Jamie Thingelstad

September 9, 2022

9:08pm Flight got pushed back to 10:08p at 6:22p.
Delayed heading to airport, and flight restored to original 9:08p departure at 7:25p.
Quickly departed to airport, and 12 min from house realized we didn’t have passports.
Return back home for passports, depart for airport with ETA of 8:07p.
Got to airport and parked strategically to get to gate fastest, North security closed. Detoured to South security.
TSA Pre closed. So many CLEAR passengers.
Clear security at 8:28p. Very fast walk to F12.
Walked directly onto plane on our boarding group.

Phew.

September 9, 2022

My Gnosis Chain home validator is spending the next day or so getting synced. The Dappnode Home i732 was relatively easy to get setup.

Two sync status cards for Gnosis Chain nodes: Gnosis Beacon Chain Prysm at 32% with 1554817 of 4751686 blocks synced, and Nethermind Xdai fully synced at block 24114008.

September 5, 2022

We finished the unofficial last day of summer with a nice bike ride around the lakes, dinner at Punch Pizza, and ice cream cones at Bread & Pickle. What a great day!

Four people smiling and holding ice cream cones near a lake on a summer evening, one wearing a bike helmet.

September 5, 2022

We had a great time at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival today. It was our first time back since the pandemic. It was nice to be there. Labor Day is always our preferred day to go.

Crowd of visitors gathered at the medieval castle gate entrance to the Minnesota Renaissance Festival

Family of four smiling together at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival with Tudor-style buildings and crowd in the background.

Teen girl in teal shirt climbs Jacob's Ladder rope ladder over hay bales at a Renaissance festival while an attendant watches.

Three people in Renaissance festival costumes stand near a hay bale maze, with colorful balloons and confetti on the ground.

Bungee trampoline ride at a Renaissance festival with two people suspended upside down by harness cords high in the air

Fire performer standing atop a flaming ladder juggling torches for a crowd at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival

September 5, 2022

Signed “Proof of Stake” by Vitalik Buterin

Vitalik Buterin is releasing a new book called Proof of Stake: The Making of Ethereum and the Philosophy of Blockchains. This is going to be launched right around the same time that Ethereum makes the transition to proof-of-stake. Buterin is donating all of the proceeds from the …

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September 4, 2022

This bat has been flying around our cabin for the last two days. Seems odd to see a bat in full daylight flying around but I guess it isn’t that abnormal. 🦇

Small bat flying in a clear blue sky above leafy green treetops in daylight

September 4, 2022

Dairy Queen stop at the halfway mark of today’s family bike ride.

Four people smiling outside a Dairy Queen holding ice cream treats, two wearing bike helmets on a sunny day.

September 3, 2022

With Labor Day and some additional travel, I decided to extend the Weekly Thing summer break for two more weeks. Issue 226 will resume on September 17th!

September 3, 2022

I couldn’t resist grabbing a nuNoun and picked up nuNoun 88. Yet another noun project. ⌐◨-◨

September 3, 2022

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.

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Signed “Proof of Stake” by Vitalik Buterin