Ian Dees

@iandees.bsky.social

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St Paul, Maps, Data.

Breadsticks and a slice of chicken penne pizza at Ian's Pizza.
A ball cap with the word Wisconsin in all caps across the front and a simple black line roadmap in the background.
A screenshot from the Aranet mobile app showing a graph with CO2 concentration. It spikes up to 2164 ppm in the last few minutes because Ian just boarded a plane.
A poorly photoshopped (really poorly: I used macOS's Preview to copy and paste screenshots together) screengrab of Derek Zoolander looking at the model of his School for Kids Who Can't Read Good. Waldo's face is superimposed over Derek's, and the caption says "What is this, a hotel for ANTS?".
A photo of a Dell laptop screen taken between two train seats. The screen has a training video with the text "You never know who's sitting next to you" showing on it. The picture taker is sitting behind the person taking the training, so it's OK.
A golden retriever walking her human with a gigantic stick in her mouth.
A screenshot from the Artemis tracker (https://artemistracker.mapki.com/) showing the far side of the moon with a small green shape waving at the camera.
A photo of a white and blue helicopter directly overhead.
A photo of a plate with the Mac Griddle on it. An egg, cheese, and sausage doused in fresh maple syrup sit between two homemade pancakes. Yum.
The opening scene of The Hunt for Red October, where Captain Ramius stands on the conning tower and says "Cold ...... And Hard"
A red box that says Taskmaster The Advent Calendar, 24 days, 24 doors. 1 Taskmaster Christmas game. Little Alex Horne on the right and Thr Taskmaster on the left.
How It Works Alley Captain simplifies the process of coordinating snow plowing in Saint Paul neighborhoods. 1. Claim your property 2. Connect & Pay 3. Get Plowed
A screenshot of a flight tracking app showing 8 lines meandering from northwest of Minneapolis (near Saint Cloud) southeast to western Wisconsin, each representing a balloon that spent a couple hours during the middle of the day meandering to their target.
A sticker on a pole with Epstein on the left and trump on the right. The words "best friends forever" surround them with pink hearts in the background.
A screenshot of a dialog on CVS's website listing conditions that may put you at a higher risk for severe COVID-19. They include, but are not limited to: - Cancer - Chronic heart disease - Chronic lung disease including cystic fibrosis - Kidney disease - Diabetes - Dementia or a neurologic condition - Chronic liver disease - Blood disorders (including sickle cell disease) - Body mass index greater than 25 - Past or current smoker - HIV or tuberculous infection - Weakened immune system - Pregnancy - Substance use disorders - Mental health conditions - Physically inactive - Solid organ or blood stem cell transplant - Any other conditions or situations that places you at higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19 (consult your pharmacist or medical provider if you need help)
A photo of two workers from City of Saint Paul painting a white crosswalk over a busy road. This will help people parking in the neighborhood and in the parking lot across the street get to their destination (very slightly) more safely.
A tri-fold presentation board with a project titled "which toilet paper will treat your tush right?" There are graphs comparing four different brands of toilet paper by five different variables.
A picture of a freezer with several gallons of ice cream. The primary one being blue moon.
A photo of a Golden Retriever named Pepper with a sign that says "LGTM" (looks good to me) hanging on her neck hankerchief.
A photo of the inside of the microwave case. You're looking at the outside of the heating cavity and can see the top sheet metal where a moisture sensor and a white PCB, each with their own pair of wires coming from a wire loom running out of picture. The white PCB has the LEDs on it and can easily be replaced by snapping it out of the plastic holder, unplugging the connector, and replacing it with a new one.
A pile of US road signs form a piece of abstract art near a state office building in Mount Vernon, IL.
A screenshot of a map showing Minneapolis and St. Paul with the path of the plane in question shown as an overlay. The line goes from Richfield northeast to Como Park where it takes a sharp right turn to land at the Downtown St. Paul airport.
A picture of four air filters. In the upper left, a light grey dirty filter with a bit of dog hair on it. In the bottom left, a bright white filter. Both of these filters filter the air that recirculates inside the house. In the upper right, a dark grey (almost black) filter with some dead bugs. In the bottom right, a white filter that is clean. The filters on the right filter air that comes in from the outside.
A photo of an intersection with 2-3 foot high snow piles at each of the three visible corners. The sidewalks are all clear and dry. The tire paths for the cars show that they are driving to avoid the snow piles.
A screenshot of a Firefox settings page for the Address Bar, with the "Suggestions from Firefox" and "Suggestions from sponsors" options checked at the bottom. They're new and checked by default.
A screenshot of an email from Hennepin Arts introducing Louis CK's ticket presale. It includes a short biography that conspicuously leaves out the sexual misconduct he admitted to in 2017.
A temperature probe recording the temperature of our tap water, showing 48°F.
The 150 North Riverside building in Chicago as it appeared in July 2015. The first ~10 floors of the concrete building core are visible, surrounded by a metal framework cantilevered out beyond the core.
A map of the Minneapolis area showing OpenStreetMap changes from December 2014 to December 2024.
A Captcha that asks the user to "select the images containing a cat". There are three bears, two boars, the face of a house cat, and a roaring lion.
A photo of a plate with two yellow waffles and a scoop of yellow sweet potato ice cream on top. There are small bits of crunchy stuff on top of the waffle and ice cream.
A photo of an approximately 15 story apartment building taken before dawn with hundreds of windows visible. Each window has a slightly different hue of white light lighting up the room inside.
A screenshot of https://givemn.org loaded in a web browser with ad blocking enabled. The page is unusable with unstyled green bars all over the place and a blank white modal dialog preventing any clicks.
An animated GIF screen recording of lines getting automatically drawn on a map that highlight changes being made to OpenStreetMap in real time around the world.
A photo of an adorable 2 year old Golden Retriever puppy named Grey. She is laying with her front paws out on a brightly colored rug and is giving puppy dog eyes because she wants you to play with a toy that's just out of frame.
A screenshot of the Kirkland Signature Extra-large Absorbent Pads, featuring a product photo that has a puppy sitting on the Absorbent Pads in question.
A photo of the side of a house with a gas pipe sticking up from the ground. The empty mounting holes for a gas meter are on the wall next to the pipe.
A photo of the corner of a beautiful building where Amtrak boards in St Paul. The passengers are only allowed to sit along the wall and a 15 foot tall fabric barrier blocks the view and prevents entry beyond 15 feet from the wall.
A photo down the center of a street in Minneapolis on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Flowering trees line the street.
An extremely zoomed in picture of a small prop plane. It's basically an overexposed white blob on a blue background.
A screenshot of a Facebook feed where the person has marked all the "Suggested for You" posts as hidden.