Every link I have saved since 2005, 16,524 of them, gets a page of its own, joined to the Weekly Thing issues that carried them.
Oct 23, 2026 · launch · Linking Things
", "summary": "Every link I have saved since 2005, 16,524 of them, gets a page of its own, joined to the Weekly Thing issues that carried them.", "date_published": "2026-10-23T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Linking Things" ] }, { "id": "proof-of-a-person-launch", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#proof-of-a-person-launch", "external_url": "https://poap.thingelstad.xyz/about/", "title": "Proof of a Person launches", "content_html": "My POAP time capsule goes live.
Oct 17, 2026 · launch · Proof of a Person
", "summary": "My POAP time capsule goes live.", "date_published": "2026-10-17T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Proof of a Person" ] }, { "id": "things-static-site", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#things-static-site", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/thingelstad.xyz/pull/6", "title": "Static site replaces the gallery", "content_html": "Eleventy site from the registry.
Oct 17, 2026 · milestone · Things I’ve built
", "summary": "Eleventy site from the registry.", "date_published": "2026-10-17T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Things I’ve built" ] }, { "id": "nnxyz-recorded-development", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#nnxyz-recorded-development", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/nnxyz/commit/826089753b46f7f4d4ae5d994243feb73cb4c299", "title": "NNXYZ: recorded development", "content_html": "A public repository records development of the artwork gallery. This is development evidence, not its launch date.
Oct 13, 2026 · development · The nnxyz Rooms
", "summary": "A public repository records development of the artwork gallery. This is development evidence, not its launch date.", "date_published": "2026-10-13T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "The nnxyz Rooms" ] }, { "id": "release-notes-upcoming", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#release-notes-upcoming", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/yvn-release-notes/commit/5cc2442ecf8623d074b0d7e639285c08c3f78f89", "title": "A place for upcoming dates", "content_html": "Release Notes adds personal upcoming dates and daily email reminders.
Oct 13, 2026 · milestone · Release Notes
", "summary": "Release Notes adds personal upcoming dates and daily email reminders.", "date_published": "2026-10-13T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Release Notes" ] }, { "id": "things-ive-built-recorded-development", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#things-ive-built-recorded-development", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/thingelstad.xyz", "title": "Things I’ve built: recorded development", "content_html": "A public repository records development of the project index. This is development evidence, not its launch date.
Oct 13, 2026 · development · Things I’ve built
", "summary": "A public repository records development of the project index. This is development evidence, not its launch date.", "date_published": "2026-10-13T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Things I’ve built" ] }, { "id": "wt-podcast-authoring", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#wt-podcast-authoring", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/wt-builder/commit/bea76c7ef4fc79a878072feebf694ce18ad217ea", "title": "Two publications, one builder", "content_html": "Another Thing becomes a second product in WT Builder; its earlier authoring application is retired.
Oct 11, 2026 · milestone · WT Builder, Another Thing
", "summary": "Another Thing becomes a second product in WT Builder; its earlier authoring application is retired.", "date_published": "2026-10-11T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "WT Builder", "Another Thing" ] }, { "id": "release-notes-launch", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#release-notes-launch", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2026/10/08/in-i-wrote-about-your.html", "title": "Release Notes launches", "content_html": "A daily version-number email you reply to as a journal.
Oct 8, 2026 · launch · Release Notes, Your Version Number
", "summary": "A daily version-number email you reply to as a journal.", "date_published": "2026-10-08T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Release Notes", "Your Version Number" ] }, { "id": "release-notes-recorded-development", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#release-notes-recorded-development", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/yvn-release-notes/commit/76f54b3e4a49c39c94c8e28ba0354f3023e79981", "title": "Release Notes: recorded development begins", "content_html": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.
Oct 7, 2026 · development · Release Notes
", "summary": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.", "date_published": "2026-10-07T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Release Notes" ] }, { "id": "weekly-thing-archive-audio", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#weekly-thing-archive-audio", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2026/10/06/weekly-thing-archive-improved.html", "title": "Every issue in audio", "content_html": "I restructure the Weekly Thing archive and renders every issue in audio, so the podcast feed reaches back to the first issue.
Oct 6, 2026 · milestone · Weekly Thing
", "summary": "I restructure the Weekly Thing archive and renders every issue in audio, so the podcast feed reaches back to the first issue.", "date_published": "2026-10-06T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Weekly Thing" ] }, { "id": "mb-221", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#mb-221", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/mb/commit/bacbb98475e1ffc983bbaf9b37acee80b9b83da0", "title": "mb 2.2.1", "content_html": "A versioned release of the Micro.blog command-line tool.
Oct 5, 2026 · milestone · mb
", "summary": "A versioned release of the Micro.blog command-line tool.", "date_published": "2026-10-05T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "mb" ] }, { "id": "otto-dots", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#otto-dots", "external_url": "https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/352/", "title": "A new generation of Otto", "content_html": "I set up Otto on OpenAI’s dots and interviews it for the job of driving Elixir.
Oct 3, 2026 · milestone · Otto, Elixir
", "summary": "I set up Otto on OpenAI’s dots and interviews it for the job of driving Elixir.", "date_published": "2026-10-03T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Otto", "Elixir" ] }, { "id": "clan-shared-platform", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#clan-shared-platform", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/elixir-mcp/commit/5b9621672282ee9dbbddaf6fd3f201367f3b7848", "title": "Clan moves into the shared Elixir application", "content_html": "Clan is mounted in the shared application, carrying its management capabilities into the platform.
Oct 2, 2026 · milestone · Elixir Clan, Elixir
", "summary": "Clan is mounted in the shared application, carrying its management capabilities into the platform.", "date_published": "2026-10-02T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Elixir Clan", "Elixir" ] }, { "id": "elixir-ladder-launch", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#elixir-ladder-launch", "external_url": "https://elixir.poapkings.com/updates/2026-10-01-ladder-your-season-read-back", "title": "Ladder opens", "content_html": "A player's season, read back one mode at a time, at /ladder.
Oct 1, 2026 · launch · Elixir
", "summary": "A player's season, read back one mode at a time, at /ladder.", "date_published": "2026-10-01T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Elixir" ] }, { "id": "open-loop-feed", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#open-loop-feed", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/projects/open-loop/", "title": "Open Loop returns as a podcast feed", "content_html": "All nine episodes are republished as a podcast feed with speaker-labelled transcripts, cleaned up with AI in October 2026.
Oct 2026 · milestone · Open Loop
", "summary": "All nine episodes are republished as a podcast feed with speaker-labelled transcripts, cleaned up with AI in October 2026.", "date_published": "2026-10-01T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Open Loop" ] }, { "id": "elixir-clan-moves-to-clan", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#elixir-clan-moves-to-clan", "external_url": "https://elixir.poapkings.com/updates/2026-09-28-elixir-clan-lives-at-clan", "title": "Elixir Clan moves to /clan", "content_html": "Clan left clan.poapkings.com for elixir.poapkings.com/clan.
