Here comes the sun

On a more pleasant note, the hospital where my daughter works in Florida plays “Here Comes the Sun” when a Covid patient is extubated and the theme from Rocky when one is discharged. It’s a nice thought.

The melancholia is palpable

When I go to the store the melancholia is palpable. People seem sad and the social distancing and social awkwardness is exhausting.

What Jacksonville Beach really looked like after opening on Saturday

Unfortunately most news coverage used photos shot with telephoto lenses that distort distances and others used old videos of crowds.

This Florida drive-in is the only U.S. theater showing new movies

“The Ocala drive-in made up the entire revenue of the top-grossing film of last weekend, Swallow, which brought in $1,710.”

End of the week links

• How safe is it to eat takeout? Pretty safe, according to the experts. But read the story to set your mind at ease.
• The 50 best contemporary novels over 500 pages. This is a good list based on the large number of books on it that I’ve read and enjoyed.
• Judge rules embedding Instagram photo isn’t...

My contrarian view on Airbnb

Airbnb’s Coronavirus crisis

How to edit your own writing

Google plan to eliminate mosquitoes seems to be working

How to create link posts with Jekyll