Month: June 2020
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Fighting Epidemics with Data, William Farr, & The Ghost Map
Victorian scientists would have immediately recognized many of the core categories of data assembled by epidemiologists working on Covid-19: infections, deaths, locations and so on. Today’s vital statisticians obviously have access to a wider pool of information — antibody-test results, comorbidities of victims, even different genetic strains of the virus — than Farr was able…
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Animal Crossing’s Massive Popularity Made it Less Like Paradise and More Like Wall Street
The influx of players has led to a massive trading system and, inadvertently, inflation. Shelly Tan and Joe Fox, The Washington Post Virtual economies (and virtual goods) fascinate me. I remember back in the the days when I was playing World of Warcraft and the tremendous amount time spent grinding herbs or ore and then…
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Nature in the Yard
We had some nature happen this morning in the yard. I think she was over a foot long from nose to tail. We typically have wildlife at the Beaulieu Homestead, but this year there seems to be more than ever – rabbits, deer, a crazy amount of chipmunks, and my personal favorite, Fatty the Woodchuck.
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History Helps Us Create the Blueprint
Netflix has also made the full length of her documentary 13th available to watch online for free. (Via Jason Kottke) I’m very much looking forward to watching these both over the next several days.
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Chris Glass’ Personal Website
I love how this site is organized and works for a personal website. Something to aspire toward. (via Swiss Miss)
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Have a Great Day Everyone
For just about a month now, David Lynch (yes, that David Lynch) has been posting weather reports each morning from his workshop. Here is the weather report from this morning. I’m not certain why, but I love them. I’ve been watching each day for about two and a half weeks now. Maybe it is that…