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mdlbearIt's been a week. Among other things, it was the last time Colleen's caregiver will be coming over for at least a month, and our housekeeper is working outside on yard care (which absolutely needs it). We picked up groceries, and last night's dinner from our favorite bistro, curbside with minimal interaction, and otherwise stayed home. I need to decide whether I feel safe going to a dentist appointment tomorrow -- should have made that call last week, but for some reason the combination of stress, depression, and anxiety makes things like that hard.
An article on making a will and other documents was pretty disturbing (I have one, but Colleen doesn't, and neither of us has an advance directive or financial power of attorney.) I was somewhat reassured, however, to note that Washington allows remote notarization, so we can do those without going out. I'm not sure whether the many articles I've linked to about how to make a mask -- including this particularly simple one and this No-Sew Pleated Face Mask with Handkerchief and Hair Tie were exactly reassuring, but at least they're sort of encouraging rather than alarming. "Don’t panic about shopping, getting delivery or accepting packages" was definitely reassuring. (Though I'm being a bit paranoid about the mail anyway.)
On the gripping hand, there is Filk Streams – Where to find the best Fannish concerts online. It looks as though there's going to be a virtual con or housefilk at least every weekend. I haven't gotten to more than a fraction, but I did sing in one of HELIOsphere's virtual circles last night, and expect to (um... "go to" isn't exactly right, is it?) the dead dog tonight. Another good place to find online filk is the "Festival of the Living Rooms" group on the Book of Faces.
Zoom appears to be the best software for circles, with Jitsi Meet an open-source alternative with end-to-end encryption but somewhat worse performance. (See Mozilla Foundation's article about Zoom for why you might want end-to-end encryption.) Note, though, that Jitsi's security depends on having an unguessable meeting name. They offer suggestions.
I've seen streaming concerts over Zoom as well -- that's how HELIOsphere is doing them -- but also YouTube and FB among others. I stay away from FB when I can, so I used YouTube for the mini-concert I gave two days ago. I wouldn't call it "great" by a long shot, but I think "not too awful for a first attempt" is a fair description.
0329Su * up 7:15ish; S=7:53, W=197.6; shower @ Looking for Hope, Uplift or Just a Distraction From Virus Fears? Read On. - NYT Canción del Coronavirus - YouTube What the World Needs Now - for Virtual Orchestra - YouTube @ The right way to clean and disinfect household surfaces - The Washington Post Don’t panic about shopping, getting delivery or accepting packages @ What to know about making a will in the age of coronavirus | The Seattle Times " including Washington, Texas, Florida and Virginia, already allowed remote notarizations " " Besides creating wills and possibly trusts for more complex estates, lawyers suggest that people draw up a financial power of attorney and an advance directive, which designate agents to make financial and health care decisions while a person is alive, but incapacitated. [...] HIPAA medical records release form " " For medical directives in particular, it is important for people and their agents to be able to find the documents in an emergency. Several online sites and apps make this possible. " @ Therapy during the coronavirus pandemic: ‘This is new for all of us’ " “The introverts are saying ‘are you telling me it’s now socially sanctioned to stay home and talk to my cat? This is doable,’” Catalyst Counseling owner Katherine Walter said. “The extroverts are hurting.” " * walk: most of the way to Middle and back, in light rain & C suggests that I cut my hair (to about where I tie it in back) -> better @ WHO/Europe | Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak - Mental health and psychological resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic @ Summer Russell on streetjelly.com : called Payless and the Goose. Neither has curbside delivery. Island Sr. Services; Whidbey Delivery Star Store - Open from 8 am to 7 pm for takeout. They are doing phone-in orders for curbside pick up for groceries. Phone: 360-221-5223. Send them an email (starstore@whidbey.com) and insert your name and “Star Store Grocery List” in the subject line. Then put your phone number and email address at the top of the grocery list. Call them if you don’t back within an hour. Set up a pick-up time between 10 am and 3 pm Monday through Saturday. Minimum order $50 -> email sent 5:38 0330Mo & Awake 3:50; actually woke up ~ 3:15; exercises % back (left) hurts. ibuprofen 5:15am -> next no sooner than 9:15 (every 4-6 hours) L shoulder (probably deltoid) also hurting from awkward