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Today's word: 'kakistocracy' (government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state)

Who is this TMacD guy anyway?

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Dots, Lines, and Boxes Game
See if you can beat the computer

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 17th bike tour to Green Bay.

**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 ]

2020 Biking Statistics

Completed the first ride of the 2020 season on 8-March-2020. I bought a new Trek Domane SL-5 OCLV carbon fiber bicycle in February. My beloved Bianchi San Lorenzo developed a crack in the frame and I had to junk it. *tear in eye* I've completed all the steps of grief and loss and arrived at acceptance. It's nice to be thinking about riding again. Now we are experiencing the COVID-19 crisis and biking seems like a good way to get outside but not have to worry about being around other people that might be infected. I just have to avoid the crowded bike paths on nice days. Stay at home and be safe. This has also been a time of social unrest as first, there were demonstrations against the State of Minnesota's stay at home rules, and more importantly, violent demonstrations against the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis Police Officer. Watching the video of George's murder is as difficult thing to watch as I've ever seen. Black Lives Matter. July was a mixture of really hot weather and stretches of really nice biking weather. August was also a mixture of hot and beautiful weather but the beautiful days were incredible.

	Miles	Total	Avg.
week1, 7-Mar:	24	24	24	Ride to State Fair Grounds, Temps near 60, very sunny and very windy
week2, 14-Mar:	40	64	32	Ride to Minnehaha Falls, still cool Spring weather
week3, 21-Mar:	75	139	44	Ride to North St. Paul, sunny and warmer
week4, 28-Mar:	100	239	59	Ride around Lake Johanna, cool
week5, 4-Apr:	131	370	74	Ride to Inver Grove Heights, windy and cool
week6, 11-Apr:	96	466	77	Ride to Oak Park Heights, seasonably nice, snow this week
week7, 18-Apr:	160	626	89	Ride to Highland Hills, sunny but windy, nice riding
week8, 25-Apr:	163	789	98	Ride to Old Cedar Ave Bridge, and Bloomington Ferry, beautiful day
week9, 2-May:	164	953	105	Ride to Coon Rapids Dam and Elm Creek Park, gorgeous windy day
week10, 9-May:	152	1105	110	Ride to Vadnais Heights
week11, 16-May:	186	1291	117	Ride to Maple Plain to visit Terri - great riding day
week12, 23-May:	180	1471	122	Ride to 7 miles east of North St. Paul - nice day
week13, 30-May:	199	1670	128	Tried to ride around Lake Minnetonka but bridge out 1/2 way around
week14, 6-Jun:	158	1828	130	Ride to Wayzata - getting hotter
week15, 13-Jun:	152	1980	132	Ride along Mississippi most of the way to Hastings - nice day
week16, 20-Jun:	171	2151	134	Ride to Stillwater and across the Lift Bridge - cloudy
week17, 27-Jun:	158	2309	135	Ride to North St. Paul - hot, hot, hot, and humid
week18, 4-Jul:	174	2483	137	Hot humid week, but one nice day to ride to the 6 miles of near wilderness bike trail in Baker Park
week19, 11-Jul:	163	2646	139	Nicer weather week, ride around Bush Lake
week20, 18-Jul:	185	2831	141	Good weather all week, ride to Pine Point Park
week21, 25-Jul:	175	3006	143	Good weather all week, ride up Mississippi River to Otsego
week22, 1-Aug:	163	3169	144	Ride to Pine Point Park on a nice cool day
week23, 8-Aug:	159	3328	144	Ride to Shakopee on a humid cludy day
week24, 15-Aug:	200	3528	147	Ride beyond Hammel to almost Lake Independence - great day
week25, 22-Aug:	161	3689	147	Ride to South St. Paul - hot
week26, 29-Aug:	204	3893	149	Ride to Ostego again - beautiful day
week27, 5-Sep:	164	4057	150	Ride most of the way to Hastings (getting cooler)
week28, 12-Sep:	178	4235	151	Ride to Pine Bend Bluffs in Inver Grove Heights

Now for some previous raw biking statistics organized by year.

**Biking Statistics By Year**
2019	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