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| + | == 2024 == | ||
| + | * '''2024.06.06''' I am jolted by an [https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci40616303/executive earthquake]. | ||
| + | * '''2024.05.30''' Former President of the United States Donald J. Trump is [https://www.metafilter.com/203950/Trump-Verdict-Thread convicted on 34 felony counts]. | ||
| + | * '''2024.04.08''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_April_8,_2024 Great North American Eclipse] [https://old.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFuckingLit/comments/1bzf0wn/the_total_solar_eclipse_crossing_the_united/ crosses North America]. | ||
| + | * '''2024.03.26''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key_Bridge_collapse Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapses] due to container ship collision. | ||
| + | * '''2024.03.05''' [[2024 Primary Election|California Primary Election]] | ||
| + | * '''2024.02.04''' [https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-02-04/potentially-historic-storm-brings-highest-risk-to-southern-california Atmospheric river drenches Southern California]. | ||
| + | * '''2024.01.31''' I test positive for Covid for the first time. | ||
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| + | == 2023 == | ||
| + | * '''2023.12.07''' Orange County Health Care Agency [https://github.com/klenwell/covid-19/issues/100 stops publishing daily Covid testing data]. | ||
| + | * '''2023.11.07''' Historic air hangars in Tustin, CA [https://abc7.com/tustin-historic-north-hangar-fire/14021243/ catch fire]. | ||
| + | * '''2023.10.07''' Hamas launches [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war surprise attack against Israel] from Gaza Strip. | ||
| + | * '''2023.10.03''' House of Representatives [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Removal_of_Kevin_McCarthy_as_Speaker_of_the_House votes to remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker]. | ||
| + | * '''2023.08.23''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeny_Prigozhin#Plane_crash Yevgeny Prigozhin] presumed dead in suspicious plane crash in Russia. | ||
| + | * '''2023.08.20''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Hilary_(2023) Tropical Storm Hilary] reaches Southern California. | ||
| + | * '''2023.08.08''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Hawaii_wildfires Wildfires in Maui] raze the town of Lāhainā. | ||
| + | * '''2023.07.12''' COVID finally catches Bob Wachter and [https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1679322231003033600 nearly kills him]. | ||
| + | * '''2023.07.09''' Intense rains lead to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2023_Northeastern_United_States_floods historic flooding] across northeast United States. | ||
| + | * '''2023.06.23''' Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin [https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-war-russia-nuclear-647a545db4e4628676ff7db5b1bded34 leads army toward Moscow]. | ||
| + | * '''2023.06.09''' Former U.S. President Donald Trump [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/us/politics/trump-indictment-charges-documents-justice-department.html indicted for mishandling classified documents]. | ||
| + | * '''2023.06.06''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20230606234140/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65828469 Smoke from Canadian wildfires] blankets major cities. | ||
| + | * '''2023.04.22''' The Fantasmic dragon, Murphy, [https://old.reddit.com/r/Disneyland/comments/12vxwh5/maleficent_couldnt_take_the_power_of_mickey/ catches fire] at Disneyland. | ||
| + | * '''2023.04.18''' Fox News settles defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for [https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/04/18/business/fox-news-dominion-trial-settlement $787.5 million]. A week later, [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/24/business/media/tucker-carlson-fox-news-dismissal.html they shitcan Tucker Carlson]. | ||
| + | * '''2023.03.21''' [https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35914856/shohei-ohtani-fans-mike-trout-final-japan-wins-wbc Shohei Ohtani strikes out Mike Trout] to win World Baseball Classic for Japan. | ||
| + | * '''2023.03.09''' There is a [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35086836 run on Silicon Valley Bank]. (I would learn that SVB is my company's bank the next day.) | ||
| + | * '''2023.02.28''' [https://www.kqed.org/news/11941075/californias-covid-emergency-ends-feb-28-what-does-that-actually-mean-for-you California COVID state of emergency ends]. | ||
| + | * '''2023.02.06''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Turkey%E2%80%93Syria_earthquake 7.8 earthquake strikes Turkey and Syria]. | ||
| + | * '''2023.01.22''' [https://chinesenewyear.net/zodiac/rabbit/ Lunar New Year 2023]. Also day I happen to complete [https://twitter.com/klenwell/status/1617236353254821890 Advent of Code 2022]. | ||
| + | * '''2023.01.13''' Area CEO [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34363743 bricks several Twitter clients], including [https://twitter.com/PlumeApp/status/1613891553524678657 the one] I've used for years. | ||
== 2022 == | == 2022 == | ||
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* '''2016.01.16''' Signed up for [https://www.gjopen.com/ Good Judgment Project]. | * '''2016.01.16''' Signed up for [https://www.gjopen.com/ Good Judgment Project]. | ||
* '''2016.01.11''' Dropped Verizon in favor of T-Mobile | * '''2016.01.11''' Dropped Verizon in favor of T-Mobile | ||
| − | * '''2016.01.10''' David Bowie dies / I | + | * '''2016.01.10''' David Bowie dies / I leave First American Trust. |
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2024
- 2024.06.06 I am jolted by an earthquake.
