{"id":5796,"date":"2020-04-26T18:56:31","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T16:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/?p=5796"},"modified":"2020-04-26T18:56:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T16:56:31","slug":"day-42-of-self-isolation-in-switzerland-a-few-minutes-of-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/day-42-of-self-isolation-in-switzerland-a-few-minutes-of-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 42 of Self-Isolation in Switzerland \u2013 A Few Minutes of Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>\n<p>Today at around lunchtime we had a few minutes of rain for the first time in weeks but it didn&#8217;t last long. By the time I went out for my daily walk the ground was dry, as if it hadn&#8217;t rained at all. There was no mud to walk through so I came back as clean as when I left. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mainvision\/49821663291\/in\/datetaken\/\" title=\"Untitled\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49821663291_8286c5b643_c.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>The daily walk is a good part of my day because it forces me to have some AFK (Away from Keyboard) time. That&#8217;s the thought I had when starting the walk. For two hours a day I spend time looking at the landscape, at how the plants and fields are changing day to day and more. I notice how paths are being worn where they would not be worn in normal times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New trails are forming in some places. As people attempt to discover the area around them, and stay away from cars a new set of trails is emerging. Yesterday I was not even appalled by a woman showing off about walking with an umbrella in the mountains. Solitary confinement makes me long for the day when I can go back to hiking with people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mainvision\/49821123703\/in\/datetaken\/\" title=\"Untitled\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49821123703_9d176fc4e8_c.jpg?resize=600%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>On today&#8217;s walk I went to see the cows quickly and tried to get a few seconds of them mooing but they were uncooperative so I have several seconds of cows just staring. Some people think of them as sentient beings that shouldn&#8217;t be eaten but the cows I looked at today didn&#8217;t seem to have much intelligence. They certainly don&#8217;t have the same character as cats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cascading Style Sheets and Website Improvements.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought that the Latin page I have would take hours to make mobile friendly so I put it off for a few days as I took time to think of a solution. Today I used the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3schools.com\/css\/css_rwd_viewport.asp\">viewport meta tag<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3schools.com\/css\/css_table.asp\">CSS table<\/a> options to make that page more modern. What I thought would take hours took minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I went back to my first blog post and worked my way forward from there making twenty to thirty pages AMP ready. In the process I added tags to those pages as well as quickly corrected typos, dead links and related problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also started porting my old &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/surfing-the-world-wide-waves-www-my-old-blog\/\">Surfing the World Wide Waves (WWW)<\/a>&#8221; blog to this installation of WordPress. My reasoning is that since it&#8217;s a blog it makes sense to combine two generations. When enough of the content is ported across to the blog I will use content views to provide a more contemporary looking interface. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are time consuming tasks but now that I&#8217;m unable to use Facebook or Twitter due to the lack of social interactions in the physical world I feel no choice but to avoid them. Avoiding Facebook and Twitter has had a positive effect. The less time I spend on either the more I have to show for the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was interesting to read blog posts I wrote as a uni student and articles I wrote as a school teenager. It&#8217;s interesting to see how things have changed today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having said that I really like the For You tab on Tik Tok. I get recommendations like these. I like these recommendations because they make me thing forward, towards the future, rather than feel negative about the present. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@freeridewtour\/video\/6813694559105666309\" data-video-id=\"6813694559105666309\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" > <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@freeridewtour\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@freeridewtour\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@freeridewtour<\/a> <p>Hugo Hoff going to the speed of light! <a title=\"fwt20\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fwt20\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##FWT20<\/a> <a title=\"ski\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/ski\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##ski<\/a> <a title=\"freeride\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/freeride\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##freeride<\/a> <a title=\"challenge\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/challenge\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##challenge<\/a> <a title=\"foryou\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/foryou\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##foryou<\/a> <a title=\"foryoupage\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/foryoupage\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##foryoupage<\/a><\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"? Blinding Lights - The Weeknd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/Blinding-Lights-6765965082246514689\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">? Blinding Lights &#8211; The Weeknd<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>And of course this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mamma.miaaaaaaa\/video\/6819367019826171142\" data-video-id=\"6819367019826171142\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" > <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@mamma.miaaaaaaa\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mamma.miaaaaaaa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@mamma.miaaaaaaa<\/a> <p>After you solve that mysterious bug. <a title=\"coding\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/coding\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##coding<\/a> <a title=\"geek\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/geek\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##geek<\/a> <a title=\"programmerslife\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/programmerslife\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##programmerslife<\/a> <a title=\"computerscience\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/computerscience\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##computerscience<\/a> <a title=\"stackoverflow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/stackoverflow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##stackoverflow<\/a> <a title=\"develop\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/develop\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##develop<\/a> <a title=\"build\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/build\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##build<\/a> <a title=\"maven\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/maven\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##maven<\/a> <a title=\"bugfix\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/bugfix\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">##bugfix<\/a><\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"? 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