It was all action in those days – blood on the strings: Luigi Zamboni, for whom Rossini wrote the role of Figaro had urged Rossini and Francesco Sforza-Cesarini, the cash-strapped impresario of the Teatro Argentina, to engage his sister-in-law, Elisabetta…
Author: James Higham
The boy who asked why
Tuesday three
16. Johns Hopkins and more bent stats https://wmbriggs.com/post/31052/ Johns Hopkins is still mis-labeling the numbers on their COVID-19 Dashboard: “Confirmed cases include presumptive positive cases and probable cases, in accordance with CDC guidelines as of April 14.” No, the CDC…
You know you’re back in action when …
… obstacles start being strewn in your path. A simple task like ordering should be straightforward, but not when one yard supplies the right wood but won’t precut, another will precut but doesn’t have hardwood, though it is treated, a…
Tuesday too
14. Localism helps with Cv? Edward Spalton adds: “I thought this might be of possible interest. It is worth clicking the link for the Indian doctor’s story of her experience of the quarantine system in Kerala.” https://campaignforanindependentbritain.org.uk/could-pre-seventies-localism-have-halted-the-spread-of-covid-19/ 13. Cv is…
I can’t breathe either
Over at OoL
Churchill and Monty
A bit OTT from the actors, the uniform is wrong but never mind – the general idea was right with Monty in most cases, Patton supporters would beg to disagree.
Tuesday
7. Spread the lurve 6. Better not say monkey see, monkey do https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/black-lives-matter-protests-london-arrests-police-scuffles-a4456751.html 5. What do we do 4. Soviet control rooms … and their vintage beauty: https://designyoutrust.com/2018/01/vintage-beauty-soviet-control-rooms/ 3. We shall see 2. The lights are going out https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/05/ge-switches-off-light-bulb-business-after-almost-130-years/ 1.…