An Emergency Surgery Status Update

2023 has been challenging and I've been offline for most of it. Many reasons, but I wanted to post this status update both to remind you I'm still around and to show you an example of why I've found myself occupied in other areas than computing this year. I had to have a serious emergency surgery a few weeks ago. Here's a brief semi-synopsis.

Folding@Home – Joint The Fight Against COVID-19

Want to join the fight against COVID-19 & don't know how cause you're not a doctor, scientist, etc.? There's a great way anyone can help. You can donate unused computing power from your computer to Folding@Home, a distributed computing project for simulating protein dynamics, focusing on disease research including COVID-19. "The problems we’re solving require …

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Governors reopening their states are endangering American lives

I ran across this excellent article I wish I had written by Jill Filipovic on CNN. For those of you who feel the few Republican governors who are doing this are doing so prematurely and stupidly and thus unnecessarily risking the lives of their respective states's citizens, this article will more than confirm that belief. …

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Some Hard Facts and Words about COVID-19, the U.S. Response and What Actual Reality Is and Will Be

This 3,000 word article was published on Medium yesterday. It contains a lot of information, statistics and cold realities most Americans haven't been told and aren't aware of. Recommended reading for those who feel frustrated by the denials, inconsistencies, lies and hypocrisy coming out of our federal government, among others. THIS LINK will take you …

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