The first time I heard about this story of engineers working on Graphing calculator even when they were let go by Apple was in this episode of This American Life.

Spam on my cell phone is just getting out of hand. These days I never pick up if I don’t know the phone number. The latest string of spam calls were about healthcare for seniors and about service plans for a 2019 Jeep Compass.

Why?!?! Not old enough to be a senior and never owned a Jeep.

Some daily prompts in Day One are good and others not so much.

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The support structure under the Gold Star Memorial bridge on Pequot (aka Thames) river.

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I always get confused between the flags of Puerto Rico and Texas.

This superconducting magnet is a part of NMR instrument that I routinely use to study molecules.

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Typical spice container in an Indian kitchen.

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Fortaleza street in front of the Governor’s residence and other colorful streets of Old San Juan, PR.

Windham courthouse in Willimantic, CT.

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Can someone please educate me about what user data on TikTok that everyone is so worried about? And how is it different from data on users of Instagram? Why aren’t people paranoid about Meta giving that data to US government?

What is the chance of capturing an airplane transiting the Sun at the same time as planet Mercury (tiny dot at the center)?

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This praying mantis in my backyard is one of the coolest insect I have seen.

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Doors of Old San Juan, PR.

Galaxy M110 (bottom center) is tiny compared to its neighbor M31 aka Andromeda galaxy.

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My favorite Houseplant is orchid.

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Walking around in San Juan, PR.

Free analog books on a sidewalk in San Juan, PR.

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Portico at the Pantheon in Rome. Reminiscing about a great Spring break trip while on another Spring break trip.

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Saw a rocket launch from Cape Canaveral out of the plane window! 😳

Still remember those early days of COVID pandemic with home made cloth masks.

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