Bob's Public Service Announcements

Saturday, May 22, 2021

How to respond to vaccine hesitant people

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/20/opinion/covid-19-vaccine-chatbot.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

Russel Moore leaves SBC

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/05/19/russell-moore-leaves-southern-baptist-convention-evangelical-future/

Vaccine skeptics breakdown by state

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/18/opinion/covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy.html

Giuliani says he didn't mean it

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/05/18/politics/rudy-giuliani-january-6-insurrection-lawsuit/index.html

Chemical risk - oh great...

https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/12/chemical-giants-hid-dangers-pfas-forever-chemicals-food-packaging-dupont

Best speaker cable

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/the-best-speaker-cable/

Pzifer effective against variants

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/health/coronavirus-pfizer-vaccine-variants.html

Mammals can breathe through intestines (via O2 in liquid suspension)

https://gizmodo.com/mammals-can-breathe-through-their-intestines-unsettlin-1846895252/amp

Facial recognition available to the public

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/05/14/pimeyes-facial-recognition-search-secrecy/

Congressional earmarks return

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/05/14/house-earmarks/

New obesity drug

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/health/obesity-drugs.html

Robot pool cleaner reviews

https://www.thespruce.com/best-robotic-pool-cleaners-4682659

Pool stain identification product

Jack's Magic Stain ID Kit

Replacement for Roku media server app

I was suffering using the built in Roku media app for listening to music from my DNLA server. Search didn't work, most of the album covers didn't show, etc.

I switched to Plex (free) and life has been bliss since!

Room correction technology options

https://hometheaterreview.com/room-correction-revisited/

Audyssey vs Dirac Live

https://www.hometheatershack.com/threads/audyssey-xt32-vs-dirac-live-listening-comparison.117433/

Audyssey multeq editor app support, FAQ & Tips

https://www.soundandvision.com/content/denon-marantz-launch-audyssey-multeq-editor-app#:~:text=The%20app%20is%20compatible%20with,SR6011%2C%20SR5011%2C%20and%20NR1607.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/1YH_eNHRCxKFCwXMddi28kzXqnUwYHfrD/edit?filetype=msword

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Surround sound speaker placement

Is indeed to the side/slightly back. Tweeters ideally 1-2 feet above ear.

https://www.crutchfield.com/S-52UBxSry2Z8/learn/learningcenter/home/speaker_placement.html#:~:text=In%20a%205.1%20system%2C%20your,position%20and%20face%20them%20forward.

https://www.svsound.com/blogs/speaker-setup-and-tuning/74790851-the-art-of-speaker-placement

https://www.the-home-cinema-guide.com/surround-sound-speaker-placement.html

Monday, May 17, 2021

Snackmagic for future gifts to folks

https://www.snackmagic.com/

Friday, May 14, 2021

New car rental option from Audi – Silvercar

https://www.silvercar.com/?utm_source=fond%20offer&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=fond&utm_term=&utm_content=

(Fond discount too)

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

"Wax" and cars with clear coats

https://www.quora.com/Do-modern-cars-need-to-be-waxed/answer/Alex-Draghicescu?ch=10&share=1a5935c1&srid=hjon

Monday, May 10, 2021

Dementia risk and low sleep

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/dementia-sleep-deprivation-link-research/2021/05/07/1b4a0772-ae99-11eb-b476-c3b287e52a01_story.html

Comparison of COVID19 risks vs blood clots

https://wintoncentre.maths.cam.ac.uk/news/communicating-potential-benefits-and-harms-astra-zeneca-covid-19-vaccine/

LG G1 vs Sony A90J

https://www.reviewed.com/televisions/features/sony-a90j-vs-lg-g1-which-should-buy

Taking the AP test increases learning

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/ap-exams-during-pandemic/2021/05/07/7f85196c-ad30-11eb-ab4c-986555a1c511_story.html

Sun cycles and El Nino and La Nina

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/05/08/sun-el-nino-study/

Sunday, May 9, 2021

Wirecutter, automatic room correction

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/automatic-room-correction/

Why getting two shots is so important - 30% b117, 17% b1351

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/05/05/pfizer-vaccine-virus-variants/

How to get more Republicans to embrace the vaccine

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/05/how-get-more-republicans-embrace-coronavirus-vaccines/

Verses

²⁰Wisdom calls out in the street;

she makes her voice heard in the public squares.

