Now that Manton waved his magic wand and gave us the ability to blog without posting to the timeline, I need to decide what I want for composing longer posts from iOS (my iPad Pro w/keyboard specifically)? I like Drafts for text-only posts but not for lots of formatting/photos.
Please ignore: If I haven’t screwed up a second time, this post will be on the timeline right after one that isn’t.
Argh, I set up the new timeline control wrong so trying again. This post should not be on the timeline. Fingers crossed and my apologies for any timeline spam.
I really hope micro.blog soon allows us to create blog posts that don’t show up on the timeline. The inability to do this is the #1 reason I don’t blog more. Paradoxically I would post more items to the timeline if this feature existed plus my posted content would be more diverse.
Bet there are some good prices on hotel rooms in Austin now. SXSW canceled, finally.
More concrete data: John Hopkins has created this awesome tool, regularly updated, regarding the COVID-19 incidence. It is useful and an awesome design IMO.
I like facts so here is a chart on the fatality and spread rate of Covid-19 vs other viruses.
Also, I continue to see data showing fatalities are highly concentrated in older age groups (80+ and 60+). Wash your hands, stay home if you’re sick and live each day to the fullest.
Source: NY Times
Scroll down on this page if you want to see some amazing panorama videos from Mars
The stores around us aren’t out of anything yet I see these dramatic stories about widespread shortages. Are they really widespread? Our local news isn’t reporting shortages either.
The sun is trying its best but it’s not good enough.
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Today’s going to be a bit crazy. I have to run errands to 5 different places, do some work in our attic, and help my mother-in-law fill out some government paperwork. She lives with us and given how confusing the paperwork can be she doesn’t trust herself to do it on her own. I don’t blame her.
This is one of the most random things Amazon has shown when I opened the app. There are some rather investing reviews…
I got a new toy yesterday. It’s waiting patiently on my desk for me to run a coax to the attic and install a dipole. Hopefully tomorrow.
If quarantines spread I guess ARES will be activated. Tonight’s practice could turn real pretty fast.
I’m not looking forward to what seems like an inevitable “lockout” of people from school, work, stores etc (US). I suppose it’s the right action but the economic cost will be enormous. Can schools quickly go virtual? Will isolated, vulnerable people die from lack of care?
Angry eyes
Sometimes squinting helps your vision? 📷
Children are naturals when it comes to taking a leap of faith 📷
These came from below, rose to our lips, and slipped silently down again. 📷
I was surprised to see the risk of dying for the youngest group was close to zero. In a lot of viruses the youngest are pretty vulnerable.
Note the data set is a couple of weeks old so the rates may have changed.
They escaped by managing their emotions together. 📷
That time we escaped to Iowa… and loved it! 📷
Our son’s morning hurdle - a double Freunectomy. He was pretty nervous but it went fine. He is kind of excited because he’ll miss his first day of school in a couple of years. 📷
I was seeing double when the stickers arrived.
Our dog at her watch station, keeping an eye out the window from our window seat. 🐕 📷
Our discussion with the kids tonight: If the choices are Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump who are you going to vote for and why?
Very interesting discussion ensues.
Spectacle 👓 📷
