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Dots, Lines, and Boxes Game
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Dots, Lines, and Boxes Game

See Jim and Tom's Geezer Tour from Minneapolis to Pittsburgh

Tour de Pittsburgh

Minneapolis Skyway System

Last year I created a web page about the Minneapolis Skyway System. It's both factual and opinionated. Perhaps you will find it interesting.

http://tmacd.com/skyway

Here are some random pictures I took: pics

Chapel

I am retired now but my most recent work involved a parallel programming language called Chapel. It has nothing to do with religion, but people love to make jokes about going to the Chapel.
Here is a blog article by Jonathan Dursi (https://www.dursi.ca/) HPC is dying, and MPI is killing it that is interesting and provides a perspective I share - and it mentions Chapel (I am biased though).
Also, recently another Jonathan Dursi blog article appeared that is of interest to the likes of me: Julia vs. Chapel in that it discusses the pros and cons of both Chapel and Julia (a Chapel competitor).

I was interviewed about Chapel just before I retired: online interview

Support the University of Minnesota

Support the U of M

Here are the maps for Jim and Tom's upcoming bike tour to Sioux Falls.

**Some bike tours with my friend Jim**
Tour de Pittsburgh [ 2019 Bike Tour]	Superior Riding, It Is What It Is [ 2018 Bike Tour]
TMacD and Jim's Climbing Hills, Popping Pills, Cheap Thrills, and No Spills Tour [ 2017 Bike Tour]	Old guy on a new blue bike: From Spokane, WA to Mercer, PA [ Tom joins Jim for 3 days riding through Wisconsin (see days 29 - 31) ]
TMacD and Jim's Damn The Headwinds, Full Speed Ahead Tour [ 2014 Bike Tour ]	TMacD and Jim's Opposites Attract Tour [ 2013 Bike Tour ]
TMacD and Jim's Idiots Outside Biking Around Tour [ 2012 Bike Tour ]	TMacD and Jim's 2011 Rockin' B-flat Rust Belt Tour [ 2011 Bike Tour ]
TMacD and Jim's 2009 The Lucky 13 Lakes and Dragon Flies Tour [ 2009 Bike Tour ]	TMacD and Jim's 2008 Ups and Downs Tour [ 2008 Bike Tour ]
TMacD and Jim's 2007 Driftin' through the Driftless Area and Dairy Air [ 2007 Bike Tour ]	TMacD and Jim's 2006 A Tale of Two Bike Tours [ 2006 Bike Tour ]
TMacD and Jim's 2005 Mist the Tornado Tour [ 2005 Bike Tour ]	TMacD and Jim's 2004 Mount Everest D.C. Tour [ 2004 Bike Tour ]
TMacD and Jim's (and Bob's) 2003 Air Conditioned Ride Up North Bike Tour. [ 2003 Bike Tour ]	TMacD and Jim's 2002 Tour de Big Smoke Stack bike ride. [ 2002 Bike Tour ]
TMacD and Jim's 2001 bike ride down the Mississippi River. [ 2001 Bike Tour ]	TMacD and Jim's 1999 bike ride across the hills of PA [ 1999 Bike Ride ]
The saga of TMacD and Jim's 1998 bike ride from MPLS to the Porcupine Mts. in the U.P. [ 1998 Bike Tour ]	The story of TMacD and Jim's 1997 bike ride from PA to Ro-cha-cha, NY. [ 1997 Bike Tour ]

2018 Biking Statistics

Nice to get out riding in March after a snowy winter. The rivers are high and some places are flooded but it feels great to get out into the sun and wind. However, the spring weather has been colder than normal. Oh well, it could be worse. I also completed a successful 1080 mile bike tour from the Twin Cities to Pittsburgh, PA in September. Very fun and challenging. One other major accomplishment this season is an all time high riding distance in a single season. Being retired helps.

	Miles	Total	Avg.
week1, 23-Mar:	60	60	60	A little snow left but it's sunny
week2, 30-Mar:	85	145	73	Ride to Coon Rapids Dam - windy, cool, sunny
week3, 6-Apr:	90	235	78	Snow, cold, wind, bad for biking
week4, 13-Apr:	119	354	86	Ride to Bloomington Ferry, weather getting nicer
week5, 20-Apr:	83	437	83	Wedding week (wonderful event) but it's cold and rainy
week6, 27-Apr:	96	533	88	First Thursday Night Ride on a cool but pleasant evening
week7, 4-May:	152	685	97	Ride to Bloomington Ferry - nice day
week8, 11-May:	154	839	104	Ride to Burnsville - great riding day
week9, 18-May:	128	967	107	Ride to Stillwater - most beautiful day
week10, 25-May:	171	1138	113	Ride to Medina - windy but sunny
week11, 1-Jun:	159	1297	117	Coon Rapids Dam - nice spring day
week12, 8-Jun:	146	1443	120	Ride almost to Hastings - windy spring day
week13, 15-Jun:	135	1578	121	Ride to Vadnis Heights - beautiful summer day
week14, 22-Jun:	155	1733	123	2nd Ride to Stillwater - another beautiful summer day
week15, 29-Jun:	133	1866	124	Ride to Little Canada
week16, 6-Jul:	135	2001	125	Ride to River Falls
week17, 13-Jul:	142	2143	126	3rd Ride to Stillwater - getting hot but perfect morning
week18, 20-Jul:	171	2314	128	3rd Ride to Coon Rapids Dam - perfect morning
week19, 27-Jul:	157	2471	130	Ride to Baker Park and ride the trails - beautiful biking day
week20, 3-Aug:	180	2651	132	Ride to Medicine Lake and then Coon Rapids Dam - warm!
week21, 10-Aug:	144	2795	133	Ride to South Saint Paul and Inver Grove Heights
week22, 17-Aug:	144	2949	134	Ride to Bloomington Ferry
week23, 24-Aug:	139	3088	134	Ride around Lake Minnetonka - windy
week24, 31-Aug:	186	3274	136	Ride to Coon Rapids Dam - nice day
week25, 7-Sep:	335	3609	144	Minneapolis to Madison
week26, 14-Sep:	459	4068	156	Madison to Toledo
week27, 21-Sep:	310	4378	162	Toledo to Pittsburgh
week28, 28-Sep:	56	4434	158	Rainy week in the Twin Cities
week29, 5-Oct:	90	4524	156	Ride to Plymouth
week30, 12-Oct:	73	4597	156	Ride to Coon Rapids Dam
week31, 19-Oct:	63	4660	150	Ride to Plymouth
week32, 26-Oct:	80	4740	148	Ride to Hastings

Now for some previous raw biking statistics organized by year.

**Biking Statistics By Year**
2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013
2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
2006	2005	2004	2003	2002
2001	2000	1999	1998	1997

Before you go, you should really look at the Chapel Logo for the Chapel Programming Language:

Here is the Chapel Logo