A British Family’s Response to Lockdown
Backstory here.
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In the Time of Coronavirus: Nessun Dorma
Italian opera tenor Maurizio Marchini serenades his quarantined neighbors in Florence: For more of and about Marchini’s balcony performances, see here and here. SIDEBAR: A post on Luciano Pavarotti, for whom Nessun Dorma was one of his signature pieces, and how I became really interested in opera (and how you may want to do so, … Continue reading In the Time of Coronavirus: Nessun Dorma
How To Deal With Some Tech-ish Matters (And Maybe Avoid Magical Thinking) In The Time Of The New C-Word
First: How to Safely Clean Your iPhone With Disinfecting Wipes (seems to work for Android, too) Second: Keep Facebook Off Your Trail (a Firefox solution)
A PSA From My Old Friend, Jael
Stolen, in solidarity, from her posting on her Facebook page, noted with her “most insincere apologies” …
Once Again …
Facebook and Instagram vulnerabilities and privacy flaws are revealed. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/private-instagram-posts-arent-exactly-private
A Couple of People’s Internet Experiences
Some reads of interest: SLATE: “Why I Printed My Facebook” NEW YORK TIMES: “I Visited 47 Sites. Hundreds of Trackers Followed Me.”
Thinking About Privacy Again
Marketplace’s (American Public Media) Make Me Smart weekly podcast (also available from most all of the usual podcast sources; I usually do Google [gulp] Podcasts): 2. And yet another Facebook connection: https://www.pbs.org/video/risky-bets-1565730682/ A little side note: I must confess that only one computer in our household is currently experimenting with some of the potentially more … Continue reading Thinking About Privacy Again
Window to the World Series 3
More reworked cellphone captures from TV from Bill: UPDATE 7/29/2019: More of Bill’s art can be seen on his FB page and here.
More Bird Photography
More from local Audubon member, Earl Blackaby: https://www.facebook.com/BlueMountainAudubonWallaWallaWa/posts/1956637987716814 Also look for photo work by Paul Treman on the Audubon FB page. And there are lots of other images on the site that should be of great interest to any bird enthusiast. As passed on to me by Kim.
Bird Photography Done Right
Kim recently joined or maybe is investigating the possibility of joining the local Audubon group of birding enthusiasts. On her Charlie-walks, she takes binoculars and a bird ID app on her phone and exhibits other birding-intense behavior. As I occasionally capture the odd bird (mostly crows) on my own photo-walks using a short (i.e., wrong) … Continue reading Bird Photography Done Right