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Jamie Thingelstad
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Technologist, leader, and family man with expertise in software, architecture, business, who actively contributes to the tech community. Publisher of @WeeklyThing.

Created the designs for three different POAPs for Minnebar 19 next week. Have a very cool one for the event, made a special one just for my session, and of course a You’ve Met Me one to share at Minnebar! https://sessions.minnestar.org/sessions/1811 https://minnestar.org/minnebar/

I’m having fun with my new profile photo. My previous one was the very first time I tried the Vision Pro and it was great, but I am loving this one with the bird on my hat from Discovery Cove. Perfect for the arrival of summer. 🤩 https://discoverycove.com/orlando/

Mazie returned to St. Olaf for her friend’s birthday and Tyler, Tammy, and I went to A Minecraft Movie. Not an obvious pick for the movie on Tammy’s birthday but we wanted to see it. It was completely ridiculous, funny, goofy, and enjoyable at the same time. https://www.minecraft-movie.net

Finished 3.09 mile walk in 76.1 minutes (24.63 min/mile). Incredible afternoon at the “the Arb” for a walk along the 3-Mile trail and through the hedge maze for Tammy’s birthday. 🚶‍♂️ https://arb.umn.edu

Family selfie — potential album cover.

We had a great time escaping “The Dungeon” at Puzzleworks. The room had challenging puzzles and impressive mechanics. The story was well constructed with a unique beginning placing players in different rooms. In fairness, the game master gave us a couple mins extra at the end. 😉 Room 67! https://www.puzzleworksmn.com https://www.thingelstad.com/lists/escape-rooms/

The raised donuts at Jerry’s Foods are incredible, and a great way to kick off Tammy’s birthday! https://www.jerrysfoods.com

Finished 4.08 mile walk in 86.2 minutes (21.13 min/mile). Casual afternoon walk with Tammy. Good to move and get some sun to help with jet lag after returning from Poland. 🚶‍♂️

Won 0.5 SOL in my Mission Chest from Famous Fox Federation this week. I still have a lot of fun with this NFT project. I should try and get a couple more foxes. https://famousfoxes.com https://magiceden.us/marketplace/famous_fox_federation

For those that believe that government should be run more like a company — having five different leaders in the same role in a year is a sign of complete chaos and disfunction in any company.

"Mr Trump will reportedly replace the acting boss of the Internal Revenue Service after Scott Bessent, the treasury secretary, complained to the president. Gary Shapley, who was appointed just three days ago, was apparently installed at the behest of Elon Musk, even though the IRS commissioner reports to Mr Bessent. Mr Shapley’s replacement will be the fifth to hold the job this year. — The Economist, The World... www.thingelstad.com https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/19/for-those-that-believe-that.html

DL 161 ready go to MSP. ✈️

Windmills in the clouds.

Traveling internationally while using a Continuous Glucose Monitor makes jet lag, lack of sleep, and elevated background stress as obvious as can be. Clearly different patterns and levels. Overall levels of elevated above “home” levels. Circadian disruption illustrated!

This flip-down device holder on this KLM flight is brilliant. Every plane should have these. Now if it only had wireless charging as well. ✈️

Finished two great days of team activities here in Warsaw. It was amazing to see many folks from our Kyiv team that I haven’t seen for over five years! Going to explore Warsaw today before returning home. Also catching up on OpenAI announcements from this week!

Crowne Plaza Warsaw - The HUB. 📍

Sunrise on the horizon. http://maps.apple.com/?ll=52.229504,20.984211