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Snow Falling, Fresh Footprints

Jan 14, 2014

Snow falling, making fresh footprints. Walk and chat with a friend up one side of Mississippi and down the other.

Sunny Walk to Library

Jan 13, 2014

Sunny winter’s day. Walked to library, Downtown.

Planning Hikes

Jan 12, 2014

Today, worked on shortlist of places to hike. Used Google, Google Earth, Garmin MapSource, Evernote, and a paper map.

Hacked Board

Jan 11, 2014

Hacked garage door opener controller board. The heavy duty soldering iron didn’t fry the board, and the hack worked.

Cajun Hashbrowns

Jan 10, 2014

At French Meadow Bakery/Cafe today, waiting for Cajun hashbrowns: the meal fortified me for a 4-hour business meeting.

Cold Walls

Jan 9, 2014

Thrill du jour: temperature inside our exterior walls right now. It has been a quiet day.

Preventing Frozen Pipes

Jan 8, 2014

Installed sensor to control pipe temperature when it’s really cold outside. It should prevent another frozen pipe.

Too Cold for School

Jan 7, 2014

Today it was too cold for the schools to open, but not too cold for nephew C. to snowboard.

Embracing the Season

Jan 6, 2014

False dilemma: “The winters are too cold. Why don’t you move?” Here’s my reply.

Snow Monster

Jan 5, 2014

Sunny winter’s day, a good day to walk on the squeaky sub-zero snow. Spotted a snow monster and a cyclist on the lake.

Fireside

Jan 4, 2014

Ran around Lake of the Isles. Now, this is my preferred view until Wednesday when the high will next be above zero F.

Ski-Sailing

Jan 3, 2014

Today, temperature soared to 18F so walked across Lake of the Isles and Lake Calhoun. Watched people ski-sailing.

Corruption in Washington

Jan 3, 2014

Tonight, at the Guthrie Theater: “Born Yesterday”–corruption in Washington, written 1945, and as fresh as ever.

First Beer of 2014

Jan 1, 2014

First beer of 2014. New Year’s Day tradition: walk + lunch. Frigid weather = short walk.

LEGO Research

Dec 31, 2013

Researched jam-free designs for a LEGO Mindstorms ball dispenser. I’ll be asleep when the ball drops in Times Square.

Finding Work and Health Insurance

Dec 30, 2013

Library afternoon. Helped people to navigate poorly designed Web forms to find jobs and decent health insurance.