jthingelstad
Jamie Thingelstad
Technologist, leader, and family man with expertise in software, architecture, business, who actively contributes to the tech community. Publisher of @WeeklyThing.
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Last Notes npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Team Red, White, and Blue out running the Twin Cities Marathon this morning! https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/39485d2364.jpg https://teamrwb.org/marathon-charity-bibs npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Twin Cities Marathon morning! https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/4b2b5084e5.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Very happy that I found out you can get 12” firewood. This fits perfect in the sauna oven. Let it snow! 🥶🔥 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/fab637d471.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Taking my (very dirty) boat in for the winter. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/6eb10b6a91.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad QMSB Trip - Day 14 https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/08/08/qmsb-trip-day.html npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Tyler and I stopped by Paradox Comics-n-Cards and got the last two packs they had — Pokémon Surging Sparks. Lots of bulk. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/1c276b2cb6.jpg https://paradoxcnc.com npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Tracks in Fargo, ND. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/447514a056.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Delightful Nitro Oat Latte at Youngblood Coffee Roasters in Fargo, ND. This place has their coffee situation dialed in right. 👏☕️ https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/221f9ed670.jpg https://youngbloodcoffee.com npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad 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. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/e4e5b5cda1.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/a560b684ff.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/bec9fb7a98.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/e852774483.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/eaf4f2045f.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/95f26ee6be.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad QMSB Trip - Day 13 https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/08/07/qmsb-trip-day.html npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad 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://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/b61bf7b265.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/628afdbccb.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/e621c749e1.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/e85dfca7a2.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/1aa0709f70.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/cbdb929638.jpg https://fergusmillhotel.com npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad The Experiment at Escape Room Alexandria https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/08/07/the-experiment-at-escape-room.html npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad 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://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/d2cafd9acc.jpg https://explorealex.com/listing/up-north-ice-cream-company/ npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad QMSB Trip - Day 12 https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/08/06/qmsb-trip-day.html npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Writing is Thinking https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/08/06/writing-is-thinking.html npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Olson Family Vacation 2025. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/6bff756d8d.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad 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://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/193d9da53d.jpg https://www.stowevt.gov/Departments/Parks-Recreation/Parks-Facilities/Stowe-Recreation-Path npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad QMSB Trip - Day 10 https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/08/04/qmsb-trip-day.html npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad 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://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/1e5d88b222.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/7f321c351a.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/fb22f5ceb1.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/e1b3a640c6.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/5d404d8943.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/28ebec8fc1.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/6a755fbf42.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/b10ddba084.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/08a40034c1.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/ec5f66dafd.jpg https://www.localmotion.org/ https://www.localmotion.org/island_line_trail_map https://www.localmotion.org/bike_ferry https://www.localmotion.org/allenholm_farm npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Morning cappuccino at Vermont Artisan Coffee & Tea. Very good. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/7093e7f43d.jpg https://vtartisan.com/ npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad 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 npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad POAP 7402821 at Olson Family Vacation 2025 — Ben & Jerry's Experience. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/02f2c37f-c1e6-4336-bae8-dffa9f471ad2.png https://collectors.poap.xyz/token/7402821 https://poap.gallery/drops/194498 npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad QMSB Trip - Day 9 https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/08/03/qmsb-trip-day.html npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Super good soft serve Maple Creamie at Red Barn Ice Cream. 