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Post on Patrick Rhone - Patrick Rhone

2026-01-08T01:41:59.000Z

A frequently told joke among Minnesotans, and those in the Twin Cities especially, is that every time someone tries to leave or move somewhere else they always come back.

It’s true for me. For my wife. For anyone I know who’s tried.

We love it here. Leaving only makes us love it more.

Problems Transferring from an Old to New Playstation 5 - Barry Hess

2026-01-07T21:06:48.000Z

My PS5 is going to travel to college with one of my daughters, so I picked up a lightly-used one to replace it. Some points of reference if you ever are doing this and have trouble transferring data between the systems on your network.

If your problems are similar to mine, what will happen is the step that tells you “to hold the power button on the second PS5 for 1 second until it beeps” will result in the old console preparing for transfer while the new console says it lost connection with the old console.
Do not bother trying to do this over wifi. Just don’t even try!
After trying three different network cables to connect your new machine to the LAN (and to be fair, your cable might be the problem), try connecting the new PS5 more directly to your router. I initially tried a perfectly fine modem > router > in-wall cable > switch > cable connection and it failed. When I moved to modem > router > in-wall cable > cable, it started working. Keep removing variables until it works.
This is why I’m always hesitant to go lightly-used. The whole time I was questioning if the used PS5 was the problem. I hate having that question in the back of my head (though even with a new machine I might still have that question).

Anyway, let the nine-hour transfer commence!

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Things I Posted About In 2025 - Patrick Rhone

2026-01-06T16:39:45.000Z

The first of a few posts about the work here last year and my plans for the year to come.

These are the things I wrote that I’m the most proud of.

Take good care of your body. After all, you only have one.
I thought a lot about culture change. I still do.
In fact, everything we call “culture” and “society” is built on one thing and one thing only; trust.
I also thought about AI as a tool for learning.
Are you leaving things better than you found them?
Everything good in my life is because I have a policy of yes.
Your path is your path.
All I’ve ever aimed to be is a knower of things and it’s all the working world has ever wanted from me.
Beatrix is the most astute art critic I know and gives a fine example of how we should think about art.

Pokémon Pocket Collection at 100 Days - Jamie Thingelstad

2026-01-04T14:08:36.000Z

In September I started playing with Pokémon Pocket as the First Anniversary celebration was coming up. Tyler had been collecting on Pocket since launch day. The anniversary celebration had a ton of promotions associated as well as the limited edition Deluxe Pack ex. I did some in-app purchasing to get Poke Gold and help catch up a bit, I’ve also subscribed to the Premium Pass. I’ve created a pretty complete collection in the first 100 days.

Post on Patrick Rhone - Patrick Rhone

2026-01-04T02:43:55.000Z

My January? Not so dry…

Post on Jamie Thingelstad - Jamie Thingelstad

2026-01-03T20:11:37.000Z

We had a great time completing the Loose Sleuth escape room at Puzzleworks. The puzzles in the room were just right — hard enough to be challenging but never so difficult that we felt lost. No clues! Solved in 49m 05s. Room 85!

Post on Jamie Thingelstad - Jamie Thingelstad

2026-01-03T17:54:44.000Z

Birthday Kingfield and London Fog at Five Watt. ☕️

Post on Jamie Thingelstad - Jamie Thingelstad

2026-01-03T12:44:45.000Z

POAP 7547791 at Jamie Thingelstad's 54th Birthday.

Post on Jamie Thingelstad - Jamie Thingelstad

2026-01-03T00:19:20.000Z

Lasagna assembly complete! Carreras, Domingo, and Pavarotti are done singing. See this delicious pan in 45 minutes!

Post on Jamie Thingelstad - Jamie Thingelstad

2026-01-02T22:26:42.000Z

Making my special homemade lasagna and “playing one of the most important ingredients” I use when making it: Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert. 🎶

Spell Check - Barry Hess

2026-01-02T16:48:00.000Z

I proofread everything I write. Still, there is no better spellchecker than the "publish" button.

– Nick Heer via People and Blogs via The Jolly Teapot

So very much this!

As a blogger of twenty-plus years, I’ve experienced this phenomenon many, many times. That is why Pika has delays built into the system. When you publish a post, it’s available on your site immediately. However, your RSS feeds do not show the post until about five minutes after publishing. If you are sending the post as a newsletter, it will not send for about fifteen minutes. When The Pika Pulse was running, there was a delay before new posts landed on the feed. And we’ll include a delay if we reintroduce a similar feature to The Pulse in the future.

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Post on Jamie Thingelstad - Jamie Thingelstad

2026-01-02T00:55:43.000Z

We had a great time at Mt. Itasca today — cross country skiing, downhill skiing, and snowboarding for the first time!

Post on Jamie Thingelstad - Jamie Thingelstad

2026-01-02T00:38:13.000Z

Very good lunch at Smoke on the Water in Coleraine today. Great view inside of Trout Lake.

Post on Patrick Rhone - Patrick Rhone

2026-01-01T19:14:52.000Z

Over the years of hunting down the true tools, I have noticed a pattern among the those that earn their place: they offer simplicity and reliability. These are not gadgets promising to revolutionise your life through complexity. They are not systems requiring elaborate maintenance or steep learning curves. They are foundational tools and habits that quietly-and without fuss-ease daily life.

— Nicholas Bate, The Tools of Excellence: Seventy Devices, Concepts or Strategies which enable Brilliance, Easily.

Post on Patrick Rhone - Patrick Rhone

2026-01-01T15:03:21.000Z

Out with the old. In with the new.

Post on Jamie Thingelstad - Jamie Thingelstad

2026-01-01T14:19:14.000Z

Staying at the Doc House Suites in Grand Rapids and was impressed to see pour over setup was provided for coffee. ☕️

Post on Jamie Thingelstad - Jamie Thingelstad

2026-01-01T00:45:23.000Z

Happy New Year’s Eve! 🥂

Her Serious Face - Patrick Rhone

2025-12-31T15:33:32.000Z

Ever since she was a little kid, when Beatrix is having the most fun ever — the time of her life — her face is serious. No smiles or laughter. No wide-eyed wonderment. Dead serious. It remains that way to this day. If her face looks like this, she’s having a blast.

This was her at Mardi Gras in New Orleans watching a parade. Loving every second. Serious.

Seeing Hamilton or Hadestown (with the original casts, no less) on Broadway? Serious.

Seeing Frozen at five years old? Very serious.

When we were first noticing this, we’d stop to ask her, “Is everything OK honey?”

“Yeah! Why?”

Beatrix is one book you should never judge by her cover.

Post on Jamie Thingelstad - Jamie Thingelstad

2025-12-31T03:33:39.000Z

Booked our spring break flights to Amsterdam, with train travel in the middle, then visiting Mazie in Barcelona on her semester abroad and returning from there. ✈️

Post on Patrick Rhone - Patrick Rhone

2025-12-31T03:03:25.000Z

I’m still stuck on the wonder that we can get turn by turn directions almost anywhere on the planet for any mode of transportation available to us including our feet!

Way more amazing and useful to me than anything AI currently offers.