the 35th week. I’m …

Apr 15, 2005: Intranet for Home A couple of weeks ago I deployed my first intranet application for home. If your not familiar, an intranet application is just a website that you …

Apr 8, 2005: Forget-me-not I’m horrible at remembering certain things. At the top of the list is remembering to change the filters in the heater. I have no idea when I did …

Apr 8, 2005: Name Voyager Tammy and I have been working with the name issue. The responsibility of giving another person the moniker that they will carry for their entire life …

Apr 4, 2005: New Laptop, Sony VGN-S360 While we were on our trip we swung into a Ballio’s electronics store. We don’t have these in Minnesota. While there we checked out there …

Apr 4, 2005: Photos From New Mexico and Colorado I just put up some selected photos from our trip to New Mexico and Colorado. Enjoy! Add photos originally from nGallery on archive.org.

Apr 2, 2005: Vacation Is A Wrap Tammy and I just finished a really great meal at the “too trendy for a pregnant lady and her husband” restaurant NoRTH in the Cherry Creek …

Mar 30, 2005: Final Night at Star Hill The weather in the mountains here is very erratic. On our final day at Star Hill we woke up to snow falling with high-winds and bright sun! Odd …

Mar 29, 2005: Stargazing Night Two We spent the daylight hours today looking around northern New Mexico. We went in a big triangle from Las Vegas, NM to Taos, then over to Santa Fe and …

Mar 29, 2005: To Infinity And Beyond We just finished our first night of viewing at Star Hill. Phil, the owner of Star Hill spent the night with us on the observation deck. We had the …

Mar 27, 2005: Getting There We drove yesterday for just under 14 hours to get to Denver. We had driven this route before and we both swore we did in in just over 12 hours but …

Mar 25, 2005: Haiku Driving with numbers Patterns surround us, flowing Enjoy Road Sign Math

Mar 25, 2005: The Children's Blizzard I just finished reading David Laskin’s The Children’s Blizzard. If you grew up in the upper-midwest like I did you will find it enjoyable …

Mar 24, 2005: Dead iMac G5 On Monday of this week I woke up and as I usually do after getting ready for the day went to sit down at the iMac that is off of our kitchen to check …

Mar 20, 2005: Make Minnetonka Bicycle Friendly I recently received a flier from the League of American Bicyclists regarding the Bicycling Friendly Community campaign they run. I’ve been a …

Mar 19, 2005: Customer Service I just had one of those amazingly rare situations of having great customer service, with a bank no less! The second part of this sounds funny since I …

Mar 19, 2005: Gettin' Jiggy With Power Our power service is horrible (example, another). There is just no way around it. We seem to get regular under-voltage events and the occasional power …

Mar 15, 2005: NetGear GS716T I’ve written on our site about some of the trials and tribulations I had with my previous gigabit switch. I had purchased a cheap SMC 8508T …

Mar 14, 2005: Baby Class Tammy and I went to our first baby class tonight. We are taking the 6-week Introduction to Child Birth class at North Memorial. Highlights from the …

Mar 13, 2005: [Moron] Dad Tip I’ve commented before on the incredibly poor quality of reading materials for dads-to-be. One of the books that we have been following …

Mar 13, 2005: Lost in Babies-R-Us Today Tammy and I truly realized how completely and totally clueless we are in some respects to our upcoming adventure in parenthood. The day started …

Mar 12, 2005: I Don't Play a Plumber on TV I like to think that I’m not a helpless guy around the house. I try to fix things here and there. I’ve got the tools to do basic repairs …

Mar 3, 2005: Flying Rant Subject really says it all. This is definitely a rant. I’m writing this on a plane. I’ll post it after I land and get to the hotel when I …

Feb 27, 2005: Pokipsy For some reason I feel like writing something on my website tonight but I don’t really have a specific topic to write about. Usually I only post …

Feb 23, 2005: Baby Update Tammy has decided that she is now “officially pregnant”. How this differs from the last 26 weeks I’m not exactly sure. She seems to …

Feb 23, 2005: Turn Off Annoying TVs! Ran across this product today and am tempted to order it just to have fun in sports bars! Some ingenious person made a keychain remote that broadcasts …

Feb 21, 2005: Fractions and Life Every year just seems to go by faster, doesn’t it? How many times have you said that to yourself? Well, I’m here to tell you that not only …

Feb 21, 2005: Road Sign Math Launched! I’ve been dreaming up this driving game for a long time and I finally decided to launch the website! This is pure geek joy. :-) Check out Road …

