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Garrick van Buren, Jim Bernard, and I after his Minimal Viable Polka session at Minnebar 19. I feel very confident that this is the first accordion experience at Minnebar — and it was a great time!

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Great to have so many #TeamSPS folks here at #Minnebar19! Know more to be more! 💙

Group of about a dozen smiling people posing together in front of a Thanks for Joining Us event banner at Minnebar19.
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Stats on Minnebar 19:

  • Largest minnebar ever
  • 167 sessions
  • Over 2,000 registered attendees

Wow! 😮

Super strong kickoff to Minnebar — one of the best I can recall. Great energy, logistics well orchestrated, materials very well done. Amazing. 👏👏👏

Large crowd seated at round tables in a bright convention center atrium listening to a speaker at a podium beside a projected slide. Crowded conference hall with attendees seated at round tables during a lunch break, sponsor logos displayed on a large screen behind them.
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Hey #Minnebar19 attendees — you can get your awesome Minnebar 19 POAP by tapping your phone on the “NFC discs” at the t-shirt table, newbie desk, or by the main stage!

Minnebar t-shirt table with stickers, black t-shirts, an NFC disc, and a tap-to-mint POAP signBlack NFC disc on a table next to a sign reading Tap Here To Mint Your POAP at a Minnebar 19 newbie tableNFC disc and sign reading Tap Here to Mint Your POAP on a speaker next to a stage at Minnebar 19

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A reasonable mental model for X.com is as Elon Musk’s personal blog, with commenting enabled.

It is no more a “platform” than a casino is a park.

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We saw Thunderbolts tonight (opening night) and it thought it was pretty cool. It had a bit more complexity to the story than your average Marvel movie.

Marvel Studios Thunderbolts movie poster featuring six armed characters in tactical gear against a smoky urban backdrop opening May 2
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Finished 2.78 mile walk in 52 minutes (18.71 min/mile). Nice walk catching up with friend. 🚶‍♂️

Aerial map of a large oval lake surrounded by urban neighborhoods with a GPS walking route traced around the shoreline in yellow and green.
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Standard Water is putting drain tile into our basement to better manage ground water. What a crazy process and it shows how much this is going to help. There was a literal stream of water when they jackhammered the route. Wish I could have watched the action!

Jackhammered basement floor trench with new white PVC drain tile pipes laid in muddy soil, shovel and tools nearby Jackhammered trench filled with gravel running along a basement floor perimeter for drain tile installation
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I had Siri read me a long email while walking and it was like stepping back to olden times. The TTS was lacking, not recognizing acronyms and with poor inflection. And I couldn’t even just ask “read this”, that failed. Instead I had to manually select the text and then press “Speak”. 😬

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Renewal — IndieWeb Carnival Roundup

I’m wrapping up my very first time hosting an IndieWeb Carnival. After a good amount of deliberation I set this month’s theme of Renewal. It has been interesting to see how different people pulled that in.

Here are this month’s carnival submissions in approximately the order they were sent in. Thank you all for jumping in and being part of this blog carnival!

I couldn’t help myself but to make a special POAP for the people that participated. I’m going to send the IndieWeb Carnival - Renewal POAP token to each person.

Circular badge with spring flowers including daffodils and purple crocuses, reading IndieWeb Carnival, RENEWAL, April 2025