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       birthdays
       April 25th, 2024
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       Today is my wife's birthday. We're heading into the city to find
       tacos, some vinyl, and see some art installations for Design
       March. Is Design March[0] a thing in other places? I'm really not
       sure if it's a local-only or if it's world-wide. It's pretty neat:
       art installations in March all over the city. Except it's April,
       almost May, but they didn't change the name. No idea why.
       
 (HTM) [0] Design March
       
       My friends Lejla and Natalia built an installation called
       InStability[1] which is about the earthquakes and detection systems
       in the Reykjanes penninusla where we live. The piece is a giant
       tactile map of the penninsula. You can touch the land anywhere
       with your finger to create an earthquake there. As you do so
       you'll see all of the earthquake detection sensors around the
       country light up as your shockwaves move across the surface. It's
       really cool and immersive, and I got to help a little bit!
       
 (HTM) [1] InStability
       
       Assembly required a lot of textile work, and I'm apparently the
       local sewer. Over the course of a few nights we stitched a lot of
       capacitive and pressure-sensitive fabrics together in patches.
       I can't wait to see the final product on display later today.
       
       Today is also the first day of summer in Iceland, so it's a school
       holiday. We'll go see some parades and there will probably be
       pop-up concerts. I have a holiday vacation day today, so it's
       going to be Fun Family Time™.
       
       Here we go!