News Quilt September 2023 – A quilted collection of the best articles, art work, book reviews, bookmarks, news stories, and research I’ve discovered during the past month. It’s a techno-Amish experiment in creating something useful and beautiful out of the various factual and fictional fragments that flow through my email inbox, RSS feed, and social …
What are the Sand Time Trends via Google Trends? The Sand Time Trends Are Like Shifting Sand Dunes Sand grains may seem timeless, but sand supplies are constantly in flux. The sands of time idiom evokes an image of the inexorable passage of time as sand flows through an hourglass or sand clock. However, the …
I’ve been doing a little research with the help of ChatGPT. I asked a series of questions, and here’s what ChatGPT thinks about Credit Karma. The answers might surprise you. What is Credit Karma? I asked ChatGPT: “What is Credit Karma?” “Credit Karma is a free online service that provides various services related to credit …
There was a beginning. Ben Shapiro interviewed Stephen C. Meyer to discuss what happened at the beginning. Stephen C. Meyer is a geophysicist and author of New York Times bestseller, “Darwin’s Doubt.” Despite not being a Christian himself, after years of scientific study, Meyer came to the conclusion that there simply must be an intelligent …
My doodles: Vivaldi Four Seasons Music Notes… Why should you listen to Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons? COVID19 and the Four Seasons of 2020 No matter what, spring will follow winter. Michael Francis of the Florida Orchestra explains the boundless optimism of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons in this video. “Some pieces are bigger than classical music! …
Just discovered this video of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons – Winter – a virtuoso violin performance by Chloe Chua. This delightful music video has over 4 million views. As I mentioned recently in my Vivaldi Four Seasons Music Notes, Antonio Vivaldi published the music along with poems that explain the seasons. So that if someone reads …
I’m evaluating a church website using my new evaluation criteria for websites. My assigned research topic is to write an article about the best church websites of 2020. I found an article entitled ‘Top 100 Best Church Websites of 2020’. My next step is to evaluate the first website mentioned in this article by Reach …
Here are my WordPress Cloudflare notes. There’s been a lot of chatter about speeding up WordPress via Cloudflare recently, and I did some research and testing of my own. CloudFlare announced Automatic Platform Optimization (APO) for WordPress on 2-Oct-2020 TTFB – Time to First Byte The biggest gain we’ve seen so far has been in …
I’m doing research about what to include (and not include) on website ‘Terms of Service (ToS)’ and ‘Privacy Policy’ pages. When you research this topic (searching via Bing or Google), you’ll probably find several helpful articles that explain why these pages are needed on most modern websites, and some hints at what to include on …