🍦 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/cc8101f981.jpg https://www.redbarnicecreamshop.com npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Blending my smoothie by bike at the Stowe Farmers Market this morning. https://www.stowefarmersmarket.com https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/08/03/blending-my-smoothie-by-bike.html npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Brilliant 2.0 sec pit stop from Ferrari in Budapest this morning! 🏎️ npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad POAP 7402510 at Magnifico at Escaparium 🎪. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/f11159be-7966-4418-8c3d-0188ea7d8903.png https://collectors.poap.xyz/token/7402510 https://poap.gallery/drops/194309 npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad QMSB Trip - Day 8 https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/08/02/qmsb-trip-day.html npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Magnifico at Escaparium https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/08/02/magnifico-at-escaparium.html npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad I upgraded to ChatGPT Pro a couple months ago and it has been amazing. Now I upgraded to Claude Max as well, mostly because Claude Code is that useful. I use both for research, ChatGPT is way better for images and creative. Claude for building projects and executing things. Incredible stuff. 👨💻 npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad QMSB Trip - Day 7 https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/08/01/qmsb-trip-day.html npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Great time on the Jetboat in Montreal! https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/08/01/great-time-on-the-jetboat.html npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad QMSB Trip - Day 6 https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/07/31/qmsb-trip-day.html npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Today we did two escape rooms at Escaparium, and nine years ago today Tammy and I did our second escape room ever in Maine. We’ve now done 78! https://www.escaparium.ca/ https://www.thingelstad.com/2016/07/30/025230.html https://www.thingelstad.com/lists/escape-rooms/ npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad QMSB Trip - Day 5 https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/07/30/qmsb-trip-day.html npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad POAP 7399817 at Olson Family Vacation 2025. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/a3a40a67-8653-4e19-9da6-6e8692aeb2d8.png https://collectors.poap.xyz/token/7399817 https://poap.gallery/drops/193101 npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Happy 10 year anniversary to Ethereum! I just minted my NFT to celebrate the day! https://ethereum.org/en/10years/ npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad QMSB Trip - Day 4 https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/07/29/qmsb-trip-day.html npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Poutine achievement unlocked! 🇨🇦😊 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/606b017332.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad QMSB Trip - Day 3 https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/07/28/qmsb-trip-day.html npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad QMSB Trip - Day 2 https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/07/27/qmsb-trip-day.html npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Celebrating our TWENTY THIRD anniversary with the most delicious dipped ice cream from Chocolate Favoris dipped in Hazelnut Praline. 🍦💍 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/77fbe73291.jpg https://www.chocolatsfavoris.com/en npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Quebec Old City. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/74e732be2f.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Waiting for the train in the rain. ☔️ https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/3d2ee07d93.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Our plan was to rent bikes from Local Motion and then ride the amazing Island Line Trail including the Bike Ferry but the rain was too much. We rented everything and started to ride and it was just a lot of wet. We will try again on August 4th! https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/18107109fa.jpg https://www.localmotion.org/island_line_trail_map https://www.localmotion.org/bike_ferry npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Much too sunny but we got to Quebec City and made our way into the Old City where we are staying. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/a6bdcfffdc.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Why QMSB? https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/07/26/why-qmsb.html npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad QMSB Trip - Day 1 https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/07/26/qmsb-trip-day.html npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Sunset on Lake Champlain. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/7e63d0076a.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad updown.io (affiliate link) is a great example of a near perfect web service. Simple to use. Clear and easy pricing — pay only for what you use. Fast and easy to setup. I started monitoring POAP2RSS with it tonight and was just reminded how great it is. 👏👏👏 https://updown.io/r/LWiEL https://www.poap2rss.com npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Hello from Church Street in Burlington, VT. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/e066752ca8.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Departing soon to start our QMSB (Quebec, Montreal, Stowe, Bismarck) summer trip! 🛫 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/654d81fdf1.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad 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://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/08108ddac5.jpg https://www.dashfire.us/rtdcocktails npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Tyler and I got four cards we liked out of this new White Flair Binder Pack. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/6d62296208.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/ab233ac6ed.