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Scales of Engineering

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Morning routine. SESIG meeting spanning 3D scanning to locomotive restoration. Exercise. Amazon order extraction progress. Editing photos from Joey's December shoot. Beer:30 with familiar faces. Formal Logic lecture on syllogisms.

Quiet Revolutions

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Waking at Valley River Inn. Drive home with audiobook. Cat feeder chaos. CHON Topics on batteries and materials science. Cliffe meeting with KAI proxy breakthrough. Amazon transaction scraping. Exercise and yoga. Evening conversation at Suds.

Cancelled Plans, Better Adventures

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Morning routine. Automation debugging. Deployment system refactoring. Cancelled meetings. Spontaneous pizza in Monroe. Jam session in Eugene. Valley River Inn overnight.

From Cribbage to Civilization

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Morning routine. SESIG with Jim at Imagine Coffee. Lunch with Karen. Book club rescheduling. Exercise routine. Walked to the grocery store. Yin yoga. Evening conversation with Bob about technology and civilization. Watched Formal Logic and The Avengers.

From Surgery to Suds

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Morning routine. Upper Hand and Dr. Tsai appointments. Breakfast with Zelda. Ontological cleanup work. Book Club scheduling via Doodle. KAI proxy project initiated. Minecraft infrastructure completion. Weighted vest walk to Suds. Beer with Brian, Jack, and Tim.

Generations and Gymnastics

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Morning routine. Weekly Review at Coffee Culture. Dan Carlin on Alexander the Great. OSU gymnastics meet with Rajeev. Minecraft with Leland. Philomath Salon on emerging adulthood. Book Club announcement. Hot tub reflections.

Photo Shoot and Technical Projects

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Joey photo shoot at Fayetteville Road. Ian Page's CHON discussion on biocompatible plastics and self-assembling proteins. Minecraft transit building.

Scanning the Past, Measuring the Future

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Morning routine. SESIG discussing autonomous driving, 3D scanning for preservation, and retirement reflections. Ordered Melanie Mitchell's AI book for Book Club and began listening. Minecraft transportation networks. Emma's autobiography. Beer:30 conversations.

Technical Foundations and Titanic Dreams

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Morning routine. Session workflow optimization improvements. Read Emma's book chapter on puberty challenges. Automated the "set up tomorrow" workflow. Leland conversation about building Titanic in Minecraft. Minecraft progress connecting Port Alegre to Lelandhome. Yin yoga. Documentation refinement.

Systems and Conversations

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Morning workflow refinements. Jim at Imagine Coffee on galleries and Gmail tools. Lunch with Sydne and Dakota at Swan Dive. Walk and talk with Rajeev on Book Club logistics. Weighted vest walk to Suds. Evening gathering with Tim, Cathy, Michael, Mary, and Kim. Andromeda Sprint Review showcasing personal workflows. Early evening wind-down.

Technical Foundations and Social Rhythms

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Morning routine. SESIG discussion on fabrication and AI training. Google Contacts MCP development. Exercise and documentation work. Philomath Salon response on intelligence and leadership. Minecraft infrastructure. Walk to Suds for pizza. Yin Yoga. Formal Logic lectures on validity and soundness.

Scenario Planning and System Building

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Morning routine. Bookmark organization. MCP server development. Ian and Emma meeting on scenario planning and New Zealand travel. Minecraft with Leland and Brian. Walk to Suds. Beer:30 with Tim and Jack discussing insulation and electrification. MCP documentation. Emma's book. Flash Gordon. Late night.

Supporting Roles

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Morning routine. Breakfast for Loni's family. Farewell walk with Wolfe and Bell. Weekly review work. Watched Machiavelli video. Pre-New Zealand exercises. Minecraft with Leland. Walk to Suds. Beer with Mary, Cathy, and Tim. Book club email coordination.

Family Rhythms and Burnt Fingers

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Morning ritual. Leland's egg-in-a-hole breakfast collaboration. Dakota's birthday celebration with finger foods and conversations about generational intelligence. Family time with Loni, Sam, and the boys. Pizza, 102 Dalmatians, bedtime stories, Minecraft in the Cassia world.

From SESIG to Tacovore

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Morning routine. SESIG included discussing Mike's retirement and Agilent acquisition. Belo Retrato post. Photo studio disassembly. Kitchen cleaning. AI infrastructure migration. Exercise. Loni and Sam arrived. Family dinner at Tacovore. Stories with Wolfe.

Studio Work and Book Club

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Morning routine. Book Club discussing Project Hail Mary . Automation work on email summaries. Equipment rack power installation. Photo studio setup. Philomath Salon scheduled. Joey visit with sushi and photo shoot. Hot tub soak.

Automating Forward, Processing Through

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Morning struggles and late sleep. MacOS upgrade and laptop cleanup. Daily workflow refinement. Claude-to-Gemini email delegation. Sprint review with Jerry. Gymnastics ticket transfer. Photo tagging. Exercise. Walk to Queen's Chopstick for dinner. Conversation with Brenda about Dan.

