I hope you have been enjoying the blog. I can't believe it's been 8 months already. After my first three blog entries (March and April, 2018), I decided to eliminate the prose and simply share links to things you might agree are interesting, helpful, or uplifting. Happy New Year!
THIS COULD COME IN HANDY WHEN YOUR FRIEND CALLS YOU WITH A COMPUTER PROBLEM: Chrome Remote Desktop: The easy way to access a remote computer
READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE: Here's how to get into museums and art...
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THE PROTOTYPE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Crude SpaceX Starhopper is 70 to 120 Days From First Test Flight
GOOD TO KNOW: How to Always Take Sharp Photos
FYI: Tech event calendar 2018-19: Upcoming shows, conferences and IT expos
Birthdays:
1/04/1710 - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, composer: Stabat Mater
1/04/1720 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, composer: Belles sur toutes - Tota pulchra est
1/04/1874 - Josef Suk, composer: Meditation On The Old Czech Hymn St. Wencelas, Op. 35
DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU ARE WRITING, PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO RELY ON ON-LINE SOURCES ALONE: How to Research a Topic Online
VERY SENSIBLE: The Seven Deadly Sins of Networking
Birthdays:
1/06/1695 - Giuseppe Sammartini, composer: Sonata IX G-Dur
1/06/1838 - Max Bruch, composer: Psalm 23
1/06/1850 - Xaver Schwarenka, composer: Barcarolle in E minor, Op. 14
1/06/1872 - Alexander Scriabin, composer: Prelude & Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9
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I GUESS RECRUITERS HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM: Why 41% of IT hiring managers say finding tech talent is becoming harder
THIS IS GOOD TO KNOW: These companies are hiring the most remote workers in 2019
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS: All You Need to Know for Sunday’s Total Lunar Eclipse
Birthdays:
1/07/1899 - Francis Poulenc, composer: Mélancolie
1/11/1875 - Reinhold Gliere, composer: Intermezzo and Tarantella
1/12/1715 - Jacques Duphly, composer: Allemande...
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Birthdays:
1/17/1706 - Benjamin Franklin, polymath: Sounds of a Glass Armonica
1/17/1712 - John Stanley, composer: Trumpet Voluntary
1/17/1728 - Johann Gottfried Muthel, composer: Fantasie g-Moll
1/17/1734 - François-Joseph Gossec, composer: Hymne sur la translation du corps de Voltaire au Panthéon (Invocation)
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GESUNDHEIT AHEAD OF TIME: How to Clean the Dust Out of Your Laptop
I HAVE NOT CHECKED THESE OUT YET: The Best Password Managers for 2019
ATTENTION PARENTS: The 2019 “ABCs of School Choice” Handbook
Interesting: Nuclear Power Has Saved 3 Million Lives
Birthdays:
1/20/1586 - Johann Schein, composer: Cantata - Maria, gegrüßet seist du
1/20/1703 - Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer: Sonate G-dur
1/20/1855 - Ernest Chausson, composer: Poème
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MY MIND BEGAN TO WANDER DURING LAST NIGHT'S ECLIPSE...
LONG TRIPS: "The mission of Icarus Interstellar is to realize interstellar flight before the year 2100."
PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE CURRENT RESEARCH SECTION: Biosphere II
WHAT ABOUT LONG TERM SIDE EFFECTS OF LIVING IN ZERO GRAVITY? Rotating wheel space station
THE PROBLEM OF LONG TERM EXPOSURE TO RADIATION: Scientists Aim to Protect Astronauts from Deadly Space Radiation
CHOICE - "AN ACT OF SELECTING OR MAKING...
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THIS IS PRETTY SLICK: How to reset local user passwords from the macOS recovery partition
ANOTHER REASON WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO MANAGE YOUR OWN CAREER: 80% of workers want to learn AI skills, but employers aren't teaching them
I'VE BEEN DOING IT WRONG ALL THIS TIME: If You Bought an iPad Pro, You'll Need This Keyboard to Do *Actual* Work
OH YEAH!: The Best Drawer And Shelf Dividers For Socks'n'Stuff
YET ANOTHER REASON TO BUILD YOUR HOME UNDERGROUND: NASA discovers...
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THIS SOUNDS EXCELLENT: New Steve Forbes Documentary Asks an Age-Old Question: What Is Money?
Birthdays:
1/29/1715 - Georg Christoph Wagenseil, composer: Quartet for Low Strings (three cellos and double bass) in C major
1/29/1782 - Daniel Auber, composer: Fra Diavolo - Ouverture
1/29/1784 - Ferdinand Ries, composer: Dramatic Overture “L'Apparition”
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