Sep 28, 2026 · milestone · Elixir Clan, Elixir
", "summary": "Clan left clan.poapkings.com for elixir.poapkings.com/clan.", "date_published": "2026-09-28T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Elixir Clan", "Elixir" ] }, { "id": "elixir-bot-retired", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#elixir-bot-retired", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/elixir-bot/commit/555d743ceb72a7779a6e47fab4912ae5d024e70e", "title": "Elixir Bot retires. Its ideas keep going.", "content_html": "The retirement record names the projects that grew out of the original clan agent, including Elixir MCP, Collector, Discord, and Clan.
Sep 26, 2026 · retirement · Elixir Bot, Elixir, Elixir Discord, Elixir Collector, Elixir Clan
", "summary": "The retirement record names the projects that grew out of the original clan agent, including Elixir MCP, Collector, Discord, and Clan.", "date_published": "2026-09-26T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Elixir Bot", "Elixir", "Elixir Discord", "Elixir Collector", "Elixir Clan" ] }, { "id": "elixir-collector-signed-releases", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#elixir-collector-signed-releases", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2026/09/26/i-used-some-of-my.html", "title": "Signed collector releases", "content_html": "From v3.0.0 every collector release is signed end to end.
Sep 26, 2026 · milestone · Elixir Collector
", "summary": "From v3.0.0 every collector release is signed end to end.", "date_published": "2026-09-26T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Elixir Collector" ] }, { "id": "wt-builder-first-issue", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#wt-builder-first-issue", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2026/09/20/i-just-published-weekly-thing.html", "title": "WT350 sent from WT Builder", "content_html": "First issue fully published from WT Builder.
Sep 20, 2026 · launch · WT Builder, Weekly Thing
", "summary": "First issue fully published from WT Builder.", "date_published": "2026-09-20T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "WT Builder", "Weekly Thing" ] }, { "id": "yvn-redesign", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#yvn-redesign", "external_url": "https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/350/", "title": "Your Version Number redesigned", "content_html": "Your Version Number gets a new design, a theme browser and a card creator.
Sep 19, 2026 · milestone · Your Version Number
", "summary": "Your Version Number gets a new design, a theme browser and a card creator.", "date_published": "2026-09-19T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Your Version Number" ] }, { "id": "elixir-mcp-discord-first-release", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#elixir-mcp-discord-first-release", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/elixir-mcp-discord/releases/tag/v0.3.0", "title": "Elixir Discord v0.3.0", "content_html": "First tagged release of the Discord agent that runs entirely on Elixir MCP.
Sep 15, 2026 · launch · Elixir Discord
", "summary": "First tagged release of the Discord agent that runs entirely on Elixir MCP.", "date_published": "2026-09-15T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Elixir Discord" ] }, { "id": "elixir-mcp-discord-recorded-development", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#elixir-mcp-discord-recorded-development", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/elixir-mcp-discord/commit/1479a4601af90658fc3cd57cbdb269884a54f49d", "title": "Elixir Discord: recorded development begins", "content_html": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.
Sep 7, 2026 · development · Elixir Discord
", "summary": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.", "date_published": "2026-09-07T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Elixir Discord" ] }, { "id": "collector-split", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#collector-split", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/elixir-mcp-collector/commit/47ac57c5b28c4aa33bdc7c8daa3f8ef085c57f2f", "title": "Collectors become their own thing", "content_html": "The operator worker is split from Elixir MCP into its own repository.
Sep 4, 2026 · milestone · Elixir Collector, Elixir
", "summary": "The operator worker is split from Elixir MCP into its own repository.", "date_published": "2026-09-04T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Elixir Collector", "Elixir" ] }, { "id": "elixir-mcp-launch", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#elixir-mcp-launch", "external_url": "https://elixir.poapkings.com/updates/2026-09-03-elixir-mcp-launches", "title": "Elixir MCP launches", "content_html": "Recording, the MCP server, clan war data and the collector fleet went live.
Sep 3, 2026 · launch · Elixir
", "summary": "Recording, the MCP server, clan war data and the collector fleet went live.", "date_published": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Elixir" ] }, { "id": "elixir-recorded-development", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#elixir-recorded-development", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/elixir-mcp/commit/e2e126a9dc1b150db9ee64213fc48224f8c09ba2", "title": "Elixir: recorded development begins", "content_html": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.
Sep 3, 2026 · development · Elixir
", "summary": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.", "date_published": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Elixir" ] }, { "id": "otto-openclaw-2", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#otto-openclaw-2", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2026/09/03/otto-upgraded-to-openclaw-i.html", "title": "Otto moves to OpenClaw 2", "content_html": "Otto is upgraded to OpenClaw 2 after a rocky start on OpenClaw.
Sep 3, 2026 · milestone · Otto
", "summary": "Otto is upgraded to OpenClaw 2 after a rocky start on OpenClaw.", "date_published": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Otto" ] }, { "id": "thingy-complete", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#thingy-complete", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2026/09/03/im-ready-to-call-thingy.html", "title": "Thingy called complete", "content_html": "I call Thingy complete after adding photos and shared conversations.
Sep 3, 2026 · milestone · Thingy
", "summary": "I call Thingy complete after adding photos and shared conversations.", "date_published": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Thingy" ] }, { "id": "wt-builder-recorded-development", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#wt-builder-recorded-development", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/wt-builder/commit/918b6fea5b489773738ac64a89765864574b0ee3", "title": "WT Builder: recorded development begins", "content_html": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.
Jul 26, 2026 · development · WT Builder
", "summary": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.", "date_published": "2026-07-26T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "WT Builder" ] }, { "id": "flight-path-retired", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#flight-path-retired", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/flightpath.poaprally.com/commit/fea8eac46878b7ab9afa418c48193b4139d8a06b", "title": "Flight Path retired", "content_html": "A week before POAP’s shutdown, I replace the globe with a sunset notice and archived the repository.
Jul 24, 2026 · retirement · Flight Path
", "summary": "A week before POAP’s shutdown, I replace the globe with a sunset notice and archived the repository.", "date_published": "2026-07-24T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Flight Path" ] }, { "id": "poap2rss-retired", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#poap2rss-retired", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/POAP2RSS/commit/22798583f396bd59771b0e4ee320d20c51d18f20", "title": "POAP2RSS retires with the POAP API", "content_html": "POAP was winding down its platform on July 31, 2026. POAP2RSS read live claim activity through the POAP API, so a week earlier I retired it and archived the repository.
Jul 24, 2026 · retirement · POAP2RSS
", "summary": "POAP was winding down its platform on July 31, 2026. POAP2RSS read live claim activity through the POAP API, so a week earlier I retired it and archived the repository.", "date_published": "2026-07-24T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "POAP2RSS" ] }, { "id": "elixir-product-team", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#elixir-product-team", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2026/06/22/elixirs-agentic-product-team.html", "title": "An agentic product team for Elixir", "content_html": "I set up six automations, from Data Analyst to Product Manager, to drive Elixir’s development on their own.
