Weekend, day one
Mar. 21st, 2020 10:57 pmSuppose I could let the entry I posted in the wee small morning hours be my entry for today, but that feels like cheating. I should make sure to do at least one entry between every two sleeps, so this will be that one.
Stayed home, played City of Heroes a bunch today. Focusing on running through some solo mission arcs just to experience the nifty storytelling on the City of Villains side of things, which doesn't seem to be explored as much as the hero side. There's an arc where you're doing missions for the anthropomorphic personification of television, replete with many amusing satires on well-known TV shows. It was really rather hilarious.
Ordered out barbecue via Grubhub for lunch. I really shouldn't do that much, but I just got paid, it's the weekend, and I'd earned $10 off an order. So it worked out. Nifty food, at least. And I guess the Grubhub and other food delivery people are doing well. I hope that all the delivery and take-out business is making up for the business that the restaurants can't have right now since they have to close their dining rooms.
Video called my Mom and spoke briefly this evening. They've got better Internet service down there now, so the video quality was really very good. I was then inspired to write an article for TeleRead about video calling and virtual watch parties as ways to keep up social interaction with friends even while quarantined for Corona. I generally don't do that much stuff that isn't directly related to ebooks, but it seemed like a good bit of advice to offer people who're probably using the same technology to read ebooks as they would to make video calls anyway.
Numbly watching the Corona matters proceed apace, wondering whether the hospitals will be overwhelmed, and whether this will make all those skeptics who think we're cracking down too hard as it is change their tunes. Either way, the answer will come a lot more quickly than the one will about global warming.
One more weekend day to go before work beckons again. Monday's going to be awfully busy, especially with half the downtown office building still closed.
Stayed home, played City of Heroes a bunch today. Focusing on running through some solo mission arcs just to experience the nifty storytelling on the City of Villains side of things, which doesn't seem to be explored as much as the hero side. There's an arc where you're doing missions for the anthropomorphic personification of television, replete with many amusing satires on well-known TV shows. It was really rather hilarious.
Ordered out barbecue via Grubhub for lunch. I really shouldn't do that much, but I just got paid, it's the weekend, and I'd earned $10 off an order. So it worked out. Nifty food, at least. And I guess the Grubhub and other food delivery people are doing well. I hope that all the delivery and take-out business is making up for the business that the restaurants can't have right now since they have to close their dining rooms.
Video called my Mom and spoke briefly this evening. They've got better Internet service down there now, so the video quality was really very good. I was then inspired to write an article for TeleRead about video calling and virtual watch parties as ways to keep up social interaction with friends even while quarantined for Corona. I generally don't do that much stuff that isn't directly related to ebooks, but it seemed like a good bit of advice to offer people who're probably using the same technology to read ebooks as they would to make video calls anyway.
Numbly watching the Corona matters proceed apace, wondering whether the hospitals will be overwhelmed, and whether this will make all those skeptics who think we're cracking down too hard as it is change their tunes. Either way, the answer will come a lot more quickly than the one will about global warming.
One more weekend day to go before work beckons again. Monday's going to be awfully busy, especially with half the downtown office building still closed.