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Ordered a Dappnode Home i732 so that I can run a validator for Gnosis at home. I’m a big fan of POAP and Nifty.ink, both of which run on Gnosis. This seems like the easiest path exploring home staking. If this all goes well I would like to explore home staking Ethereum.

Intel NUC mini PC with USB-C, USB-A, audio jack, SD card slot, and power button on front panel.
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Starting three pork butts for 18 hour cook in the Sous Vides! Finish smoke tomorrow. 🐖💧🔥

Three vacuum-sealed pork butts submerged in a clear sous vide container with an immersion circulator clipped to the side.
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Minted Noun Cats

The Noun Cats project was my “gateway” to the Nouns ecosystem. It is the first place where I found these projects embracing completely public CC0 licenses, and I thought the project was really fun. Over a couple of times I ended up minting 8 different Invisibles from the project.

8 pixel-art NFT characters called Invisible Noun Cats, each wearing oversized glasses and hats, displayed in a 2x4 grid with colorful backgrounds

While they were developing the project further they even created a spin-off project for Early Birbs, and I have my set of those too.

The project never “minted out”, so the folks behind it pivoted and recently made it so you can get the Noun Cats that match your Invisibles. I decided to keep my invisibles and mint the cats to go with them. The mint was only available directly via the contract in Etherscan, which I hadn’t done before. But after I crafted my API call the transaction worked fine. I’ve now got my full squad.

8 pixel-art Noun Cat NFT characters in a 2x4 grid, each wearing oversized glasses and colorful hats, labeled with numbers 3313 to 15
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Great game today with Minnesota United beating Houston Dynamo 2-1. First half was a slow start but when the actual Dark Clouds arrived over the stadium the United put two in the net in rapid succession! ⚽️

Minnesota United players in black defend a corner kick against Houston Dynamo in orange at Allianz Field before a packed crowd. Four fans smiling for a selfie in the stands at a Minnesota United FC soccer match in a packed stadium. Allianz Field packed with fans as Minnesota United host Houston Dynamo, smoke rising near the goal during match action on the pitch. Crowd of fans on a grass lawn in front of large white UNITED letters outside Allianz Field stadium on a cloudy day
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On our bike ride today as we were rounding our way around Lake Harriet and coming home Tyler caught the edge of the trail and crashed on his bike, right in front of me. I then slammed on my brakes trying to not run into or over him and went completely over my handlebars. We both got scrapped up and are nursing some significant road rash. Both of our helmets will need to be replaced. Glad we are super consistent about wearing our helmets. But we are okay and will heal up just fine.

Middle-aged man in a blue patterned shirt and Apple Watch displaying a large bandage covering his elbow after a bike crash.
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We had a wonderful family bike ride around the three main lakes along with a lunch stop at Punch Pizza.

Strava map of a 13.2 mile bike ride around Bde Maka Ska and Lake Harriet in Minneapolis completed in 1 hour 21 minutes. Group of seven people wearing bike helmets with bicycles near a lake on a sunny summer day Man in red patterned shirt and white helmet takes a cycling selfie with a group of family cyclists on a tree-lined path.
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Ordered a bag of Nouns Coffee. Never would have guessed that to come out of Nouns DAO. ⌐◨-◨

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Serene and pretty.

Calm lake at sunset with vivid orange horizon, dark silhouetted treeline, and dramatic clouds reflected in still water.
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Time for a sunset fire on Pokegama Lake.

Campfire burning in a lakeside fire pit at sunset, with a dock and jet ski visible on calm Pokegama Lake behind it.
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Just registered thingelstad.⌐◨-◨ on Noun Name Service. Cool to see that Food Noun 3 already shows my “nounish” name.