Jun 22, 2026 · milestone · Elixir Bot
", "summary": "I set up six automations, from Data Analyst to Product Manager, to drive Elixir’s development on their own.", "date_published": "2026-06-22T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Elixir Bot" ] }, { "id": "elixir-drop-launch", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#elixir-drop-launch", "external_url": "https://drop.poapkings.com/updates/", "title": "Elixir Drop opens with Practice", "content_html": "The card-cost game launched with Practice, Surge, Higher / Lower and Survival.
Jun 13, 2026 · launch · Elixir Drop
", "summary": "The card-cost game launched with Practice, Surge, Higher / Lower and Survival.", "date_published": "2026-06-13T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Elixir Drop" ] }, { "id": "elixir-drop-recorded-development", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#elixir-drop-recorded-development", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/drop.poapkings.com/commit/4476c93f92f7f997582e3726d0d72eaba6516c25", "title": "Elixir Drop: recorded development begins", "content_html": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.
Jun 13, 2026 · development · Elixir Drop
", "summary": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.", "date_published": "2026-06-13T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Elixir Drop" ] }, { "id": "thingy-evolved", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#thingy-evolved", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2026/06/07/thingy-evolved.html", "title": "Thingy Evolved", "content_html": "Thingy moves to its own site and learns my blog and Another Thing as well as the Weekly Thing.
Jun 7, 2026 · milestone · Thingy
", "summary": "Thingy moves to its own site and learns my blog and Another Thing as well as the Weekly Thing.", "date_published": "2026-06-07T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Thingy" ] }, { "id": "things-4-good-recorded-development", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#things-4-good-recorded-development", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/things4good.xyz/commit/cec22f314718ff19c8b99247cb09ea43c87eea77", "title": "Things 4 Good: recorded development begins", "content_html": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.
Jun 3, 2026 · development · Things 4 Good
", "summary": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.", "date_published": "2026-06-03T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Things 4 Good" ] }, { "id": "oliver-recorded-development", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#oliver-recorded-development", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/rwbookclub.com/commit/bdb72521adb776b3a9897f1ae3c0f0f41c62ccfb", "title": "Oliver: recorded development begins", "content_html": "The book club repository becomes a monorepo of website, corpus and Oliver. This is development evidence, not a launch date.
May 27, 2026 · development · Oliver
", "summary": "The book club repository becomes a monorepo of website, corpus and Oliver. This is development evidence, not a launch date.", "date_published": "2026-05-27T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Oliver" ] }, { "id": "workshop-first-issue", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#workshop-first-issue", "external_url": "https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/349/", "title": "WT349 made in the Workshop", "content_html": "The first Weekly Thing made start to finish in the Weekly Thing Workshop.
May 23, 2026 · milestone · Weekly Thing Workshop, Weekly Thing
", "summary": "The first Weekly Thing made start to finish in the Weekly Thing Workshop.", "date_published": "2026-05-23T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Weekly Thing Workshop", "Weekly Thing" ] }, { "id": "thingy-recorded-development", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#thingy-recorded-development", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/thingy.thingelstad.com/commit/8167c8fdb7a4f9edd30cd4d8087fb34982e6c5ba", "title": "Thingy: recorded development begins", "content_html": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.
May 14, 2026 · development · Thingy
", "summary": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.", "date_published": "2026-05-14T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Thingy" ] }, { "id": "workshop-launch", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#workshop-launch", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2026/05/12/the-weekly-thing-team.html", "title": "The Weekly Thing Team", "content_html": "I introduce four Discord agents, Eddy, Linky, Marky and Patty, to help edit, research, promote and fund the Weekly Thing.
May 12, 2026 · launch · Weekly Thing Workshop
", "summary": "I introduce four Discord agents, Eddy, Linky, Marky and Patty, to help edit, research, promote and fund the Weekly Thing.", "date_published": "2026-05-12T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Weekly Thing Workshop" ] }, { "id": "weekly-thing-site-thingy", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#weekly-thing-site-thingy", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2026/05/07/massive-weekly-thing-website-build.html", "title": "New Weekly Thing site and Thingy", "content_html": "I build a new Weekly Thing website that puts all nine years and 345 issues of the archive on show, with Thingy as its librarian.
May 7, 2026 · launch · Weekly Thing, Thingy
", "summary": "I build a new Weekly Thing website that puts all nine years and 345 issues of the archive on show, with Thingy as its librarian.", "date_published": "2026-05-07T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Weekly Thing", "Thingy" ] }, { "id": "yvn-launch", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#yvn-launch", "external_url": "https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/346/", "title": "Your Version Number site", "content_html": "First shared in WT346.
May 3, 2026 · launch · Your Version Number
", "summary": "First shared in WT346.", "date_published": "2026-05-03T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Your Version Number" ] }, { "id": "elixir-minnebar-20", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#elixir-minnebar-20", "external_url": "https://sessions.minnestar.org/sessions/2094", "title": "Elixir at Minnebar 20", "content_html": "Tyler and I present "Elixir - Creating an AI Agent for our Clash Royale Clan."
May 2, 2026 · milestone · Elixir Bot, POAP KINGS
", "summary": "Tyler and I present \"Elixir - Creating an AI Agent for our Clash Royale Clan.\"", "date_published": "2026-05-02T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Elixir Bot", "POAP KINGS" ] }, { "id": "your-version-number-recorded-development", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#your-version-number-recorded-development", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/yourversionnumber.com/commit/b2f68c8bc83cdde695b925d0aa3d37b796dd944a", "title": "Your Version Number: recorded development begins", "content_html": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.
May 1, 2026 · development · Your Version Number
", "summary": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.", "date_published": "2026-05-01T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Your Version Number" ] }, { "id": "poap-kings-redesign", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#poap-kings-redesign", "external_url": "https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/345/", "title": "POAP KINGS redesigned", "content_html": "Claude Design gives the clan website its current look.
Apr 26, 2026 · milestone · POAP KINGS
", "summary": "Claude Design gives the clan website its current look.", "date_published": "2026-04-26T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "POAP KINGS" ] }, { "id": "another-thing-recorded-development", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#another-thing-recorded-development", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/another.thingelstad.com/commit/0ef36d2472cfa45e39e1dc831a8f5553fb005822", "title": "Another Thing: recorded development begins", "content_html": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.
Apr 9, 2026 · development · Another Thing
", "summary": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.", "date_published": "2026-04-09T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Another Thing" ] }, { "id": "r-w-book-club-recorded-development", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#r-w-book-club-recorded-development", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/rwbookclub.com/commit/25852563166cc04650a451f4bb3bdf27c83c4424", "title": "R/W Book Club: recorded development begins", "content_html": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.
Apr 9, 2026 · development · R/W Book Club
", "summary": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.", "date_published": "2026-04-09T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "R/W Book Club" ] }, { "id": "librarian-recorded-development", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#librarian-recorded-development", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/librarian-thing/commit/95fed22aba9a066a74df067d2072ae0ca6cf2690", "title": "Librarian: recorded development begins", "content_html": "The earliest commit in Librarian, the archive API behind Thingy, is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.
