Weekly Roundup, Friday 30 July 2021
369 Supporters (unchanged from last week) Target : 400 Please Join Here Good morning I’d like to start with a shout-out to the passing of a man who was one of the most creative and …
369 Supporters (unchanged from last week) Target : 400 Please Join Here Good morning I’d like to start with a shout-out to the passing of a man who was one of the most creative and …
Thursday set a new record high number of Covid cases reported in the US since early February. Sadly, that same statement applies to many of the preceding days for the last five weeks due to …
This is the second part of our article on the amazing evolution of at-home movie watching. It actually starts in the very late 1990s, with the introduction of new higher-resolution digital televisions, and continues on …
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This is a two part introduction to a new series that looks at the current ideal compromise point between ridiculously priced futuristic technologies that really provide little or no measurable enhancement to your video watching …
At Home Video : An Amazing Revolution, part 1 (to DVDs) Read More »
An extraordinary thing happened in England this week. On Monday 19th, England removed the last of its remaining “lockdown” measures, a move widely criticized as surely leading to a massive increase in new virus cases, …
369 Supporters (-1 from last week) Target : 400 Please Join Here Good afternoon Sorry for the late and short newsletter this week. A nasty combination of issues, which tragically extended to accepting that …
The strongest lesson I’ve learned over the past 18 months is that our pandemic is not so much based on the virus as it is on our inability to rationally optimize our response to it. …
Tomorrow (Monday July 19) sees England triumphantly celebrate “Freedom Day” – as in freedom from the virus and all the restrictions associated with it. We’re unable to congratulate them, however. Their “freedom” is a rather …
370 Supporters (+1 from last week) Target : 400 Please Join Here Good morning The last week has seen daily new Covid cases rise 69% in the US, 39% across Europe, and 33% …
This week saw what I believe may be an official first in people’s interactions with Covid. One unfortunate sufferer was infected with two different Covid variants, simultaneously. She died, although it is not known …
This is the third part of our three part series on the evolution and deployment of universal fast internet service. The first part talks about our growing need for faster internet, wherever we are, and …
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It has been a relatively quiet Friday/Saturday/Sunday for Covid news – although part of the “quietness” is perhaps my feeling a bit saturated with repeating and repetitive stories about surging numbers of new cases …