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Andrew Tongen's Weblog
Set Game
I love the game Set. It’s a challenging puzzle/card game where the players attempt to find patterns amongst a group of cards. I also wanted to work on a project where I could use HTML5, so I decided to implement...
Alaskan Xmas!
Grethe and I spent the holidays in Anchorage with her family. It was a great trip; we went skiing a lot and I got to play with my new camera. Thank you to the Denkewalters for putting us up and...
I Reached My Goal
I reached my goal of collecting $500 in donations for the JDRF! A huge thanks to everyone who donated. See you at the Berkie! This doesn’t mean that I can’t still collect donations, though. ;)
Fall Trip to Lanesboro
Here are some photos from our recent trip to Lanesboro, MN. We slow smoked a Boston Butt, and went packrafing on the Root River. We had great fall weather and the trip was awesome! The photo gallery is powered by...
Donate to the JDRF and support me in the Berkie!
Hey everybody, I’m really close to my goal of raising $500 for Type I Diabetes research. Please donate! It’s tax deductible and 100% of your donation will go to the JDRF. To donate, you can follow the link above, or...
First post!
It’s pretty funny when you’re browsing the Internet and you run across a blog with one post titled “First Post!” Well, here’s another one. Hopefully I’ll add some more content soon. EDIT: While techinically this is my first post, I’ve...
Rafting the Grand Canyon
In June, the Denkewalter family went rafting down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon! Grethe and I got engaged on the banks of the Little Colorado! The trip ended with a hike out on the Bright Angel trail. It...
Ultima Thule Wilderness Lodge
In May, I was lucky enough to travel to Ultima Thule Wilderness Lodge located deep in the Wrangell St. Elias National Park in Alaska. This is the largest national park in the United States. The remoteness and sheer size of...
My name is Andrew Tongen, and I live in Minneapolis, MN with my wife Grethe and my dog Obi.
I'm a software engineer at Drip ECRM. I enjoy building things for the web.