Feb 21, 2005: Weekend in Iowa City We just got back from a quick overnight trip to Iowa City to visit friends. We wanted to get out of town for a night on the long weekend (I have today …

Feb 13, 2005: Lance on Oprah On Friday I got an email through one of the cycling mailing lists that I’m on that Lance Armstrong was going to be on Oprah that afternoon. …

Feb 12, 2005: Marketing Security Updates It was patch week from Microsoft this week. This month brought 9 or 10 security updates depending on your version of Windows. I find it really funny …

Feb 12, 2005: Million Dollar Baby Tammy and I went to see Million Dollar Baby at the late matinee today. You would have to live under a rock to not have heard some of the publicity …

Feb 12, 2005: Transferring thingelstad.com I just initiated a domain transfer of thingelstad.com from Register.com. I finally got fed up with their lackluster service and outrageous prices and …

Feb 6, 2005: Yesterday hMail, today SquirrelMail Had last morning with hMailServer. This morning it was SquirrelMail’s turn. Decided to use this contrary to my firmly held belief that PHP and …

Feb 5, 2005: Nice Bike Ride in February I took advantage of the unseasonably warm weather today to get out on my bike. I realize that you can indeed ride year-round even here in Minnesota, …

Feb 5, 2005: Switch to hMail I’ve been a longtime user of Xmail for my home email services. Xmail has been stable, reliable, etc. But it lacks IMAP support and configuration …

Feb 2, 2005: Felt a Kick! Tammy has been feeling the baby kick for a couple of weeks now. She didn’t know what it was at first, she described it as a …

Jan 30, 2005: thingelstad.com Server Rebuilt My frequent visitors (all two of you! :-P) likely noticed that my site has been down since Saturday morning. I took some extra time this weekend to …

Jan 23, 2005: HD Antennae Comparison Warning, this is a really geeky post. Reading about comparing the performance of two HD TV over-the-air (OTA) UHF antennas may be hazardous to your …

Jan 23, 2005: Reading for Dad's to be I’ve picked up and received a number of books for men who are about to be a dad. I’m pretty amazed at how bad in general these books are. …

Jan 21, 2005: Baby Update We had our second ultrasound appointment yesterday. It was amazing to see how much the baby had grown in the last 8 weeks. In the first ultrasound you …

Jan 9, 2005: MacMice Not So Great I have to withdraw my endorsement of the MacMice 2-button wheel mouse for the Mac. There are two main issues with it. First, it takes it far too long …

Jan 9, 2005: Now in High-Definition! If you are a regular reader of my site you may be thinking I’m on a consumer electronics binge at the moment. In truth, I sort of am. I fully …

Jan 3, 2005: Birthday Boy! Today was my birthday. We went out of town to celebrate and spent a couple of days at the Spider Lake Lodge outside of Hayward, WI. It’s a …

Dec 31, 2004: Amazon Raising Funds for Red Cross I really don’t think the impact of the earthquake and tsunami have or will hit me. It’s hard to fathom that kind of disaster and …

Dec 31, 2004: Baby Check-In - Week 18 I haven’t chatted much about the baby since the initial announcement. It seems a little weird that you have this life changing thing going on …

Dec 31, 2004: Fargo Redux We had a nice stay in Fargo however it is far from being the vacation get away that you may want to visit on a regular basis. I gushed long enough …

Dec 26, 2004: Dell Coupons & eBay I’ve been trying to order this Dell 2005FPW monitor for a bit now and there is this (amazingly stupid) Dellf game that Dell has where you can …

Dec 26, 2004: Fargo Vacation Like a large percentage of my office mates and I’m guessing the country at large I’m taking this coming week off. Had a personal day that …

Dec 26, 2004: Panasonic PV-GS400 I’ve now entered the world of digital video in addition to the digital photography one I’ve been in for some time. My wife was cool enough …

Dec 24, 2004: In Code I just finished reading In Code by Sarah Flannery. Sarah’s book is about her love of mathematics and a project that won her great acclaim in …

Dec 24, 2004: Merry Christmas Tammy and I begin our Christmas journey today. We alternate Christmas and this year is a trip to my family so we’ll be driving a long ways to …

Dec 23, 2004: Google Owns Everything in 2014 ← This is a well done, interesting future view of history now.

