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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.

2017

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    US Internet put the conduit from our boulevard to the house. Only a couple more weeks to gig!

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    Happy Halloween! 🎃

    Two glowing jack-o-lanterns on a kitchen stovetop, one large and one small, both lit from inside with carved faces.
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    Ready for tomorrow!

    Jack-o-lantern with triangular eyes, square nose, and jagged teeth carved into an orange pumpkin sitting on a colorful tablecloth indoors
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    Managing 15 years of blog content

    Moving 15 years of blog content to Jekyll and Markdown files is surprisingly difficult. My blog first ran on .Text, then WordPress, then Squarespace. Each step along the way was a full migration. No content lost.

    Now I’m in Jekyll and trying to get links working and validated in posts. And the media files, oh what a mess. 😫 Progress is made but it is slow and even with extensive scripting skills there is still much to do manually. It feels like I’ll be in a good spot when done, but it’s a lot more than I planned.

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    Watched Dope tonight. Really good movie. 🎬

    Movie poster for Dope showing three teenagers riding bikes down a palm tree-lined street in Los Angeles.
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    New Glarus’ Wisconsin Belgain Red is one of my favorite beers! 🍺🍒

    Bottle of New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red ale beside a pint glass printed with I Like Beer From Here on a white table.
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    Pretending I’m a rancher and burning brush.

    Campfire burning in a metal fire ring with roasting forks, surrounded by blue Adirondack chairs on gravel, a black dog and lake visible beyond.
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    Restrung a guitar 🎸 for first time. Now if I could do anything else with it. 😂

    Classical guitar lying on a coloring page surrounded by colored pencils and markers, with fresh strings on the headstock
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    Some scripting magic and I’ve finally resolved the missing images from most of my blog archive. 👏

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    Just saved myself a silly amount of time with 18 lines of bash. So great. 👍

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