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+ | == 2023 == | ||
+ | * '''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 == | ||
+ | * '''2022.12.30''' [https://twitter.com/CDCgov/status/1608875608096006146 CDC warns] about new COVID Omicron variant [https://www.axios.com/2022/12/31/xbb15-covid-variant-symptoms-new-england-omicron XBB 1.5]. | ||
+ | * '''2022.12.26''' I solve the [https://adventofcode.com/2022/day/25 final puzzle] of the [https://adventofcode.com/2022 2022 Advent of Code]. (Still [https://github.com/klenwell/code-challenges/tree/main/python/advent-of-code/2022 a few to do].) | ||
+ | * '''2022.12.01''' [https://adventofcode.com/2022 2022 Advent of Code] begins. Let [https://old.reddit.com/r/adventofcode/ the memes] fly! | ||
+ | * '''2022.11.30''' [https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/ OpenAI] releases [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33804874 ChatGPT]. | ||
+ | * '''2022.11.11''' [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33561234 FTX files for bankruptcy, CEO resigns]. [https://twitter.com/klenwell/status/1592178164675252226 Bizarre fortune cookies] suddenly [https://twitter.com/klenwell/status/1592178452907839490 make sense]. | ||
+ | * '''2022.11.08''' Democrats perform better than expected in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_elections 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''' [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/19/world/europe/liz-truss-lettuce-stream.html Head of lettuce outlasts Liz Truss], who resigns as Prime Minister of Britain. | ||
+ | * '''2022.09.09''' [https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-09/tropical-storm-kay-southern-california-mexico-heat-wave Tropical Storm Kay] ends Southern California [https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/usa/costa-mesa/historic?hd=20220909 heat wave]. | ||
+ | * '''2022.08.30''' Intense [https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/usa/costa-mesa/historic?hd=20220830 heat wave] [https://twitter.com/NWSLosAngeles/status/1564778753191923712 hits California]. | ||
+ | * '''2022.08.09''' I am granted [https://twitter.com/klenwell/status/1557152136588247040 DALL·E access]. | ||
+ | * '''2022.07.21''' President Biden [https://old.reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/w4i2iw/joe_biden_tests_positive_for_covid/ tests positive for COVID]. He recovers [https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-tested-negative-covid-his-physician-says-2022-07-27/ without being helicoptered to Walter Reed]. | ||
+ | * '''2022.07.11''' I complete the [https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords New York Times crossword] 365 days in a row. | ||
+ | * '''2022.07.03''' Bob Wachter [https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1543780581074292739 explains implications of spreading COVID BA.5 variant]. | ||
+ | * '''2022.06.26''' I sign up for [https://beta.openai.com/playground Open AI playground] to play with GPT-3. | ||
+ | * '''2022.06.24''' [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/24/us/roe-wade-overturned-supreme-court.html Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade]. Heather Cox Richardson [https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-24-2022 puts the decision in context]. | ||
+ | * '''2022.06.21''' I start a new job. | ||
+ | * '''2022.06.08''' I break down the [https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusOC/comments/v8321v/oc_covid_waves/ COVID waves in Orange County, CA]. | ||
+ | * '''2022.05.24''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robb_Elementary_School_shooting Shooter kills 21 at Robb Elementary School] in Uvalde, TX. | ||
+ | * '''2022.05.20''' While the [https://twitter.com/EpiEllie/status/1527642211021733890 second Omicron surge grows], media and epidemiologists getting worried about [https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/s0518-monkeypox-case.html monkeypox outbreak]. | ||
+ | * '''2022.05.02''' [https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/05/02/us/roe-v-wade-abortion-supreme-court Leaked Supreme Court decision foretells Roe v Wade being overturned]. | ||
+ | * '''2022.03.07''' I update my [https://github.com/klenwell/covid-19/pull/54 OC COVID immunity projections]. | ||
+ | * '''2022.02.23''' [https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/02/23/world/russia-ukraine-putin Russia invades Ukraine]. | ||
+ | * '''2022.02.13''' Los Angeles Rams [https://www.latimes.com/sports/rams/story/2022-02-13/super-bowl-2022-la-rams-cincinnati-rams-nfl win Super Bowl LVI]. | ||
+ | * '''2022.02.08''' Eric Feigl-Ding warns about [https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1491309604692951040 Omicron 2.0]. | ||
