So I am very much on the idea of building my own websites, instead of Facebook. My recent article Upping my Facebook game is the first in a likely series considering all the details of using Facebook activities to first build your own preserved collection of your writings, and then secondly share them with Facebook so others can interact with them.

Several goals to this page:

1. Get stuff read - I open a lot of articles into new tabs, and then they just sit there. As a result, I often have over 90 tabs open. I am trying to keep that number down, so I decided to read them, make a quick note of their URL, and anything of note or to summarize them
2. Study the mechanism Facebook uses to provide the article previews with a lot of examples
3. Consider writing my own tool to produce previews of URLs
4. Consider how to format this wiki page so that an automated tool could combine all the links into a formatted page for Mobirise web editor, along with the notes I took.

• https://www.cpr.org/2020/04/24/state-clarifying-haircuts-and-other-personal-services-wont-reopen-monday/
  • The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies has clarified that personal service businesses, such as massage parlors, acupuncturists and hair and nail salons must wait until Friday, May 1 to open.
  • Meanwhile, some workers in the personal services industry worry that even next Friday may be too soon to open. An online petition asking Colorado to keep these businesses closed has already gathered nearly 8,000 signatures.
  • “I'm not comfortable with going back so soon,” said Brighton cosmetologist Anna Nelson. She has underlying conditions that put her at greater risk should she contract COVID-19 and her son has special needs. “I feel that it will compromise my health. It will compromise my son's health. Honestly, it would be irresponsible for me as a parent to even think about going back to work right now.”

• https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/solano-county-extends-stay-at-home-order-until-may-17/amp/

• https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2020/04/23/google-chrome-critical-security-exploit-windows-10-upgrade-warning-update-chrome-browser/amp/
  • In a fascinating post titled ‘You Won’t Believe what this One Line Change Did to the Chrome Sandbox’, Google’s Project Zero researcher James Forshaw revealed that Chrome is entirely reliant on the code of Windows 10 to stay secure. Moreover, Forshaw explains a new Windows 10 update recently broke through Chrome’s security with just a single line of misplaced code. Given Windows 10’s appalling recent update record, that’s not reassuring for either browser or platform
  • It’s important to point out that other Chromium-based browsers suffer the same risk (Opera, Brave, Microsoft’s new Edge browser), and that means you may tempted to quit Windows 10 if you are more wedded to your browser than your operating system

• https://lifehacker.com/are-you-charging-your-macbook-on-the-wrong-side-1843045306/amp
  • Charge from the right side, or get a cooling pad

• Ultimate Guide to CSS grid - https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/complete-css-grid-tutorial/amp/

• https://patch.com/california/novato/covid-19/2020-04-24

• https://www.syracuse.com/back-in-business/2020/04/coronavirus-can-i-hire-a-stylist-or-barber-to-cut-my-hair-in-the-backyard.html?outputType=amp
  • New York State cosmetology board denies barbers and stylists right to work in the back yard
  • If a licensed stylist or barber does give a backyard haircut to a client, he or she risks fines and a loss of their occupational license.
  • “A license holder is prohibited under the above order, from providing these services, even on the client’s front steps,” a state spokesperson said in response to questions from syracuse.com | The Post-Standard.

• https://www.t3.com/amp/news/samsung-galaxy-watch-has-apple-watch-beating-blood-pressure-monitor-tech
  • Samsung has figured out how to measure blood pressure with “pulse wave analysis” which uses the same sensors as its heart rate monitoring systems. It will initially roll out the update to its Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2, but any Galaxy Watch device is said to do the trick, as the feature will be rolled out to other devices in the range.
  • Although you will need a traditional blood-pressure cuff to calibrate the watch once a month, when calibrated your BP will be accessible at the touch of an app.

• https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/4/24/21233661/macos-arm-processor-transition-apps-developers-catalyst-wwdc

• https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-cuts-50-percent/364036/
  • “There are budget cuts and hiring freezes happening across marketing and across Google… We, along with the rest of marketing, have been asked to cut our budget by about half for H2.”
  • the collapse of travel related advertising may be one of the several contributing factors to a negative drag on earnings.
  • @searchmartin - When nearly 10% of your business is as a performance marketing supplier to Expedia and Priceline, and they stop advertising, the knock on effects are strong

• https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/what-happens-debt-collections-credit-score.amp
  • While laws spell out what debt collectors can do, keep in mind they can’t harass you with harmful threats, use obscene language, lie about who they represent or falsely claim you’ll be arrested, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
  • While paying the debt at this point helps, the negative notation that the account had to reach collections before it was paid will remain on your credit report. This can impact your credit score for five years. However, paying off your debt in collections will help improve your credit score in the long run, and it’s better to have a collection account marked “paid” rather than one that is still open or charged-off.
  • Either way, the Federal Trade Commission suggests disputing the debt in writing. Prepare to send the collector a letter disputing it and be as specific as possible about why you think the debt is wrong. Remember: You have the right to dispute any debt that you deem as erroneous.

• https://www.wjhl.com/national-coronavirus-coverage/clothing-company-offering-a-free-mask-to-every-american-so-we-can-stop-this-thing-in-its-tracks/amp/
  • Seeking donations on gofundme to make it possible.
  • Avi Brown, co-founder and CEO of Dhvani, said in the video the goal is to “put a mask on every American face so we can stop this thing in its track.”

