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mdlbear(See yesterday's s4s for a quick guide to online filk events.) I spent most of yesterday chasing down the mic stand accessories I'll need to join in the online fun, but didn't actually do any singing.
We now have the cookbooks back on the newly-reinstalled and -reinforced shelves. 2" deck screws into four studs ought to do it. So there's that.
Apart from our housekeeper, L' and Colleen's caregiver, V, we've been well-isolated here; we've decided to make tomorrow V's last day until the peak has passed, and L' will be doing yard work until then. Hate to do it, especially V because her presence means so much to Colleen, but Colleen decided she didn't want the additional risk. Purely her call, not mine, but I'm relieved that she decided to go that way.
Too many links.
0322Su * awake 2ish? * Up 7:35; S=8:09; shower @ How to Clean Your Home for Coronavirus - The New York Times @ Coronavirus: The Hammer and the Dance - Tomas Pueyo - Medium @ Food Safety and Coronavirus: A Comprehensive Guide | Serious Eats @ Flatten the Curve of Armchair Epidemiology - Noah Haber - Medium funny @ Atheists Are Sometimes More Religious Than Christians @ Filk in the Time of Plague | File 770 Filk Streams – Where to find the best Fannish concerts online Festival of the Living Rooms -> joined ~2:30ish. FB really sucks as a concert venue @ Lessons from Space: Roadmaps – Chelsea Troy % managed to tweak my back -- left side. Don't remember whether it was during my exercise session or later. Grumph. : The new stud finder arrived, as did the 9V batteries. As suspected, the old stud- finder just needed a good battery. Which indicates that a few other batteries around the household need replacing too. Probably including Plink. * at N's instigation, joined #filkhaven on discord. Installed app @ COVID-19: Zones of control | Nicola Griffith How the Coronavirus Could Take Over Your Body % meloxicam 0323Mo & awake 2:40ish; some coughing; got out of bed 3ish after cat cuddle; T=98.8; worried % heating pad for back @ Fwd: Protecting Healthcare Workers: Lessons from Singapore and Hong Kong * up 7:30ish; S=6:20; @ Virtual Un-distancing and De-isolation: #1 - Discord - altrion.orgaltrion.org " This is a series of posts, for the slightly technical at heart, covering how to set up various means of contacting your fellow human beings, above and beyond the likes of Facebook and Twitter. Not that there’s anything wrong with either of the above, but sometimes it’s good to hear a voice or see a face. " * Put shelf hanger strip back up, this time with 3 2" deck screws into the studs walldog screws in between. * Colleen wants to have the card table cleared for sewing. . write up requirements/ideas for voice teaching : 2 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at Careage (Island County press release) @ Grounding line retreat of Denman Glacier, East Antarctica, measured with COSMO‐SkyMed radar interferometry data - Brancato - - Geophysical Research Letters " [...] we document the grounding line retreat of Denman Glacier, a major glacier in East Antarctica that holds an ice volume equivalent to a 1.5 m global sea level rise. [...] On the western flank, we find a deep and steep trough with a bed slope that makes the glacier conducive to rapid retreat. If warm water continues to induce high rates of ice melt near the glacier grounding zone, the potential exists for Denman Glacier to undergo a rapid and irreversible retreat, with major consequences for sea level rise. " @ Mask Production : lp is low on toner. Down to 10%, so roughly a ream, or 2 full paper trays. -> ordered : E has protection: she's wearing gloves (of course) and she's behind a plexiglas shield, which they must have set up in the last week or two. % relieved * change fridge filter. Run 4 gallons of water through it. Turn ice maker back on. How to Replace Your Refrigerator Water Filter | Whirlpool : Governer Inslee finally announced a stay-at-home order, effective in 48h PDF 0324Tu * up 6:30ish; W=199, S=7:31; ~ 2pm dentist - take bite guard -> 0406 @ Page 1 of 1: DAILY ARTICLE: To those who have never experienced anxiety before - It's OK to be scared. - 7 Cups Forum " If, like me, you’ve suffered with your mental health over the years, one silver lining to all of this is that you can now help those around you for whom this is new territory. " : call from PT - canceled the Th appointment : call from Bev! Pointed her at my DW account for catch-up. @ Harvard Global Health Institute, Hospital Bed Capacity & COVID Estimates Caring for COVID-19 patients These Places Could Run Out of Hospital Beds as Coronavirus Spreads - NYT @ Brides Throw Social Distanced Wedding on New York Street : next time L' comes she'll be working outside and in the garage. Should have started that today, but... @ All of Wirecutter’s Coronavirus Coverage | Wirecutter The Best Neti Pot | Reviews by Wirecutter -> Aromatic Salt Premium Ceramic Neti Pot Coronavirus Has Caused a Hand Sanitizer Shortage. What Should You Do? 0325We E's birthday & awake 4am; @ Why Speaking to Yourself in the Third Person Makes You Wiser * Up 7:15ish; S=6:29; & brought air filter up from garage ~ brought mic cables in from garage. Finally managed to configure recording, after a fashion, with the UA25. Maybe. Input volume extremely low. If any My instrument cables appear to have gone missing. Not a one to be had. @ PSA safe grocery shopping - YouTube @ Opinion | Trump to New York: Drop Dead - The New York Times @ Aerosol and surface stability of HCoV-19 (SARS-CoV-2) compared to SARS-CoV-1 (solarbird) " Extremely rough summary: 3 days on non-virotoxic, non-porous surfaces like steel. 