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Jamie Thingelstad

Writer of the Weekly Thing. Blogger. Explorer of tech, the open web, AI, and a good escape room. Maybe a podcast? CTO of SPS Commerce, Board Member of MnTech, Former Board Member Minnestar. Minneapolis is home.

2011

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    One Hour of Cardboard

    This wasn’t a record, but pretty close. That’s one hour of cutting and tying into bundles.

    And, even though we had some warm days, my snow shelf is mostly intact still.

    Flattened cardboard boxes bundled with twine stacked against a house siding beside blue recycling bins, sitting on a snow shelf in winter
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    Huge Snowman

    Some people in our neighborhood build a huge snowman in the park every winter. Mazie stood next to it for scale. The nose is a traffic cone. Awesome!

    You can see this for yourself if you drive down Penn Ave at night and look east as you cross over Minnehaha Creek. They light it up at night so it stands out really well. I’m going to go and photograph it some evening.

    Child in pink snowsuit standing beside a massive three-ball snowman with a top hat, glasses, red scarf, and traffic-cone nose in a snowy park
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    The Mountain Boy Sleds I ordered have arrived. The sled pads are attached and ready to rocket down the sledding hill this weekend.

    Long wooden dog sled with red foam pad and red rope handle resting on a snow-covered surface outdoors Wooden Mountain Boy sled with red padded cushion strapped in place, resting on snow outdoors near bare trees.
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    TRON: Legacy

    We saw the new TRON movie tonight as part of my birthday fun. In short, it was great.

    IMAX promotional poster featuring a glowing cyan light cycle with a rider in a black suit on a dark reflective surface.
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    Happy Birthday: MacBook Air

    Apple MacBook Air laptop open and facing forward showing Mac OS X desktop with colorful aurora wallpaper and app dock

    I’m writing this blog post on my super light, super fast, and super tiny 11" MacBook Air. Thanks to Tammy, my Mom & Kurt, and my sister Alona I got a really nice surprise for my birthday.

    I was very impressed with this laptop when I first saw one and I had thought of all the times when an Air would be so nice to have. Notably, you couldn’t have a better bus laptop or blogging and surfing on the couch.

    I’ll be installing software for a while now. 🙂

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    Toddler in striped pajamas reaching into an open dishwasher rack while a black Labrador sits nearby on a colorful kitchen rug.

    Tyler helped Dad unload the dishwasher this morning. Chase’s lack on an opposable thumb made him much less helpful.

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