Apr 7, 2026 · development · Thingy
", "summary": "The earliest commit in Librarian, the archive API behind Thingy, is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.", "date_published": "2026-04-07T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Thingy" ] }, { "id": "weekly-thing-recorded-development", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#weekly-thing-recorded-development", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/weekly.thingelstad.com/commit/e5074139a6e6fb37a0c83713e8808878e6af3205", "title": "Weekly Thing: recorded development begins", "content_html": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.
Apr 7, 2026 · development · Weekly Thing
", "summary": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.", "date_published": "2026-04-07T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Weekly Thing" ] }, { "id": "elixir-data-refactor", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#elixir-data-refactor", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2026/03/07/making-elixir-smarter.html", "title": "Making Elixir smarter", "content_html": "Codex redesigns Elixir’s data model and tools, tested against 50 questions I wrote with Claude.
Mar 7, 2026 · milestone · Elixir Bot
", "summary": "Codex redesigns Elixir’s data model and tools, tested against 50 questions I wrote with Claude.", "date_published": "2026-03-07T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Elixir Bot" ] }, { "id": "mb-v1", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#mb-v1", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/mb/releases", "title": "mb 1.0.0", "content_html": "First versioned release of mb.
Mar 3, 2026 · launch · mb
", "summary": "First versioned release of mb.", "date_published": "2026-03-03T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "mb" ] }, { "id": "mb-recorded-development", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#mb-recorded-development", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/mb/commit/2b20c09c6350db018860bc026f88b839da296346", "title": "mb: recorded development begins", "content_html": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.
Mar 1, 2026 · development · mb
", "summary": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.", "date_published": "2026-03-01T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "mb" ] }, { "id": "otto-blog", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#otto-blog", "external_url": "https://ottoai.thingelstad.com/2026/03/01/hello-im-otto.html", "title": "Otto starts a blog", "content_html": "Otto’s first post on its own Micro.blog blog.
Mar 1, 2026 · milestone · Otto
", "summary": "Otto’s first post on its own Micro.blog blog.", "date_published": "2026-03-01T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Otto" ] }, { "id": "elixir-bot-recorded-development", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#elixir-bot-recorded-development", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/elixir-bot/commit/161b7f4e0c98d2acb84bb770981a12ba256bebc8", "title": "Elixir Bot: recorded development begins", "content_html": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.
Feb 27, 2026 · development · Elixir Bot
", "summary": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.", "date_published": "2026-02-27T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Elixir Bot" ] }, { "id": "flight-path-built", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#flight-path-built", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2026/02/25/it-is-bonkers-to-me.html", "title": "Flight Path takes off", "content_html": "I build Flight Path, extending the POAP Airport Rally, entirely on an iPhone with Claude Code.
Feb 25, 2026 · launch · Flight Path
", "summary": "I build Flight Path, extending the POAP Airport Rally, entirely on an iPhone with Claude Code.", "date_published": "2026-02-25T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Flight Path" ] }, { "id": "escaping-things-launch", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#escaping-things-launch", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2026/02/23/ive-been-working-on-this.html", "title": "Escaping Things site announced", "content_html": "The family escape room log gets its own site.
Feb 23, 2026 · launch · Escaping Things
", "summary": "The family escape room log gets its own site.", "date_published": "2026-02-23T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Escaping Things" ] }, { "id": "otto-named", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#otto-named", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2026/02/19/ive-been-preparing-to-setup.html", "title": "Otto is named", "content_html": "I name my agent Otto Thing.
Feb 19, 2026 · launch · Otto
", "summary": "I name my agent Otto Thing.", "date_published": "2026-02-19T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Otto" ] }, { "id": "escaping-things-recorded-development", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#escaping-things-recorded-development", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/escape.thingelstad.com/commit/1cab836b57c32990f4f2a7b815d1bb3c6a0cfe4c", "title": "Escaping Things: recorded development begins", "content_html": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.
Feb 11, 2026 · development · Escaping Things
", "summary": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.", "date_published": "2026-02-11T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Escaping Things" ] }, { "id": "poap-kings-recorded-development", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#poap-kings-recorded-development", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/poapkings.com/commit/0716a099e57528016fa3a2cd8d86d6dd18e1e313", "title": "POAP KINGS: recorded development begins", "content_html": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.
Feb 4, 2026 · development · POAP KINGS
", "summary": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.", "date_published": "2026-02-04T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "POAP KINGS" ] }, { "id": "yearly-thing-2025-published", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#yearly-thing-2025-published", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2026/01/20/i-made-a-book-yearly.html", "title": "Yearly Thing 2025 is published", "content_html": "A year of the Weekly Thing becomes a book, in print from Lulu and as an eBook, organized into ten topic chapters.
Jan 20, 2026 · launch · Yearly Thing 2025, Weekly Thing
", "summary": "A year of the Weekly Thing becomes a book, in print from Lulu and as an eBook, organized into ten topic chapters.", "date_published": "2026-01-20T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Yearly Thing 2025", "Weekly Thing" ] }, { "id": "airport-poap-rally-launch", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#airport-poap-rally-launch", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/12/26/airport-poap-rally-website.html", "title": "Following the Airport POAP Rally", "content_html": "I set up a Micro.blog site that posts every claim at the rally’s 100 airports.
Dec 26, 2025 · launch · Airport POAP Rally
", "summary": "I set up a Micro.blog site that posts every claim at the rally’s 100 airports.", "date_published": "2025-12-26T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Airport POAP Rally" ] }, { "id": "weekly-thing-forum-closed", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#weekly-thing-forum-closed", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/11/17/farewell-weekly-thing-forum-and.html", "title": "Weekly Thing Forum closes", "content_html": "Ponder shuts down, and with it the Weekly Thing Forum.
Nov 17, 2025 · milestone · Weekly Thing
", "summary": "Ponder shuts down, and with it the Weekly Thing Forum.", "date_published": "2025-11-17T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Weekly Thing" ] }, { "id": "things-4-good-five-years", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#things-4-good-five-years", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/11/16/things-good-five-year-impact.html", "title": "Five years of candle fundraisers", "content_html": "Five years of candle sales have raised $31,787 for non-profits.
Nov 16, 2025 · milestone · Things 4 Good
", "summary": "Five years of candle sales have raised $31,787 for non-profits.", "date_published": "2025-11-16T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Things 4 Good" ] }, { "id": "another-thing-first-episode", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#another-thing-first-episode", "external_url": "https://another.thingelstad.com/2025/10/05/how-do-you-start-a.html", "title": "Another Thing episode 1", "content_html": "“How do you start a podcast?” is published.
Oct 5, 2025 · launch · Another Thing
", "summary": "“How do you start a podcast?” is published.", "date_published": "2025-10-05T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Another Thing" ] }, { "id": "612-poap-challenge-close", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#612-poap-challenge-close", "external_url": "https://612.poapchallenge.com/", "title": "The 612 POAP Challenge closes", "content_html": "As Labor Day ends, the challenge comes to a close and the site keeps the record of every claim.
