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I slacked on actually introducing the competition format to the guy, so he kinda checked out of the building competition. The Lego people were really nice, though! Even though we left to run around Legoland, they awarded him (actually all fourteen of the kids) a Legoland pass and an invitation to their workshops.

The guy is always less intense in the evenings if we get him outside at some point. We didn't quite have the willpower to cajole/force him out there this morning. Pray for us

Could not fit in a workout all day. Just did a single set of 11 and some burpees on my way to the T. Literal 3 minute workout, if you include handwashing.

Really good phrasing from Architecture without Architects:

"Being contemptuous of ideas but amorous of devices," we may find the mechanics rather than the esthetics of this architecture more to our liking.

This happens to describe software engineers really well.

Rudofsky is quoting that phrase, which is from anthropologist Clyde Kluckhohn's examination of the United States in the '50s.

Whoa, Cemican. I am into those stone flutes!

10-4-4-4-4-4.

Our school district has student data privacy agreements with software vendors. It's fascinating (for me) to read the responses of the companies that don't or won't agree to the policy.

3-mile run today. Seemed quite manageable. 10-4-3-3-3 yesterday.

Saw a 4th or 5th grader walking to school with a Slayer backpack. The kids are all right!

Also, a dad dropping off had. Wu-Tang shirt! He looked nonplussed when I said nice shirt, which is understandable since I'd get all disoriented when people said things to me when I had my Wu shirt. Good thing I didn't ask for a "SOO!"

Wow. People really place a lot of trust in financial advisers. Advice crosses over quickly into management over in that industry, it appears.

The guy has been invited to a competition at Legoland. At the same time, he's rediscovered his Duplos and is excited by them! I figured he'd develop a "they're for babies" attitude about them, and so I'm pleasantly surprised.

As much as I love Legos, I have mild concerns about lock-in and associating building exclusively with Lego (TM). I think the attraction to tools instead of concepts and principles is a problem in the larger world.

So, this is lucky, and I have to remember to do my part to encourage heterogenous building.

The MIT Media Lab knew Epstein was a pedophile.

Forwarding the response to a member of his staff, Ito wrote, “Make sure this gets accounted for as anonymous.” Peter Cohen, the M.I.T. Media Lab’s Director of Development and Strategy at the time, reiterated, “Jeffrey money, needs to be anonymous. Thanks.”

Besides the astounding unspoken years-long agreement among the Media Lab leadership to take money from a known pedophile, I'm a little surprised at how much outside funding they need. And why? Mostly, I know that they're "cool" but can't really think of anything really good that they've done. Surely, some of that is just my ignorance, but I suspect some of it is that the Media Lab is largely there to perpetuate itself.

Well, it was quite a week. I'm drained, and I hope we adjust next week.

Also, good luck, cane lady!