Today, I got to see displays of living people pretending to be mannequins. That is, today is a “Very Neenah Christmas.” Apparently what is ‘very Neenah’ is to be a mannequin: so fake, ostentatious, and oddly proportioned? Who ever would have thought, that, when moving from a big city to a small city like Neenah, […]
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Just as we were beginning to lose all hope – our WiFi at the farm was powered by a daisy-chained rig to Verizon 4G, and there were no other options, we suddenly get Fiber Optic connection in!!?! From best to worst, literally over the course of this morning. Furthermore, I happen to be at the
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In the process of tidying up the house for sale, we had part of the driveway replaced which was fairly well cracked. Alas, it was actually perhaps a mistake, as the new concrete stood out hideously from the old concrete which had been stained darkly by many years of acorns and oak leaves. The human
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This time of year I have traditionally made lots of jam. I even have a third place ribbon for my grape jelly at the Minnesota State Fair back in 2016 – the only year I got around to entering so far. In my opinion, strawberry jam is actually best as a ‘freezer jam’ – it
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Highlights Overall, I had a 3% offer rate, and a ~10% reply rate. Chances of getting a offer were actually fairly high (~30%) given a company that was willing to follow up on my application. Wisconsin was the stand-out best state for companies reaching out to me about my app, and then later offering to
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The three sisters are a relatively famous combination of plants: beans, corn, and squash. Tradition has it that these plants were grown in combination by native Americans: the corn grew as a support for the beans, the beans being a legume help to fix nitrogen, and the squash fills out to shade the ground beneath,
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Ever since I was quite young, in August I would often get conscripted to help pick and process apples. It involves running around with giant apple-picking poles while being chased around by wasps, all the while avoiding over-ripe apples falling from the tree in a deadly rain. I assure you it was thrilling, especially the
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Attack the Seagulls The elaborate structure beneath is a park in Oshkosh, WI. I might be living here (or rather, in the next city just to the north) Because I just got a job offer in Appleton, which I am leaning towards taking. Minneapolis Night Flight I was trying to shoot fireworks, but couldn’t get
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I have spent my last six years, indeed, my entire adult life, around and attending the University of Minnesota. And it’s amazing! I am really going to miss this place. No really, it is amazing. Most people around the world, when I talk with them, assume that Minnesota – which they have vaguely, maybe heard
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In the cycling world, there is a wealth of data analysis and visualization tools, of which I have experience with Strava and TrainingPeaks. In fact, cycling is probably one of the most data-mature consumer industries, ironic considering at face value cycling brings up images of rugged mountain trails not computers and sensors. The data we
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