positioning of recliner arm % back to bed 5ish; dreams involved house remodeling someplace like the Starport, unexpectedly meeting E and Desti on a bus, and talking politics with N * up 7:40ish; S=5:30; % ibuprofen helped, but notcompletely @ Understanding the Videoconferencing Tools Available to Your Nonprofit (discord) @ Free (and Legal) Science Fiction/Fantasy Reading – Jim C. Hines @ UPDATING: Events that have moved online due to the novel coronavirus outbreak @ Expert Advice for Caregivers Worried About Coronavirus Exposure @ How Caregivers and Loved Ones Can Cope With Quarantine @ Practical Guide for Caregivers Dealing with Coronavirus @ David Chang Isn’t Sure the Restaurant Industry Will Survive Covid-19 - NYT @ How to Overcome Caregiver Self-Neglect @ US Health Weather Map by Kinsa from internet-connected thermometers * take CD-Baby links off websites; verify that they're distributing _somewhere_ (on Amazon but only as digital and a couple of CDs from 3rd-party sellers) replace with links to bandcamp 0331Tu * up 6am; S=7:18; * census update due tomorrow 4/1 (completed 0327Fr) # L' will work outside and in garage. @ ‘We can’t go back to normal’: how will coronavirus change the world? | Guardian @ COVID-19 Preparedness Kit @ Economics for Inclusive Prosperity - covid-19 briefs one can hope * The instrument cables arrived; Plink works plugged in. So that's good. @ Opinion | It’s Time to Make Your Own Face Mask - The New York Times Make to Give - Support Our Medical Personnel | JOANN How to make your own mask: Hong Kong scientists reveal temporary solution for those unable to get protective gear because of panic buying and price-gouging | South China Morning Post uses paper towels @ (19) Sim Kern on Twitter: "To all the folks trying to recreate school at home, with highly structured schedules & worksheets: we teach that way in schools because of CROWD CONTROL, not because it's the best way to learn. Kids have a rare opportunity here to engage in deep, authentic learning instead. 1/" / Twitter @ COVID-19 Preparedness Kit fantastic, huge collection of high-quality links * Tried various setups for streaming (faking with Audacity, of course). DI for the guitar gives way too much separation. So does micing them separately, though that's pretty decent. The stereo pair seems to be best for what I'm trying to do. Going mono or figuring out how to run a mixer, maybe. 0401We & Awake 4ish; got up 5ish, back to bed for < 1h and got up * up 7:30ish; S=5:02; exercise % C couldn't get to sleep; she finally did after an ativan, ~5am. maybe. * change both CPAP filters (every 6 months); nosepiece; wash tub (actually 03-31) @ Flood of coronavirus data overwhelms Washington state’s disease-reporting system, leading to lag in data | The Seattle Times @ The coronavirus recession, explained in 9 economic charts - Vox @ France Is Putting Domestic Abuse Victims in Hotels During Coronavirus Lockdown @ Why You Should Ignore All That Coronavirus-Inspired Productivity Pressure - The Chronicle of Higher Education " Emotionally prepare for this crisis to continue for 12 to 18 months, followed by a slow recovery. If it ends sooner, be pleasantly surprised. " * try to help V with her laptop, which is a really ancient HP with a 32Gb disk and doesn't have enough space to upgrade with W$10 on it. Was probably fine with Win7 Still, we managed to get Zoom working both there and on her phone. QEF : V will take the rest of the month off. Then we'll see where things are in May. @ The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Settling Some Old Arguments About Ableism @ AmboVent/AmboVent: AmboVent 1690.108 open source ventilator with OTS parts. @ Why Life During a Pandemic Feels So Surreal | WIRED 0402Th * scoop litter boxen * up 7:01; S=7:27; exercises (12 min) @ No-Sew Pleated Face Mask with Handkerchief and Hair Tie (archangelbeth) How To Sew a Simple Fabric Face Mask @ Open Broadcaster Software | OBS -> looks perfect except that it uses the SRT protocol which none of the usual services support. Oh, well. Could use it for recording, and convert to upload. @ Greta Thunberg: How She Became a Leader of the Global Climate Movement @ Universal interferometric signatures of a black hole’s photon ring | Science Advances (The New York Times) * practice/testing. Flame seems to sound better on the low end, as one would expect; may need to be turned down some 3dB or so to keep from clipping. @ Coronavirus Tips: Frequently Asked Questions and Advice - The New York Times @ What We Need to Understand About Asymptomatic Carriers if We’re Going to Beat Coronavirus * "dress rehearsal" on a YouTube private stream. Daddy's World, The World Inside the Crystal, Ship of Stone, Bells of Norwich, The Mary Ellen Carter @ What Everyone’s Getting Wrong About the Toilet Paper Shortage " People actually do need to buy significantly more toilet paper during the pandemic — not because they’re making more trips to the bathroom, but because they’re making more of them at home. ... Georgia-Pacific [...] estimates that the average household will use 40% more toilet paper than usual if all of its members are staying home around the clock. " @ The Real Problem of consciousness 0403Fr * awake 4:30ish; S=5.2; % right eye seems to have something in it or some other problem; -> applied warm compress and it's somewhat better. -> ... 