Suddenly summer BAM! Just like that. Last week it was snowing. The last couple of days I’ve experienced non-workout related underboob sweat, for the first time this year. We nearly hit 80 degrees. And BAM again! It’s dropping forty degrees overnight and probably snowing tomorrow. Oh hooray Minnesota. At least my illness is abating. But I’m weak. I finally returned to kickboxing on Saturday. And…barfed halfway through class. Guess I need to build back up to it.
How about five good things?
- Nice to see this piece about Sarah Allen: Blazing the trail for female programmers (though it fails the Finkbeiner test in nearly every possible way).
- Here at Clockwork we’re thinking about the next generation of programmers. To that end we’ve begun hosting the brand new Twin Cities branch of Coder Dojo. Recently mentioned in this piece: “Computer-coding classes teach students skills they’re not getting in school“
- My old pal Michelle is a Mongol now. So happy for her and I love living vicariously through her adventures.
- Yesterday NBA player James Collins came out, which was super cool. First major sports player to do so. And there was a lot of positive reaction to his announcement, which was good to see. In related news, a friend made a spot-on observation about Chris Kluwe: “while he’s not saying anything new, he is saying it in an interesting and sometimes humorous way that’s just intelligent enough to get the A-OK from the cognoscenti, and just middle-of-the-road enough for the average person to not be turned off.” This time we were talking about this: “When They Come For You“
- I was blown away by this powerful photo essay: Photos of Children From Around the World With Their Most Prized Possessions. Wow.
Distractions abound on the internet, as ever. Yesterday I learned Neil Degrasse Tyson had the esteemed Alan Rickman on his Star Talk show. Bookmarked that to listen to later while I got sucked into a new BBC mini-series by Jane Campion. I binged on too many episodes of Top of the Lake last night but I haven’t made it to the end yet. Biting my nails to find out how it all shakes out. But there is so much going on in real life. Paperwork to contend with for the kid’s summer camp. Music and art happenings. Hanging out with friends. A whirlwind weekend of Free Comic Book Day and the May Day Parade and related house parties, potlucks and shows. I’m happy to end my winter of hermitude.
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