• https://www.cnn.com/travel/amp/costa-deliziosa-last-cruise-ship-what-happened/index.html
  • When it set off on its trip, January 2020 with 2000 passengers, the 965-feet long vessel was among thousands of cruise ships plying the world's oceans. By the time the Deliziosa arrived back to Italy this week, it was the last cruise ship still at sea carrying significant numbers of passengers.
  • Those on board who completed the voyage have been revealing what it was like to cruise around the planet while the world descended into crisis – as destination after destination was struck from their itinerary, amid mounting fears the virus would climb aboard and wreak havoc.
  • Captain Nicolò Alba, on board the Costa Deliziosa.
  • Passengers Yolanda and Carlos Payá, posing on Easter Island during an early port call.
  • On March 13, Cruise Lines International Association, or CLIA, the body which oversees most major cruise companies, suspended operations from US ports, setting in motion a series of recalls that would see virtually all large leisure vessels scrambling to find safe harbor and get their passengers home.
  • “It was a strange situation because we practically saw the world closing down, with the various ports and countries that no longer allowed the arrival of people from outside,” he says
  • Alba and his team decided that the Deliziosa would head back to Europe. The official word from Costa was that the Deliziosa was going to continue its world cruise – just minus the port stops. The ship was still set to arrive back in Venice on April 26.Alba and his team decided that the Deliziosa would head back to Europe. The official word from Costa was that the Deliziosa was going to continue its world cruise – just minus the port stops. The ship was still set to arrive back in Venice on April 26.
  • When she realized they faced over a month at sea without docking, Seidler felt claustrophobic. By about day 10, she says, her mood had shifted.
  • “The average age on board was 75 years old, so were so worried. We just knew if we have [the virus] it's going to be an absolute catastrophe.” - Conny Seidler, dancer on board Costa Deliziosa
  • Hospitality workers on board work harder on days at sea, 12-14 hours a day
    • “It's Instagram,” says Seidler. “Of course, it all looks amazing, and I'm having fun, yeah, but let's keep in mind – this is what I said to my friend – you're forgetting, I've been stuck 40 days at sea. I am working every day. It's not all amazing.”
  • Despite anxieties, many of those on board recognized they were living in a bit of a bubble. While countries across the world introduced lockdowns, travel bans and social distancing measures, the Deliziosa's passengers continued to enjoy sunbathing, theater shows and fancy food.
  • One passenger passed away on board on April 6, according to port authorities in Italy, but the death was not believed to be related to coronavirus.
  • The ship arrived at its final port of call, Genoa, on Wednesday, April 22 and began disembarking that day. Costa coordinated travel back home for passengers, who were also issued with compensation.

• https://dronereviewsandnews.com/breaking-mavic-mini-drone-firmware-update-enables-manual-exposure-control-for-video/
  • Eric Larson: Should I do this update? Will it make a big difference? I try to preserve flying stability, and prevent them forcing any additional lockdowns or limitations on me, by avoiding all software updates.

• https://www.e-marketingassociates.com/blog/how-to-organically-grow-your-social-media-followers-in-2018-series-facebook-2

Here I am experimenting with tracking the threads where I engage in conversations. I post the same summaries as above, but then copy my comments, and with “Posted At:” keep a direct link to the FB article. Makes it easy to go back to specific threads to see what comments have been made, and maybe move those comments out to this page.

* https://www.facebook.com/700640646785456/posts/1478813925634787/

* https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2020/04/16/harvard-university-offers-67-free-online-courses-for-those-in-quarantine.html

Posted at: https://www.facebook.com/100000974491270/posts/3675893559119758/

Challenge: I shared my url in a closed group. The post had to wait for moderation, so I didnt know what it’s URL would be. And once the post was approved, it then gets a url, but the closed group does not allow sharing, so no way to get the URL to the posting, at least not with the iOS Facebook app. I had thought that saving to collection gave an item whose link could be gotten, but it turns out the link saved is to the article mentioned in the posting in the group, not the post itself. So probably the right thing to do is to look at Facebook over the web, and grab the URL from there. Yes that works….

• http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sharp-now.com%2Farticle-cosmetology-facts-about-covid.html&h=AT0VnXuJjWjIq-NeZ4xOAatkAhZw5C3mFqMxjB1oRaluQYJ7ZAot9gMsbC5PCrI05leAr-NyzYT2u5BjAVOdelkNJiI1ulp8GMftgYPcRvF1BYS-ZQYPCPDloexuhcg&s=1

Posted at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/OpenAmerica/permalink/227709718669416/

• https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2020/04/07/nikons-online-photography-classes-go-free-this-april.html
  • Nikon photography courses for free
  • Orrin Craig Winton I watched three of the classes this morning: Landscape photography, basics of photography, and cinematography thinking with the purple haired pixie girl…..
  • There is no direct link to specific classes, kind of a dumb interface. But I think now I understand depth of field, and how the programmed modes work. I understood what the programmed modes were doing, but it seemed silly to adjust one thing and have the other work against me, so I always went straight to playing with manual mode, but not having much idea what I was doing. But now I understand better why to use them (because of depth of field effects), so I am planning some time to play with them soon.

Posted at: https://www.facebook.com/100000974491270/posts/3675895335786247/

• https://www.searchenginejournal.com/content-marketing/
  • SEJ’s content marketing guide:
    • What is content marketing? And, why does it matter?
    • Content guidelines: Why your brand needs a style guide
    • How content marketing has evolved
    • How to scale your content creation needs
    • The goals of content marketing
    • Content marketing types case studies: How content marketing benefits companies
    • Top 14 tools that will help you create better content
    • 20 places to share your content
    • How to integrate content marketing & SEO
    • How to create an editorial calendar for content marketing in 5 easy steps

Posted at: https://www.facebook.com/100000974491270/posts/3677785478930566/