Sep 1, 2025 · archive · 612 POAP Challenge
", "summary": "As Labor Day ends, the challenge comes to a close and the site keeps the record of every claim.", "date_published": "2025-09-01T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "612 POAP Challenge" ] }, { "id": "poap2rss-612-feeds", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#poap2rss-612-feeds", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/07/06/with-the-help-of-poaprss.html", "title": "612 challenge claims via POAP2RSS", "content_html": "The challenge site shows claims through POAP2RSS feeds.
Jul 6, 2025 · milestone · POAP2RSS, 612 POAP Challenge
", "summary": "The challenge site shows claims through POAP2RSS feeds.", "date_published": "2025-07-06T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "POAP2RSS", "612 POAP Challenge" ] }, { "id": "poap2rss-launch", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#poap2rss-launch", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/07/04/i-decided-to-declare-poaprss.html", "title": "POAP meets RSS", "content_html": "POAP2RSS is declared officially launched: POAP activity becomes available in feeds.
Jul 4, 2025 · launch · POAP2RSS
", "summary": "POAP2RSS is declared officially launched: POAP activity becomes available in feeds.", "date_published": "2025-07-04T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "POAP2RSS" ] }, { "id": "612-poap-challenge-launch", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#612-poap-challenge-launch", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/05/31/poap-challenge-collect-them-now.html", "title": "The 612 POAP Challenge begins", "content_html": "A summer scavenger hunt around Minneapolis pairs location POAPs with the 612 Series, open until Labor Day.
May 31, 2025 · launch · 612 POAP Challenge
", "summary": "A summer scavenger hunt around Minneapolis pairs location POAPs with the 612 Series, open until Labor Day.", "date_published": "2025-05-31T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "612 POAP Challenge" ] }, { "id": "charlie-brown-tree-poap", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#charlie-brown-tree-poap", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/05/25/i-created-my-very-first.html", "title": "First location POAP", "content_html": "The tree becomes my first location-based POAP.
May 25, 2025 · milestone · Charlie Brown Tree, 612 POAP Challenge
", "summary": "The tree becomes my first location-based POAP.", "date_published": "2025-05-25T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Charlie Brown Tree", "612 POAP Challenge" ] }, { "id": "weekly-thing-gpt-launch", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#weekly-thing-gpt-launch", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/02/25/weekly-thing-gpt.html", "title": "A GPT of the Weekly Thing", "content_html": "I make a custom ChatGPT loaded with all 310 Weekly Thing issues.
Feb 25, 2025 · launch · Weekly Thing GPT
", "summary": "I make a custom ChatGPT loaded with all 310 Weekly Thing issues.", "date_published": "2025-02-25T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Weekly Thing GPT" ] }, { "id": "weekly-thing-300", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#weekly-thing-300", "external_url": "https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/300/", "title": "Weekly Thing 300", "content_html": "The 300th issue, seven and a half years after the first.
Nov 9, 2024 · milestone · Weekly Thing
", "summary": "The 300th issue, seven and a half years after the first.", "date_published": "2024-11-09T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Weekly Thing" ] }, { "id": "rsm-reboot", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#rsm-reboot", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2023/10/21/road-sign-math.html", "title": "Road Sign Math reboots as a blog", "content_html": "The second reboot returns it to a simple blog of my signs at roadsignmath.xyz.
Oct 21, 2023 · launch · Road Sign Math
", "summary": "The second reboot returns it to a simple blog of my signs at roadsignmath.xyz.", "date_published": "2023-10-21T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Road Sign Math" ] }, { "id": "weekly-thing-shortcuts-rebuild", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#weekly-thing-shortcuts-rebuild", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2023/09/24/how-i-build.html", "title": "Weekly Thing automation rebuilt", "content_html": "I rebuild the Weekly Thing workflow as native Shortcuts with Data Jar caching and an automated photo section.
Sep 24, 2023 · milestone · Weekly Thing
", "summary": "I rebuild the Weekly Thing workflow as native Shortcuts with Data Jar caching and an automated photo section.", "date_published": "2023-09-24T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Weekly Thing" ] }, { "id": "weekly-thing-forum", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#weekly-thing-forum", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2023/09/22/introducing-weekly-thing.html", "title": "Weekly Thing Forum opens", "content_html": "I open a forum for readers on Ponder.
Sep 22, 2023 · milestone · Weekly Thing
", "summary": "I open a forum for readers on Ponder.", "date_published": "2023-09-22T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Weekly Thing" ] }, { "id": "weekly-thing-subreddit", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#weekly-thing-subreddit", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2022/10/30/i-decided-to.html", "title": "r/WeeklyThing", "content_html": "I create a subreddit for discussing issues.
Oct 30, 2022 · milestone · Weekly Thing
", "summary": "I create a subreddit for discussing issues.", "date_published": "2022-10-30T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Weekly Thing" ] }, { "id": "foreground-to-wikimedia", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#foreground-to-wikimedia", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/foreground/issues/398", "title": "Foreground moves to Wikimedia", "content_html": "I agree to archive my Foreground repository so Wikimedia volunteers can maintain the skin.
Jul 29, 2022 · archive · Foreground
", "summary": "I agree to archive my Foreground repository so Wikimedia volunteers can maintain the skin.", "date_published": "2022-07-29T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Foreground" ] }, { "id": "things-4-good-endaoment", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#things-4-good-endaoment", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2021/11/28/things-good-on.html", "title": "Things 4 Good on Endaoment", "content_html": "I set up a crypto donor-advised fund named Things 4 Good and makes its first grant, to the Internet Archive.
Nov 28, 2021 · milestone · Things 4 Good
", "summary": "I set up a crypto donor-advised fund named Things 4 Good and makes its first grant, to the Internet Archive.", "date_published": "2021-11-28T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Things 4 Good" ] }, { "id": "things-4-good-first-sale", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#things-4-good-first-sale", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2021/11/09/things-good-fall.html", "title": "First Things 4 Good fundraiser", "content_html": "More than 100 people come to buy candles, Jiggy Thing Puzzle
Nov 6, 2021 · launch · Things 4 Good
", "summary": "More than 100 people come to buy candles, Jiggy Thing Puzzle", "date_published": "2021-11-06T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Things 4 Good" ] }, { "id": "reading-things-fall", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#reading-things-fall", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2021/10/31/we-just-published.html", "title": "Fall Reading Things", "content_html": "The fall 2021 issue of Reading Things is published.
Oct 31, 2021 · milestone · Reading Things
", "summary": "The fall 2021 issue of Reading Things is published.", "date_published": "2021-10-31T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Reading Things" ] }, { "id": "weekly-thing-200", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#weekly-thing-200", "external_url": "https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/200/", "title": "Weekly Thing 200", "content_html": "The 200th issue.
