Looking forward to the Ethereum mainnet merge tonight, and digging my Ropsten and Goerli merge POAP tokens. ❤️ POAP! 🤩
TeamSPS 2022 Kubb Tournament
We had our 4th annual TeamSPS Kubb Tournament today. We were graced with impeccable weather to throw some Kubb. We had 16 teams of five or six people. The tournament format we used was very similar to last year, and simple to play. We had four round robin groups of four teams each. They played three single-game rounds, time limited at 25 minutes. At the end of 25 minutes the team with the most baseline Kubbs standing was declared the winner. A throw off would have been used on a baseline tie, but that wasn’t even needed.
After the round robins were completed we ranked each team first to fourth in their group, and then went out into four simple brackets to get a winner from each.
We did have a bit of a surprise when the sprinkler system at SPS Tower turned on while we were still playing. It continued and interfered with one final game, but everyone was a good sport about getting a little wet. 💦
Final results of the #LeadTheWay bracket gave the overall with to Rubiks Kubb!
This is such a great event and everyone has a wonderful time. I can’t wait to direct the 2023 Tournament!
Meow Wolf
Meow Wolf seems impossible to describe. They describe their mission as
We create immersive and interactive experiences that transport audiences of all ages into fantastic realms of story and exploration.
They certainly are doing that. Tammy and I found Meow Wolf incredible at every turn. We could have spent much more time here, and will definitely return with the kids at the earliest opportunity. It felt like we were walking inside of an art experience. There are hidden gems everywhere, and even better it is all connected with an overarching story. Simply incredible. If you are in Denver, Santa Fe, or Las Vegas — GO!
Pedego Bikes on Cherry Creek Trail
We saw these Pedego bikes at the Minnesota State Fair and Tammy saw they had a rental option in Denver. We got a couple of Element Fat Tire bikes and took Cherry Creek Trail to the city limit and back, just over 20 miles.
This was Tammy’s first time on an electric bike and she thought it was fun. It was also a much more “assisted” ebike than I had used before. We didn’t love the Element, mostly because the geometry was super compact, but it was still an awesome time.
We stopped at the Cherry Creek shopping area on our way back. Twenty years ago when we went there it had a bunch of art galleries and such. Sadly, it didn’t have any of that unique character anymore.
Brandi Carlile at Red Rocks
We have seen Brandi Carlile play many times. Tammy discovered her years ago when she performed at showing of Wits. After we heard her a couple of more times we declared that if she was playing within 100 miles of us, we were going. When Tammy heard that she was playing at Red Rocks, we had to get on a plane and go much further than 100 miles. Brandi Carlile is an epic performer, and Red Rocks is an epic venue. Epic ^ 2!
The Indigo Girls opened for Brandi which was amazing. Tammy is a big fan of the Indigo Girls, and Brandi shared with the audience that the Indigo Girls were a huge help to her early in her music journey. There was a lot of love on the stage and in the audience. Allison Russell was the first opener and what we saw of her was also incredible!
Heading to Red Rocks on Bus to Show to see Brandi Carlile! 🤩
We had a fun time experiencing the “Beyond” show at the International Church of Cannabis. I tagged the new graffiti wall, and Tammy crushed it in the Ms. PAC-MAN console that was set to hyperspeed.
Denver Milk Market.
Denver skate park.
The view from our hotel room. 😕
First time returning to Hotel Monaco in Denver since our Honeymoon 20 years ago.
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.
My Gnosis Chain home validator is spending the next day or so getting synced. The Dappnode Home i732 was relatively easy to get setup.
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!
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.
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 book to support open-source public good through Gitcoin Grants. I’m a fan of Gitcoin Grants and have participated in multiple Grant Rounds. I already pre-ordered a copy of the book.
Vitalik is doing a very interesting thing with the ebook though. You can make a donation of any amount and get a copy of the ebook. In return you get a non-transferrable NFT and when the book is published you get a digitally signed copy with your NFT in it. I’m in!
PS: The book itself is also published under a Creative Commons license, another organization that I have been a longtime supporter of. I publish my website and newsletter under Creative Commons as well
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. 🦇
Dairy Queen stop at the halfway mark of today’s family bike ride.
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!