Dec 21, 2004: Mac Mouse Done Right A little piece of heaven was waiting for me in my mailbox tonight. A few weeks ago I purchased an iMac G5 and it’s been a lot of fun. Apple has …

Dec 19, 2004: Special Numbers Do you know what a googol is? A googol is a very, very large number. 1.0 * 10100. Or, in long-hand… …

Dec 19, 2004: Trouble in Gig E Land In February I upgraded my home network to Gig E. The speed is great. However, a couple of days ago I woke up to find a bunch of my machines …

Dec 12, 2004: Oceans Twelve Tammy and I along with her two sisters and their significant others went to see Oceans Twelve today. I thought Oceans Eleven was great so I was …

Dec 12, 2004: Prime Number Hunt I’m reading a book on math (specifically cryptography). I was doing some searching online about prime numbers and ran across the project …

Dec 10, 2004: The Da Vinci Code The last time I read a book as aggressively as I read The Da Vinci Code had to be the Dune series. I don’t intend to elevate this book to that …

Dec 5, 2004: Let it snow... Photo recap of the weekends activities. Feels like Christmas now!

Nov 29, 2004: What's the Matter With Kansas? I heard about Thomas Frank’s book What’s the Matter With Kansas? on The Daily Show shortly after the presidential election. The author …

Nov 28, 2004: Finding Neverland Finding Neverland is a really great movie. We went to see it today during a matinee and it seems others had this idea as well. The movie was in one of …

Nov 26, 2004: iMac G5 Those of you that have had to endure me rambling on and on about computers at some time probably know that I cut my teeth in the world of Apple. …

Nov 25, 2004: Change Game Introduction When my wife and I decided to get married and start living together she found one of my habits to be a little annoying. It’s a …

Nov 25, 2004: Thingelstads Announce Pregnancy MINNETONKA, Nov 25, 2004 (BABYWIRE) – Jamie and Tammy Thingelstad took a moment out of their Thanksgiving day activities to announce they are …

Nov 23, 2004: Xbox Mod Night Circuit boards, chinese takeout and ultrageek action. What can be more fun!? Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. 🙂 Operation was successful …

Nov 20, 2004: Stiff I just finished reading what has to be one of the stranger books I’ve read. Stiff is in a way like an owners guide for future cadaver owners. …

Nov 14, 2004: MarketWatch Acquired by Dow Jones News hot off the wire! MarketWatch is being purchased by Dow Jones. Still very early. It’s great news on many fronts with lots of open questions …

Nov 13, 2004: Check In So far, so good in the quest to return to normalcy on the bathroom scale. Mostly the sugar headaches are gone. Body is getting used to eating 4 meals …

Nov 13, 2004: Fiasco! This morning we had a mini-fiasco right here at home! Tammy was taking pictures with the Canon Digital Elph. If you are not familiar, this is a tiny …

Nov 13, 2004: Jay Farrar at Cedar Cultural Center I realized as I was watching Jay Farrar play on Thursday night that I’ve been watching him play music and sing songs for 14 years now. …

Nov 8, 2004: Day 1 It seems that I always decide to start focusing on eating better and dropping weight on Mondays. More on that later. Over the course of the last two …

Nov 7, 2004: A Short History of Nearly Everything I just finished reading the new Bill Bryson book A Short History of Nearly Everything. I’ve read a number of Bryson’s books and they are …

Nov 7, 2004: Ira Glass at the Pabst Theater On Saturday we found ourselves doing something that we both recalled we hadn’t done probably in a decade. We were hopping into the car to drive …

Nov 7, 2004: The Incredibles On Friday night we went to see The Incredibles on opening night. We erred on the side of caution and went to the later show to avoid the overflow of …

Nov 2, 2004: First Avenue R.I.P. I found out today that First Avenue has closed its doors. Anyone that spent there twenties in the Minneapolis area in the 90s spent many very fun …

Nov 1, 2004: Friday Night Lights Friday Night Lights is the movie that you get when you mix Hoosiers with Any Given Sunday. The movie has the great but completely unrealistic action …

Nov 1, 2004: Wassail Tea Ingredients 2 1/2 quarts of water 10 sticks of cinnamon 10 all spice berries 1/2 teaspoon whole cloves 2 1/2 cups sugar 1 1/2 gallons of apple cider 2 …

Oct 30, 2004: Circus Juventas Boo Ball Tammy and I volunteered at the Circus Juventas Boo Ball last night. I think it’s a fairly common thing that volunteering for small to medium …

Oct 30, 2004: The Man with 22 Clocks Hates DST I really don’t care for daylight savings time. There are a couple of things I appreciate. The balance of getting more light earlier and later is …

Oct 26, 2004: Electronic Voting Software I’m sitting here watching 60 Minutes tonight and they are doing a piece on electronic voting. If there is one place where I would say that open …

