I'm finally scratching the itch of building a site to help alley captains with St. Paul alley plowing. As a starting point, I asked Claude to build a frontend. It came up with a very simple three-step process:
October 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I'm finally scratching the itch of building a site to help alley captains with St. Paul alley plowing. As a starting point, I asked Claude to build a frontend. It came up with a very simple three-step process:
Balloons that are likely from Near Space Labs (nearspacelabs.com) spent a couple hours over the Twin Cities today – likely capturing imagery. Pretty interesting to watch how much control they have over direction, speed, and landing location. Tracks are here: globe.adsbexchange.com?icao=000201,...
October 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Balloons that are likely from Near Space Labs (nearspacelabs.com) spent a couple hours over the Twin Cities today – likely capturing imagery. Pretty interesting to watch how much control they have over direction, speed, and landing location. Tracks are here: globe.adsbexchange.com?icao=000201,...
Seen in New York City.
September 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Seen in New York City.
Just in case you didn't notice, CVS started taking COVID vaccination appointments this past weekend. You'll need to confirm that you have a condition that puts you at higher risk for severe COVID-19 as described here:
September 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Just in case you didn't notice, CVS started taking COVID vaccination appointments this past weekend. You'll need to confirm that you have a condition that puts you at higher risk for severe COVID-19 as described here:
Featured in my D&D campaign is an Unlimited Milk Cup.
September 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Featured in my D&D campaign is an Unlimited Milk Cup.
Very happy to notice Saint Paul installing a painted crosswalk at Prior and Pennock for folks to get over to Can Can and Blackstack. Thanks St Paul! @mattprivratsky.bsky.social @seankershaw.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Very happy to notice Saint Paul installing a painted crosswalk at Prior and Pennock for folks to get over to Can Can and Blackstack. Thanks St Paul! @mattprivratsky.bsky.social @seankershaw.bsky.social
I noticed one of the 4-H kids trying to get in on @twincities.toiletpaper.reviews job at the #MNStateFair
August 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I noticed one of the 4-H kids trying to get in on @twincities.toiletpaper.reviews job at the #MNStateFair
@waldo.net how many half gallons of blue moon do you want?
August 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
@waldo.net how many half gallons of blue moon do you want?
Here's a :lgtm-pepper: to add to your custom emoji collections.
July 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Here's a :lgtm-pepper: to add to your custom emoji collections.
Do you have an LG MVEM1825F over the range microwave? The LED that lights the inside will probably go out at some point. Don't pay the $250 to bring out a repair tech! Find part number AEJ74859414 (code for "two LEDs on a board with a JST connector"), open the metal case, unplug old, add new. Done!
July 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Do you have an LG MVEM1825F over the range microwave? The LED that lights the inside will probably go out at some point. Don't pay the $250 to bring out a repair tech! Find part number AEJ74859414 (code for "two LEDs on a board with a JST connector"), open the metal case, unplug old, add new. Done!
This seems like a good use for a government mailing list
July 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This seems like a good use for a government mailing list
post unusual signs if you feel like it
June 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
post unusual signs if you feel like it
Yea, it was going pretty fast and was quite low as it came over the city for landing. They don't normally go over the city like this because it puts them in the path of planes approaching MSP. Maybe they were booking it to get out of the way of a plane?
March 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Yea, it was going pretty fast and was quite low as it came over the city for landing. They don't normally go over the city like this because it puts them in the path of planes approaching MSP. Maybe they were booking it to get out of the way of a plane?
It's pretty wild how much crap my ERV filters capture. The filters here were in use for just under 6 months. Top filter in the picture is the used version, bottom is the new version.
The dark grey ones filter fresh air from outside, the lighter one on the left filters air inside the house.
The dark grey ones filter fresh air from outside, the lighter one on the left filters air inside the house.
March 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It's pretty wild how much crap my ERV filters capture. The filters here were in use for just under 6 months. Top filter in the picture is the used version, bottom is the new version.
The dark grey ones filter fresh air from outside, the lighter one on the left filters air inside the house.
The dark grey ones filter fresh air from outside, the lighter one on the left filters air inside the house.
Experimented with some minor snow-based traffic calming today. The plow covered up the walking path, so I moved the snow into the road.
Results so far: cars are going around the snow instead of through it, forcing them to drive slower on the sharper turn. It helps that the snow is actually ice now.
Results so far: cars are going around the snow instead of through it, forcing them to drive slower on the sharper turn. It helps that the snow is actually ice now.
March 8, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Experimented with some minor snow-based traffic calming today. The plow covered up the walking path, so I moved the snow into the road.
Results so far: cars are going around the snow instead of through it, forcing them to drive slower on the sharper turn. It helps that the snow is actually ice now.
Results so far: cars are going around the snow instead of through it, forcing them to drive slower on the sharper turn. It helps that the snow is actually ice now.
Also new recommendation options showing up for extensions and Firefox features.
March 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Also new recommendation options showing up for extensions and Firefox features.
Oh cool, Firefox started suggesting stuff from advertisers in the autocomplete box. You can turn it off in settings but it's enabled by default in the latest update.
March 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Oh cool, Firefox started suggesting stuff from advertisers in the autocomplete box. You can turn it off in settings but it's enabled by default in the latest update.
How nice of Hennepin Arts to participate in Louis CK's redemption tour. They left the admitted sexual misconduct out of the bio in this pre-sale email and still asked for a donation. Weird!
February 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
How nice of Hennepin Arts to participate in Louis CK's redemption tour. They left the admitted sexual misconduct out of the bio in this pre-sale email and still asked for a donation. Weird!
I noticed in the zoning committee minutes that US Internet is looking to open a network presence in St. Paul near the corner of Snelling and Randolph. Pretty great for people in Mac Groveland and Highland Park looking for better internet options...
February 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I noticed in the zoning committee minutes that US Internet is looking to open a network presence in St. Paul near the corner of Snelling and Randolph. Pretty great for people in Mac Groveland and Highland Park looking for better internet options...
Playing with some GraphHopper routing APIs to see what drives look like with and without I-94. For example, this commute from Woodbury to downtown Minneapolis is 33 min without I-94 and 27 minutes with.
January 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Playing with some GraphHopper routing APIs to see what drives look like with and without I-94. For example, this commute from Woodbury to downtown Minneapolis is 33 min without I-94 and 27 minutes with.
Wow, only got to 48°F after waiting 5 minutes or so.
January 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Wow, only got to 48°F after waiting 5 minutes or so.
Here's what 150 North Riverside (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/150_Nor...) looked like in July 2015.
January 15, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Here's what 150 North Riverside (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/150_Nor...) looked like in July 2015.
I tweaked an existing OpenStreetMap before and after tool (github.com/amandasaurus...) to do an arbitrary number of steps between start and stop, creating animated GIFs of OSM changes over time. Here's 10 years of Minneapolis OSM in 8 seconds:
December 22, 2024 at 4:28 AM
I tweaked an existing OpenStreetMap before and after tool (github.com/amandasaurus...) to do an arbitrary number of steps between start and stop, creating animated GIFs of OSM changes over time. Here's 10 years of Minneapolis OSM in 8 seconds:
I think I might be a robot cuz I don't know how to answer this.
December 3, 2024 at 11:58 PM
I think I might be a robot cuz I don't know how to answer this.