Funky Rhetoric, indeed

Ramen Kazama in Minneapolis has been on my list since they opened 8 years ago - finally had lunch there today with my oldest daughter

I've had a map of the London Underground hanging in my office for 25+ years and even now I can look up at it and discover new stops I hadn't heard of before.

Burnt Oak?
Maida Vale?
Snaresbrook?

Would love to get back there again someday…

Farewell to Monello 🍝

https://7minutemiles.com/2023/05/31/farewell-to-monello-%f0%9f%8d%9d/

So wait, Two Dots is now under Zynga control (which in turn was purchased by Take-Two Interactive)?

WWDC23 – Apple Fans Unite!

https://7minutemiles.com/2023/05/30/wwdc23-apple-fans-unite/

Sure didn’t have Vegas-Florida on my Stanley Cup bingo card

First lupine sighting of the year in La Lake Park, Woodbury, Minnesota

Fun morning at the Minnesota State Fair Milk Run 5K - now in May instead of in the fall

Happy 20th, WordPress

https://7minutemiles.com/2023/05/26/happy-20th-wordpress/

Saint Paul PSA: Shepard Road along the Mississippi River is now open to all traffic

I'll still usually respond to the marketing “feedback” emails I get from companies I like, but just once it would be nice to hear from a real person that they received it and actually did something with that data (for both good and bad feedback).

“Thanks, maintenance fixed that broken light”

"Thanks, we gave the bartender an extra hour of PTO”

Today I found Mountain Dew Zero 12-packs for $3.75 and I feel like I won the 2023 lottery

Mystic Lake Casino took my favorite slot machine off the floor (Black Orchid), but some other old games were fun and highly volatile (like this 160x win on a 40-cent bet)

Seems like it might be a good time to re-evaluate all of the latest macOS web browsers

This also reminds me I should probably figure out how to place a CW on an image in Ivory

Sad to report that the mosquitoes now have full control over Afton State Park. Well, except for these squirmy things that will haunt my nightmares

It was so nice outside today in Minnesota. Spring might only last a few weeks here, but it's great when you can get it

What a great first visit to the bison prairie project at Spring Lake Park Reserve near Hastings, Minnesota. Eight big ones and four babies! 🦬

Nature is awesome (but I also just removed a tick from my pant leg)

I’ve been going to baseball games for almost 50 years and today was the first time I’ve heard a pitch called a “slurve” ⚾️

CarPlay on my old Civic stopped working, but Troubleshooting 101 fixed it

It appears to be controlled burn season - saw two different ones today 🔥🔥

I think Minnesota is in the clear for a few months

Internet search really seems to have regressed lately. Many of the current services are unable to find information that I know is out there. Will all these new AI tools make this situation better or worse?

She finished back in December, but got to walk today - huge congrats to kid two on her graduation from UMD today. Very proud parents ❤️

A Minnesota Northland Classic

Fun to catch up with @afarrari at Kitchen and Rail in Eagan tonight

Minnesota mountain bike PSA: T-shirt weather has returned and the trails at Carver Lake Park in Woodbury are 100% open

I know why they do it, but I wish the NHL and their broadcast partners would drop the digital ads on the boards - the tech isn't quite there yet, the halo effect is distracting and the puck was already hard enough to follow without it just disappearing from time to time

RIP Gordon Lightfoot, 1938-2023

It’s almost May in Minnesota and I’m wishing I wore my ski pants to this Twins game 🥶⚾️

Another Get in Gear 10K in the books (22 year streak) - slower than last year, but I’ll take it

@dhegley My daughter and I just had an amazing visit to your old stomping groups for the in bloom event

I find music and the brain to be astounding. After 50+ years of listening, I probably “know” 50,000+ songs and some of them instantly transport me to another place and time 🎶

Wait, so I can get rid of 1Password *and* Google Authenticator?

https://www.wired.com/story/apple-new-password-manager-2fa-iphone-ipad/

Need to test that out a bit…

Not even close to the record

Offline for most of the day attending a funeral and open Ivory to find 700+ posts. Slow news day, eh?

Three months on Mastodon

https://7minutemiles.com/2023/04/23/three-months-on-mastodon/

Bound by the streak now - hit 1100 move days yesterday on my watch

Had to dig into the archives to figure out my start and end dates, but here is the site to file a Facebook privacy claim:

https://facebookuserprivacysettlement.com/

I created my account on November 20, 2008 and deleted it on June 2, 2020 (11 years, 6 months and 13 days - about three and a half years shorter than Twitter)

We are so fortunate to have this beautiful park an easy five minute walk from our house

Live webcams are so fun - watching this Union Depot cam to monitor the rising Mississippi River in downtown Saint Paul. Not really that high yet compared to other years, but the city has closed a bunch of roads in anticipation of the flood crest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytp1IVt6OPA

Wow, the Rock-afire Explosion is a blast from the past

https://www.lastsqueaktonight.com/

Good luck to everyone running Boston today - following along on ESPN (and still haven't 100% given up on getting there some day)

#7minutemiles

Did some messing around this weekend with Mastodon and WordPress

https://7minutemiles.com/2023/04/16/mastodon-and-wordpress/

Here was the original issue that led me down the app purchase history rabbit hole. I apparently purchased this Noel Gallagher deluxe edition in iTunes sometime after it come out in 2011 and Apple Music to this day still tries to download a corrupt file. Can't seem to delete the purchase history that keeps popping up this window

So I was browsing my app purchase history (which is oddly difficult to access, BTW) and came across Netbot from 2012, which I totally forgot about:

https://www.macstories.net/reviews/netbot-tweetbot-reborn-for-app-net/

Kinda interesting re-reading this after all of the recent Twitter drama…

Cold and rainy start to my 2023 Minnesota golf season - very rusty 86 at the par-68 Dwan course in Bloomington

It's been a good night: Saints extend winning streak to four, Twins beat the Yankees, Timberwolves didn't blow a lead and got to watch Blondie and Gorillaz live from Coachella