The downside of getting my vehicle’s oil changed at a dealership is that I’m really tempted to start looking at new vehicles… A small test drive couldn’t hurt, could it? 🤔
Weekly Notes 2025.34
- It’s been another week already? Well, I guess that means it’s time for another blog post!
- Monday was fairly routine – nothing particularly noteworthy to report. Just the typical start-of-week meetings and catching up on projects.
- However, Tuesday brought a fun change of pace as I headed down to the Farm Progress Show in Decatur with some coworkers. For those not familiar, it’s the nation’s largest outdoor agricultural event, and this year marked its 20th anniversary at the permanent Decatur site. The scale of the show is always impressive, and it’s fascinating to see all the latest innovations in farming technology, both from our company and competitors.
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- This week was mostly back to my normal routine, with a few bright spots that made it memorable.
- Monday started off on a high note when one of my coworkers brought in homemade blueberry pie to celebrate a team member’s birthday. There’s something about unexpected office treats that just makes the whole day better – and this pie was no exception!
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- After a week away, this week it was back to the office, and a semi-normal schedule. Well… okay, half-normal. I had a coworker from Fargo visiting this week, which meant a few extra meetings, and a few extra meals out!
- Monday was pretty standard, preparing for the week ahead and catching up on a few things I’d missed while out.
- Tuesday we had multiple vendors meeting in for meetings, so I was barely at my desk all day. In the evening we took our coworker out to La Fiesta for dinner and drinks.
Weekly Notes 2025.31
- The past week was both more and less eventful than normal. How’s that possible, you ask? Let me explain…
- Sunday afternoon I packed up and drove to visit family for the week, doing a remote work/vacation hybrid.
- Monday through Friday I spent working during the morning/afternoon, with lunches and dinners with family.
- Monday evening my mom, sister, and I baked pizzas for the family, and experimented with a few different flavors. The traditional/meat lover’s was my favorite, but everything turned out well.
I once again decided to get my M4/3 camera out when I saw some interesting light & cloud patterns this evening. Instead of darktable, I experimented with using a 3rd party tool overlay in Apple Photos to process the file, which should be non-destructive. 📸
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- I promise I’m not a food blogger, nor am I aspiring to be one, but I like to take photos of tasty food when I’m out, and I was out to eat with coworkers a few times this week, and so… this week’s update is going to include some food photos. 😂
- Monday was overall a pretty normal day, not much to report.
- Tuesday through Friday I had a coworker from Sunnyvale in town, for some internal meetings on tool consolidation and workflows. This meant a) a lot of our time was taken up in meetings, and b) you guessed it, some food!
- Tuesday evening a local coworker and I took our Sunnyvale counterpart out to eat at The 208 House, one of my local favorites. After a long series of discussions during the day, it was great to relax and talk shop without as much pressure to settle on anything specific.
