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covid days : 11 April

I was thinking about what would business and work be like after this pandemic. Connected to the internet became important in day to day life more at home than in the office. The cloud’s value to people and to businesses went up because of its accessibility . Mobility became important. Security and equipment reliability has become a concern.

We became more connected but largely physically apart. The old school in me says there is something wrong with that situation.

The laptop I call envy is still working BUT its running temperature is in the 80 – 90 °C and it even touches 95 °C so if I still want to use it should get a laptop cooler. But then what would I use it for? I must add that I used the laptop during the hottest part of the day but still…

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covid days : 10 April

Good Friday. They must have a reason to name it like that. Local news is not so encouraging so I look at tech news and momentarily involve myself in something nerdy.

I may start writing again by hand. Not everything needs to be digital. Some of the important words deserves to be committed to ink on paper. Besides, my handwriting still needs to be improved on among other things.

It is difficult not to feel frustrated with everything especially the leadership in this country right now but I also realized that frustration just adds unnecessary stress. So will silently trust that the leaders and people in general are doing the best that they can do. I’ll just take note of things and start collecting when this pandemic is over. Maniningil na lang ako pag tapos na ito.

Yes, I believe this pandemic will be end.

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covid days : 09 April

Some provinces have started requiring surgical face masks when they step out. I am not sure if I totally agree. Seeing that there is a shortage of surgical face masks we would just be competing with the medical health workers who need them the most. Yeah I’d wear a an ordinary face mask and maybe put a handkerchief as added protection.

Noon and it rains for a wee bit and a few minutes later it becomes humid as sin.

I have a functioning laptop that I got in 2011, I think. It has an early generation i5 (4th, I think), has been upgraded to 12 Gig of RAM and a 500Gig SSD. But the battery is dead and it heats up so much that the internal fans cannot keep up and the whole thing just eventually turns itself off. I don’t use it anymore but it can still be useful. I’ll likely clean it up tinker with the thing within the week or the next. I do have to preoccupy myself in these covid days.

Today was mostly filled with chores and I see doing more of it tomorrow.

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covid days : 08 April, Wednesday + Kaspersky

This week is Holy Week. Despite of, or maybe because of the virus, people still prepare for it even while working from home. Maybe some will physically go to church but I guess most will go virtual and go directly to the Vatican.

And because of that cybersecurity webinar that I listened in on I am reminded that I have to continue fortifying the my shizz. So I’m fortifying more. I’m not trusting the CCP. I’ve been getting DDoS from Chinese ip addresses. Now I get a lot of injection attempts. And a network scan from New Jersey(?). The IP addresses might be spoofed though but it doesn’t hide the attempts on the network or on a computer connected directly to the internet.

To help with your wallet and your computing security you can get a free antivirus from Kaspersky. It’s actually Security Cloud Free and doesn’t have all the fancy trimmings but the core is there. Read about here. I’m going give a go after my current AV expires.

It is heartening to know that people and companies from other countries are helping us through this times even though their own country is facing the same problem.

Have a meaningful Holy Week.

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covid days : 07 April

People are being forced to grow up en masse. People learn things under pressure. Things will change. The way we do things, the way we see people will change. This will happen slowly at first but it will happen. Things change.

As the days come closer to the quarantine deadline of April 15 there is this news that it may likely be extended for two more weeks and last until the end of the month.

The food aid from the baranggay came. Salamat po!

Now I have five video meet apps installed. five! sheesh.

I attended a cybersecurity webinar and I wanted to just comment rather than ask a question.

The lockdown / quarantine will be extended until April 30. Time to modify plans again.

Thursday and Friday is a holiday so I can catch some rest. Maybe cook something I like.

My throat hurts a little. Not from covid-19. I had a big gulp of piping hot coffee this morning and now it hurts a little when I swallow. Stupid me.