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Lord Huron at the Armory https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/07/22/lord-huron-at-the-armory.html npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad “My God, it’s full of phones.” https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/8be689dff0.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad If Twin Peaks were made today Lord Huron would be the soundtrack. For sure. npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad My first time at the Armory for a show. Tammy’s been before. Cool venue. Waiting for Lord Huron to play. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/06ab94509b.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/3982d4daf7.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Awesome to have pizza from the Brick Oven Bus today at SPS Tower! 🍕 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/2a25c08bfa.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/30f6e87a13.jpg https://www.brickovenbus.com npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad We have our very first winner of the 612 POAP Challenge! 🎉 0x018a…3c47 (aka @quinntchrest) has just been sent the Collected Them All! award! 🥇 He and a friend “speed ran” the 612 POAP Challenge in one go on bike! https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/6fc725eea1.jpg https://612.poapchallenge.com https://collectors.poap.xyz/scan/0x018a6cc8f0b0ae5a686f926b62a67bbdcab33c47 https://micro.blog/quinntchrest https://collectors.poap.xyz/token/7393445 https://quinnchrest.com/2025/07/20/poap-challenge.html https://strava.app.link/HeEap2549Ub npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad My brother Isaiah is playing around with radio stuff and making his own devices to communicate over long distances. Check out LoRa Chat that he is working on and Vibe Coding. 📡 https://www.ikeating.com/ https://www.ikeating.com/2025/2025_07_20.html npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Tammy and I went on a 2.92 mile walk in 53.8 minutes (18.42 min/mile) walking the road from Paoli to Verona. 🚶♂️ https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/976e3062e2.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/f7c0191330.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/b04000074d.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/720dfd9147.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Working with Claude Code to get the deployment working for what I created yesterday. In many ways the deployment to AWS is much harder than creating the thing! https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/45d7cb29dd.png npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad At Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin for Coldplay: Music of the Spheres! 🎶 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/img-4101.jpeg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Family selfie on Paoli. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/32d75ae6fe.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Walking around Paoli, Wisconsin. Photos take with Project Indigo and processed in Lightroom on iPhone. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/82e7a66cae.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/2d8726e06f.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/38be313541.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/476ca14e6b.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/10cc4ff754.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad My cousin @quinntchrest is speed-running the @POAPChallenge today! 🤩 https://micro.blog/quinntchrest https://micro.blog/POAPChallenge npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Giant flower. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/65bd0c69b3.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Milk jugs. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/91fd3490d3.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Emerged from water https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/07/17/emerged-from-water.html npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad A brand new AI startup with great pedigree and a $12 billion valuation. "Thinking Machines Lab, a buzzy AI startup founded by Mira Murati, raised $2bn in new capital, valuing the firm at $12bn. Ms Murati has recruited an impressive roster of researchers from OpenAI, where she was previously chief technology officer. That helped to persuade Nvidia and AMD, two giant chipmakers, to invest, even though the firm currently lacks much of a strategy (or revenue). — Economist, World in Brief, July 16, 2025" These numbers make the “dot com” bubble look like nothing. https://www.economist.com/business/2025/06/25/ai-valuations-are-verging-on-the-unhinged npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad POAP 7391295 at Lowry Avenue Bridge — 612 POAP Challenge. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/57c2f0a1-be41-45f8-ac07-6ac9453b557f.png https://collectors.poap.xyz/token/7391295 https://poap.gallery/drops/190526 npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad I’ve been getting great responses from Claude lately and using it even more than ChatGPT. I’m wondering if ChatGPT’s memory feature doesn’t make it a little “over fit” to the user. Claude seems to have an easier time coming up with fresh ideas. So interesting. npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Big Green Egg class! https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2020/dcc36c800c.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad I had a blast hacking MediaWiki tonight with my awesome book club gang: John Riedl, Dan Frankowski, Erik Jordan, and Tom Erickson. https://twitter.com/dfrankow http://www.tomeri.org npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Delicious smashburgers tonight. Everything else as dialed in and just right! 🍔🍔🍔 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/6bbd0c0348.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/83ad047771.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Look up. 🌳 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/dab5b358de.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad It makes me super nostalgic that digg is back on the web — my profile. I felt compelled to order a shirt in celebration. 