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December 4, 2019

December 4, 2019

 

GOOD SUGGESTIONS: How to Be a Super Productive Remote Employee

 

INTERESTING TEDX: Becoming a Tech Policy Activist

 

YES, THIS IS PRETTY ACCURATE: 16 Things Only A True INFJ Would Understand

  

Happy Birthday:

 

Michel Pignolet de Monteclair (1667 - 1737): Airs Tendres

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Francesco Saverio Geminiani

December 7, 2019

 

Happy Birthday!

 

Francesco Xaverio Geminiani (1687 - 1762): Sonata in A minor

 

 

 

OR... YOU COULD GO AT NIGHT:  A Scattering Shield to Get to Within 10,000 Kilometers of the Surface of the Sun

 

ATTENTION MAC USERS:  28 keyboard shortcuts Mac users need to know

 

WHAT COULD BE BETTER THAN KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS? CHEAT SHEETS! Microsoft cheat sheets: Dive into Windows and Office apps 

 

FOR OUR STARGAZERS: This Week’s Sky at a Glance, December 6 – 14

 

ATTENTION LYCANTHROPES: 2019...

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Beethoven

December 17, 2019

 

Happy Birthday:

 

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827):  Große Fuge, Op. 133

 

 

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December 21, 2019

December 22, 2019

 

 

SHORTEST DAY OF THE YEAR: Last Winter Solstice of the Decade Occurs Tonight!

 

MEANWHILE, OUT AT SEA:  Undersea volcanism as the cause of 'year of darkness' and upheaval period from 536 - 555 A.D. 

 

IF NOTHING ELSE - DO READ "I, PENCIL":  New to Economics? Here Are 5 Free eBooks to Get You Started

 

FUN FACT - I WAS HOME SCHOOLED: Compulsory Schooling Laws: What if We Didn't Have Them?

 

ATTENTION STARGAZERS:  This Week’s Sky at a Glance, December 20 – 28

 

ATTENTION...

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December 23, 2019

December 23, 2019

 

ATTENTION STAR WARS FANS: Here Come the 'Star Wars' Scams: Don't Fall for Them

 

CHECK OUT THE VIDEO TOO ("Starship: Earth to Earth"):  A Hyper-Connected World With 25 Times Faster Travel Will Triple the World Economy

 

NICE FEATURE: How to Enable or Disable Secure Sign-In for Windows 10

 

ATTENTION PARENTS (CURRENT OR PROSPECTIVE):  Great Hearts, Great Minds

 

 

Birthdays:

 


Carl Friedrich Abel(1723 - 1787): WKO 205 per viola da

 

Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924): Aria of...

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December 28, 2019

December 28, 2019

 

 

UNTIL YOU GET AROUND TO BUYING ONE: The Best Free Antivirus Protection for 2020

 

ATTENTION STARGAZERS: This Week’s Sky at a Glance, December 27 – January 4 

 

THE NEW GREATEST GENERATION?: Teachers Who Quit to Create Schooling Alternatives

 

 

Birthdays this week:

 

Julius Rietz (1812 - 1877): Clarinet Concerto in G Minor, Op. 29 (I. Allegro agitato)

 

Johann Georg Pisendel (1678 - 1755): Sonata per violino senza basso — First movement

 

Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625): Fancy f...

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