Escape in Europe 2026 — Days -1, 0, 1

Day -1 (March 13)

  • 4:30p: Flight cancelled. 😞
  • Reschedule first escape room.
  • Realize we will not be able to see Anne Frank museum now.

Day 0 (March 14)

  • Tyler drove to Ultimate Collectibles on his own. First solo drive!
  • Recognize π day!
  • Lunch at Yum! with pie.
  • FaceTime with Mazie!
  • 6:50p: Should have been flying. It seemed fine. Hear airplanes flying overhead while having frozen pizza for dinner.
  • Watch Anaconda at home.

Day 1 (March 15)

  • Prepare house for floor refinishing while away.
  • Plenty of time to pack.
  • 4:30p: Lyft to MSP.
  • 6:50p: Flight DL162 to AMS

Delicious breakfast and coffee at Kek in Delft.

Sticker spotting.

Delft, Netherlands.

Catching train to Delft for the day! This was supposed to be day two so tiredness will be real.

Fun running into former colleagues Sam and Andy on our flight to AMS.

Flight seems to be holding. Should be boarding in 35 minutes. MSP is much, much quieter than normal. Seems most the planes are the big ones.

Our flight to AMS is still listed as on time, but the Misery Map sure paints an ugly picture.

Sunday morning. Working on the Weekly Thing. Codex improving Elixir in another window. Coffee. “Bonus time” at home because of Delta flight cancellation, and hoping our flight today actually goes.

Codex: The codebase feels much healthier after the recent changes.

I agree Codex.

Was supposed to be flying to Amsterdam tomorrow at 6:50 PM on DL 162 and they have already cancelled the flight because of the forecasted weather. That sure seems overly cautious given how accurate weather forecasts are. 😖✈️

Fun morning irrationally celebrating π Day - 0.01! 🥧

OpenClaw just eats tokens like an animal.

Automatic Programming Speed

This morning with my morning coffee (skipped meditation, intermingled with getting ready) I shipped three new features in Elixir.

  • Stronger memory for clan continuity (diff)
  • Track fresh ladder and Path of Legend momentum to celebrate hot streaks (feature Codex suggested from cr-api-docs, commit)
  • A weekly clan recap (commit) next week to highlight our ongoing story and progress.

Tammy and I had a great evening seeing Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway live for Resist and Unsubscribe, or Live PIVOT.

At Fat Pants Brewing watching the Australian GP and the start of the 2026 F1 season! My cousin Quinn and I cheering for Ferrari and Tyler for Verstappen and Red Bull.

We saw Hoppers today and it was really good. Our kids are not so kid-like anymore, but a bunch of our nieces and nephews were going so we joined and it was a wonderful story and movie. 🍿