🎉 https://beta.digg.com/@jthingelstad https://swag.digg.com/products/digg-the-shirtening-blue npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad I submitted POAP2RSS to the POAP Directory of apps that extend the POAP ecosystem. 🤞 https://www.poap2rss.com https://poap.directory https://poap.xyz npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Absolutely incredible valuation — first to $4,000,000,000,000. "**Nvidia **became the first company to reach a market capitalisation of more than $4trn. The chipmaker has prospered despite concerns about Mr Trump’s tariffs and the rise of Chinese artificial-intelligence firms. Shares in the American company soared by almost 3% on Wednesday before falling slightly. Nvidia’s rise has been rapid. It only hit a valuation of $1trn in 2023. — The Economist, World in Brief, July 10th 2025" And I thought NVDA was overvalued 2 years ago. Wow. https://www.economist.com/business/2025/02/25/nvidia-is-fighting-both-trump-and-china npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Dark Clouds. Go United! ⚽️ https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/a2369a1369.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad With the help of POAP2RSS combined with rssrssrssrss.com and a new micro.blog account at @POAPChallenge I’ve completely revamped how activity is shared for this fun summer scavenger hunt I created called 612 POAP Challenge. Check it out, particularly if you are near Minneapolis! 🤩 https://www.poap2rss.com https://www.rssrssrssrss.com https://micro.blog/POAPChallenge https://www.thingelstad.com/projects/612-poap-challenge/ npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad We all saw Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning tonight. It was absolutely bonkers but still a fun story and the good guys win in the end! 🍿 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/0fb6d056c7.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad POAP 7388023 at 612 POAP Challenge - Red, White & POAP. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/540b9e8e-aba3-4d25-92cc-5c0a8ffa2d3f.png https://collectors.poap.xyz/token/7388023 https://poap.gallery/drops/191436 npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad POAP 7387993 at Lake Nokomis — 612 POAP Challenge. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/83cf296c-377b-4e36-9ddd-d98b9b828421.png https://collectors.poap.xyz/token/7387993 https://poap.gallery/drops/190541 npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad First time for me — submitted a pull request to a public repo to make a small change that I’m hoping gets merged for rssrssrssrss. 😊 https://github.com/buttondown/rssrssrssrss/pull/9 https://www.rssrssrssrss.com npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Vibe Coding POAP2RSS https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/07/06/vibe-coding-poaprss.html npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Quiet evening on Cannon Lake. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/d65a2a5993.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad We had a nice bike ride to Dairy Queen with my Uncle Tim and Aunt Holly and Cousin Quinn today. We got caught in the rain on the way back. https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/f227b8893d.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/8545b564a0.jpg https://quinnchrest.com npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Fun using POAP2RSS and feeding through Make with Claude doing some creative for me and then syndicating to 612 POAP Challenge accounts on Mastodon and Bluesky. Whew! Such fun! https://www.poap2rss.com https://www.make.com/en https://claude.ai/ https://www.thingelstad.com/projects/612-poap-challenge/ https://mastodon.social/@612poapchallenge https://bsky.app/profile/612poapchallenge.bsky.social npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Watching F1 qualifier and need more screens. 😊 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/e30fd370cc.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Worked with OpenAI Codex this morning and redesigned the website for POAP2RSS. It gave a clean structure as requested that I could fill in and make better. https://openai.com/index/openai-codex/ https://github.com/jthingelstad/POAP2RSS/pull/6 https://www.poap2rss.com npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Seeing POAP claims show up on Feedbin thanks to POAP2RSS is making me giddy! 🤩 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/bbf919fede.png https://poap.xyz https://feedbin.com https://www.poap2rss.com npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸 https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/6746db11b8.jpg npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad 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://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/34ed575f7a.png https://www.poap2rss.com https://poap.gallery/drops/191490 npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad 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 npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad I’ve created my first project using AI to write nearly all of the code with me! Introducing POAP2RSS! For years I’ve wanted to get updates for POAP events and users in RSS. Now with the help of AI I’ve created it! Still cleaning to do. Check out the code on Github. https://www.poap2rss.com https://github.com/jthingelstad/POAP2RSS npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Just used ENS Fairy for the first time to send halaas.eth to Erik Halaas of 612 Series fame! I’d been wanting to try ENS Fairy out and it worked amazing. Once he sets his reverse record the 612 POAP Challenge Leaderboard will reflect halaas.eth too. https://ensfairy.xyz https://app.ens.domains/halaas.eth https://www.staynftympls.xyz/612-series https://collections.poap.xyz/organizations/612-poap-challenge/9455?tab=collectors npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad 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://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/a182fcc5d8.jpg https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/acc3a46ae6.jpg https://www.eff.org npub19qj5v5hx54pm7gqtn5zallvrtc2pf4mudgvyj3x9y97ggtse8nmq0tas0s jthingelstad Indieweb is Punk — from blog post to t-shirt and POAP! https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/6ff111e4da.jpg 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