Cycled through a sculpture called “Molecule” near the Molecular and Cellular Biology Building on the University of Minnesota’s East Bank Campus. Learned via Google it doesn’t depict a specific molecule.
Category: Create
Poem on a Bridge
Read a poem while pushing my bicycle across a pedestrian bridge spanning sixteen lanes of traffic. Took one line literally, applied it to this week’s weather.
Confronting History
Cycled around southeast Minneapolis looking for public art. This mask of Little Crow, chief of the Mdewakanton Dakota, is on sacred ground in Minnehaha Park. He was murdered by a settler in 1863 while picking raspberries. The Legislature awarded the settler $500.
Meeting Lucille van Pelt
Lucille van Pelt ambushed me with a “newspaper” outside the building where the Star Tribune is printed. On our “No-News Wednesdays” we carefully avoid all news, including the Star Tribune. Mercifully, Lucy’s news was a little out-of-date.
Remembrance of Earth’s Past
It’s “No-News Wednesday,” a day without any news media. Made a dent in the second book in the “Remembrance of Earth’s Past” trilogy by Cixin Liu. I normally don’t go for science fiction, but this is a fine summer read. I get to see through Chinese eyes, dimmed by translation.
Izzy’s Ice Cream
This week I bought our final Saturday evening ice cream treats from Izzy’s ice cream store just down the road from where we live. Covid-19, and the uncertainties it’s bringing, gate-crashed the business model; the store is closing. Ice cream in a time of Covid. The server slides my online order through the freezer case…… Continue reading Izzy’s Ice Cream
Casket Arts
It’s Tuesday, so cycled with a friend in search of things we’ve never seen before. The grounds of the Casket Arts Community are always a good bet. This is a base for over 140 artists and art businesses. In 1882 the Northwestern Casket Company made caskets.
LEGO Mindstorms Warehouse Picker: Teardown
https://youtu.be/vsbbJ0vttZU Teardown The four modules stack on top of each other. Modules Up-down motor module. Rack and pinion, one servo motor, one touch sensor. Forward-backward motor module. Two linear actuators, one servo motor, one touch sensor. Left-right motor module. Rack and pinion, one servo motor, one touch sensor. EV3 computer brick. I wrote the program…… Continue reading LEGO Mindstorms Warehouse Picker: Teardown
Eye-popping Art
Most Tuesdays I cycle with a friend, often looking for things we’ve not seen before. Our ride, today, included sidewalk art on Downtown’s Nicollet Mall
Oozing with Contempt
Cycled across (positively) 4th Street in Dinkytown, Minneapolis. Back when I was a student, I loved the way Dylan oozes with contempt in this song. The title probably refers to the 4th Street that runs through Greenwich Village, but Minneapolis can claim some connection.