Oct 23, 2021 · milestone · Weekly Thing
", "summary": "The 200th issue.", "date_published": "2021-10-23T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Weekly Thing" ] }, { "id": "jiggy-thing-001-ordered", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#jiggy-thing-001-ordered", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2021/10/06/our-family-created.html", "title": "First Jiggy Thing Puzzle", "content_html": "The family finished the box for Celebration City and ordered 50 puzzles.
Oct 6, 2021 · launch · Jiggy Thing Puzzles, Things 4 Good
", "summary": "The family finished the box for Celebration City and ordered 50 puzzles.", "date_published": "2021-10-06T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Jiggy Thing Puzzles", "Things 4 Good" ] }, { "id": "reading-things-first-100", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#reading-things-first-100", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2021/07/25/poap-at-reading-things-first.html", "title": "Reading Things reaches 100", "content_html": "The family marks 100 subscribers with a POAP, and sends the summer issue.
Jul 25, 2021 · milestone · Reading Things
", "summary": "The family marks 100 subscribers with a POAP, and sends the summer issue.", "date_published": "2021-07-25T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Reading Things" ] }, { "id": "reading-things-launch", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#reading-things-launch", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2021/05/08/we-just-published.html", "title": "First Reading Things issue", "content_html": "The family’s quarterly books newsletter sends its first issue.
May 8, 2021 · launch · Reading Things
", "summary": "The family’s quarterly books newsletter sends its first issue.", "date_published": "2021-05-08T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Reading Things" ] }, { "id": "rsm-phoenix", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#rsm-phoenix", "external_url": "https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/177/", "title": "A breath of new life", "content_html": "A sign Tammy found near Phoenix revives Road Sign Math at roadsignmath.thingelstad.com.
Mar 13, 2021 · milestone · Road Sign Math
", "summary": "A sign Tammy found near Phoenix revives Road Sign Math at roadsignmath.thingelstad.com.", "date_published": "2021-03-13T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Road Sign Math" ] }, { "id": "link-blog-hyvor", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#link-blog-hyvor", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2020/12/19/commenting-and-reactions.html", "title": "Comments and reactions", "content_html": "The Link Blog switches to Hyvor Talk for comments and reactions.
Dec 19, 2020 · milestone · Link Blog
", "summary": "The Link Blog switches to Hyvor Talk for comments and reactions.", "date_published": "2020-12-19T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Link Blog" ] }, { "id": "link-blog-relaunch", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#link-blog-relaunch", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2020/11/08/i-got-my.html", "title": "Link Blog relaunched", "content_html": "Relaunched with comments and per-site index pages.
Nov 8, 2020 · milestone · Link Blog
", "summary": "Relaunched with comments and per-site index pages.", "date_published": "2020-11-08T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Link Blog" ] }, { "id": "charlie-brown-tree-carving", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#charlie-brown-tree-carving", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2020/05/24/little-snippet-of.html", "title": "Charlie Brown Tree carving", "content_html": "Carving in progress at Magic Pines.
May 24, 2020 · development · Charlie Brown Tree
", "summary": "Carving in progress at Magic Pines.", "date_published": "2020-05-24T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Charlie Brown Tree" ] }, { "id": "blog-microblog-import", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#blog-microblog-import", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2020/05/02/importing-jekyll-site.html", "title": "The blog moves to Micro.blog", "content_html": "I import over 1,600 posts and 800MB of images from Jekyll into Micro.blog.
May 2, 2020 · milestone · Jamie Thingelstad blog
", "summary": "I import over 1,600 posts and 800MB of images from Jekyll into Micro.blog.", "date_published": "2020-05-02T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Jamie Thingelstad blog" ] }, { "id": "weekly-thing-buttondown", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#weekly-thing-buttondown", "external_url": "https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/131/", "title": "Weekly Thing moves to Buttondown", "content_html": "Issue 131 is the first sent from Buttondown.
Jan 18, 2020 · milestone · Weekly Thing
", "summary": "Issue 131 is the first sent from Buttondown.", "date_published": "2020-01-18T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Weekly Thing" ] }, { "id": "weekly-thing-100", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#weekly-thing-100", "external_url": "https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/100/", "title": "Weekly Thing 100", "content_html": "The 100th issue.
Apr 6, 2019 · milestone · Weekly Thing
", "summary": "The 100th issue.", "date_published": "2019-04-06T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Weekly Thing" ] }, { "id": "link-blog-blot", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#link-blog-blot", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2019/01/01/well-ive-now.html", "title": "Link Thing moves to Blot", "content_html": "I move a “good enough” version of the link blog to Blot.
Jan 1, 2019 · milestone · Link Blog
", "summary": "I move a “good enough” version of the link blog to Blot.", "date_published": "2019-01-01T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Link Blog" ] }, { "id": "yvn-idea", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#yvn-idea", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2018/02/24/your-version-number.html", "title": "Your Version Number post", "content_html": "Age as decades.years.days.
Feb 24, 2018 · development · Your Version Number
", "summary": "Age as decades.years.days.", "date_published": "2018-02-24T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Your Version Number" ] }, { "id": "weekly-thing-mailchimp", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#weekly-thing-mailchimp", "external_url": "https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/23/", "title": "Weekly Thing moves to MailChimp", "content_html": "Issue 23 is the first sent from MailChimp, after 22 on TinyLetter.
Oct 14, 2017 · milestone · Weekly Thing
", "summary": "Issue 23 is the first sent from MailChimp, after 22 on TinyLetter.", "date_published": "2017-10-14T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Weekly Thing" ] }, { "id": "link-thing-search", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#link-thing-search", "external_url": "https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/21/", "title": "Searching 9,000 links", "content_html": "I add Lunr.js search to Link Thing.
Sep 30, 2017 · milestone · Link Blog
", "summary": "I add Lunr.js search to Link Thing.", "date_published": "2017-09-30T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Link Blog" ] }, { "id": "link-thing-launch", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#link-thing-launch", "external_url": "https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/18/", "title": "Link Thing goes live", "content_html": "Pinboard links become a Jekyll link blog.
Sep 9, 2017 · launch · Link Blog
", "summary": "Pinboard links become a Jekyll link blog.", "date_published": "2017-09-09T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Link Blog" ] }, { "id": "rw-jekyll", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#rw-jekyll", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2017/09/01/rough-but-functional.html", "title": "Book club Jekyll site", "content_html": "I build rwbook.club on Jekyll, “rough but functional.”
Sep 1, 2017 · development · R/W Book Club
", "summary": "I build rwbook.club on Jekyll, “rough but functional.”", "date_published": "2017-09-01T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "R/W Book Club" ] }, { "id": "open-loop-restored-2017", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#open-loop-restored-2017", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2017/06/10/put-the-archive.html", "title": "Open Loop archive back online", "content_html": "Archive republished.
Jun 10, 2017 · archive · Open Loop
", "summary": "Archive republished.", "date_published": "2017-06-10T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Open Loop" ] }, { "id": "weekly-thing-one", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#weekly-thing-one", "external_url": "https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/1/", "title": "The first Weekly Thing", "content_html": "A newsletter experiment begins with issue one.
