Siri is incredible on the iPhone 6. The “Hey Siri” feature is great when you are driving.
Wait, my AppleTV can’t use this new 7.0 release?! 🙁
Still about 50 folks in line at Apple Store in Uptown.
Tyler's First Fish
Tyler caught his very first fish this weekend with the help of Grandpa Don! He was so proud and excited. He even threw it back in all on his own.
Restarting AWS MN
A couple of months ago Bridget Kromhout and I started talking about coordinating with the Twin Cities Amazon Web Services User Group organizers to get the meetup group going again. The first thing we did was change the name to something a bit shorter, AWS MN.
We had our first meetup a month ago to get things going again with a pretty loose agenda. This Wednesday we have a presentation I’m super excited about on Automating AWS with Ansible by David Federlein. We already have presentations for October and December as well. Want to present for November? 😀
This is my first time organizing a meetup and I’m super excited to be doing this with Bridget who is frankly awesome at all of this (you should follow her on Twitter, @bridgetkromhout). We are also using GitHub issues to coordinate our work which is working really well and hosting at SPS Commerce using our training facility which also works fabulous for this and is nicely located in core downtown.
If you have an interest in AWS and topics related to it, you should definitely join the meetup and come to our sessions. They are the third Wednesday of every month at 6pm! Also follow @aws_mn on Twitter!
Fall Poem
Mazie had a homework assignment for fall poetry that involved having your parents write a poem and copying it in her notebook. Here is my poem.
The leaves had all gone from the trees.
In the air there was a gentle breeze.
My nose could smell the freshness in the air.
The air is chilly and the weather is fair.
The days are getting shorter the harvest moon is tall.
This is my favorite season I love the fall.
Watched the Apple Watch video 3 times now. Should stop now. 😀
shingadooties
For years Mazie has been using this word that she made up. She decided that it meant “everything”. Quite specifically, everything. Any question she asked, if you answered with “shingadooties” it would be right. This wonderful word has no representation on the Internet so Mazie and I decided to fix that by defining it here. So a shingadooties this shingadooties post about shingadooties.
Pronunciation: shing-a-doo-ties
Etymology: Mazie made it up
Verb: Every verb possible. I shingadooties all the way to school. The dog shingadooties around the backyard.
Noun: Every noun possible. One time I got shingadooties for my birthday and it was awesome.
I love my shingadooties!
Shingadooties,
Jamie & Mazie
2023 Update: This page is still the only reference to shingadooties on the entire web. OpenAI GPT-4 also isn’t aware of shingadooties.
Ordered Tammy an iPhone 6 via the AT&T website and it worked.
Grilling tools. Today is what Gin & Tonic’s were made for.
Minnesota United v Tampa Bay
Gorgeous night for a Minnesota United FC game! Stands are full! Nice to see Atomic Data sponsoring Minnesota United FC! Well done Jim Wolford and team!
GOAL!!! Minnesota United FC
Ugh! Tampa Bay makes it 1-1 vs Minnesota United FC.
Put the pressure on Minnesota United FC! Don’t play for a tie! ⚽️
I think it’s time to give nvALT and Simplenoteapp a serious go.
Nice day for Minnesota Renaissance Festival!
Morgan-Logan Labor Day.
Morgan-Logan Kubb.