- 2024.05.30 Former President of the United States Donald J. Trump is convicted on 34 felony counts.
- 2024.04.08 Great North American Eclipse crosses North America.
- 2024.03.26 Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapses due to container ship collision.
- 2024.03.05 California Primary Election
- 2024.02.04 Atmospheric river drenches Southern California.
- 2024.01.31 I test positive for Covid for the first time.
2023
- 2023.12.07 Orange County Health Care Agency stops publishing daily Covid testing data.
- 2023.11.07 Historic air hangars in Tustin, CA catch fire.
- 2023.10.07 Hamas launches surprise attack against Israel from Gaza Strip.
- 2023.10.03 House of Representatives votes to remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker.
- 2023.08.23 Yevgeny Prigozhin presumed dead in suspicious plane crash in Russia.
- 2023.08.20 Tropical Storm Hilary reaches Southern California.
- 2023.08.08 Wildfires in Maui raze the town of Lāhainā.
- 2023.07.12 COVID finally catches Bob Wachter and nearly kills him.
- 2023.07.09 Intense rains lead to historic flooding across northeast United States.
- 2023.06.23 Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin leads army toward Moscow.
- 2023.06.09 Former U.S. President Donald Trump indicted for mishandling classified documents.
- 2023.06.06 Smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets major cities.
- 2023.04.22 The Fantasmic dragon, Murphy, catches fire at Disneyland.
- 2023.04.18 Fox News settles defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million. A week later, they shitcan Tucker Carlson.
- 2023.03.21 Shohei Ohtani strikes out Mike Trout to win World Baseball Classic for Japan.
- 2023.03.09 There is a run on Silicon Valley Bank. (I would learn that SVB is my company's bank the next day.)
- 2023.02.28 California COVID state of emergency ends.
- 2023.02.06 7.8 earthquake strikes Turkey and Syria.
- 2023.01.22 Lunar New Year 2023. Also day I happen to complete Advent of Code 2022.
- 2023.01.13 Area CEO bricks several Twitter clients, including the one I've used for years.
2022
- 2022.12.30 CDC warns about new COVID Omicron variant XBB 1.5.
- 2022.12.26 I solve the final puzzle of the 2022 Advent of Code. (Still a few to do.)
- 2022.12.01 2022 Advent of Code begins. Let the memes fly!
- 2022.11.30 OpenAI releases ChatGPT.
- 2022.11.11 FTX files for bankruptcy, CEO resigns. Bizarre fortune cookies suddenly make sense.
- 2022.11.08 Democrats perform better than expected in 2022 General Election.
- 2022.10.30 I drop my vote-by-mail ballot for the 2022 General Election in my local drop box.
- 2022.10.20 Head of lettuce outlasts Liz Truss, who resigns as Prime Minister of Britain.
- 2022.09.09 Tropical Storm Kay ends Southern California heat wave.
- 2022.08.30 Intense heat wave hits California.
- 2022.08.09 I am granted DALL·E access.
- 2022.07.21 President Biden tests positive for COVID. He recovers without being helicoptered to Walter Reed.
- 2022.07.11 I complete the New York Times crossword 365 days in a row.
- 2022.07.03 Bob Wachter explains implications of spreading COVID BA.5 variant.
- 2022.06.26 I sign up for Open AI playground to play with GPT-3.
- 2022.06.24 Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade. Heather Cox Richardson puts the decision in context.
- 2022.06.21 I start a new job.
- 2022.06.08 I break down the COVID waves in Orange County, CA.
- 2022.05.24 Shooter kills 21 at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX.
- 2022.05.20 While the second Omicron surge grows, media and epidemiologists getting worried about monkeypox outbreak.
- 2022.05.02 Leaked Supreme Court decision foretells Roe v Wade being overturned.
- 2022.03.07 I update my OC COVID immunity projections.
- 2022.02.23 Russia invades Ukraine.
