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Extracting Data

Oct 30, 2013

Still doing bits of work for existing clients, including extracting data from this dead product.

Increasing Firepower

Oct 29, 2013

Figuring out how to increase firepower of my shooterbot. Of course, doing this for my nephews, not myself. #whitelie

Deir Yassin

Oct 28, 2013

Paused at Deir Yassin memorial on my cycle ride along the Midtown Greenway today.

Odd

Oct 27, 2013

Window smashed, uncashed checks on ground. Called 911. Man appears, sees damage, drives off before cop arrives. Odd.

Clothes Shopping

Oct 26, 2013

Downtown Minneapolis, today, in search of 31×32 khakis… for Dwight.

Bike Buddy

Oct 25, 2013

My bike buddy today. I’m in awe of this little guy: he first rode a bicycle without training wheels when he was 2.

Shooterbot

Oct 24, 2013

Tomorrow, I have my 4-year-old nephew in tow, so today I set up my phone-controlled Lego Mindstorms shooterbot.

Blue Tarpaulins

Oct 23, 2013

Japanese art at Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Homeless under blue tarpaulins: reminds me of a walk in a Tokyo park.

Bagged Leaves

Oct 22, 2013

Leaves now falling in earnest. This morning, tried to stay ahead of the game: bagged leaves for city composting.

Ice Pellets Falling on Dry Leaves

Oct 21, 2013

Icy snow pellets falling on dry leaves played the soundtrack for my Lake of the Isles jog today.

Simplification Exception

Oct 20, 2013

Weeding shelves today. These are keepers–had them 40 years, Still computer science bedrock, still taught in college.

Beyond Worn Out

Oct 19, 2013

Upgraded my image, with a nudge from Dwight. Threw out all my worn tee shirts and ordered tee shirts made in the USA.

Who Reads This Stuff?

Oct 18, 2013

Posted Artful Living.

Lunch at Egg and I

Oct 18, 2013

Lunch, today with a good friend at Egg and I. She and I have been getting together every other week for decades.

Bridges of Hennepin County

Oct 17, 2013

Today, crossed the Mississippi twelve times with friend following his “Bridges of Hennepin County” bicycle route.

Sabo Bridge

Oct 16, 2013

Sabo Bridge, Minneapolis, this afternoon.