Since most if not all of us have been working from home, here are several more working from home resources you might find helpful. Stimulus check calculator: Washington Post & Go Curry CrackerPlex Live TVPlex coloring book (it's fun for adults too!)MITRE updates and a white paperNPR Kids comicFrugalwoods reader suggestionsSal Khan on CBS NewsLevar…
Author: Jordan Atkins
Computers vs. COVID-19
Donate your extra CPU cycles to computing the COVID-19 problem. The folding-at-home software works for Windows, Mac, or Linux.
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COVID-19
I am not expert on the coronavirus, but below is a list of articles and interviews I have found about this epidemic organized by category. I began this post on Sunday, 15 March and have continued to update as I find relevant news articles or blog posts, for the two people that read this. News…
Gear I use every day
I know this type of post has been done ad infinitum, ad nauseum, and ad myriadium, but here goes nonetheless. Coffee: I've been using my Aeropress almost daily for just under two years. The labels have worn off and sometimes I wonder if pouring boiling hot water in a plastic tube is the best for…
Python
My first exposure to programming was, of course, using BASIC on my DOS 6.22 machine in 1995. Then I played around with C from a book my friend bought me. My last two years of high school found me learning the fundamentals of C++, but I didn't get much further than simple if-else functions. This…
Fear
Yesterday at my second Toastmasters meeting we discussed (surprise, surprise) COVID-19. The first table topic was if we should be worried about it and the second was fear. Not surprisingly, Tim Ferriss' 5-Bullet Friday talked about the corona virus and fear. To steal from Tim, here is the Bene Gesserit litany against fear “I must…
