306 dude, where's my van?

Might as well lead with a selfie. Two, actually. The new glasses.

These are progressive lenses. Between that and my conversation with my uncle yesterday about prostates, I'm pretty sure I'm turning fifty in a couple months.


We had people over in the backyard yesterday, the first since before the holidays. It was really fun, and hopefully not too dangerous. There's nothing like spending some time around people to reconfirm that life is indeed worth living.


Of course, there are some days when being around people produces the opposite reaction, so I guess it depends on the people. 


Also, they got a lot of free plants out of the deal.

Had a talk with my buddy about children the other day. 

This kind of gloomy understanding of the future, plus chance and maybe some biology, is why I don't have kids. 

Certainly the next few generations will not enjoy the environment that we have. But as I age, I can see that life is probably going to keep going along for a while. And I can really see how little my personal impact and choices are compared to massive, society wide change. 

The most hopeful thing out of this pandemic so far is a demonstration of just how much, and how quickly, we are capable of changing. (And, sadly, of fighting against new info, and dying as a result.)

File under: #SingularityNow

This from a republican senator. It's mostly about how Q is splitting his party apart, but it's interesting from a post-singularity standpoint how much he feels like the gravity of governing, of forming people's beliefs and actions, has moved away from DC and toward big tech.

Yeah, not so sure I have the temerity for day trading.

So the gyst of this article is that wealthier investors are bailing on the S&P 500 (read: GoogAmMicroAppTes) and moving toward "small cap" (smaller name, not the top 500) and international stocks.

And edging away from anything with a bulge in it's valuation. Bulge? Hmm, I need to look at my etymology, but I imagine that word has the same root as bubble.

Seeing this makes me want to file some patents.

Apparently, pedals that disconnect and are replaced by pegs is, um, patentable.

Fortunately, over the years, I've been talked out of going down this route many times. Patents are complicated, and really only worth something if you have intent to manufacture something, or lawyers. Still, I wonder.

Reading this article, it's pretty obvious that this woman's new bike is working a-ok in the cold. But it made me curious, I've had issues shooting video in the cold before, because batteries drain quicker. Or is that not true anymore? Something to research.

And what the heck, probably not the last we'll hear from this guy, but hopefully close to it...

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