Catfood Earth has been missing a detailed guide since I shut down the Catfood Software web site. That has been fixed with this somewhat epic post which covers every feature of the Windows and Android versions.

Two new timelapses: stars over Columbia State Historic Park and another sunset. I also started working on a longer term project, it will be a few weeks until I get to see if it's going to work.

Hike posts have been upgraded with route maps and a chart showing elevation profile.

Also, some egrets and a ship.

Previously:

• 2020: Visualizing Coronavirus Cases and Deaths by Country and US County
• 2019: Bay View and Shoreline Trails at China Camp State Park
• 2018: Animation of a year of Global Cloud Cover

Links for June 2021

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Timelapse of three trains of Starlink satellites. It's getting crowded up there. Another timelapse of the super flower blood moon eclipse which wasn't Musk's fault.

The Guardian's long read on free will is a disaster, but possibly not their fault. Also my tips on doing news right.

Photos from Marshall's Beach in San Francisco. And some fog. And sand.

Lastly, a nice hike near the Carquinez Strait.

Previously:

• 2020: Summer Solstice 2020
• 2019: Tire Chalking Constitutional Amendment
• 2018: I just want to get rid of Windows 10 Notifications with one click

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Some changes to the ITHCWY coronavirus visualization page.

For reasons that I'm struggling to understand California's cap and trade system adds a discount to my energy bill.

Catfood WebCamSaver 3.24 released.

Previously:

• 2020: Using the Azure Monitor REST API from Google Apps Script
• 2019: Improving the accuracy of the new Catfood Earth clouds layer
• 2018: How does the Nest Learning Thermostat work?

Links for April 2021

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Spring Equinox 2020 in Catfood Earth

On productivity: Out of Office Hours and why I still love email.

Some Great Horned Owlets.

San Francisco tides animated over the course of one year.

A deep faked me. Just needs hooking up to Teams...

Previously:

• 2020: Backup locked files on Windows 10: Volume Shadow Copy Update
• 2019: Age and Life Expectancy Weighted Voting
• 2018: Facebook shouldn't own your social graph

Links for March 2021

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It's been a while since I put out a newsletter after a fairly quiet end to last year. Here are some recent highlights.

How to Save a Planet (with an Infiniti QX55)

Lock up the Flexible Spending Account Administrators

Software: Catfood Earth 4.10 updates to the latest National Weather Service "API" and also 2021a timezones. Photo Sorter 1.10 helps control the scourge of duplicate JPEGs.

Timelapse: Sunset #6, what would happen if you used a style transfer neural network on every frame of a timelapse? This (instructions).

Hikes: Abrigo Valley, Grabtown Gulch and Mariposa Loop.

I'm not sure why during the pandemic I've used way more electricity but the same amount of gas.

Some thoughts on the results of the election, written before the Capitol riot.

Previously:

• 2020: Book reviews for February 2020
• 2019: 3D Printing a 72-58mm step down Camera Filter Adapter
• 2018: Export Google Fit Daily Steps, Weight and Distance to a Google Sheet

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Endorsements: Biden, California Propositions, San Francisco Ballot Measures.

What is up with Android 11?

Hikes: Coastal/Julian loop in the Marin Headlands, Richards Fire Loop in San Mateo (with Hyperlapse!), the end of coronavirus (hikes).

Previously:

• 2019: ITHCWY Newsletter for October 2019
• 2017: End the Electoral College: Amendment, Compact, or Supreme Court?

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July has been very nature focused for me: rattlesnake, whale, ospreys, bald eagle and comet NEOWISE. Hikes include Bumpass Hell and the Devils Kitchen at Lassen Volcanic National Park.

I did fit in a whinge about Android usability.

Previously:

• 2019: How to backup Google Photos to Google Drive automatically after July 2019 with Apps Script
• 2018: What if the Senate Voted Proportionally to Population
• 2017: Email Alerts for new Referers in Google Analytics using Apps Script

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Coronavirus by country and US state/county - this post updates two videos daily that show increases in cases and deaths by day. Also more very local hikes.

I can't tell if Microsoft wants me to use Edge.

More ISS.

Previously:

• 2019: Bay View and Shoreline Trails at China Camp State Park
• 2018: Animation of a year of Global Cloud Cover
• 2017: Reading and Writing Office 365 Excel from a Console app using the Microsoft.Graph C# Client API

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Summer Solstice 2020.

4K video of an International Space Station lunar transit on May 7.

Coronavirus hikes.

WTF Google Search Console.

Timelapse of stars over San Francisco.

Catfood Software updates: Earth 4.01 and WebCamSaver 3.21.

Previously:

• 2019: Tire Chalking Constitutional Amendment
• 2018: I just want to get rid of Windows 10 Notifications with one click
• 2017: Real Time

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A 4K one year global cloud cover timelapse.

Social Undistancing

Niche topic maybe, but if you want to monitor Azure app services via Google Sheets then I've got you covered.

Redesign.

Previously:

• 2019: Improving the accuracy of the new Catfood Earth clouds layer
• 2018: How does the Nest Learning Thermostat work?
• 2017: The Harvard Business Review Fallacy

(All Etc Posts)