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Didn’t realize I get to vote on removing mandatory food requirements for wine sales tomorrow. Looking forward to that one!

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Passbook has gradually moved from an app I put in my “Hidden” folder to one that is now on my first screen.

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Thanks US Bank I’m now setup to use Apple Pay. My regular card transactions don’t show up like they do for AmEx.

My Apple Pay setup was automatic. Tammy’s is requiring a phone call to the bank.

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TeamSPS Opens New Floor

Today is first day in new #TeamSPS floor! Expect many tweets with photos today. Collaborative, mobile optimized team-oriented space! Fifty five #TeamSPS WiFi access points found from my desk.

Large open-plan office with rows of white desks, dual monitors, and green dividers, filled with employees working and moving about.
#TeamSPS getting setup!

Purple office pillar and wall with two bright green paper signs taped up reading Write On Me, beside open-plan cubicles and a desk with a blue cup of markers.
Writable surfaces everywhere!

Row of tall office lockers with keypad locks in bright green, blue, red, and light blue, lining a long carpeted office corridor.
140+ lockers to keep your coat and stuff.

About ten people working on laptops and tablets in a modern open office with colorful lockers, seated at desks and on mobile stools.
Two #TeamSPS dev teams.

Dozens of donuts in open cardboard boxes spread across a long red counter while several people browse and select from the assortment.
Donuts for #TeamSPS move in day!

Six people in a casual office scrum room, one man standing near windows while others sit on floor or bean bags with a laptop open.
Morning scrum in one of the #TeamSPS scrum rooms.

Large open-plan office with rows of white desks, green dividers, and monitors, blue structural columns, and a few people working or walking through.
#TeamSPS new floor.

Scrum A room sign on wall beside glass-walled meeting room where four people gather, one reclining on a green bean bag with a laptop.
Another #TeamSPS scrum room.

Two developers working on laptops in a modern scrum room while a third person stands near a whiteboard and dual wall-mounted monitors.
Great #TeamSPS teamwork space.

Two men playing a Pac-Man arcade table in an office game room with an NHL bubble hockey table in the foreground.
#TeamSPS game room getting some use. Galaga FTW!

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Whiplash

Tammy and I went to see Whiplash last night at the renovated Uptown Theater1. Really good film about the ridiculous effort that must be put in to be great at something, in this case music. In addition to the storyline your treated to wonderful music and some stunning drumming on screen. Purchased the soundtrack on the way out of the theater.

Movie poster for a 2014 Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner starring Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons, directed by Damien Chazelle, with a drummer visible behind large white review quotes.

  1. The couch seating is unique, comfortable and nice, but could use more leg room. ↩︎

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Boomboxes at Franconia Sculpture Park. See also.

Black and white photo collage of dozens of vintage boomboxes and portable stereos stacked tightly together
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Post-Halloween Breakfast

Young blonde child peeks over a large painted table covered in sorted piles of Halloween candy including Kit Kats, Twix, Snickers, and Milky Ways.
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  • All my accounts are locked down! Authentication via Authy.
  • PayPal doesn’t support real 2-factor authentication (uses SMS) and can’t deal with passwords over 20 characters?
  • Trying new thing doing weekly security audit with 1Password. Good process, just do five logins a week.
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Titans of Tech 2014

Titans of Tech - Jamie Thingelstad

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Investors eye site near Mpls. Farmers Market for MLS soccer stadium

I really hope this happens. Having an MLS soccer team, but more importantly a team playing in downtown Minneapolis, would be great. I’d definitely look at season tickets!

United Properties says pro soccer is an option for a site it may develop near the Minneapolis Farmers Market — a sign that the Minnesota Vikings may have a serious rival in their bid to bring Major League Soccer to their new home in Downtown East. via Investors eye site near Mpls. Farmers Market for MLS soccer stadium | Minnesota Public Radio News.