4pm not bothering me any more than usual % left index finger has a sore spot; feels like an infected splinter. -> applied triple antibiotic ointment with pain relief -> helps somewhat * up 9am; S=7:56; @ #NoBodyIsDisposable Guide to Surviving COVID-19 Triage (firecat) @ Location Data Says It All: Staying at Home During Coronavirus Is a Luxury " As the virus continues to spread throughout the nation, an analysis of cellphone data shows that those in the wealthiest areas have been able to reduce their movements more than those in the poorest areas. " & subscribed to NYTimes. $1/week for the first year seems worthwhile * set up "old man with a guitar" T-shirt as backdrop (and to block the skylight) * 3pm streaming concert for Bob and Lindy link Daddy's World, World Inside the Crystal, Ship of Stone, Bells of Norwich, The Mary Ellen Carter -> slightly wrung out. Very little feedback. Audience of 2-3 for f in daddys world ../../lgf/Lyrics/ship-of-stone ../../lgf/Lyrics/bells-of-norwich\ ../Lyrics-Other/mary-ellen-carter; do evince $f.pdf& sleep 1; done % 6:28 (after dinner) very restless. Having trouble thinking. & in the Heliosphere song circle. Probably won't sing anything. -> didn't. 0404Sa & awake 2:30ish; S=3.7; C had gone to the living room sometime before back to bed ~4:30 % despairing (5ish before going back to bed) * up 7:10ish; S=5:55; @ Once restarted, post-coronavirus economy might enter unprecedented rough seas Today's News (2020/4/4) Early, Slightly Less Murderous Edition Today's News (2020/4/3): Harder and harder... not to think Donkeyballs Donald isn't trying to get people killed in blue states. @ Bad News Wrapped in Protein: Inside the Coronavirus Genome - The New York Times @ Why you should wear a mask, how to make masks, and the effectiveness of various mask materials | Time Slipped @ It’s the End of the World and This Physicist Feels Fine (AAAS email digest) -> It's the end of the world as we know it (coronavirus edition) [music video] @ Mozilla Foundation - Tips to Make Your Zoom Gatherings More Private Mozilla Foundation - What Can You Tell me About Zoom? @ Does the coronavirus pandemic make someone who is disabled like me expendable? * posted S4S: Listeners' Choice, gently down the stream @ The 4 best mask designs you can make yourself @ Living in Quarantine – A Source List * trying to get back into programming with the concert/track stuff. % brain barely functional now. Thinking very slowly. ! stress? * ordering out. Joe's if possible, alternate Charmers -> Joe's' phone was busy. -> Charmers' menu was pretty much crab cakes or crab mac and cheese. We had an order of each, and cherry pie for dessert. In any case it was delicious. (Sides were salad, mashed potatoes, and asparagus) -> I ate at a tray table to give the illusion of eating out % I expect much of my earlier problem may simply have been low blood sugar. Not all. * Heliosphere circle - sang The October Country. Really hard deciding on a song. / vomited; probably just a matter of having eaten too much. We hope. % 10:45 yawning. Should go to bed (backport from 0405Su because it's the best mask pattern I've seen) @ Make your own fabric mask at home with this sewing pattern from a designer - The Washington Post one of the best, and simplest, I've seen. 3 identical pieces; darts
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Date: 2020-04-05 08:41 pm (UTC)If you're paranoid about being exposed, quit fretting about the mail and cancel that dentist appointment! I'm surprised your dentist office is even open. Mine closed down a couple of weeks ago.
If you feel you need masks, I recommend the no-sew t-shirt mask. It looks a little sloppy but it is easy to make, comfortable, and I think it does a better job of conforming to the face than any of the alternative designs you linked to.
Take a look at my DW entry for more info.
https://dreamshark.dreamwidth.org/505233.html
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Date: 2020-04-06 12:49 am (UTC)I know I've seen the no-sew T-shirt mask, and probably linked to a version of it; there are probably a dozen copies of that on the web by now. I also found out about https://stores.customink.com/health-wellness/products/1842 -- which is a custom-printed T-shirt company making masks! How cool is that?
Not sure about the dentist; I haven't heard from them. I'm going to call and mention that I've been coughing lately -- which I'm pretty sure is my perennial post-nasal drip, but I don't want _them_ to be taking chances either.