May 13, 2017 · launch · Weekly Thing
", "summary": "A newsletter experiment begins with issue one.", "date_published": "2017-05-13T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Weekly Thing" ] }, { "id": "wikiapiary-handoff", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#wikiapiary-handoff", "external_url": "https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikiapiary@lists.wikimedia.org/message/HRNMPDZBNH5DWCWEFWMKLJAACDQDOAPY/", "title": "WikiApiary in new hands", "content_html": "Mark Hershberger writes that he inherited WikiApiary from me and is keeping it running.
Apr 17, 2017 · milestone · WikiApiary
", "summary": "Mark Hershberger writes that he inherited WikiApiary from me and is keeping it running.", "date_published": "2017-04-17T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "WikiApiary" ] }, { "id": "technical-downsizing", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#technical-downsizing", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2016/05/03/technical-downsizing.html", "title": "Technical downsizing", "content_html": "I decide to stop running my own servers and to archive or hand off my hobby sites.
May 3, 2016 · retirement · Road Sign Math
", "summary": "I decide to stop running my own servers and to archive or hand off my hobby sites.", "date_published": "2016-05-03T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Road Sign Math" ] }, { "id": "blog-squarespace", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#blog-squarespace", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2016/04/20/moved-my-blog.html", "title": "The blog moves to Squarespace", "content_html": "I move my blog from WordPress to Squarespace.
Apr 20, 2016 · milestone · Jamie Thingelstad blog
", "summary": "I move my blog from WordPress to Squarespace.", "date_published": "2016-04-20T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Jamie Thingelstad blog" ] }, { "id": "q2a-number-captcha-launch", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#q2a-number-captcha-launch", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2014/11/16/questionanswer-number-captcha.html", "title": "A number captcha for Question2Answer", "content_html": "I release a spelled-out-number captcha to stop spam sign-ups on Ask Planet Kubb.
Nov 16, 2014 · launch · q2a-number-captcha, Ask Planet Kubb
", "summary": "I release a spelled-out-number captcha to stop spam sign-ups on Ask Planet Kubb.", "date_published": "2014-11-16T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "q2a-number-captcha", "Ask Planet Kubb" ] }, { "id": "pk-notation-bnf", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#pk-notation-bnf", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2014/08/27/what-did-i.html", "title": "Notation BNF grammar", "content_html": "I write a BNF grammar for the notation.
Aug 27, 2014 · development · Planet Kubb Score
", "summary": "I write a BNF grammar for the notation.", "date_published": "2014-08-27T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Planet Kubb Score" ] }, { "id": "foreground-1-0", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#foreground-1-0", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/foreground/releases/tag/1.0", "title": "Foreground 1.0", "content_html": "I tag the first release of the Foreground skin.
Jul 3, 2014 · milestone · Foreground
", "summary": "I tag the first release of the Foreground skin.", "date_published": "2014-07-03T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Foreground" ] }, { "id": "wikiapiary-year-one", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#wikiapiary-year-one", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2013/12/22/one-year-for.html", "title": "One year of WikiApiary", "content_html": "A first-year retrospective describes the growing wiki community and credits Foreground as the site’s skin.
Dec 22, 2013 · milestone · WikiApiary, Foreground
", "summary": "A first-year retrospective describes the growing wiki community and credits Foreground as the site’s skin.", "date_published": "2013-12-22T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "WikiApiary", "Foreground" ] }, { "id": "pk-scoresheet-2013", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#pk-scoresheet-2013", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2013/10/31/proud-of-this.html", "title": "A scoresheet with on-pitch stats", "content_html": "A new Planet Kubb scoresheet records statistics during play.
Oct 31, 2013 · milestone · Planet Kubb Score
", "summary": "A new Planet Kubb scoresheet records statistics during play.", "date_published": "2013-10-31T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Planet Kubb Score" ] }, { "id": "wikinosh-semantic", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#wikinosh-semantic", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2013/07/30/paging-large-datasets.html", "title": "Making wiki data portable", "content_html": "Work on paging Semantic MediaWiki datasets supports exporting Wikinosh nutrition data for offline mobile access.
Jul 30, 2013 · milestone · Wikinosh
", "summary": "Work on paging Semantic MediaWiki datasets supports exporting Wikinosh nutrition data for offline mobile access.", "date_published": "2013-07-30T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Wikinosh" ] }, { "id": "parseurl-launch", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#parseurl-launch", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2013/07/15/made-a-super.html", "title": "A super simple URL parser for MediaWiki", "content_html": "I publish the ParseURL extension.
Jul 15, 2013 · launch · ParseURL
", "summary": "I publish the ParseURL extension.", "date_published": "2013-07-15T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "ParseURL" ] }, { "id": "pk-club-championship-2013", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#pk-club-championship-2013", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2013/07/21/pictures-from-us.html", "title": "Planet Kubb Club Championship", "content_html": "Run at 2013 US Nationals.
Jul 2013 · milestone · Planet Kubb
", "summary": "Run at 2013 US Nationals.", "date_published": "2013-07-01T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Planet Kubb" ] }, { "id": "wikiapiary-origin", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#wikiapiary-origin", "external_url": "https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WikiApiary", "title": "A wiki to track other wikis", "content_html": "WikiApiary begins as a holiday-break project, built with MediaWiki and Semantic MediaWiki in about three days.
Dec 21, 2012 · launch · WikiApiary
", "summary": "WikiApiary begins as a holiday-break project, built with MediaWiki and Semantic MediaWiki in about three days.", "date_published": "2012-12-21T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "WikiApiary" ] }, { "id": "planet-kubb-archive", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#planet-kubb-archive", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/projects/open-loop/3-kubb-fever/", "title": "Kubb, notation, and a community on the web", "content_html": "Open Loop’s Kubb Fever episode links Planet Kubb Notation and Scoresheet. This dates the public record, not the original launch.
Jul 23, 2012 · archive · Planet Kubb, Planet Kubb Score
", "summary": "Open Loop’s Kubb Fever episode links Planet Kubb Notation and Scoresheet. This dates the public record, not the original launch.", "date_published": "2012-07-23T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Planet Kubb", "Planet Kubb Score" ] }, { "id": "links-thing-launch", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#links-thing-launch", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2012/07/01/bookmarking-with-semantic.html", "title": "Bookmarks in a wiki", "content_html": "I write up links_thing, a Semantic MediaWiki bookmarking wiki holding nearly 4,000 imported links.
Jul 1, 2012 · milestone · links_thing
", "summary": "I write up links_thing, a Semantic MediaWiki bookmarking wiki holding nearly 4,000 imported links.", "date_published": "2012-07-01T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "links_thing" ] }, { "id": "photography-relaunch", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#photography-relaunch", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2012/07/01/website-for-my.html", "title": "Thingelstad Photography relaunched", "content_html": "I move my photography site to WordPress to post an image a week.