- 2022.02.13 Los Angeles Rams win Super Bowl LVI.
- 2022.02.08 Eric Feigl-Ding warns about Omicron 2.0.
- 2022.01.15 Hunga Tonga volcano erupts.
- 2022.01.13 Stack Overflow announces that it is sunsetting Jobs and Developer Story.
2021
- 2021.12.17 I receive my booster shot at Walgreen's.
- 2021.12.14 Storm drops about an inch and half of rain here in Orange County.
- 2021.11.25 Omicron COVID-19 variant makes headlines.
- 2021.11.24 Strong Santa Ana winds drops a heavy tree branch on our roof.
- 2021.10.24 Bomb cyclone drenches Northern California.
- 2021.10.01 Map visualizes spread of COVID-19 in the United States.
- 2021.09.17 I receive first ShakeAlert on phone seconds before 4.3 magnitude Carson earthquake.
- 2021.09.02 Supreme Court allows Texas anti-abortion law S.B. 8 to take effect.
- 2021.09.01 Three days after making landfall in Louisana, remnants of Hurricane Ida flood New York City.
- 2021.08.30 The American war in Afghanistan ends.
- 2021.08.15 Afghan president flees country as Taliban enter Kabul.
- 2021.07.30 Bob Wachter, Chair of the UCSF Department of Medicine, summarizes the new CDC announcement on the Delta variant.
- 2021.07.26 I start a new job. Also, it rains in Southern California in July!
- 2021.07.18 I complete the New York Times crossword 7 days in a row.
- 2021.06.27 I write a cheat script for the New York Times Spelling Bee game (but mostly avoid using it).
- 2021.06.26 Heat wave in Pacific Northwest makes the case for extreme climate change.
- 2021.06.24 Condo tower collapses in Seaside, Florida.
- 2021.06.14 I am returned to the office.
- 2021.05.11 I receive my second vaccination shot.
- 2021.04.30 Disneyland reopens after being closed over a year due to COVID-19.
- 2021.04.20 I receive my first vaccination shot.
- 2021.03.21 I estimate COVID immunity levels in Orange County.
- 2021.03.14 Updates data source for daily US COVID-19 export from Atlantic COVID Tracking Project to federal government.
- 2021.02.14 Winter storm devastates Texas.
- 2021.01.06 Trump urges right-wing mob to storm Capitol as Congress certifies Joe Biden’s election victory.
- 2021.01.01 The New Year begins with a new mild Santa Ana blowing through Southern California. Rose Parade cancelled due to COVID-19.
2020
- 2020.12.28 I start a new job.
- 2020.12.02 Santa Ana winds start the Bond Fire.
- 2020.11.07 Joseph R. Biden Jr. elected 46th President of the United States.
- 2020.11.03 America goes to the polls. (Or doesn't if, like me, they voted by mail.)
- 2020.11.02 I explain the different types of OC COVID-19 test data.
- 2020.10.27 Dodgers win World Series for first time since 1988!
- 2020.10.23 I am laid off.
- 2020.10.11 Los Angeles Lakers win 2020 NBA Championship.
- 2020.10.01 President Trump reveals he has tested positive for the coronavirus.
- 2020.09.07 I make the mistake of clicking on Universal Paperclips.
- 2020.09.06 Historically hot Labor Day weekend in California spawns (more) wildfires and smoke. (Real-time satellite view.)
- 2020.09.02 I review the COVID-19 numbers for OC in August and make a few predictions for September.
- 2020.08.23 Trump pushes emergency authorization of convalescent plasma for COVID-19 through FDA.
- 2020.08.22 I analyze the surge in COVID-19 cases in Orange County this summer.
- 2020.08.09 Hacker News comment introduces me to the world's only alpine parrot, the magnificent Kea.
- 2020.08.04 Massive explosion devastates Beirut, Lebanon.
- 2020.07.27 If you're a baseball fan and a covid fan, then do I have the Reddit thread for you: https://redd.it/hyrybi
- 2020.07.18 I share on Reddit my analysis of reporting times for OC HCA positive COVID-19 cases.
- 2020.07.13 I share my thoughts on Reddit about the Social Distancing Scoreboard for Orange County.
- 2020.07.03 Big swell and high tides flood Balboa Peninsula.
- 2020.06.24 I host a tour of my virtual workspace for Vital Link's Orange Coast College NEXT Academy.
- 2020.06.14 I endeavor to explain WTF is going through everyone's head regarding COVID-19.
- 2020.06.07 I make a prediction regarding a COVID-19 milestone in Orange County.