Oct 26, 2004: Got The Xbox After vowing to never buy another video game system ever again after dumping more money than I care to even think about into the Dreamcast a few years …

Oct 19, 2004: I Heart Huckabees Tammy and I enthusiastically went to see I Heart Huckabees last night at the Uptown. We had seen a preview a while ago and it was completely confusing …

Oct 17, 2004: Grand Superior Getaway This past weekend we spent our weekend up on the North Shore just north of Two Harbors, MN at the Grand Superior Lodge. Tammy and I drove up on Friday …

Oct 16, 2004: Uncivil War The Uncivil War is not a book I would have typically purchased for myself. It was sent to me along with an invitation to a discussion group. …

Oct 13, 2004: Defending the Caveman Last night Tammy and I went to Defending the Caveman by Rob Becker. I’d heard this was a really funny show and was not disapointed. …

Oct 13, 2004: Team America This Tuesday we got the opportunity (Thanks Chad!) to go and see a sneak preview of Team America. This is the newest movie from the creators of South …

Oct 12, 2004: I wouldn’t say that I’m a Francophile, but blocking cell phone signals in theatres sounds like a great idea to me!

Oct 2, 2004: TC 10 Mile Run I got to be the spectator today while Tammy did her longest running event ever. Today was the Twin Cities Marathon and Tammy ran the sister event in …

Oct 1, 2004: Napolean Dynamite Tammy and I went to Napolean Dynamite this evening. I have to admit right off that this movie did not endear me in any way at all. I generally thought …

Oct 1, 2004: New Vacuum Having your own website is pretty fun. You get to be your own editor and can decide what things you feel are important and want to share with people. …

Sep 27, 2004: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix I think it was three years ago that I caught the Harry Potter bug. In a matter of a couple of months I had read the four books that were available and …

Sep 25, 2004: Chet Ringwall in the Paper The Minot Daily News ran a big interview with my grandpa from my birth-fathers side of the family. They keep referring to him as Chester but I never …

Sep 25, 2004: Hot Air Balloon Scams I broke this originally in early June when I wrote my Expose on the Hot Air Balloon industry. My theory has proven itself out. As I said before, this …

Sep 24, 2004: The Forgotten Last night Tammy and I went to The Forgotten. The movie was moderately entertaining, however I certainly wouldn’t make a huge effort to see it. …

Sep 21, 2004: Son Volt Back Together I got this email in my inbox today: NO ONE EVER SAID IT WAS OVER: SON VOLT REFORMS AND RETURNS TO STUDIO How awesome is this! This is the official …

Sep 21, 2004: Thunderbird 0.8 I mentioned before that I’ve ditched Microsoft Outlook in favor of Thunderbird. I’ve been using Thunderbird for a while now and I’m …

Sep 21, 2004: What is wrong with MSN Search? I’ve been having some “fun” (that’s in the geekiest sense of the word in this case) playing with some log analysis tools on …

Sep 18, 2004: Too Fat for the Fat 40 The Fat 40 is over for another year. This has come to be my annual ‘rite of passage’ it seems. This year was as memorable as every other …

Sep 13, 2004: iPod Mini I’ve been belaboring the idea of getting an iPod for months. Really, this is probably one of the hardest consumer electronics decisions …

Sep 13, 2004: Meditation Class I’ve been referenced several times to the benefits of meditation but I’ve never really understood it. Mainly because I didn’t …

Sep 11, 2004: Norah Jones Concert Last night Tammy and I went to the Norah Jones concert at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. It was a good concert. The opener, Amos Lee, did a great …

Sep 11, 2004: The Metabolic Plan My friend Phil recommended The Metablic Plan by Stephen Cherniske to me recently and I just finished reading it. After reading the first 50 pages I …

Sep 10, 2004: Jesse James Century Ride Today Tammy and I, along with John Murphy from my office rode the Jesse James Century ride. This is part of Northfield’s Defeat of Jesse James …

Sep 8, 2004: Public Radio does RSS I stumbled across this on the Internet tonight. Guess I just never thought to check, but National Public Radio exposes a lot of content via RSS. Also, …

Sep 5, 2004: Labor Day! Labor day is such a bittersweet holiday. It is always a fun time, but for those of us in the Northern climates it signals the end of the summer and …

Aug 27, 2004: Manchurian [Haliburton] Candidate Tammy and I went to see the new version of the Manchurian Candidate last night. Much more suspenseful than the original, however lacking Frank …

Aug 27, 2004: Renaissance Festival We made our 2nd trip of the year to the Renaissance Festival, this time with Tracy and Jeff. The RenFest is like a one day vacation. Great time to …

