Monday, April 5, 2021
Much like the diversity of life forms in all ecological niches, human behavior seems to have endless permutations. While hiking yesterday, my kids and I discovered a unique data point on the spectrum of human clothing choices. Somewhere on the scale of Victorian diving suites to nudists, we found an unshod member of the Society for Barefoot Living passing us on the trail. (Perhaps it is anti-shod?) I imagine groups of people united by their mutual avoidance of footwear must have extraordinary meetings, organizational politics, and controversies. Humans can be amazing.
https://www.barefooters.org/barefoot-hiking/
-----Latest Data---
Cases are slowly rising, but hospitalizations and deaths are holding steady for the moment.
CDC National Hospitalization trend data
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#hospitalizations
Global-View:
https://www.ft.com/content/a2901ce8-5eb7-4633-b89c-cbdf5b386938
Nationally:
https://ig.ft.com/coronavirus-chart/?areas=usa&areas=gbr&areasRegional=usny&areasRegional=usca&areasRegional=usfl&areasRegional=ustx&areasRegional=usco&cumulative=0&logScale=0&perMillion=1&values=casesf
The U.S. Regionally - N.Y. Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
Vaccine Tracker
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-trends
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The CDC's weekly review from Friday is entitled "The Race to Vaccinate."
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/covidview/index.html
Dr. Ghandhi offered some articles and thoughts on outdoor sporting events, which compiled a lot of data.
https://twitter.com/MonicaGandhi9/status/1378585190667186176
Carl Bergstrom offered a tweetorial on herd immunity. Good stuff to read through as access to vaccinations increases in the coming weeks.
https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1378741101620654080
And amongst the many spurious, yet dramatic, data points, it looks like the entire population of Bhutan was vaccinated last Thursday:
https://twitter.com/DrNeilStone/status/1378629912031068161
One last article - more ripples from mRNA vaccines - HIV here we come:
https://www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com/news/141892/novel-hiv-vaccine-approach-shows-promise-in-landmark-first-in-human-trial/
Infographic of the day: Knives
https://www.finedininglovers.com/article/know-your-knives-infographics
Despite 20+ years of Wusthof ownership, I cannot find a use for more than my tomato knife, bread knife, and the santoku. I feel like this is all PSYOPs from the kitchen cutlery-industrial complex and the wedding gift industry. Perhaps there is a dark, cynical side of Williams Sonoma. "Make more knives! Is there one just for cutting the tips off of Asparagus‽"
----Bonus Round - Ancient Greek Computing
If you have not followed the clickbait articles on archeology finds, you are not wandering the internet correctly. However, over the weekend, I found myself watching a Cambridge college lecture on the latest information about the Antikythera Mechanism, the only example of an analog computer that has survived from the ancient world. It was the equivalent of an iPad from about 50 BC. It calculated the lunar calendar, planetary movement, solar eclipses, lunar eclipses, charted the Moon phases, tracked seasons and regional Greek sporting festivals (like the Olympics). The device was discovered in a shipwreck in 1901 in a bunch of pieces. Over the last 40 years, our understanding has increased as enhanced imaging and modeling have elucidated the gears' functions and deciphered the engravings. Best of all, given the device's instructions, it appears to have been a high-end consumer device - something wealthy, but not science-minded Greek business or political leader ordered, but got lost in shipping. It is like humans of 4000 AD finding a Bang and Olufsen stereo or an Apple Newton that fell into a peat bog from the DHL truck.
As an aside, if you watch the video, appreciate the care someone put into the UX/UI of the device as well. Who knew ancient Greece has user research.