Navigating Grief and Gratitude

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Morning ritual. Learned of Dan's passing. SESIG discussion with Jim Cole about death and photography. Made difficult phone calls. Photo library rebuild. Workflow refinements. Monday Suds with Burner group. Classic television.

Launching a Journey

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Morning routine. Workflow refinement. Raspberry Pi setup. Kitbag session with Cliffe and Ameerah. Joey arrived. NZeta application. TSA pre-check. Lunch in Albany. Staples appointment. Backpack shopping. Walk to Suds. Hogan's Heroes.

Workflows and Woodpiles

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Morning routine. Coffee Culture Annex working on weekly review and daily planning. Updated template structure. Fiddled with email account views. Refined morning workflow documentation. Yard work—compost bin repair, firewood splitting. Hot tub maintenance. Exercise. Market of Choice. Sydne's house playing Space Base, port, stinky cheese. Assembled ldmrp03 hardware.

The Infrastructure Day

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Morning routine. Long workflow refactoring session. Mac file access troubleshooting. NFS setup between Synology and Mac. Mac upgrade to Tahoe. NFS breakthrough. Emma's book review. Nap. Exercised. Walk to Suds. Winco groceries. Project Hail Mary audiobook. Hot tub. Sherlock Holmes, Outer Limits, Hogan's Heroes.

Technical Foundations and Social Rhythms

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Morning routine with process refinements. SESIG discussion ranging from NIH research to data center impacts. Daily workflow development. Kitchen cleaning. Server setup challenges. MCP server enhancements. Filesystem sandbox instantiation. Photography work. Exercise. Beer:30 at Block 15. Suds with Tim. Hot tub. Outer Limits.

Systems and Sinew

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Morning routine. Book Club discussing Project Hail Mary. Information architecture work. Applied for NZeta. Technical troubleshooting and upgrades. Exercised. Yoga signup. Hot tub with audiobook. History of the Ancient World finale.

Portals, Perspectives, and Practical Tasks

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Morning routine. Philosophical conversation with Jim at Coffee Culture about Michael Levin's work, consciousness, and photo portals. Paul stopped by. Dentist appointment. Beer at Suds with Tim. Andromeda Sprint Review with Mark discussing MCPs and Boston Dynamics robots. Exercised.

Systems, Soup, and Summer Planning

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Morning routine. SESIG face-to-face. First Tuesday Lunch discussing Venezuela and AI trust. Afternoon work on annual planning. Exercised. Fernanda catch-up covering travel, work, and future plans.

Walking Through Beautiful Days and Complex Futures

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Morning routine. MCP installation. Personal taxonomy refinement. Monday Suds with friends. Bob Taylor conversation ranging from Isaac Asimov to billionaire bunkers.

Retrospectives and System Building

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Morning routine. Read Heather Cox Richardson on Trump. Created last week's retrospective. Worked on December retrospective system. Ate Cup o' Noodles. Worked on planning/journaling system—installed Brain MCP server on desktop. Rajeev postponed due to illness. Hit Claude session limit at 1pm. Got fetch.com referral from Loni. Scanned Mexico vacation documents. Drove to Suds for a beer with Michael, Mary, Tim, Cathy—Michael heading to NYC tomorrow. Watched Ancient Civilizations on Tang dynasty, Star Trek (Spock's Brain ending, Romulan cloaking device beginning), Hogan's Heroes.

A Day of Modest Accomplishments

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Morning routine. Laundry. Conversation with Cliffe. KAI work. Updated ldmsvr01—discovered storage cache controller issue, ordered replacement battery. Cleaned up Google Drive. Refilled bird feeder. Folded laundry, listened to Wisdom . Exercised. Walked to McMenamins, saw Sage, had a beer and a sandwich. Walked to Suds, had a beer. Ubered home. Watched Ancient Civilizations on Tang dynasty China, then Hogan's Heroes.

From Breitenbush Pools to Evening Conversations

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Woke at 4am. New Zealand planning. Morning routine. Drove to Breitenbush with Cathy and Mary. Circuit of pools, sauna, cribbage. Beet soup at lunch reminded me of Joey's pink soup. Medicine wheel tubs. River walk. Drove home, napped in back seat. Suds—learned the word "retox." Saw Krys. Finished Ancient Civilizations lecture on Rome. Watched The Late Show.

From Morning Walk to Evening Conversation

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Morning routine. Resolution Run 5K walk with Michael in the rain. Fixed a sandwich, listened to Wisdom audiobook. Cleaned up birthdays in Contacts. Called about Christchurch reservation. Studio cleanup. Napped. Exercised. Watered plants, stocked beer. Evaluated photos from yesterday's shoot. Steve came over—pizza and wide-ranging conversation. Watched half of Ancient Civilizations lecture.

Great Conversations and Creative Experiments

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Morning routine. Coffee Culture Annex for day planning—tried the quiche Lorraine. Wide-ranging conversation with Jim. Photo shoot setup. Calendar work. New Zealand prep. Arranged Breitenbush drive. Exercised. Photo shoot with Joey. New Year's Eve celebration at Michael and Mary's. Edited and posted images.