Delicious pork butts on the Big Green Egg! 🀀πŸ”₯πŸ–

Two smoked pork butts resting on the grill grate of a Big Green Egg kamado cooker outdoors in a green backyard.

This Warpigs Foggy Geezer Hazy IPA is one of the coolest looking cans of beer I’ve seen. 🍺

I got my Peloton Century Club shirt yesterday! Like it!

Smiling man wearing a black Peloton Century Club t-shirt standing in a living room with a fireplace and colorful artwork behind him.

Very impressed with Decadent Saint Ultimate Mixer! Just add water and it’s a delicious refreshing drink for a summer afternoon!

We capped off #TeamSPS TechJam 2020 with a keynote from Casey Rosenthal on resilient systems and the practices that enable and support that transition. He filled it with fabulous stories relating the core resiliency topics to historical problems. πŸ™Œ

Zoom recording of a man in a dark red shirt and glasses presenting a slide about the Evolution of complex system operations covering CI, CD, and Continuous Verification to 171 participants.

Jim Crow of the North

Tammy and I watched Minnesota Experience: Jim Crow of the North tonight. It was incredibly eye opening to one form of systemic racism that I have been surrounded by for over two decades and was not aware of.

Jim Crow of the North Title Image

Racist real estate covenants were pervasive in Minneapolis and the surrounding suburbs. In fact, the last house that we lived in on Morgan Avenue includes one.

no person or persons other than of the white race shall be permitted to occupy said premises or any part thereof

You can see the relatively small enclave of these racist covenants right off of Minnehaha Creek. Then a huge grid of them further south.

Racist Covenants in South Minneapolis

I was curious about our current home on the East side of Pamela Park in Edina. Somewhat surprisingly, none of the properties on the East have covenants, but the Western side of Pamela Park is littered with them.

Racist Covenants in Pamela Park Neighborhood

If you are curious you can spend some time exploring yourself at Mapping Prejudice. Kevin Ehrman-Solberg, one of the co-founders of the project, also did a TEDx Minneapolis talk on these racist covenants.

I’m left with the data that 75% of White families in Minneapolis own their own homes, and only 25% of Black families own their home. The generations of wealth built and restricted from so many families has massive impact still today.

Love the enthusiasm and passion that Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is sharing with #TeamSPS during TechJam! β€œSpearheading the Future of Programming” His love for the craft of programming is overflowing! πŸ‘©β€πŸ’»πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’»

Middle-aged man with mustache and glasses seated outdoors with rocky mountain peaks and pine trees behind him

SPS TechJam 2020

Today we kick off #TeamSPS TechJam 2020! We have 31 presenters leading sessions that “follow the sun” with our teams around the world! The event is framed in with a Hackathon and Deep Racer competition! We are embracing remote with all activities online! πŸ™Œ

Tech Jam Disrupt 2020 logo with a roaring green T-rex dinosaur wearing a small backpack

Cloud and Light on Cannon Lake.

Dramatic cumulus clouds lit by late sun over calm lake water with distant tree line silhouette.

Family bike ride on Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail to Dairy Queen and back. Perfect 10 mile ride! πŸš΄πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ¦

Man taking a selfie on a paved trail while three children ride bicycles behind him, surrounded by green trees and grass.