Covid-19 Diary : Sunday 28 November, 2021
A lengthy diary entry today. You can probably guess why. But first, it is possibly right around the two year mark since the first official Covid case. Or maybe not – there may have been …
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Covid-19 Diary : Thursday 25 November, 2021
Happy Thanksgiving. I guess that by the time you receive this, you’ll be well finished eating and might have even taken a “post-prandial nap” to allow the body to concentrate on digesting for a while …
Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19 : A Book That Should Make You Angry
We all know that accidents happen. They happen to ourselves, and to people around us. Generally, if the person most responsible for the “accident” (being responsible implies some causal link, of course, whereas “accident” implies …
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Covid-19 Diary : Sunday 21 November, 2021
Do you remember, just a few months ago, the media was filled with articles talking about an “African apocalypse” at the hands of the virus. As I pointed out back then, it was a nonsense …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 19 November 2021
361 Supporters (unchanged from last week) Target : 400 Please Join Here Good morning Have you got your turkey yet? I was reading, earlier in the week, that some of the traditional “fixings” …
Covid-19 Diary : Thursday 18 November, 2021
Scandals, scandals, scandals. Have we got scandals. This article claims that the approval and use of remdesivir is the greatest scandal of the pandemic. That’s a powerful claim to make, because there are so many …
Television Buyer’s Guide Part 2 : The Many Aspects of Picture Quality and Everything Else
This is the second part of a two part guide to choosing a good television set, in which we delve into what makes a modern video picture good or not so good. In the first …
Television Buyer’s Guide Part 1 : Size, Placement, Speakers, Amplifier
This is the first part of a two part guide about choosing a good television set. In this part we look at some of the obvious issues, and consider also speakers, placement, and external streamers …
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Covid-19 Diary : Sunday 14 November, 2021
The former director of the CDC, Dr Tom Frieden, had this to say on Twitter earlier in the week The coronavirus has mutated because so many people are getting and spreading it around the world. …
Weekly Roundup, Friday 12 November 2021
361 Supporters (+2 from last week) Target : 400 Please Join Here Good morning It has been another busy and productive week, with two feature articles for you this morning, plus two Covid …
Covid-19 Diary : Thursday 11 November, 2021
I’m continuing to find interesting things about natural immunity acquired after having come down with a Covid infection. As you’ll recall, I have wondered why there’s been so little interest in discussing this, or factoring …
The Amazon Smart Thermostat
Amazon announced its new Alexa-enabled smart thermostat back in September, and started shipping them this last week. Although smart thermostats, in general, have been around for some time. The Nest, released in 2011 and purchased …