Aug 27, 2004: Satellite Radio We’ve decided that before we go on our next big road trip we are going to take the jump to satellite radio. I’ve spent some time this …

Aug 27, 2004: Site Tuning I’ve been having a lot of fun lately tuning up our site. I’ve been able to “stand on the shoulders of giants” leveraging a lot …

Aug 24, 2004: Is fear of flying contagious? I’ve flown many times. In fact, at one point I was flying about 50% of the time for work. Week in the office, week on the road. I’ve never …

Aug 19, 2004: Garden State Tonight Tammy and I took it easy and went to a movie. We decided to check out Garden State. I really liked the movie. If you enjoyed movies like Lost …

Aug 13, 2004: Bourne Supremacy Tammy and I went to The Bourne Supremacy last night. Fun movie with a lot of action and suspense. Lacked the excitement of The Bourne Identity in part …

Aug 13, 2004: Heart Rate Data from the Peloton Many of you know that I’m a gear junkie. I record my heart rate on all my rides and runs. Why? Because I can, not because I need to. Polar just …

Aug 13, 2004: Thunderbird I’ve really not cared for Outlook Express for quite a while now so I’m giving Mozilla Thunderbird a shot. So far, it’s pretty good. …

Aug 13, 2004: Vacation Recap It’s a week later and we finally finished putting up everything from our trip. It takes a while to sort through over 2,200 pictures! We were …

Aug 9, 2004: 0600 Zurich - 1800 Uptown Art Fair I just finished putting the journal entries that I kept while we were on the hiking portion of our trip up here in the blog. I linked in a number of …

Aug 8, 2004: Death by Meeting While I was on vacation I wanted to read a light-hearted business book. I like to have something to spin around in my head during the downtime. Death …

Aug 4, 2004: Casaccia to Soglio Today’s Stats: Moving Time 3h 54m Distance: 9.2 miles Ascent: 1,656’ Max Elevation: 4,822’ We had the dessert course of our hiking …

Aug 3, 2004: Piz Lunghin Summit Today’s Stats: Moving Time: 5h 4m Distance: 9.5 miles Ascent: 3,589’ Max Elevation: 9,124’ Shirley left us this morning. Shirley is …

Aug 2, 2004: Pontresina to Sils Maria Today’s Stats: Moving Time: 4h 58m Distance: 11.9 miles Ascent: 2,506’ Max Elevation: 7,437’ There is something really fun about …

Aug 1, 2004: Zuoz to Pontresina Today’s Stats: Moving Time: 4h 19m Distance: 8.5 miles Ascent: 2,526’ Max Elevation: 9,061’ Last night at dinner our guides …

Jul 31, 2004: Zuoz to Chamanna Des-Cha Hut and back Today’s Stats: Moving Time: 4h 13m Distance: 9.6 miles Ascent: 2,956’ Max Elevation: 8,520’ When we were in France we spent at least …

Jul 30, 2004: Scuol to Guarda First of all, let me wish my sister Alona a Happy Birthday! I was on the other side of the world and was unable to get in touch. Hope this is some …

Jul 29, 2004: Heft On Wheels Most people that know me know that I used to weigh quite a lot. Then I weighed a lot less. Now I weigh a little bit more, but by no means quite a lot. …

Jul 29, 2004: Planes, Trains and Automobiles I’m sitting in the most luxurious form of transportation that I’ve ever experienced. We are taking a high-speed train from Paris to …

Jul 29, 2004: Zurich and on to the mountains... After our amazing train ride we arrived in Zurich. Switzerland is such a different place than France. It’s much more multi-national. A lot of …

Jul 28, 2004: Last Call from Paris! In my last note I mentioned how confusing Paris was to get around. Amazingly enough I think I’m starting to get the hang of it however, of …

Jul 27, 2004: Paris Update Yesterday was our 2nd anniversary. It seems like it’s been so much longer than two years, in a good way that is. We spent the first half of the …

Jul 27, 2004: The Stepford Wives Oh boy, we did it again, went to yet another movie in Paris. This time the Stepford Wives. Fun movie, probably better to rent. This time the theatre …

Jul 25, 2004: Spiderman Deux Tammy and I went and saw Spiderman 2 this evening in Paris. I always think it sounds kind of wierd to go to a movie when you are on vacation, but …

Jul 24, 2004: Fin de Course or Intermission, Act II The thing that I liked most about coming to see the Tour de France in person were the sights and sounds that you never get to see on TV. The energy of …

