Adam

MN State Fair starts tomorrow and I am ready to eat, walk, eat, walk and eat some more for the next 2 days

If you aren’t using the MN On a Stick app for your State Fair planning yet, start now!

A guy developed it for funzies last year and it is a bazillion times better than the State Fair’s app.

YouTube video by GWAR Blothar with a very important message about public media. Public media is in danger.

Reminder Blothar is right on this
youtu.be/Xdda79gMAaQ?...

#PuddlesPityParty

Can't go home until it's done encoding and I start the upload. I hate this part of the day

Professional problem solving with an assist from catering

Lamp with no outlet to plug in to

As I keep looking for outlets around the venue it's quickly become apparent that the lamps are just decorative. (No outlets within 20')

On beyoncé?

That's a bold move

The Donut Trap vending machine

I avoided this very obvious trap. Not going to get me today... #TravelDay

After staying up until 2:36am past me succeeded! However current me who got less than 4hrs. of sleep is less excited about this

It's late, I'm tired and I want to go to bed but I can't because I'm doing my very best to secure not just one, but TWO Switch 2 preorders for the teenagers who I forced to go to bed so that they would be well rested for school

That exact cake was eaten here a year ago... It has risen!

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

"HEY Dad, can you start my car to defrost it while you're outside?"
Me: sure (takes keys from teen, goes and starts car)

20 minutes later ....

"DAD HELP! I lost my keys!"

"Not a Touchscreen" label on a computer monitor

Fighting the small battles today. We'll see if this helps

Large road case stacked on top of a second road case with a manual hand winch fork lift

Storage is getting seriously tight in here. Manual fork lift to the rescue!

Preparing for a meeting that was set after the phrase "I have a crazy idea" was used. It's going to be exciting! #LiveEvents

Gutting the Department of Education will impact everything from internet access to school buses.

Let’s not make it harder to learn.

Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not) While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere “Democrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recogn…

Excellent article from techdirt
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...

Do tater tots, potato chips, and a mountain dew count as lunch? (Asking for a friend)

If you’re siding with Vladimir Putin, you’re wrong.

Old Newspaper clipping for a contest to win "Montana" a Shetland pony from Boutells Department Store in Minneapolis (printed December 10, 1950)

As I sometimes wonder while cleaning the kitchen. Whatever happened to Montana?

This clipping was part of the original insulation in our house which was made from bundles of old Minneapolis Sunday Tribunes stitches together.

Printed December 10, 1950

We’re dealing with actual Nazis Musk and his young mercenary are anything but subtle.

I wrote about Elon Musk and Gavin Kliger and acknowledging the reality of what they are: Nazis.

Right now is troubling

Needed a few days off the Internet since you know (pointing everywhere) "things" & now the people who live here (not me) either have food poisoning or nuro. Thank God for empty cat litter buckets (everyone got their own). I continue sanitizing all the things. It's a nice distraction at least.

As the forces of hatred are on the march, my promise is this:

Our trans neighbors will continue to be safe, protected, and welcome in Minnesota.

Tool box with a black cat in it

Action 1 for the day: prep and check my tool box for work and a morale boost

Ok Monday morning is happening. Got everyone up & moving, got my coffee, caught up on the pressing morning news that impacts my immediate life. FULL STOP. Take several deep breaths, make several mental curses, readjust my expectation, make a short list of what actions I can undertake locally. GO!

Live event setup with video switcher, audio mixer and networked control equipment. Located at the back of a large office space

First Event (& post) of the year! Running a hybrid performance and discussion in the back of what I can only describe as a large call center. #LiveEvents #ProductionLife. Couldn't quite get everything on one table (so close)