Team Red, White, and Blue out running the Twin Cities Marathon this morning! https://teamrwb.org/marathon-charity-bibs

Twin Cities Marathon morning!

Very happy that I found out you can get 12” firewood. This fits perfect in the sauna oven. Let it snow! 🥶🔥

Taking my (very dirty) boat in for the winter.

QMSB Trip - Day 14 https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/08/08/qmsb-trip-day.html

Tyler and I stopped by Paradox Comics-n-Cards and got the last two packs they had — Pokémon Surging Sparks. Lots of bulk. https://paradoxcnc.com

Tracks in Fargo, ND.

Delightful Nitro Oat Latte at Youngblood Coffee Roasters in Fargo, ND. This place has their coffee situation dialed in right. 👏☕️ https://youngbloodcoffee.com

Fergus Falls has done a great job building up the area around the Otter Tail River with a short river walk and nice spots to enjoy a great evening outside.

QMSB Trip - Day 13 https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/08/07/qmsb-trip-day.html

Checked into the Mill Boutique Hotel in Fergus Falls. This place has just opened up and is still getting things set up. I dig the setup in an old mill building. If your a fan of exposed brick and concrete this is the place for you. https://fergusmillhotel.com

The Experiment at Escape Room Alexandria https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/08/07/the-experiment-at-escape-room.html

Stopped in Alexandria to try Up North Ice Cream. Tons of flavors all made in-house and delicious. They had a Sweet Corn ice cream that was pretty wild. https://explorealex.com/listing/up-north-ice-cream-company/

QMSB Trip - Day 12 https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/08/06/qmsb-trip-day.html

Writing is Thinking https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/08/06/writing-is-thinking.html

Olson Family Vacation 2025.

Tammy and I cycled 8.28 miles in 49.7 minutes on the Stowe Recreation Path. Ran out of time to do the last bit but covered most of it. 🚴‍♂️ https://www.stowevt.gov/Departments/Parks-Recreation/Parks-Facilities/Stowe-Recreation-Path

QMSB Trip - Day 10 https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/08/04/qmsb-trip-day.html

We all rented bikes at [Local Motion](Island Line Trail in Burlington and rode the Island Line Trail over the Colchester Causeway. We took the Bike Ferry across “the gap” and finally turned around at Allenholm Farms on South Hero Island and made our way back. https://www.localmotion.org/ https://www.localmotion.org/island_line_trail_map https://www.localmotion.org/bike_ferry https://www.localmotion.org/allenholm_farm

Morning cappuccino at Vermont Artisan Coffee & Tea. Very good. https://vtartisan.com/

Riding the Colchester Causeway on the Island Line Trail in Burlington, Vermont. The causeway itself is 3 miles long. https://www.localmotion.org/island_line_trail_map https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/08/04/riding-the-colchester-causeway-on.html

POAP 7402821 at Olson Family Vacation 2025 — Ben & Jerry's Experience. https://collectors.poap.xyz/token/7402821 https://poap.gallery/drops/194498

Super good soft serve Maple Creamie at Red Barn Ice Cream. 🍦 https://www.redbarnicecreamshop.com

Great time on the Jetboat in Montreal! https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/08/01/great-time-on-the-jetboat.html

First time trying this Dashfire Old Fashioned. I was a tad dismissive of an Old Fashioned in a can. But it is delicious. Nicely done! 🥃 https://www.dashfire.us/rtdcocktails

Lord Huron at the Armory https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/07/22/lord-huron-at-the-armory.html

Big Green Egg class!

Delicious smashburgers tonight. Everything else as dialed in and just right! 🍔🍔🍔

Quiet evening on Cannon Lake.

I decided to declare POAP2RSS officially launched. It seemed fitting for Independence Day!

How do you celebrate creating a service to make POAP activity available in RSS? You make a POAP of course! Now drop — POAP2RSS Created! 💥 https://www.poap2rss.com https://poap.gallery/drops/191490

I cleaned up the RSS items that POAP2RSS outputs this morning. I decided to remove the titles on the items and add the POAP images which makes it great for adding to a micro.blog timeline. Now I can share my POAP claims automatically! https://www.poap2rss.com

I’ve supported the Electronic Frontier Foundation for over twenty years. I am excited to have this 35th anniversary coin, number 0061, as a keepsake. If only they did POAPs. 🤩

“Working to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people.” https://www.eff.org

Indieweb is Punk — from blog post to t-shirt and POAP! https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/06/19/indieweb-is-punk.html https://jimmitchell.org/2025/06/19/indieweb-is-punk-indeed/ https://poap.gallery/drops/191098

“My God, it’s full of stars!” – Dave Bowman’s final words as he entered the monolith

This is the feeling I keep having as I continue to dive deeper into Agentic AI. https://wiki.c2.com/?MyGodItsFullOfStars

Photographing the Three Sisters. 🏔️

Banff Gondola. https://gondolabanff.com