Jul 23, 2004: Tour de France 2004 Stage 20 - Montereau to Paris (Champs Elysees) Today we saw what we came here to see, history being made. Lance crossed the finish line on the Champs Elysees this afternoon to become the first …

Jul 22, 2004: I Need a Vacation From My Vacation I’m writing this entry on the bus ride back to Paris. We got up again at 6:00 am so we could head into Paris for the final stage of the Tour de …

Jul 22, 2004: Tour de France 2004 Stage 19 - Besancon to Besancon Today was the best ride of the trip. Tammy and I figured that while we had suffered up some mountain climbs we hadn’t really gotten any distance …

Jul 21, 2004: Tour de France 2004 Stage 18 - Annemasse to Lons-le-Saunier Today we left Grenoble and departed for Beaune where we will spend the next 2 nights. We rode on the bus to the stage about an hour from Beaune and …

Jul 20, 2004: A Glass of Ice Water What happened to refrigeration when Europe got their hands on it? There is nothing that is really cold here! I’ve been on a search for “la …

Jul 20, 2004: Tour de France 2004 Stage 17 - Bourg d'Oisans to Le Grand-Bornand Today was the dreaded day of the tour climbing two Hors (beyond) category climbs. Tammy took a sick day today and stayed in the hotel to accelerate …

Jul 19, 2004: Tour de France 2004 Stage 16 - Bourg d'Oisans to L'Alpe d'Huez Today was the most hyped stage of the 2004 Tour de France. When the tour route was announced last fall they had placed all the mountains and the …

Jul 18, 2004: In Grenoble! Tammy and I are in a smoky Internet cafe in Grenoble… Sounds like the beginning to a good novel. :-) However, this keyboard is french! And it …

Jul 18, 2004: Tour de France 2004 Stage 15 - Valreas to Villard-de-Lans This is the first day that we actually get to see the Tour de France on the road. We went out for the short ride option today since I was recovering …

Jul 16, 2004: Ready to go... I was pleased to wake up this morning feeling better than yesterday. A good nights sleep thanks to Nyquil and variety of other incantations seemed to …

Jul 15, 2004: I Can't Believe It! I got a cold the day before we go to Europe! Argh! It’s Chris Tersteeg’s fault – he gave it to me. I’ve got a depth charge of …

Jul 13, 2004: Chequamegon Fat 40 — I'm in! Way back in February I submitted my entry for the Chequamegon Fat Tire race. I’ve done the “Fat 40” for the last three years and …

Jul 11, 2004: Getting Ready for France Tammy and I dropped our bikes off at Erik’s Bike Shop tonight to get them packed in the Trico Iron Cases that I got on eBay what seems like …

Jul 9, 2004: ALARC Legends 5k Tammy and I did the ALARC Legends 5k this morning. Tammy has just started taking a running class with ALARC and they had an included pancake breakfast …

Jul 9, 2004: Learn to Row Pictures I took my camera gear to rowing class today and went with our coach Lauren in the launch (motor boat) to have some fun shooting pictures of our Learn …

Jul 9, 2004: Mother's Kitchen Demolition Tammy and I went and helped my mom today with the demolition of her kitchen. She’s been working on her new house for the last year and this is …

Jul 7, 2004: All 8, Row! We had our second “on the water” session in our Learn to Row class tonight at MRC. Tonight was significantly better than the first night. …

Jul 5, 2004: Learn to Row Tammy and I are taking the “Learn to Row” class at the Minneapolis Rowing Club. Tonight was our third class which was our first class to …

Jul 4, 2004: Canon PowerShot S500 We recently added yet another camera to our collection of digital cameras. There is absolutely nothing wrong with my current Canon EOS Digital Rebel. …

Jul 4, 2004: Stillwater Fireworks I lived in the Twin Cities for a number of years without anyone ever mentioning a thing about the fireworks in Stillwater. Maybe most people …

Jul 4, 2004: The (Not So Good) Taste of Minnesota Tonight Tammy and I planned to cap off a really great 4th of July weekend with a trip to the Taste of Minnesota, also known as “the …

Jul 4, 2004: Watermelon Ride Every year TCBC holds it’s annual 4th of July ride called the Watermelon Ride. It’s aptly named since there is a lunch afterward where …

Jul 2, 2004: Internet Oddities I ran across this Tron suit page and was stunned, confused and frightened. Just had to share it.

