¶Denny went down to the office with me this morning to help hang the artwork in my office. It felt like old times! And the office feels a little more homey now, too.
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¶People confuse journalism and entertainment all the time. Understandably so, the line is blurry and getting blurrier. Oprah Winfrey is no journalist. That interview was entertainment, pure and simple. Holding it out as journalism and reporting of actual news should be an embarrassment for CBS.
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¶This is the crumpled sheet paper.
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¶Interesting article about a recent Nature Communications paper on the math and physics of paper crumpling. I’ll never looks at wastepaper basketball the same way again.
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¶Pat and Denny came over for dinner tonight. First time in nearly a year (it might actually have been a year, we lost track). Renee and I and Pat and Denny are all fully vaccinated, so we gave hugs all around. Pat cried a bit she was so happy. The boys donned their masks and gave hugs too. Great evening. Great day.
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¶Jake doing his preflight inspection.
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¶It’s a perfect day for flying! Jake is heading out for a little pattern work with his instructor and will then book some solo time.
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¶Caught the end of the Ohio State v. Purdue Big Ten tournament basketball game today. Buckeyes completely tanked in the second half. Fortunately, Purdue tanked in overtime. Onto Michigan tomorrow.
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¶The CDC is paralyzed by fear. It’s the FDA after Thalidomide, overly cautious, afraid of being blamed for doing something even if the science supports it. It’s exactly what we don’t need right now.
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¶I’m still wrestling with our home network tonight. It’s amazing how complicated it’s become. I would guess we have more connected devices than the average family, but I don’t think it’s excessive. Even so, with phones, laptops, streaming boxes, IoT devices, NAS’s, printers, scanners, and the Tesla, we’ve got 30+ devices on the network. I feel like you need to be a part time network engineer to keep things going sometimes.
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¶Long day at the office and then a long evening battling a bit of code. All fixed now, but didn’t get much time to post today.
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¶The money quote, literally, on subscription v. ad models for social platforms:
¶“You’re banking on making more revenue from a small subset of passionate customers willing to pay for the product than you could from showing ads to the whole customer base....It’s risky to rely on keeping consumers paying over long periods of time, but beautiful if it works.”
¶Read that carefully. It’s risky only because you might not achieve theoretical maximum revenue through a subscription model. The ad model could bring in more revenue than subscriptions…that’s the risk you’re taking as a business owner when you choose a subscription model over an ad model.
¶As most business owners know, some risks are worth taking.
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¶Horn fixed!
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¶Well, I’ve never seen this in a hockey game before - the scoreboard at Little Ceaser’s Arena is malfunctioning during tonight’s Red Wings game against the Lightning. The buzzer is going off constantly, seemingly ever minute, on the minute. The refs stopped play when it happened the first time, but told the players to just ignore it after that. So, the buzzer’s buzzing but the game continues. It’s weird and funny at the same time. And, of course, this is all happening with only 750 fans in the stands because…pandemic
¶I’m betting someone is on the phone with customer support at Datroniks. We’ll see if they get it figured out before the second period.
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¶The celebrity stampede to the NFT gold rush is well underway. I’m starting to wonder who will be the one to define the “jump the shark” moment here. Maybe Henry Winkler will tokenize a digital representation of his thoughts while he was literally jumping the shark. That would be cool.
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¶Grilling our first steaks from the beef we bought directly from the farmer tonight.
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¶Governor Dewine expanded vaccine eligibility in Ohio based on age to those 50 and older. I think the glut has arrived.
¶It’s time to shift our focus to the demand side of the equation. Expand access, increase number (and types) of sites, and communicate a clear, consistent message on the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine, and the importance of vaccination.
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¶We took Teddy over to Debbie’s house, and grandma and grandpa came over, too. It’s probably the most normal family thing we’ve done in a long time…and it felt great. The dogs loved it, too.
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¶Our decreased activity during the pandemic has reduced itself to a repetition of the same things, day after day and week after week. It’s the Groundhog Day effect. I realized today, during our weekly trip to Costco (which we do at the same time and day each week), that we see a lot of the same strangers each week. Our patterns are aligning…and it’s weird.
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¶We just finished watching the first two seasons of Succession on HBO. It’s tremendous. The storylines are well written and intertwine tightly, and there’s really no weak spot in the acting - you’re sort of left loving and hating every main character. I’ve got to let it sit in my mind a bit but it might be my new favorite show that we’ve streamed. Really well done.
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¶Running some errands with Teddy this morning. Tesla Dog Mode for the win.
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¶The vaccines are the answer, period.
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¶It’s 24 hours since I got the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. I had a slight headache last night and a little bit or soreness in my shoulder where I received the jab. That’s it. Renee had the same, plus some slight chills overnight. We’re solidly riding the blue line of Fig. 2 now.
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