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Recent Microposts and Posts at tomwilson.com
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That’s Closed! No Ice Cream!
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Today I had to teach about sentences starting with "That." In preparation for the class I plugged a convoluted sentence into ChatGPT: although correct, it suggested not starting sentences with "That." After all that I needed ice cream as a reward, but the store was closed.
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Science Experiment: Siphonic Action
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The problem: maintaining water levels for rooting cuttings while we’re away, traveling. The solution: siphonic action. The blue container represents a reservoir that will be topped up via a float valve. Prototype 1, here, has too many points of failure. Next up: straight runs from the reservoir.
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Categories: Apartment Gardening
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Drip irrigation Going Undercover
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Arranged drip irrigation tubes in large planters on a roof deck of our building. Once the plants establish themselves, they hide the tubes.
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Categories: Apartment Gardening
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While cycling in Nordeast Minneapolis, I was stopped in my tracks by a moving art installation that evoked the Mad Max movies. Nordeast Minneapolis is home to hundreds of artists.
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Categories: Nordeast Minneapolis, Arts
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Looked down as I walked out of Five Watt Coffee after sipping an Americano.
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Met a friend over coffee in St. Paul. The heavens opened as I started to cycle home, so I made a beeline for the nearest light rail station. Conveniently, each train car has two upright bike racks.
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Cycled to Repowered with a load of old electronics. The nonprofit employs people facing barriers to employment to refurbish and sell as much as possible. Recycling is performed in the USA.
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