1 day on porous surfaces like cardboard. Less than 4 hours on virotoxic surfaces like copper. Aerosolised droplets (e.g. from heavy coughing) are possible and will hang in the air over three hours. " @ 5 Of The World's Smartest Economists Share Ideas On Saving The Economy : NPR (amaebi) @ That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief - HBR Kübler-Ross model - Wikipedia Grief.com - Help For Grief Because LOVE Never Dies 0326Th & awake 3:30ish; S=4:26; % headache -- right side, p=~4 * up 7:13; S=5:24; don't think I actually slept. x 9am PT followup @ Virtual Offsites That Work @ Hold the line - Jonathan Smith - Medium @ Food, child care, mental health support and more: Resources to support the community during the coronavirus outbreak | The Seattle Times @ There’s a ‘moon shot’ to save the school year from coronavirus, but not in Seattle | The Seattle Times (the moon shot is LA, with 10 times the students, going online) @ Slow Food Whidbey Island updated list of restaurant and grocery store status * brought in mail. Cut some corners opening packages, hopefully not a problem wiped touched surfaces down afterward: one of the boxes had a tub of wipes. -> next time bring out a paper bag, drop stuff into it outside. * call Mom -> as expected, she doesn't want surgery or chemo @ What You Can Do About Coronavirus Right Now - The New York Times Quaranteenagers: Strategies for Parenting in Close Quarters - The New York Times What I Learned When My Husband Got Sick With Coronavirus - The New York Times * laundry 0327Fr * up 6:10; S=7:22; @ Open Broadcaster Software | OBS Wiki - OBS Studio Quickstart | OBS Five simple tips for new streamers | OBS @ UW model says social distancing is starting to work — but still projects 1,400 coronavirus deaths in the state | The Seattle Times " In Washington, there’s no predicted shortage in overall hospital beds, though some individual facilities — including the UW Medical system — will need extra capacity and have already geared up to provide it. The statewide shortage in ICU beds is forecast to reach almost 100 by April 19, the model’s approximate date for when hospitalizations are expected to peak in Washington. " : more optimistic than I expected, but still grim. Based on # of reported deaths: more reliable than case numbers because of low testing rates and poor reporting Forecasting COVID-19 impact on hospital bed-days, ICU-days, ventilator-days and deaths by US state in the next 4 months [PDF] @ 4 Cups a Day: 4 Surprising Health Benefits of Drinking That Much Coffee that would be 2 16oz mugs, which is what I normally drink these days. & the remote for C's chair's heater/vibrator features (separate from the lift features) got itself tangled in the mechanism. Took altogether too much effort to free it. % shaky. Heat: both back and shoulders. Don't know how much it will help. @ We’re Sharing Coronavirus Case Data for Every U.S. County - The New York Times nytimes/covid-19-data: An ongoing repository of data on coronavirus cases and deaths in the U.S. @ Trump declares war on Washington State, Michigan infuriating BREAKING: Trump Says That Due to the Democratic Governors of Washington (3,369 Coronavirus Cases) and Michigan (3,657 Cases)—the Latter of Whom He Calls "the Woman in Michigan"—Not Being "Appreciative" Enough of Him, He Has Told the Coronavirus Task Force Head "Not to Call Them" (3:49pm) Trump boosts virus aid, warns governors to be ‘appreciative’ | The Seattle Times 0328Sa * litter boxen & Awake 3:50; * up 7ish; ; don't think I actually got to sleep @ Speaking Freely: Ada Palmer | Electronic Frontier Foundation [LWN] @ When Will Coronavirus Social Distancing Be Over? - The Atlantic @ https://meet.jit.si/bleibaufderCouch song circle via jitsi meeting : jitsi (meet.jit.si) works. Sort of. Sound cut out. Works better on chromium, but bandwidth up is miserable. But speedtest says it's fine. Weird. * Brought in the other box of mic stand accessories -- turns out it had pretty much everything I needed to get vocal and guitar mics attached to the desk. Kludgy, but * scooped the front litter box, changed the back. % back hurts -> heat @ I had no immune system for months after my bone marrow transplant. Here’s how I avoided viral illness, and how you can, too. It’s easier than you think. (minoanmiss) " I followed three basic rules. 1. Constant, thorough hand washing and hand sanitizing. 2. Constant, thorough cleaning and sanitizing of surfaces that I touched. 3. Completely avoiding primary vectors of transmission " " Wash your hands, clean the things you touch, avoid people (and the things people touch). "
In other news, another antarctic glacier is retreating.