Welcome. Much of the continental United States is seeing winter storms this week, snowfall and icefall, astonishing chilly. Some three million persons are nonetheless without electricity in Texas; a buddy in Dallas described it as “quarantine in quarantine.” I hope you’re inside and protecting secure. If you’re making an attempt to remain heat at dwelling, experts advise closing off rooms you’re not utilizing, shutting curtains and blinds to maintain the warmth in. Here are some more tips from my former colleagues at Lifehacker.
I appreciated studying about ambience videos, a style of atmospheric soundscapes on YouTube that goal to recreate peaceable settings, like a Paris cafe. While you’re inside, why not make issues as cozy as doable? So far, I’ve frolicked on a beach in Thailand and in a elaborate couchette on a long-distance train ride.
Actual, honest-to-goodness journey is perhaps an possibility for the totally vaccinated, principally these over 65 who’ve obtained their second shot. Vacationers nonetheless must be cautious, in fact, however this story about seniors reserving journeys will get you fascinated by your future plans, about all that could be possible in a number of months or a 12 months.
Right now, we’re doing what we are able to to deal. Opera singers in England are providing customized singing lessons to assist these recovering from Covid-19 with their respiratory. Our parenting columnist, Jessica Grose, has recommendation for figuring out summer plans for your kids. (“I think things are not as dire this summer. We have a lot to be optimistic about,” one specialist instructed her, with caveats.) In his newest Tech Fix column, Brian X. Chen spells out how to buy a real N95 mask online.
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Last week I requested about your favorite music videos. Flavia Schepmans, 49, wrote from Paris about A-ha’s 1985 video for “Take On Me”:
I used to be 12 years previous once I first watched this music video on MTV. I used to be immediately hooked by the revolutionary use of real-life characters getting into a grey caricature world. Technically, it was mesmerizing. The story line was sturdy. And it didn’t damage that the track itself was lovely. Nearly 40 years later, I’m nonetheless in love with this ’80s synth-pop hit and the tragic romance story that unfolds inside its video.
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Have you watched “Halt and Catch Fire,” the 1980s-set collection in regards to the daybreak of private computing? The technologist Ashley Blewer has created a syllabus for the show, together with readings and subjects for dialogue and reflection. The present is tremendous, and the syllabus gives the right excuse to get collectively a number of buddies for an immersive co-watching expertise.
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At Wired, Paul Ford has mapped “The Secret, Essential Geography of the Office,” which incorporates “weeping paths” and different “teensy little geographies shared between humans.”
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And when you want a hug immediately, go to The Nicest Place on the Internet, a reboot of a easy internet delight from 2011.
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