²¹She cries out above the commotion;

she speaks at the entrance of the city gates:

²²“How long, inexperienced ones, will you love ignorance?

How long will you mockers enjoy mocking

and you fools hate knowledge?

²³If you respond to my warning,^,

then I will pour out my spirit on you

and teach you my words.

²⁴Since I called out and you refused,

extended my hand and no one paid attention,

²⁵since you neglected all my counsel

and did not accept my correction,

²⁶I, in turn, will laugh at your calamity.

I will mock when terror strikes you,

²⁷when terror strikes you like a storm

and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,

when trouble and stress overcome you.

²⁸Then they will call me, but I won’t answer;

they will search for me, but won’t find me.

²⁹Because they hated knowledge,

didn’t choose to fear the Lord,

³⁰were not interested in my counsel,

and rejected all my correction,

³¹they will eat the fruit of their way

and be glutted with their own schemes.

³²For the apostasy of the inexperienced will kill them,

and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

³³But whoever listens to me will live securely

and be undisturbed by the dread of danger.”

Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Pr 1:20–33). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.

⁷Wisdom is supreme—so get wisdom.

And whatever else you get, get understanding.

Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Pr 4:7). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.

12 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,

but one who hates correction is stupid.

Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Pr 12). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.

¹⁵A fool’s way is right in his own eyes,

but whoever listens to counsel is wise.

Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Pr 12:15). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.

²⁵There is a way that seems right to a person,

but its end is the way to death.

Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Pr 16:25). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.

²A fool does not delight in understanding,

but only wants to show off his opinions.^,

Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Pr 18:2). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.

¹⁷The first to state his case seems right

until another comes and cross-examines him.

Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Pr 18:17). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.

¹²A sensible person sees danger and takes cover;

the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Pr 27:12). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.

³A stone is heavy, and sand a burden,

but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.

Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Pr 27:3). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.

A false witness will not go unpunished,

and one who utters lies will not escape.

Christian Standard Bible. (2020). (Pr 19:5). Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers.

Past server connection mystery solved

Needed to remove it from my finder favorites

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/53404/how-to-disable-startup-connection-to-a-dead-server/121814#121814?newreg=7c61850175a544a9a1b9213650ea18aa (last one)

Saturday, May 8, 2021

Common phrases with likely ungood histories

https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/common-racist-words-phrases

Friday, May 7, 2021

CDC updating guidance to say that COVID can spread via aersols

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/health/coronavirus-airborne-threat.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Why it took so long to correct the guidance:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/opinion/coronavirus-airborne-transmission.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article

Polk S10 manual

https://www.manualslib.com/manual/362830/Polk-Audio-S-Series.html?page=4#manual

Thursday, May 6, 2021

Monitor Audio Bronze 200 vs Silver 200 reviews

https://h-m-entertainment.com/monitor-audio-bronze-200-review

https://h-m-entertainment.com/monitor-audio-silver-200-review

Another one, really?

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/05/06/source-man-arrested-for-stabbing-2-asian-woman-in-san-francisco-has-lengthy-arrest-history/

Colonoscopy prep hack – Crystal Light!

https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-make-my-colonoscopy-prep-bearable/answer/Maria-Hirsch?ch=10&share=08316b7a&srid=hjon

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Speaker positioning for listening tests

https://www.audioholics.com/loudspeaker-design/how-audition-speakers

Best lenses for Sony A1

https://sonyalpha.blog/2021/05/03/which-are-the-best-lenses-for-the-sony-a1/

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Hammer incident in NYC

https://www.yahoo.com/news/video-shows-stranger-attacking-asian-115308678.html

Monday, May 3, 2021

Burnout inventory

https://www.mindgarden.com/117-maslach-burnout-inventory-mbi#horizontalTab4

Treating work burnout

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/well/workplace-burnout-advice.html?action=click&module=Science%20%20Technology&pgtype=Homepage

Younger people getting COVID now

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/05/01/992148299/covid-doesnt-discriminate-by-age-serious-cases-on-the-rise-in-younger-adults

One news network won't let people forget who tried to overturn an election

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/the-politicians-who-tried-to-overturn-an-election--and-the-local-news-team-that-wont-let-anyone-forget-it/2021/05/01/cc8764f6-a91e-11eb-8d25-7b30e74923ea_story.html

Herd immunity no longer the goal due to variants

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/health/covid-herd-immunity-vaccine.html

Possible chlorine tablet shortage

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/04/30/a-major-chlorine-shortage-is-set-to-spoil-swimming-pool-fun-this-summer.html

