Feb 28 and 20 °F in Minnesota — let’s play soccer! Go United! Home opener. ⚽️

Three fans in winter gear pose for a selfie outside Allianz Field, home of Minnesota United FC, on a cold gray day.Bundled-up fans watching a Minnesota United FC home opener at Allianz Field on a cold overcast day, referee in neon yellow on the pitch.Three bundled-up fans wearing Minnesota United scarves sit in a packed outdoor stadium on a cold winter day.

It is time to officially celebrate Pokémon Day. Rip ‘em!

Pokemon Day 2026 collection on a white table including two Phantasmal Flames collection boxes, a Mega Evolution Ascended Heroes Elite Trainer Box, and two Vault X binders.

I got my first shingles vaccine tonight and am hoping I’m not one of the unlucky ones that gets sick from it. 💉

It is bonkers to me that I just built a project that I’ve been curious about while laying in bed, entirely on my iPhone, with Claude Code. See Flight Path, extending the POAP Airport Rally. Now to sleep… 🛌

U2:

For four years Ukraine has been resisting Russia’s full-scale invasion. Soldiers of the Khartiya Corps are among the hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians who conduct daily military operations to defend their country against the invading Russian army. This film contains footage from a documentary about Ukrainian soldiers fighting for freedom.

Starting a Claude Code task before I begin my morning meditation… will grab the pull request when done? Not sure I’m doing this right. 🤦‍♂️

I’ve been working on this new site, Escaping Things, that is the full index of all of our escape room history. It is one of my automatic programming projects. I’ve had Codex and Claude Code engaged on it. I just moved the data backend to Airtable too. Check it out! 🧩

Sometimes a concert is great music, sometimes it is a great experience, and sometimes it is something even more — magical. That was last nights Brandi Carlile show at the Target Center. We’ve seen her probably 20 times and this time was truly special. Such an incredible show.

Singer performing on arena stage inside a glowing orange circle, backed by a full band, with large LED screens and colored smoke filling the venue.Band performing on a large arena stage beneath a glowing sun backdrop, with dramatic light beams and a packed crowd in silhouette.Concert stage at Target Center with a full band performing before a large crowd, backed by a grid of screens showing the lead singer closeup.Concert stage with a full band performing under dramatic lighting while a close-up of the lead singer at a microphone fills a large backdrop screen.Concert stage with a full band performing beneath projected handwritten lyrics reading Let em laugh while they can