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Mid-month updates

by | Jul 18, 2020 | evilzenscientist

Shopping list:

  • Windows Server patching was done early (critical DNS issue)
  • SLES 15 SP1 to SLES 15 SP2
  • PHP 7.4 now as standard (woo!)
  • WordPress plugins, WordPress themes, site content scans

COVID work from home – week 19 – 13 July – 19 July

by | Jul 13, 2020 | evilzenscientist

Weekend – the usual look at the ever more bleak numbers. This does feel like a slow roll to millions of deaths in the US.

US daily cases; via JHU. Surely on the path to 100k per day by month end. Lack of strong policy on mask wearing, distancing and healthcare will make this become a reality. This is WA, NY, NJ played out large four months later.
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The Seattle Times- rolling average new cases is now way higher than March/April – so the Governor is having to roll back reopening. I’m planning for no school, no in-office work until at least the new year.

Friday – UK looks at “significant normality by Christmas”, US has record 77.3k new cases, GA Gov v Atlanta major legal action over masks. Restrictions returning to WA state as cases continue to creep upwards; more new cases now than back in March/April.

Thursday – WA DOH changing the counting mechanism again. Back to school is going to be a real issue, really soon. Health, safety, funding – and possible labour cuts (no buses, no schools – what to do with bus drivers and custodians?). What is a hybrid model? K-2 in school?

Wednesday – Fauci is an honourable man. Work from home until 2021 is likely.

Tuesday – masks required in UK shops. WA COVID death reporting via the state is broken again. Lockdown returns around the world. Second wave? Continued first wave? Unknown what September brings for return to school – quarantining teachers on every positive case amongst pupils would remove the workforce within a week.

Monday – back in March I had thoughts that this would be through the spring; looking at Wuhan and Italy, then New York, then New Zealand – it seemed like the coronavirus could be contained and a planful return to work sometime in the summer.

Where we are today, in both WA state and across the US, is anything but contained. Local hotspots in Yakima County, national runaway cases across many, many states who opened early.

Without national leadership, and some selfless actions to distance, wear masks and quarantine – the US is going to be isolated and work from home for another six months minimum.

The Seattle Times BBC The Guardian
13 July here here here
14 July here here here
15 July here here here
16 July here here here
17 July here here here
18 July here here here
19 July here here here

COVID work from home – week 18 – 6 July – 12 July

by | Jul 6, 2020 | evilzenscientist

Saturday – 3.2M cases in the US, 12.5M global. Almost 135k deaths in the US. For context that’s half a Vietnam war in 4 months.

JHU data shows accelerating positive cases in the US. Sunday: 15,300 new cases in FL.

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Weekly look at The Seattle Times data. Continued climb in cases; deaths picking up too. Yakima County almost caught up with King County in absolute numbers; off the chart for per capita.

Friday – international travel restrictions starting to ease in Europe. Runaway cases in the US.

Thursday – 60k daily cases in the US. TX, AZ, FL worst hit. They opened early.

Wednesday – International students must return home for remote learning.

Tuesday – US gives notice to exit WHO, 10k cases/day in CA, virus could be airborne. Bolsonaro positive test. Masks required again in WA.

Monday – Texas warns of overwhelmed hospitals; US deaths over 130k.

Local and global coverage for future reference.

The Seattle Times BBC The Guardian
6 July here here here
7 July here here here
8 July here here here
9 July here here here
10 July here here here
11 July here here here
12 July here here here

COVID work from home – week 17 – 29 June – 5 July

by | Jun 29, 2020 | evilzenscientist

Weekend – July 4th. No fireworks, no parades, no festival in Issaquah. Continued long slow climb in positive daily cases in WA state. 2.8M cases in the US, accelerating numbers. 130K deaths. Lockdowns return in Spain, India, Kazakhstan.

Friday – many stories of tens/hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 survivors with crippling long term health issues.

Thursday – lack of lockdown discipline caused virus explosion.

Wednesday – Leicester back into lockdown; huge growth via factories in the East of the city. 

Chart showing Leicester had a new infection rate three times that of anywhere else

Tuesday – “US has way too much virus” and “There is a general anti-science, anti-authority, anti-vaccine feeling among some people in this country”. Dr Fauci predicts “100k daily cases” in the US.

Monday – The worst still to come, pandemic accelerating say the WHO.

Local and global coverage for future reference.

The Seattle Times BBC The Guardian
29 June here here here
30 June here here here
1 July here here here
2 July here here here
3 July here here here
4 July here here here
5 July here here here

PHP and SLES

by | Jun 28, 2020 | evilzenscientist

I need to look for a “better” solution to PHP and SLES.

I understand the balancing act between long term support, backporting patches etc – and that’s why SLES has been such a good friend.

I’d just love WordPress and other apps to stop griping about older versions of PHP.

Working with Zoom API using PowerShell

by | Jun 26, 2020 | evilzenscientist

More to come on this – here’s my placeholder to do a cleaner write up.

Notes:

[Zoom] – OAUTH – API – PowerShell – Excel

Great Zoom PowerShell module from Joseph McEvoy

Quick and dirty PowerShell to read meeting registrants and values of custom questions.

$ZoomRegistrants = Get-ZoomMeetingRegistrants [meetingid] -pagesize 300


$reghashtable = $zoomregistrants.registrants


$outputs = $reghashtable |foreach-object {
return [pscustomobject]@{
     regtime = “$($_.create_time)”
     email = “$($_.email)”
     fname = “$($_.first_name)”
     lname = “$($_.last_name)”
    
     member = “$($_.custom_questions.value[0])”
     pco = “$($_.custom_questions.value[1])”
     campaign = “$($_.custom_questions.value[2])”


     }
     }
$outputs | convertto-csv

COVID work from home – week 16 – 22 June – 28 June

by | Jun 23, 2020 | evilzenscientist

Weekend – “cases surge” in US sun belt states. Another delve into Google search to find the missing Saturday BBC update.

Now over 10MM global cases – and the daily cases is quickly picking up again. Sustained 170k new cases per day.

US new cases is massive – 40k plus per day. Even comparing against Tuesday this is horrific. Again – from JHU.

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Weekly update from The Seattle Times. That long slow uptick in cases looks to be mainly from Yakima county. Moving average of around 400 cases/day – which is similar to early April.

Friday – 40k daily cases in the US, TX bars ordered to close. The status quo isn’t working. Social distancing and wearing a mask does. VP Pence claims “US Progress” which is not clear.

Thursday – UK sun – and tens of thousands crowding beaches. US cases continue to climb. 

Wednesday – over 9M global positive cases; 500K deaths.

Tuesday – WA Statewide requirement to wear masks in public. Booming cases in Yakima county and broad uptick across the state.

Global daily cases is growing; US daily cases dipped in May after the NY outbreak slowed; but is now picking up again. Back at March/April new cases rates. Graphs from JHU.

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Monday – UK starts to open up fully. UK considers social distancing change from 2m to 1m.

Local and global coverage for future reference.

The Seattle Times BBC The Guardian
22 June here here here
23 June here here here
24 June here here here
25 June here here here
26 June here here here
27 June here here here
28 June here here here