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Welcome
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This page last changed 2021.12.22 14:33
Groups/Projects
- Lexington Computer and Technology Group, LCTG (about, joining, past and future meetings, videos)
- Career Path videos on Nursing, Justice of the Peace, Dentist, and others
Materials for password safes presentation 12/2/2021 to Chicago Computer Society security_presentation
Popular pages shortcuts
- Buffets but not sure they are open nowadays
Annoyances
A grouping of information on a number of topics. Calling them “annoyances” because they address sometimes non-obvious ways to get things done.
Covid-19 Info, Precautions, and (of course) Stuff To Do To Keep Busy
Virus related
Precautions
Make your own face shield from 2 rubber bands, 2 binder clips, and a produce container
Virus Facts
disinfectant info | Arlington-based business selling hand sanitizers
Shopping, takeout and delivery suggestions
- With 3 rubber bands you can make a mask more safe. "MIT, Ex-Apple Engineers Show How Surgical Masks Become More Safe With Just 3 Rubber Bands"
Maskish
Difference between N95, KN95, etc
some options (thanks, SK)
FOOD! I'm Hungry!
- https://covid.lex.ma/restaurants/All places where food of many types is available for pickup and delivery in Lexington
list maintained by Derik Kauffman and Andrew Gritsevskiy to whom we are very grateful! Email updates or corrections to: covid@lex.ma
Keeping Busy
Coronavirus Music Parodies etc
Some interesting videos/presentations
- One Man, Two Guv'ners
The National Theatre of UK is making past broadcasts available on YouTube, and the link below will take you to “One Man, Two Guv'ners”, which is the funniest (I mean wet your pants funny) performance I have seen since my 9th grade French teacher took us to see La Comedie Francaise present “Les Fourberies de Scapin” with the great Robert Hirsch and I literally fell of my seat laughing, even though I could barely follow the script. “One Man” features James Corden, astonishingly light on his feet, provoking an abundance of belly-laughs, desperately needed at this gruesome moment. [R. D. Eno]
Trump songs etc
We didn't start the fire sums up Trump presidency by Now This (Oct 25, 2020) |
Coronan Trump sings his version of Bohemian Rhapsody (March 26, 2020) |
Hit the road Trump by Maestro Ziikos (Nov 7, 2020) |
The Day Democracy Died performed by our founding fathers (Feb 6, 2020) |
He's a Moron A song parody dedicated to Donald J. Trump sung by David Rogers (Aug 14, 2020) |
New York, New York NYC bids adieu to Donald Trump in song (Late Show Stephen Colbert, Nov 5, 2020) |
Links by Category
foodish
See also FOOD! I'm Hungry! above
- Food substitutions (skim–>whole milk, make buttermilk, use skim milk to replace whole milk in recipes)
nearbyish
See also, Annoyances (above)
- Take a walk - Across Lexington – and get a certificate worth framing (not to mention the health benefits and personal feeling of accomplishment).
town-officialish
- Track your ballot Has your ballot been mailed? After you send them your ballot, did they officially receive it?
This site gives answers to these questions.
Put in your name and address. The status will show up as “Pending” (not yet mailed to you) or “Accepted” and the table includes the date it was received.
weatherish
birdish
Nature. Calming. What better thing to do than watch birds and animals do their thing. OK, maybe earn some money…
- Allen Bird Cam in South Africa Live, EST+7 hours
- Bird feeders, wildlife cams, Scotland UK EST+5 hours. Uses IR cameras
- Goulburn NSW - Australian bird cams dark 12/28 noon, not sure working
- Gettysburg PA, live bird feeder (Gunshots from nearby)
- Akron, OH Live Animal Cam Happy squirrels and ground-feeding birds
Being Cleverish
technologyish
- Keep Yahoo Emails Out Of Spam also works for verizon.net emails
helpish
otherish
Netflix of Interest
blist
nice video on the page | Sample Videos
Steve is featured (kind of) in Ipswitch flash. Do the slideshow, “every employee can get a standing desk if they so desire”, that's me standing, far right.
TI Logo | WIWB Intro | Espresso | TG Dinner
STEM promo 60sec v04 | STEM promo 2 minute v06 | WIWB Nurse v07 (final)
m+m | UKtour | WIP |
Video Camera Settings
Fenn Project
Getting Things Done
Misc
Mistral Voices of Innocence 11/7/2015: Concert excerpts | Mistral William Tell Overture |
Mistral Of Love and Remembrance, 2/6/2016: photos and comments | |
What's Happening - Chinese Edition with Sophia and Larry Ho Part 1 Part 2 | |
Windows10 | Jewish Holidays Calendar |
Fix Breville | Buying Online - Notes |
national parks free admission days | Click to see or download the Washington Post article on Facebook |
Steve's Programming Tips | Customer Support--reaching real person Contacting Real Person Digest |
Tone Indicators | Robots dance to Do-You-Love-Me |
Making of ADHD Music Video (wow) |
Humor
Interesting/Educational
Music
Root Beer Rags (renditions)
Misc Links
Telephone Area Codes list | Links |
100's free books from MSDN | Local Lexington experts |
Travel Tips | washers |
Travel Technologies | Orbit 56544 |
Button Battery Cross References
Watch battery (SR, L, AG)
Coin cell (CR)
Power cable capacities
Cable Size Chart
For example:
AWG 16 cable can handle 5 amps for 50 feet, or 10 amps max 20 feet.
AWG 12 cable can handle 5 amps for 100 feet, or 20 amps for 30 feet.
Toyota Car Links
Movies and TV programs to see
As a reminder to me, and maybe of interest to others, here are some movies and TV shows that I've heard are worth watching.
See also: Netflix of Interest for TV shows & movies available
Alfred Hitchcock | Perry Mason |
“Flight” w/Denzel Washington | “Finding Vivian Maier” |
“Lilly Hammer” | Columbo |
Some of these can be found online in some TV services. See TV alternatives available online and also the video of a talk I gave on this topic in January, 2020, more info on the LCTG page.
places on the internet to see and download old movies
Other
Does rotation of the earth affect flight time?
Bottom line, the rotation of the Earth does not have a direct effect on flight time, only the wind does. Rotation of earth and relative water temperature affects the winds however.
http://gofar.aircanada.com/en/go-far-answers/question/does-the-earth%E2%80%99s-rotation-affect-the-duration-of-flight/
https://www.quora.com/Does-the-earths-rotation-factor-into-flight-time
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=430616
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/atmosphere/q0117.shtml
My brother was involved in a polar bear attack in Canada in 2014 and as a physician helped to save the injured. The e-book [describing the experience] is up. There are a few ways to see it. Here's the opening of the book, which we're running on our site now: http://books.insideclimatenews.org/meltdown-excerpt There are links at the top and the bottom of the excerpt to go read the entire book.
Or you can bypass the excerpt and go to this page to read the entire book: http://insideclimatenews.org/content/meltdown-terror-top-world From this page, on the right you'll see a few ways to read it. In our iPad app, called ICN Books, which is the best-looking way to read it; in Kindle; or “in browser” (meaning on your computer).