Jul 2, 2004: The Tour is On! It is really a treat to be a cycling fan in America these days. As little as 4 years ago it was hard to get any coverage on TV other than a weekly …

Jul 2, 2004: The Terminal Tammy and I went to The Terminal tonight. I gotta admit that I liked this movie a lot more than I expected I would. You start with Tom Hanks. Granted …

Jun 30, 2004: Race Across America The hardest sporting event in the world is finishing up right now. RAAM (the Race Across America) has concluded for another year and there was a bit …

Jun 28, 2004: More Bandwidth, Same Price I called up TimeWarner today about my cable modem service. I’ve had it for a couple of years now and wanted to see if there was a better deal I …

Jun 26, 2004: Rain and the Average Cyclist (Tour of Saints) Here is the scene… You’re sitting in your car watching the rain drops steadily hit the windshield. It looks cold and is obviously quite …

Jun 25, 2004: Minnetonka 8k We did the Minnetonka Summer Festival 8k run this morning. This is the first time we have done this run (two years ago we did the 2 mile fun run that …

Jun 25, 2004: Music Nirvana Achieved! Anybody that has talked to me about music recently knows that I’ve been working on a huge project to move all of our music to a home media …

Jun 25, 2004: Fahrenheit 9/11 Today was the opening day for Fahrenheit 9/11 (there was an early opening in New York on Wednesday). Tammy and I have been planning on seeing this …

Jun 24, 2004: What is that yellow thing on your wrist? If you are curious it is a Live Strong wristband. This is part of the Wear Yellow fundraising campaign from the Lance Armstrong Foundation to raise …

Jun 21, 2004: Bicycle Hit and Run It’s amazing to me how hostile some drivers are to people on bicycles. This article in the Star Tribune highlights another recent hit & run. …

Jun 20, 2004: Space History The first privately funded spacecraft successfully reached suborbital space today!

Jun 19, 2004: Power Blip Our power, which is horrible and goes out on a regular basis blipped today. This was a very short blip. Some devices didn’t reset. The UPS on …

Jun 18, 2004: Dodgeball! We went and saw Dodgeball tonight and I have to admit that while it’s a pretty stupid movie it is really funny. Don’t go expected any type …

Jun 18, 2004: Paintball Tammy and I went and played paintball today. It was pretty fun. Neither of us had done this before. Tammy actually brought the flag home for the …

Jun 16, 2004: Fresh Strawberries Tammy and her Mom went and picked fresh strawberries today. I’ve already had at least a pound and a half of them. Fresh, real, vine ripened …

Jun 16, 2004: MarketWatch Golf Outing We just got done with the annual MarketWatch golf outing today. It was a great day.

Jun 16, 2004: Prince Tammy and I went to the Prince concert last night at the Xcel Center. I’ve never seen Prince before and he put on an impressive show. It was …

Jun 16, 2004: Privacy or the Lack Thereof “The average American is listed in at least 50 databases, and that’s not counting government files.” This is the lead line in this …

Jun 15, 2004: Good Article on Digital Photography Here is a series of three articles called Beyond Megapixels (part 1, 2 and 3) that is a very good read on the issues around digital photography and …

Jun 12, 2004: Stillwater Classic On our way back from our camping excursion we stopped in Stillwater and watched the final stage of the Great River Energy Bicycle Festival. Today was …

Jun 12, 2004: There is nothing redeeming about mosquitos We just got back from a quick overnight car camping trip to St. Croix State Park. The beauty of car camping is that you do really bring everything and …

Jun 11, 2004: Easy Does It 5-mile Run Tammy and I just finished the Easy Does It 5-mile run in Plymouth. We were going to do the Rally for the Refuge 5k mainly since we did the very first …

Jun 10, 2004: Bike Racing in Downtown We just got back from watching Stage 3 of the Great River Energy Bicycle Festival. This is the Minneapolis downtown criterium. It looked like they …

Jun 10, 2004: Grilled Tandoori Chicken 1 (4 to 4 1/2 pound) chicken, cut into 8 pieces, skin removed 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1/2 cup chopped white onion 2 tablespoons chopped garlic 2 …

Jun 8, 2004: Just got back from seeing Super Size Me! Should be a wake up call to everyone. Also saw a preview for The Corporation which looks very good.

