Enthusiastically Ambiverted Hopepunk
Stuff I find around the web that interests or amuses me.
Washington state has enabled COVID-19 exposure notifications for iPhone and Android users. More information and installation instructions are available at WANotify.org.
You should enable this! Also, stay at home when you can, mask and social distance when you can’t.
Email a dumpster fire. Literally
Email dumpsterfire@hey.com whatever you want to torch. Use plain text or an image attachment. PG-13 rules apply.
Watch on the live feed as your message is created, conveyed, and then dropped into the rolling flames.
Experience catharsis.
Most common passwords of 2020: The list details how many times a password has been exposed, used, and how much time it would take to crack it. If you’re using any of these for your passwords, change them.
Facing collapse, the famed Arecibo Observatory will be demolished: While teams will try to salvage some parts of the observatory, the decommission will bring an end to the popular 57-year-old telescope, which has been featured in numerous films and television shows.
Happy birthday to the COVID-19 coronavirus!
A 55-year-old individual from Hubei province in China may have been the first person to have contracted COVID-19…. That case dates back to Nov. 17, 2019, according to the South China Morning Post.
Lockdown has affected your memory – here’s why: “Many of us have found ourselves in an isolated routine during the pandemic – and it turns out, that’s not very good for your memories.”
The ‘djwudi’ at shapeWright.com: Enter a text string, get a generated spaceship. I tried my standard username and Norwescon. Both look pretty nifty.
Beached Whale Blow-Up: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Florence Exploding Whale: The original 16mm footage of Oregon’s infamous exploding whale has been scanned at full 4K resolution and posted online! Plus, OR station KATU has used the new scan to re-edit their original report at 4K resolution.
I Guess I Just Expected a Little More from This Country: “How could a people that had to be explicitly told not to eat Tide Pods be so short-sighted? Or are some things simply beyond explanation?”
Toolkit for Supporting GA US Senate Races – Jan 2021 (FEEL FREE TO SHARE!): “This doc is a volunteer-generated effort by Ana Diaz-Hernandez. Follow her on Twitter at @anadzhz. Ana is originally from South GA and wants to help folks from out of state plug in to help.”