+ | * '''2022.01.15''' [https://old.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/s4imrz/tongas_hunga_tonga_volcano_just_had_one_of_the/ Hunga Tonga volcano erupts]. | ||
+ | * '''2022.01.13''' Stack Overflow announces that it is [https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/415293/sunsetting-jobs-developer-story sunsetting Jobs and Developer Story]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | == 2021 == | ||
+ | * '''2021.12.17''' I receive my booster shot at Walgreen's. | ||
+ | * '''2021.12.14''' [https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-14/storm-of-the-season-delivers-rain-snow-and-wind-to-socal Storm] drops about an inch and half of rain here in Orange County. | ||
+ | * '''2021.11.25''' [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/25/world/variant-south-africa-covid.html Omicron COVID-19 variant] makes headlines. | ||
+ | * '''2021.11.24''' [https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-11-25/thanksgiving-brings-strong-winds-power-shutoffs-fire-danger Strong Santa Ana winds] drops a heavy tree branch on our roof. | ||
+ | * '''2021.10.24''' [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/us/bomb-cyclone-california-atmospheric-river.html Bomb cyclone] drenches Northern California. | ||
+ | * '''2021.10.01''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVqMQSA0LZo Map] visualizes spread of COVID-19 in the United States. | ||
+ | * '''2021.09.17''' I receive first [https://www.shakealert.org/ ShakeAlert] on phone seconds before [https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci39812319/executive 4.3 magnitude Carson earthquake]. | ||
+ | * '''2021.09.02''' [https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-2-2021 Supreme Court allows Texas anti-abortion law S.B. 8 to take effect]. | ||
+ | * '''2021.09.01''' Three days after making landfall in Louisana, [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/02/nyregion/ida-flooding-nyc.html remnants of Hurricane Ida flood New York City]. | ||
+ | * '''2021.08.30''' The American war in Afghanistan [https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-30-2021 ends]. | ||
+ | * '''2021.08.15''' [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/15/world/asia/jalalabad-falls.html Afghan president flees country] as Taliban enter Kabul. | ||
+ | * '''2021.07.30''' Bob Wachter, Chair of the UCSF Department of Medicine, [https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1420974027112292354 summarizes the new CDC announcement on the Delta variant]. | ||
+ | * '''2021.07.26''' I start a new job. Also, it [https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-26/july-rain-southern-california rains in Southern California in July]! | ||
+ | * '''2021.07.18''' I complete the [https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords New York Times crossword] 7 days in a row. | ||
+ | * '''2021.06.27''' I write a [https://github.com/tatwell/buzzkill cheat script] for the [https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/spelling-bee New York Times Spelling Bee game] (but mostly avoid using it). | ||
+ | * '''2021.06.26''' [https://www.npr.org/2021/06/29/1011269025/photos-the-pacific-northwest-heatwave-is-melting-power-cables-and-buckling-roads Heat wave in Pacific Northwest] makes the case for extreme climate change. | ||
+ | * '''2021.06.24''' [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/24/us/miami-building-collapse-survivors.html Condo tower collapses in Seaside, Florida]. | ||
+ | * '''2021.06.14''' I am returned to the office. | ||
+ | * '''2021.05.11''' I receive [https://ocfair.com/county-opens-vaccine-super-pod-at-oc-fair-event-center/ my second vaccination shot]. | ||
+ | * '''2021.04.30''' [https://www.ocregister.com/2021/04/30/disneyland-reopens-to-the-public-after-13-month-coronavirus-closure/ Disneyland reopens] after being closed over a year due to COVID-19. | ||
+ | * '''2021.04.20''' I receive [https://ocfair.com/county-opens-vaccine-super-pod-at-oc-fair-event-center/ my first vaccination shot]. | ||
+ | * '''2021.03.21''' I estimate [https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusOC/comments/m9ztq5/oc_covid19_immunity_vulnerability_estimates/ COVID immunity levels in Orange County]. | ||
+ | * '''2021.03.14''' [https://github.com/klenwell/covid-19/pull/45 Updates data source for daily US COVID-19 export] from [https://covidtracking.com/analysis-updates/covid-tracking-project-end-march-7 Atlantic COVID Tracking Project] to federal government. | ||
