Sigur Rós at State Theatre
We saw Sigur Rós at the State Theatre this evening. I first heard of Sigur Rós from their 2008 album Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, which I got into after visiting Iceland in 2012 and then saw them in 2013 when they played in Minneapolis.
I enjoy their music but with every album it seems to get more “ethereal” or even ambient, and slow. Their newest work is a far leap from that 2008 album. It is good, but I wouldn’t mind if they picked up the pace on some of the newer albums.
We all went to Top Gun: Maverick on opening weekend. We saw it at Emagine Willow Creek in the comfortable recliners. Everyone loved the movie! Fabulous. There was a touch of nostalgia for Tammy and I having seen Top Gun years ago, but the kids also thought it was great having no idea about the first movie.
Magic Pines Summer of 2022 POAP
I’m doing what I consider another fun Proof of Attendance Protocol, or POAP, token! We greatly enjoy our summers at the lake and we have a lot of people join us there. We call our lake place Magic Pines. I love finding ways to commemorate these fun times and I thought it would be fun to give people a POAP token each summer! From that, the Magic Pines Summer of 2022 token was born!
This token celebrates the Summer of 2022 at Magic Pines, the Thingelstad’s lake house. The token can only be claimed in-person by visiting Magic Pines between Memorial Day weekend on Saturday, May 28 and Labor Day on Monday, September 5th. The token image was created via a Poapathan competition by kavishsethi#2327. A larger version of the image is on IPFS at CID QmZXjAZvNSP8z4N4f1HzfJFhDvG1TdVLZLsHHqJp96kgLZ.
I love the custom artwork via Poapathon. I’m going to print out “claim sheets” that have instructions for people that have never done this before, which is most everyone. I think it could be cool to issue a new one of these every year with new artwork for that year.
I realized when doing this that Magic Pines itself should have one, so magicpines.eth is all setup now! Maybe it will become a DAO for the family at some point. 😊
Gift for Weekly Thing POAP Holders
I saw this HELLO “Ink” on Nifty.Ink and I just thought it was a fun image. The author had minted 100 of them for only 0.10 DAI ($0.10 USD) each and an idea sprung into my mind.
I should send one of these to everyone that has minted a Weekly Thing POAP token! 🎁
I went to the Weekly Thing #200 and Weekly Thing Five Year Anniversary event pages and downloaded the CSV of the addresses that have it. Deduplicated the list and then proceeded to buy and send a copy of HELLO to every address.
If you hold a Weekly Thing POAP, you will now find that you have HELLO in your wallet on Gnosis chain. 🎉
LEGO World Map
The LEGO World Map is complete!
There are two very notable things about the LEGO World Map.
- I think this is the ideal LEGO for someone that is really into jigsaw puzzles. The build of this LEGO is not like any other that I’ve done.
- I found this LEGO an overwhelming build. I would typically want to do a LEGO on my own, so I experience it all. This one I needed help, and it really got done because a few others got involved and it was very easy to do each tile in parallel.
At 11,695 pieces this is a big project. I started this project right after Christmas!
Once we got about 80% done with the tiles we could see the end and and there was a strong desire to get it all together. The last half of the build was more fun than the first half for sure.
Thanks to help from Tammy, the kids, and two of their cousins!
Afternoon bike ride to Dairy Queen! Perfect 10-mile round trip with an ice cream in the middle.
First Smashburgers of 2022! Delicious. 🍔
Getting pizza at Pleasant Grove Pizza Farm and watching the sunset.
I’ve been telling the family that we should all have a Hungry Man dinner. Maybe even with TV trays. They are skeptical, but got me one for lunch today. Used to have these a lot as a kid. In the oven now!
Mazie is planting the garden She loves to garden and commune with the plants. The strawberries and blueberries did well over the winter.
Boat Day Selfie
- Cold morning requiring hat, jackets, and gloves on May 21.
- This may the most Minnesotan picture of me.
- I think I look a bit like my Grandpa Ardell.
It is Boat Day 2022! Got the pontoon from LaCanne’s, went under I-35, up the Cannon River, through Wells Lake, and then home to Cannon Lake. Cold morning.
Lots of hail and heavy rain showed up out of nowhere in Downtown Minneapolis.
I’ve been exploring various “noun” crypto projects recently. When I found The Internoun Project I decided to grab the Wikipedia noun for my collection. I’m a big fan and supporter of Wikipedia.
Firmware upgrades are the best. 🤓
Gorgeous night for some Minnesota Twins baseball! ⚾️
We had a fun time shooting Nerf pellets at each other in various games at Urban Tactical Combat today.
I just sent issue 219 of the Weekly Thing, which also marks the Five Year anniversary! It is also my first issue back after an unscheduled break. It was fun to get things going again. Subscribers got a PAOP token to mark the occasion.
At Children’s Theatre Company for Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Musical! Tyler is a big fan of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
