Leaving Spencer Iowa. Snow. Definitely time to head for the desert.

Westward ho!!

So conflicted. I want Liverpool to stay ahead of city, but I don’t want Arsenal to fall way behind.

Beautiful late fall bike ride!

The fruits of my first try at making bacon on the Traeger. 8 pounds of pork belly from Costco, 12 days of curing, and almost 4 hours of smoking led up to this delicious BLT sandwich for lunch. Tomorrow night I’m making Carbonara!

I’m really excited to begin this next chapter for Luther College: www.luther.edu/offices/p…

Full moon on the lake. Tried to remove the dock with AI but it didn’t do a good job.

Wordle 1,213 3/6*

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Not that three is so great, just wanted to mark today as my 1000th wordle. Win streak is 100% thanks to rounding.

Family work day at the cabin! Clearing space for a potential pickleball court. It was raining, so the risk of wildfire was quite low.

Wow! Love those Aurora Borealis! Even if it is slightly cloudy.

Northern lights

Beautiful bike ride this afternoon!

Two scientists — one of them called the “Godfather of AI” — share Nobel prize in physics - BBC News

Wow! Books by these two are among the few that I kept when I cleaned out my office.

Steam off the water and a few clouds in the sky on this chilly October morning.

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WellsFargo must be the leakiest CC company in the world. Card compromised, ok, we’ll send you a new card… New card compromised before I even activate it! Now entering the bewildering world of choosing a new card company! Thoughts?

Bought this at the Madison farmers market today!

Enjoyed watching the Loons win tonight over Saint Louis. But the sideboard ad for Purina… “Our City. Our Pets.” I just couldn’t help but wonder if they weren’t trolling Trump.

10 years of sustainable open source - Read the Docs

This resonates so strongly with me. I feel like I could have written this about Runestone.

Why do they keep turning his mic back on!?!

Just a followup post on the DDoS https://blog.runestone.academy/2024/09/10/distributed_denial_of_service_2024.html Any thoughts on how to be better prepared for the next one are welcome!