Jun 7, 2004: Tailwinds Are Nice I’ve been commuting to work on my bike again. It’s such a great way for me to get to work and with the superb trails that are at my …

Jun 6, 2004: Rain Gutters Installed It seems lately that nearly every day there is something happening on our house. We don’t have any major remodel going on, but the combination …

Jun 5, 2004: Edina Art Fair Tammy and I went to the Edina Art Fair today. The fair is bigger than it has been in recent years. The quality of the art was both better and worse. …

Jun 5, 2004: Lance Commercial It’s prime time for the cycling season right now. Over the course of the last 4 years I’ve developed a strong interest in professional …

Jun 5, 2004: North Col of Everest or Bust One of the guys at MarketWatch in our New York office, Rowan Hajaj, recently took off to go to the North Col of Everest. It’s funny because I …

Jun 4, 2004: Apple Duathlon! I’m exhausted! Tammy and I completed our very first multi-sport event. We did the Apple Duathlon in Sartell, MN today. A duathlon for those of …

Jun 4, 2004: House Painted Our house is finally done getting painted. Everything is back where it belongs. Yeah!

Jun 2, 2004: Go California The People’s Republic of California is an interesting state. While there are many referendums and interesting progressive groups in the state …

Jun 2, 2004: House Painting nearly complete At this very moment the painters are removing the plastic covering from all the windows in our house. We can see again! It’s amazing how odd …

Jun 1, 2004: Expose of the Hot Air Balloon Industry I’m sitting on a huge story and I think I should be calling our headline desk to break it. There is a scam going on, a big scam, on people …

Apr 2, 2004: Project Terabyte! A couple of months ago, not that long after I decided I needed gigabit networking at home, I decided that I also needed a terabyte of storage at home. …

Feb 13, 2004: Got Gig? A couple weeks ago I made the big jump to GigE at home. Why have gigabit ethernet at home? Why not! The first step to this Geek Fest was to figure out …

Jun 20, 2003: Apostle Islands Kayak Trip Tammy and I took a weekend kayak trip with Trek & Trail out of Bayfield, WI recently. The trip was their Paddle Through Time trip going through …

Mar 29, 2003: Bob Evans Pancakes! I’m sitting this morning at the counter of a Bob Evans restaurant in Marion, IL. I’ve never been to a Bob Evans before and Tammy really …

Mar 24, 2003: Magic Kingdom Woke up early and can’t fall back asleep. Figured I would just write a little. Tammy is sound asleep next to me. I wish I had the ability to …

Jan 11, 2003: Blue Dog Mural When we were on our honeymoon in Denver, Tammy saw this piece of art in a gallery and instantly fell in love with it. The artist did a series of …

Jul 3, 2001: Ardell & Rose Chrest's 50th Anniversary

Mar 16, 2001: Hellweek, Day 7 - Rollercoaster Ride We followed up the death ride with the Rollercoaster. I have to admit, aside from the headwinds and the rather cold weather and a general lack of …

Mar 15, 2001: Hellweek, Day 6 - The Leakey Death Ride I SURVIVED THE DEATH RIDE! Before I get into the details of the death ride, let me give you where we are, day 6 of Hellweek: You wake up and before …

Mar 14, 2001: Hellweek, Day 5 - Born to Boerne Todays ride was a mentally exhausting ride. 102 miles that took nearly 7 hours to complete. We started the morning in a light drizzle, 3 hours and 50 …

Mar 13, 2001: Hellweek, Day 4 - Fred's Ride Fred’s Ride is named after a friend of Nick’s, the Hellweek organizer who passed away a couple years ago, and this route was his favorite …

Mar 12, 2001: Hellweek, Day 3 - Southern Comfort We had a re-route on the beginning of today’s ride since one of the bridges was flooded, this cut a couple miles off of the route so …

Mar 11, 2001: Hellweek, Day 2 - The Harper Image Today was a long ride. 😀 Little over a thousand more vertical feet of climbing than we had yesterday, add onto that wet morning with a hot afternoon …

Mar 10, 2001: Hellweek, Day 1 - LBJ Ramble Let’s actually start with yesterday, Friday. Got into San Antonia, got the bike from luggage, all went very easy, to my surprise. Got the gate …

Mar 3, 2001: Hellweek Gear Test 2 Second gear test, got everything working the way I want this time. Below you can see the ride that I took, total distance of 15.9 miles: Here is an …

Mar 2, 2001: Hellweek Gear Test 1 Took my GPS on my ride with me to do a gear test before heading to Texas. Had the heart rate monitor on as well, but for some reason I got no signal, …

Mar 26, 2000: Caribbean Vacation: Day 2 Boats rock a lot, even big ones. Rum, Gin and Tequila don’t help the rocking boat. Tomorrow is the wedding, and the first day on St. Thomas. No …

Mar 25, 2000: Caribbean Vacation: Day 1 Got into San Juan at 4:00p. Got sent to the El San Juan Hotel instead of the Old San Juan Hotel, figured out where I was and got that taken care of. …