- 2020.06.01 I share my confusion about OC Health Care Agency COVID-19 data reporting on Reddit.
- 2020.05.30 I add a COVID-19 wiki page.
- 2020.05.23 I try to organize my thoughts on the Orange County C19 data.
- 2020.05.20 For comparison (and because my company also has an office there), a C19 spreadsheet for Michigan Region 6.
- 2020.05.16 I create a spreadsheet to track C19 testing and cases in Orange County.
- 2020.05.01 Per NY Times, US ends April with 7-day average of 28,815 daily new C19 cases.
- 2020.04.18 Paul O'Neill dies. I don't have many business heroes. He was one of them. On his Keystone Habits.
- 2020.03.22 I discover Google Messages for texting on web.
- 2020.03.18 I start working from home full-time.
- 2020.03.11 NBA suspends its season due to COVID-19 outbreak.
- 2020.03.10 My last time going to the gym for a while.
- 2020.03.07 I adjust my home desk based on a wikiHow article to alleviate pain in back of neck and update this server's version of certbot.
- 2020.02.22 Clayton Kershaw threw 51 breaking balls/sliders in game 5 of the 2017 World Series and didn't get a single swing and miss.
- 2020.02.13 Joe Matthews explains why Real ID is a wasteful citizen-hostile anti-immigrant invasion of privacy by the Federal government.
- 2020.01.31 New York Times chart persuades me coronavirus fears are not all hysteria.
- 2020.01.11 I sign up for HBO NOW expressly to watch The Favourite.
- 2020.01.02 I am stricken ill with flu.
2019
- 2019.12.23 The Santiago Peak Live Webcam begins streaming on Youtube.
- 2019.12.22 My Goodreads Year in Books: https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2019/64065710
- 2019.12.02 I watch Knives Out.
- 2019.11.27 Thanksgiving Bomb Cyclone skirts Southern California.
- 2019.11.25 I take train to San Diego for business meeting.
- 2019.11.18 I watch Ford v Ferrari.
- 2019.11.11 Boris Johnson's bizarre bus-making hobby explained.
- 2019.11.04 I visit Winston-Salem, NC on business.
- 2019.10.28 Getty Fire starts.
- 2019.09.23 Wiki is unavailable for approximately 18 hours due to MySQL outage caused by OOM error.
- 2019.09.13 In which I propose a new Comedy Central series involving Rock-Paper-Scissors.
- 2019.09.12 Hacker News asks, "Are you ok?"
- 2019.09.11 Daniel Johnston dies.
- 2019.08.29 Interview questions for an HR Director candidate.
- 2019.08.25 In which I ponder hypnosis.
- 2019.07.05 M7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake
- 2019.06.25 Presented Hiring in a Time of Cargo Culturalism to LearningFuze Web Development Bootcamp.
- 2019.06.15 Volunteered at Los Angeles Regional Food Bank.
- 2019.05.31 Released new wiki at wiki.klenwell.com.
- 2019.04.30 I share my Proof Point idea on Hacker News.
- 2019.04.26 Attended Doing Good 2019 Conference in Scottsdale, AZ.
- 2019.02.19 Presented Veni Vidi Wiki to 211OC for volunteer project.
- 2019.01.14 Presented World of Crudcraft at OUSD Innovation for the Future event.
- 2019.01.09 I score 72 points on Hacker News sharing a favorite passage from Kitchen Confidential.
2018
- 2018.11.14 Visited Melbourne, FL for Advisory Board meeting.
- 2018.08.13 I have a positive experience on a Stack Exchange site.
- 2018.05.07 Attended Doing Good 2018 Conference in Austin, TX.
- 2018.05.05 Sister's wedding in Maui, HI.
- 2018.02.02 Returned from 3-day trip to home office in Grand Rapids, MI.
- 2018.01.26 Started new Lead Engineer position at FormulaFolios.
2017
- 2017.01.29 Wrote congressional representatives in opposition to Trump Executive Order banning migrants and refugees.
- 2017.01.07 Enabled HTTPS with Let's Encrypt.
2016
- 2016.08.08 Started new Lead Developer position at Chapman University.
- 2016.07.08 Upgraded WikkaWiki to version 1.3.7.
- 2016.07.07 Moved blog to wordpress.com.
- 2016.06.16 Restyled home page.
- 2016.01.16 Signed up for Good Judgment Project.
- 2016.01.11 Dropped Verizon in favor of T-Mobile
- 2016.01.10 David Bowie dies / I leave First American Trust.
