2020
Fortnite and the Metaverse: Why Epic Games may build the next version of the Internet – Fortnite is building the Metaverse – a parallel universe in virtual reality.
The Computer Scientist Who Can’t Stop Telling Stories – Pioneering computer scientist Donald Knuth started working on the book series “The Art of Computer Programming” in 1962. It’s still unfinished.
First-person account of how Covid-19 hit hard in a rural Georgia town – On the Today, Explained podcast
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter was out of stock last time I was at the supermarket. I expected the same when I went to the supermarket yesterday. But I was pleasantly surprised to see they had a good quantity on the shelves.
I exclaimed joyously, “I can’t believe it’s I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter!”
Today on Cory Doctorow’s Pluralistic
++ Indie booksellers are doing pretty well in the pandemic, including Barnes & Noble, which is rebooting as an indie chain;
++ Listen to the podcast of “Someone Comes To Town, Someone Leaves Town,” one of my favorites of Cory’s novels;
++ Billionaires are making big money on the pandemic, while their employees go broke and risk death;
++ The pandemic proves ISP data-caps were always a pretense;
++ And Denver Health Medical Center cuts healthcare workers' pay while giving executives five- and six-figure bonuses.
A former neighbor of Joe Biden’s accuser Tara Reade has come forward to corroborate her sexual-assault account, saying Reade discussed the allegations in detail in the mid-1990s – Business Insider.
I’m still for Biden but this is troubling to say the least.
The chairman of Tyson Foods warns the food supply chain is breaking – Neoliberalism treats resiliency as waste, and Tyson is a chief culprit here. If you treat your employees like disposable components, you can’t keep up with an emergency.
A New York ER doctor who treated coronavirus patients took her own life. – The New York Times
“Make sure she’s praised as a hero, because she was," Dr. Lorna M. Breen’s father said. “She’s a casualty just as much as anyone else who has died.”
Yes.
Six years ago today was a weekend day and I went to the mall. Out and around people, not wearing a mask or gloves!
From my journal:
Shopped for sandals, stopped in at Apple Store, looked in at Microsoft store (an eerie clone of the Apple store but none of the computers on display connect to anything other than the Microsoft Store demo website and one of the computers was broken). I had a dirty soy chai latte, which a friend regularly drinks. It was very tasty.
While leaving the Apple store I walked into a glass wall, thinking it was a passageway, and bumped my head. Smooth!
I went grocery shopping yesterday. Plastic bag reuse has been suspended in California for the crisis. The cashier said she was glad about that. People bring in some disgusting bags for re-use, she said.
You’ll Probably Forget What It Was Like to Live Through a Pandemic — People who live through big historical events often forget details.
When all this handwashing began I was using a harsh soap that gave me a small rash on my left wrist. That means I have to wear my Apple Watch on my right wrist. That was weeks ago and I still haven’t gotten used to operating the Watch that way.
Completely unrelated: I’ve just learned I’ve been nominated for the Whiny Little Pandemic Bitch Award.
John Ritter guest starred on the last episode of Mannix in 1975. They used “The Brady Bunch” set for the interiors.
Screen grab and caption courtesy of Ashley Nevius