+ | * '''2021.02.14''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_13%E2%80%9317,_2021_North_American_winter_storm Winter storm] [https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/21/weather/texas-winter-storm-timeline/index.html devastates Texas]. | ||
+ | * '''2021.01.06''' [https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/06/us/electoral-vote 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 [https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2020/12/2/bond-fire/ Bond Fire]. | ||
+ | * '''2020.11.07''' [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/07/us/politics/biden-election.html Joseph R. Biden Jr. elected 46th President of the United States]. | ||
+ | * '''2020.11.03''' [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_elections America goes to the polls]. (Or doesn't if, like me, they voted by mail.) | ||
+ | * '''2020.11.02''' I explain the [https://klenwell.wordpress.com/2020/11/02/oc-hca-covid-test-data/ different types of OC COVID-19 test data]. | ||
+ | * '''2020.10.27''' [https://old.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/jjgmix/the_los_angeles_dodgers_are_the_2020_world_series/ Dodgers win World Series for first time since 1988]! | ||
+ | * '''2020.10.23''' I am laid off. | ||
+ | * '''2020.10.11''' [https://old.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/j9i88f/post_game_thread_the_los_angeles_lakers_defeat/ Los Angeles Lakers win 2020 NBA Championship]. | ||
+ | * '''2020.10.01''' [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/us/politics/trump-covid.html President Trump reveals he has tested positive for the coronavirus]. | ||
+ | * '''2020.09.07''' I make the mistake of clicking on [https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/ Universal Paperclips]. | ||
+ | * '''2020.09.06''' Historically hot Labor Day weekend in California [https://twitter.com/DrewTumaABC7/status/1302817575311564800 spawns (more) wildfires and smoke]. ([https://zoom.earth/#view=36.93,-121.64,6z/date=2020-09-09,10:00,-7/layers=fires Real-time satellite view].) | ||
+ | * '''2020.09.02''' I [https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusOC/comments/ilb1rr/august_oc_covid19_totals/ review the COVID-19 numbers for OC in August] and make a few [https://old.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusOC/comments/ilb1rr/august_oc_covid19_totals/g3sak7j/ predictions for September]. | ||
+ | * '''2020.08.23''' Trump pushes [https://www.reddit.com/user/klenwell/comments/ifhnpo/on_fda_emergency_use_authorization_for/ emergency authorization of convalescent plasma for COVID-19 through FDA]. | ||
+ | * '''2020.08.22''' I [https://www.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusOC/comments/iekd0s/analysis_did_shutdown_at_beginning_of_july_help/ analyze the surge in COVID-19 cases in Orange County this summer]. | ||
+ | * '''2020.08.09''' [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24099491 Hacker News comment] introduces me to the world's only alpine parrot, the magnificent [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kea Kea]. | ||
+ | * '''2020.08.04''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp-n-ghagok&feature=youtu.be 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 [https://www.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusOC/comments/htjfu4/average_reporting_time_based_on_oc_hca_positive/ share on Reddit] my analysis of [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cu27ScS-pTrS2B9RAiXCNWnZR2Q1xGRcj4kMpaqoE7I/edit?usp=sharing reporting times for OC HCA positive COVID-19 cases]. | ||
+ | * '''2020.07.13''' I [https://www.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusOC/comments/hqr485/oc_covid19_social_distancing_scoreboard/ share my thoughts on Reddit] about the [https://www.unacast.com/covid19/social-distancing-scoreboard?view=county&fips=06059 Social Distancing Scoreboard for Orange County]. | ||
+ | * '''2020.07.03''' Big swell and high tides [https://www.reddit.com/r/orangecounty/comments/hkww4z/flooding_in_newport_beach/ flood Balboa Peninsula]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * '''2020.06.24''' I host a [[Event:20200624_OCC_NEXT_Virtual_Tour|tour of my virtual workspace]] for Vital Link's Orange Coast College NEXT Academy. | ||
+ | * '''2020.06.14''' I endeavor to explain [https://www.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusOC/comments/h8x2sn/oc_decided_to_pretend_covid19_doesnt_exist/futkom0/ WTF is going through everyone's head] regarding COVID-19. | ||
+ | * '''2020.06.07''' I make [https://www.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusOC/comments/gyjsr7/when_do_you_predict_1_in_100_will_people_test/ a prediction] regarding a COVID-19 milestone in Orange County. | ||
