Finally figured out Bitcoin Lightning transactions. Ready to use Lightning at Bitcoin Miami. Want to try? Send some Sats to sinfuljam38@walletofsatoshi.com (no longer used) or jthingelstad@strike.me. ⚡️

I applaud the Gnosis Chain Weekly moving to Ghost from Substack. 👏

Crypto and web3 projects oddly decide to have this extreme reliance on the most centralized platforms the Internet has — Twitter and Substack. Meanwhile we have perfectly good, open, censorship resistance methods like email and RSS sitting unused.

RSS should be widely adopted in Web3.

The first attempt to keep the squirrels out of these snacks we leave at the door failed in a single day. 😬🐿️

Clear bowl of red candy packets on outdoor table with black lid and handwritten note about squirrel-proofing, colorful sign in background.

I claimed my ENS 6th Anniversary POAP for: thingelstad.eth, weeklything.eth, 0xjjt.eth, and magicpines.eth. Unfortunately I don’t have avatar records set for all my ENS domains. Get yours at the ENS Anniversary site.

Circular badge showing a cartoon Jedi figure holding a lightsaber in a starfield, with ENS logos and the text ENS 6th Anniversary May 4th 2023

Learning is to your mind,

as moving is to your body.

Both are key to thriving.

Tyler got to perform as part of the MN Statewide Honors Choir today. It was a lot of work but he enjoyed being part of it and the perfermance was great.

Large youth choir in purple shirts performing on risers in a church sanctuary with a pipe organ backdrop and a pianist at a grand piano.

Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s Largest Software Development Firms in the Twin Cities ranked by software developers.

Table ranking top 5 Twin Cities software firms by developer count, showing SPS Commerce leading with 499 developers and 450.9M revenue.

Ethereum gas prices have been very high and sustained for a week now. This seems like the highest since the merge and the crazy highs of 2020. 🤔 I would like to upgrade all my ENS domains to the v3 wrapper but not at 100+ gwei!

Line chart of Ethereum monthly gas prices April 8 to May 5 2023 showing a sharp spike above 250 Gwei around May 5.

Thanks to an invite from Hector, I was able to join the Economic Club of Minnesota luncheon today with James Bullard, the President & CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in discussion with Neel Kashkari, President & CEO of the Minneapolis Fed.

Two men seated on stage at an Economic Club of Minnesota luncheon, speaking before an audience at round tables.Two men in suits and ties smile for a selfie at a crowded indoor networking event or luncheon.

Tammy and I had a fun evening at Constellation Fund Bright Night event at the Fillmore. Constellations data driven approach to philanthropy and working to reduce poverty in the Twin Cities is a mission and method that resonates with me.

Constellation Fund Bright Night event stage with large projection screen and speaker at a podium before a seated audience Two people smile in a selfie outside The Fillmore venue, presented by Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union, Minneapolis.

See Bright Night from 2021, 2023, and 2024.