Weekly Roundup, Friday 22 May 2020
Good morning Another busy and productive week, as you can see, below. Not so visible has been the continued progress on my new travel/tourism concept, based on what I perceive as the changing style of …
May 2020
Covid-19 Diary : Thursday 21 May, 2020
I started off with an opening commentary on social distancing and the six foot “rule”; but decided it was sufficiently important to have its own article, and you’ve probably now already seen it. So …
Virus Infection Risk : How Close is Too Close? How Far is Safe Enough?
Executive Summary : (a) Six feet is good, more distance is better, and less rapidly becomes much worse. Risk is a factor not just of distance but also of time, and is worse indoors …
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How to Manage and Sort Your Kindle eBooks
If you’re like me, you’ve slowly been accumulating the number of eBooks you have in your Kindle account. What with monthly free books as a result of Prime membership, other books featured/promoted at very …
Covid-19 Diary : Wednesday 20 May, 2020
I’ve commented before on the curious disconnect that has seen the governor of the state that has been worst affected by the virus become perceived as a hero and praised for his role in …
Covid-19 Diary : Tuesday 19 May, 2020
Here’s a major feature story in the NY Times headed “‘Way Too Late’: Inside Amazon’s Biggest Outbreak“. You don’t have to guess too hard to realize this is not a gushy article full of …
Covid-19 Diary : Monday 18 May, 2020
There’s a looming and alarming new challenge (threat) on the horizon, in an area I’d never thought to question, but now I’ve become aware of it, problems seem inevitable. We have repeatedly covered how …
Covid-19 Diary : Sunday 17 May, 2020
I should clarify (or perhaps unclarify!) something. I absolutely do not know whether the US should be locking down more or easing off its restrictions. Nothing I’ve said to date is intended to suggest …
Covid-19 Diary : Saturday 16 May, 2020
Now that I’ve finished writing it, I realize that today’s diary entry is very negative. It isn’t my wish to be unduly negative, but if there’s a more positive way to spin the items …
Covid-19 Diary : Friday 15 May, 2020
A reader/friend sent me a link to one of the myriad of virus themed websites that have sprung up over the last few months – covid19.live. It is a nice enough site, albeit without …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 15 May 2020
Good morning It has been an excitingly busy week. I’ve been hard at work developing the business plan for my new travel/tourism concept, based on what I perceive as the changing style of tourism …
Covid-19 Diary : Thursday 14 May, 2020
I bemoaned, yesterday (and not for the first time) the lack of consensus and lack of clarity about what the future should be. Here is an article that talks some more about this, with …