+ | * '''2020.06.01''' I share my [https://www.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusOC/comments/gum21r/oc_hca_covid19_data_reporting_patterns/fsj59rf/ confusion] about [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT9eYfPlP-DPV691j5Z-6eVbYCAbuCTDXiNOO3r1z5KfuXvcQXrDUau8wBzFCBZCjT7zFm3SDN3PcrC/pubhtml OC Health Care Agency COVID-19 data reporting] on [https://www.reddit.com/r/CoronavirusOC/comments/gum21r/oc_hca_covid19_data_reporting_patterns/ Reddit]. | ||
+ | * '''2020.05.30''' I add a [[COVID-19]] wiki page. | ||
+ | * '''2020.05.23''' I try to organize my thoughts on the [https://klenwell.wordpress.com/2020/05/23/oc-covid-19-data/ Orange County C19 data]. | ||
+ | * '''2020.05.20''' For comparison (and because my company also has an office there), a [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRV4kLlvYzEZN4AKLFXjQN3nqheEQY_D3DaE8I_O3Odg4w_CP4t00N2IFBmggTjcYLAoOpIAQPvPhRX/pubhtml# C19 spreadsheet for Michigan Region 6]. | ||
+ | * '''2020.05.16''' I create a [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSxCDL6xIQll_G3zW737SwkjB_Y9i5stL6ccF4Z3jFCLgaLDcrWIfquzc99DnYk_QUQQuiQbsgsXiJQ/pubhtml spreadsheet to track C19 testing and cases in Orange County]. | ||
+ | * '''2020.05.01''' Per [https://github.com/nytimes/covid-19-data/blob/60957d3f83fe5da4fe333c0698f1c971336cd1ac/us.csv NY Times], [https://twitter.com/klenwell/status/1256225002149548033 US ends April with 7-day average of 28,815 daily new C19 cases]. | ||
+ | * '''2020.04.18''' [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/us/politics/paul-oneill-dead.html Paul O'Neill dies]. I don't have many business heroes. He was one of them. On his [http://txti.es/duhigg-keystone-habits Keystone Habits]. | ||
+ | * '''2020.03.22''' I discover [https://messages.google.com/ Google Messages] for texting on web. | ||
+ | * '''2020.03.18''' I start working from home full-time. | ||
+ | * '''2020.03.11''' [https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/fh8e8c/charania_the_nba_has_suspended_its_season/ 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 [https://www.wikihow.com/Sit-at-a-Computer a wikiHow article] to alleviate pain in back of neck and [https://github.com/geerlingguy/ansible-role-certbot/issues/103 update this server's version of certbot]. | ||
+ | * '''2020.02.22''' [https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/f7w3yq/kershaw_threw_51_breaking_ballssliders_in_game_5/ 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 [https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/zocalos-connecting-california/lets-get-real-about-real-id explains] why Real ID is [https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2020/02/11/real-id-is-awful/ideas/connecting-california/ a wasteful citizen-hostile anti-immigrant invasion of privacy by the Federal government]. | ||
+ | * '''2020.01.31''' [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/asia/china-coronavirus-contain.html#virulence New York Times chart] persuades me coronavirus fears are not all hysteria. | ||
+ | * '''2020.01.11''' I sign up for HBO NOW expressly to watch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYb-wkehT1g The Favourite]. | ||
+ | * '''2020.01.02''' I am stricken ill with flu. | ||
== 2019 == | == 2019 == | ||
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* '''2019.02.19''' Presented [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSP-2L0Hg0lEaq7jLyFhDDaDgmo4uTheafl4WTEO15MXCLxZc6hg6RFOyiyYR3P96uLwxdKQh9LeSjp/pub Veni Vidi Wiki] to [https://www.211oc.org/ 211OC] for volunteer project. | * '''2019.02.19''' Presented [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSP-2L0Hg0lEaq7jLyFhDDaDgmo4uTheafl4WTEO15MXCLxZc6hg6RFOyiyYR3P96uLwxdKQh9LeSjp/pub Veni Vidi Wiki] to [https://www.211oc.org/ 211OC] for volunteer project. | ||
* '''2019.01.14''' Presented [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSUti38c6qSkZtmHbPt46Ofz3oKc6vQ5-0JVWZmZZBCxEdfwUfEAIlxFbjzeCVP9igtg2cyd9kpnJ2m/pub World of Crudcraft] at OUSD Innovation for the Future event. | * '''2019.01.14''' Presented [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vSUti38c6qSkZtmHbPt46Ofz3oKc6vQ5-0JVWZmZZBCxEdfwUfEAIlxFbjzeCVP9igtg2cyd9kpnJ2m/pub World of Crudcraft] at OUSD Innovation for the Future event. | ||
− | * '''2019.01.09''' I score 72 points on Hacker News sharing [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18866034 a passage from ''Kitchen Confidential'']. | + | * '''2019.01.09''' I score 72 points on Hacker News sharing [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18866034 a favorite passage from ''Kitchen Confidential'']. |
== 2018 == | == 2018 == |
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2023
- 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 am walked out the door at First American Trust.