Jul 1, 2012 · milestone · Thingelstad Photography
", "summary": "I move my photography site to WordPress to post an image a week.", "date_published": "2012-07-01T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Thingelstad Photography" ] }, { "id": "open-loop-first", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#open-loop-first", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/projects/open-loop/0-but-no-shoes/", "title": "Open Loop: the first episode", "content_html": "The published episode archive begins with “But No Shoes.”
Jun 1, 2012 · launch · Open Loop
", "summary": "The published episode archive begins with “But No Shoes.”", "date_published": "2012-06-01T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Open Loop" ] }, { "id": "farm-shutdowns-2012", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#farm-shutdowns-2012", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2012/02/08/shutting-down-some.html", "title": "Shutting down some websites", "content_html": "I shut down two Road Sign Math spin-offs, Road Sign Wordplay and Road Sign Bingo, along with the MediaWiki Cookbook and a sandbox wiki.
Feb 8, 2012 · retirement · Road Sign Math
", "summary": "I shut down two Road Sign Math spin-offs, Road Sign Wordplay and Road Sign Bingo, along with the MediaWiki Cookbook and a sandbox wiki.", "date_published": "2012-02-08T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Road Sign Math" ] }, { "id": "thinglesbot-retired", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#thinglesbot-retired", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2012/02/08/shutting-down-some.html", "title": "Farewell to thinglesBot", "content_html": "I shut down thinglesBot along with several other sites.
Feb 8, 2012 · retirement · Thinglesbot
", "summary": "I shut down thinglesBot along with several other sites.", "date_published": "2012-02-08T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Thinglesbot" ] }, { "id": "planet-kubb-launch", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#planet-kubb-launch", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/projects/open-loop/1-big-fuzzy-dead-cat/", "title": "Planet Kubb launches", "content_html": "I buy planetkubb.com and set it up as a rawdog aggregator of Kubb videos and club blogs.
2012 · launch · Planet Kubb, Ask Planet Kubb
", "summary": "I buy planetkubb.com and set it up as a rawdog aggregator of Kubb videos and club blogs.", "date_published": "2012-01-01T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Planet Kubb", "Ask Planet Kubb" ] }, { "id": "numbers2words-recorded-development", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#numbers2words-recorded-development", "external_url": "https://github.com/jthingelstad/Number2Words/commit/3e486a7424544d3d9dad9915f236b615a7c8fd86", "title": "Numbers2Words: recorded development begins", "content_html": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.
Jul 20, 2011 · development · Numbers2Words
", "summary": "The earliest commit in this repository is a development record; the project or idea may predate it.", "date_published": "2011-07-20T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Numbers2Words" ] }, { "id": "rsm-wiki", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#rsm-wiki", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2023/10/21/road-sign-math.html", "title": "Road Sign Math reboots as a wiki", "content_html": "The first reboot moves the game from a blog to a wiki so players can maintain their own signs.
2011 · milestone · Road Sign Math
", "summary": "The first reboot moves the game from a blog to a wiki so players can maintain their own signs.", "date_published": "2011-01-01T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Road Sign Math" ] }, { "id": "rw-rename", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#rw-rename", "external_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20120106214958/http://rwbookclub.com/wiki/Main_Page", "title": "Creative Computer Book Club becomes R/W", "content_html": "The club’s MediaWiki site, the Creative Computer Book Club, becomes the R/W Book Club wiki.
2011 · milestone · R/W Book Club
", "summary": "The club’s MediaWiki site, the Creative Computer Book Club, becomes the R/W Book Club wiki.", "date_published": "2011-01-01T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "R/W Book Club" ] }, { "id": "stone-steel-people-published", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#stone-steel-people-published", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2010/12/05/first-photo-book.html", "title": "First photo book", "content_html": "I publish Stone/Steel/People through Blurb.
Dec 5, 2010 · archive · Stone/Steel/People
", "summary": "I publish Stone/Steel/People through Blurb.", "date_published": "2010-12-05T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Stone/Steel/People" ] }, { "id": "velotweets-launch", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#velotweets-launch", "external_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20090514074605/http://railspikes.com/2009/5/10/announcing-velotweets", "title": "VeloTweets, Pulse of the Peloton", "content_html": "Luke Francl announces the pro cycling Twitter site he and I built.
May 10, 2009 · launch · VeloTweets
", "summary": "Luke Francl announces the pro cycling Twitter site he and I built.", "date_published": "2009-05-10T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "VeloTweets" ] }, { "id": "thinglesbot-returns", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#thinglesbot-returns", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2009/03/24/my-robot-returns.html", "title": "The robot returns", "content_html": "I rewire Thinglesbot in Ruby with Twitter4R after it went quiet.
Mar 24, 2009 · milestone · Thinglesbot
", "summary": "I rewire Thinglesbot in Ruby with Twitter4R after it went quiet.", "date_published": "2009-03-24T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Thinglesbot" ] }, { "id": "rsm-wordpress", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#rsm-wordpress", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2007/08/17/t212185032.html", "title": "Road Sign Math moves to WordPress", "content_html": "The site moves from .Text to WordPress.
Aug 17, 2007 · milestone · Road Sign Math
", "summary": "The site moves from .Text to WordPress.", "date_published": "2007-08-17T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Road Sign Math" ] }, { "id": "thinglesbot-launch", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#thinglesbot-launch", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2007/03/11/introducing-my-robot.html", "title": "Introducing my robot", "content_html": "I give my home-monitoring scripts a voice as @thinglesBot on Twitter.
Mar 11, 2007 · launch · Thinglesbot
", "summary": "I give my home-monitoring scripts a voice as @thinglesBot on Twitter.", "date_published": "2007-03-11T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Thinglesbot" ] }, { "id": "rw-jamie-joins", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#rw-jamie-joins", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2013/07/21/goodbye-to-my.html", "title": "I join the R/W Book Club", "content_html": "John Riedl invites me.
2007 · milestone · R/W Book Club
", "summary": "John Riedl invites me.", "date_published": "2007-01-01T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "R/W Book Club" ] }, { "id": "road-sign-math-launch", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#road-sign-math-launch", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2010/02/13/010000.html", "title": "Road Sign Math begins", "content_html": "A road sign with a mathematical relationship becomes a game for finding more. Five years later I marked February 13, 2005 as the day the site launched.
Feb 13, 2005 · launch · Road Sign Math
", "summary": "A road sign with a mathematical relationship becomes a game for finding more. Five years later I marked February 13, 2005 as the day the site launched.", "date_published": "2005-02-13T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Road Sign Math" ] }, { "id": "blog-start", "url": "https://thingelstad.xyz/history/#blog-start", "external_url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/01/12/if-i-was-born-and.html", "title": "The blog begins", "content_html": "My first blog post marks the official start of my blog.
Jun 2, 2004 · launch · Jamie Thingelstad blog
", "summary": "My first blog post marks the official start of my blog.", "date_published": "2004-06-02T00:00:00Z", "tags": [ "Jamie Thingelstad blog" ] } ] }