Man in India struggles to save parents

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/30/world/asia/india-coronavirus-family.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

This is totally get out of hand...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/asian-american-teen-suffers-concussion-204810892.html

Denon audio settings

Balancing dialog with reasonable volume and natural sounding:

Cinema EQ: Off
Loudness Mngmt: Off
Dynamic Comp: Off (but might be low too)
Audyssey

MultEQ: Reference
Dynamic EQ: Off
Dynamic Volume: Light

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Younger patients coming into the hospital with COVID-19

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/us/michigan-covid-younger-people-hospitalized.html

COVID-19 infecting neurons as well...great...

https://scitechdaily.com/how-covid-19-worms-its-way-into-the-brain-explaining-baffling-neurological-symptoms/amp/

Red meat story isn't real either

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/28/american-right-is-becoming-completely-untethered-reality/

NY Post story mostly fabricated

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/new-york-post-kamala-harris-correction-migrant-book/2021/04/27/ec297ac6-a769-11eb-bca5-048b2759a489_story.html

J&J vaccine and women

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/24/its-good-resume-jj-vaccine-younger-women-should-be-warned-against-it/?outputType=amp

India undercounting deaths

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/24/world/asia/india-coronavirus-deaths.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

We're all social awkward now!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/04/24/awkward-social-pandemic-return/

Lime disease ticks in brush leading up to beaches

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1265114

How to film police

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/04/22/how-to-film-police-smartphone/?outputType=amp

Sleeping 6 hours or less a night after age 50 increases risk of dementia

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/health/sleep-dementia-risk.html?action=click&module=Science%20%20Technology&pgtype=Homepage

Airplane circulation diagram

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/17/travel/flying-plane-covid-19-safety.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

Friendship red flags

https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/ryanschocket2/friendship-red-flags-reddit

Honest appraisal years after early retirement

https://www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/so-much-of-retirement-planning-is-wishful-thinking-what-ive-learned-after-3-years-of-actually-being-retired-11607448083

COVID-19 travel - safety when eating, drinking

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/tips/flights-eat-drink-vaccine-covid/?outputType=amp

Georgie voting law explained

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/03/georgia-voting-law-explained/

Mac M1 SSD overuse

https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/how-bad-is-the-m1-macs-ssd-failure-problem/

Eating stuff that's too hot can cause real physical problems

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/health/hot-pepper-thunderclap-headaches.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article

How to separate yolks, whites

https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2021/02/08/separating-eggs-tips-tricks/

How to use up left over egg yolks or whites

https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2021/04/03/leftover-egg-yolks-egg-whites-recipes/

Nancy Reagan's role in helping to end the Cold War

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/01/nancy-reagan-ronald-cold-war/

Church membership below 50%

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/03/29/church-membership-fallen-below-majority/

Deborah Birxs appeasement didn't really work

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/30/deborah-birxs-dilemma-is-lesson-ages/

One-hour walk can improve metabolism

https://www.eatthis.com/news-one-brisk-walk-oregon-state-university-moderate-exercise/

Asian businesses now have to pay for security

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/03/25/asian-owned-businesses-hate-crimes/

No Pinocchio for statement that assault weapons ban reduced mass shootings

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/24/bidens-claim-that-1994-assault-weapons-law-brought-down-mass-shootings/

How to dust

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/how-to-dust-expert-advice/2021/03/23/4cd961aa-834e-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html

AstraZeneca used misleading data

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/astrazeneca-oxford-vaccine-concerns/2021/03/23/2f931d34-8bc3-11eb-a33e-da28941cb9ac_story.html?outputType=amp

Sidney Powell defense – reasonable people wouldn't take claims seriously

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/03/23/sidney-powells-tucker-carlson-esque-defense/?outputType=amp

Falsehoods that were later corrected, but only after being amplified across the media

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/business/media/new-york-post-kamala-harris.html

Monday, April 26, 2021

Stories on buying a used Tesla

https://www.quora.com/What-can-go-wrong-with-2016-Tesla-Model-S-with-52k-miles-on-it-259M-range-Tesla-doesn-t-allow-trial-before-buying-it-will-it-be-a-lemon

Why Vermont's single payer didn't happen

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/why-vermonts-single-payer-effort-failed-and-what-democrats-can-learn-from-it/2019/04/29/c9789018-3ab8-11e9-a2cd-307b06d0257b_story.html