Article
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/decoding-antikythera-mechanism-first-computer-180953979/
YouTube Video
https://youtu.be/Iv-zWbxm2lY
Vintage Bang and Olufsen stereo equipment that will be equally as confusing to our future generations
https://www.vintage-bangandolufsen.com/beosound/
Clean hands and sharp minds,
Adam
Much like the diversity of life forms in all ecological niches, human behavior seems to have endless permutations. While hiking yesterday, my kids and I discovered a unique data point on the spectrum of human clothing choices. Somewhere on the scale of Victorian diving suites to nudists, we found an unshod member of the Society for Barefoot Living passing us on the trail. (Perhaps it is anti-shod?) I imagine groups of people united by their mutual avoidance of footwear must have extraordinary meetings, organizational politics, and controversies. Humans can be amazing.
https://www.barefooters.org/barefoot-hiking/
-----Latest Data---
Cases are slowly rising, but hospitalizations and deaths are holding steady for the moment.
CDC National Hospitalization trend data
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#hospitalizations
Global-View:
https://www.ft.com/content/a2901ce8-5eb7-4633-b89c-cbdf5b386938
Nationally:
https://ig.ft.com/coronavirus-chart/?areas=usa&areas=gbr&areasRegional=usny&areasRegional=usca&areasRegional=usfl&areasRegional=ustx&areasRegional=usco&cumulative=0&logScale=0&perMillion=1&values=casesf
The U.S. Regionally - N.Y. Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
Vaccine Tracker
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-trends
-----
The CDC's weekly review from Friday is entitled "The Race to Vaccinate."
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/covidview/index.html
Dr. Ghandhi offered some articles and thoughts on outdoor sporting events, which compiled a lot of data.
https://twitter.com/MonicaGandhi9/status/1378585190667186176
Carl Bergstrom offered a tweetorial on herd immunity. Good stuff to read through as access to vaccinations increases in the coming weeks.
https://twitter.com/CT_Bergstrom/status/1378741101620654080
And amongst the many spurious, yet dramatic, data points, it looks like the entire population of Bhutan was vaccinated last Thursday:
https://twitter.com/DrNeilStone/status/1378629912031068161
One last article - more ripples from mRNA vaccines - HIV here we come:
https://www.europeanpharmaceuticalreview.com/news/141892/novel-hiv-vaccine-approach-shows-promise-in-landmark-first-in-human-trial/
Infographic of the day: Knives
https://www.finedininglovers.com/article/know-your-knives-infographics
Despite 20+ years of Wusthof ownership, I cannot find a use for more than my tomato knife, bread knife, and the santoku. I feel like this is all PSYOPs from the kitchen cutlery-industrial complex and the wedding gift industry. Perhaps there is a dark, cynical side of Williams Sonoma. "Make more knives! Is there one just for cutting the tips off of Asparagus‽"
----Bonus Round - Ancient Greek Computing
If you have not followed the clickbait articles on archeology finds, you are not wandering the internet correctly. However, over the weekend, I found myself watching a Cambridge college lecture on the latest information about the Antikythera Mechanism, the only example of an analog computer that has survived from the ancient world. It was the equivalent of an iPad from about 50 BC. It calculated the lunar calendar, planetary movement, solar eclipses, lunar eclipses, charted the Moon phases, tracked seasons and regional Greek sporting festivals (like the Olympics). The device was discovered in a shipwreck in 1901 in a bunch of pieces. Over the last 40 years, our understanding has increased as enhanced imaging and modeling have elucidated the gears' functions and deciphered the engravings. Best of all, given the device's instructions, it appears to have been a high-end consumer device - something wealthy, but not science-minded Greek business or political leader ordered, but got lost in shipping. It is like humans of 4000 AD finding a Bang and Olufsen stereo or an Apple Newton that fell into a peat bog from the DHL truck.
As an aside, if you watch the video, appreciate the care someone put into the UX/UI of the device as well. Who knew ancient Greece has user research.
Article
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/decoding-antikythera-mechanism-first-computer-180953979/
YouTube Video
https://youtu.be/Iv-zWbxm2lY
Vintage Bang and Olufsen stereo equipment that will be equally as confusing to our future generations
https://www.vintage-bangandolufsen.com/beosound/
Clean hands and sharp minds,
Adam
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