Blog

0 posts published in May 2020

April 30, 2020

May 1, 2020

 

ATTENTION ZOOM USERS:  Zoom: A cheat sheet about the video conferencing solution

 

AND THIS... Securing Internet Videoconferencing Apps: Zoom and Others 

 

 

READING THE FINE PRINT: No Evidence of Coronavirus Reinfection, South Korean Officials Say

 

 

ATTENTION SMBS:  The best VPN service for 2020

 

 

Birthdays:

 

Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777 – 1855)

 

Franz Lehár (1870 – 1948): "Gold und Silber", Walzer

Read more

May 1, 2020

May 1, 2020

 

JUST TRYIN' TO KEEP IT SIMPLE: How graph databases help analyze complex relationships 

 

 

WHEN I CAUGHT THIS I WAS TEN YEARS OLD (I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE):  Woodstock Occurred in the Middle of a Pandemic

 

ATTENTION STARGAZERS: This Week's Sky at Glance,

May 1 – 9

 

TIRED OF BINGE WATCHING NETFLIX? Hubble Space Telescope

(Note: site schedule maintenance from 8am-6pm, May 2)

 

Birthdays:

 

Hugo Alfvén (1872 – 1960):  Swedish Rhapsody No. 1: "Midsommarvaka"

 

 

Read more

May 3, 2020

May 3, 2020

 

APPARENTLY THIS GOVERNOR IS UNAWARE OF THE RECALL PETITIONS ALREADY CIRCULATING: California lists dozens of outdoor activities permitted under stay-at-home rules

 

 

Birthdays:

 

Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 – 1725):  Passio Secundum Johannem

 

 

Richard D'Oyly Carte (1844 – 1901)

 

 

Read more

Bartolomeo Cristofori

May 5, 2020

Source: classicfm.com 

 

Birthdays:

 

Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655 – 1731)

May 6, 2020

May 7, 2020

 

 

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."  - First Amendment to the United States Constitution 

 

 

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."  - Dr. Martin Luther King

 

 

HOPE THIS...

Read more

Johannes Brahms

May 7, 2020

Source: classicfm.com

 

 

Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897): Brahms:Hungarian Dance No.1

 

 

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893): Sleeping Beauty Waltz

 

 

Read more

May 8, 2020

May 8, 2020

 

WORKING REMOTELY: These 10 top tech companies posted the most work-from-home jobs in April

 

I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS, WERE YOU? Elvis Was King, Ike Was President, and 116,000 Americans Died in a Pandemic

 

ON AN UPBEAT NOTE: An Exercise for When You Feel Unworthy

 

ATTENTION STAR GAZERS:  This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 8 - 16

 

 

Birthdays:

 

Johann Baptist Krumpholtz (1742 - 1790): Sonata No.1 Op.13

 


Carl Philipp Stamitz (1745 - 1801): Clarinet Concerto No.7 in E Flat: 3....

Read more

May 9, 2020

May 9, 2020

 

 

MAYBE I'LL UPGRADE FROM MY LAWN FURNITURE CHAIR: The 6 best desk chairs for your home office setup 

 

ATTENTION STAR GAZERS: Comet SWAN is expected to grace northern skies in the days to come.

 

THINK OF IT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE RIGHT THING: To Stanch COVID-19 Meat Crisis, Let Small Farmers Sell Meat to Local Grocers 

 

Birthdays:

 

 

Dante Alighieri (1265 – 1321): The Divine Comedy 1: Hell (translated by Dorothy L. Sayers)

 

Giovanni Paisiello (1740 – 1816): Domine...

Read more

May 10, 2020

May 10, 2020

 

 

ARE OUR LEADERS LISTENING?: Lord Sumption: The Lockdown Is Without Doubt the Greatest Interference with Personal Liberty in Our History

 

"Guidance is fine. Voluntary self-isolation is fine, and strongly advisable for the more vulnerable. Most of them will do it by choice. But coercion is not fine. There is no moral or principled justification for it."

 

 

Birthdays:

 

Jean Marie I'aine Leclair (1697 - 1764): Sonate No. 5

 

 

Anatoli Liadov (1855 - 1914): The Music Box, Op.32

Read more

May 11, 2020

May 13, 2020

 

WOULD YOU TELL A CHILD THEIR MOMMY OR DADDY IS NON-ESSENTIAL? Mike Rowe Is Right: There’s “No Such Thing” as a Non-Essential Worker

 

Birthdays:

 

Jules-Emile-Frederic Massenet (1842 - 1912): Meditation, from the opera "Thais"

 

Gabriel-Urbain Faure (1845 - 1924): Berceuse op.16

Read more

Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi

May 16, 2020

Source: medici.tv

 

Birthdays:

 

Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643):  Tu Sei Morta - L'Orfeo

May 16, 2020

May 16, 2020

  

HMM. HE MAKES A PERSUASIVE CASE: Face Masks Pose Serious Risks To The Healthy

 

 

 Birthdays:

 

Juan Morel Campos (1857 – 1896): Felices Dias

Read more

May 17, 2020

May 17, 2020

 

 

MAKES ME CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC: T cells found in COVID-19 patients ‘bode well’ for long-term immunity

 

Birthdays:

 

Erik Satie (1866 - 1925): Gnossienne 1

Read more

May 18, 2020

May 18, 2020

 

 

 

Birthdays: 

 

Johann Jakob Froberger (1616 - 1667):  Suite XII for harpsichord

May 21, 2020

May 21, 2020

Source: imdb.com

 

Birthdays:

 

Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883): Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Liebestod (Furtwängler/Flagstad)

May 27, 2020

May 27, 2020

 

 

Birthdays:

 

Ignaz Moscheles (1794 – 1870):  Etudes Op.70 No.9,5,12

May 29, 2020

May 29, 2020

 

 

 

 

Birthdays:

 

Isaac Albeniz (1860 - 1909): Leyenda