This Week
KEEP YOUR KEYBOARD CLEAN
The one thing you touch more than almost anything else all day is your keyboard. Here’s how to clean it – and do it often!
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COVIDLY
Don’t be lulled into a sense of false security.
Take a look at how the virus is still affecting us, state by state and around the world.
The numbers are staggering.
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https://covidly.com 20 SECOND TUNES FOR WASHING YOUR HANDS!
No getting back into bad old habits – with a quick swish under the faucet. We’ve got to keep up the 20 seconds of hand washing – it really keeps us safe and everyone around us too. If you need something more than Happy Birthday –
Google “20 seconds hand washing Guardian.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2020/mar/04/cleaning-up-the-best-20-second-songs-to-wash-your-hands-to THINK BEFORE YOU SHARE
Not every piece of news you hear or read about Covid-19 is true. So before you spread information about that new miracle cure to all your friends and relations, stop and think. Is it true? Is it tested? Who says so? And check rumors from the best sources out there, ffor example:
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https://www.bmj.com/coronavirus COVID PROMISES
May the promises you make during this crisis – be promises you keep.
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https://covidpromises.comRecent Programming
WORLDOMETERS
Another way to watch the progress of the coronavirus – Covid-19.
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https://www.worldometers.info/ ITRANSLATE
The perfect way to communicate in just about any language – itranslate the keyboard that does it all for you!
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https://itranslate.com/ BRIZZLY
Keep your tweets spelled right and looking sharp with brizzly!!
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https://brizzly.com/ DOCSCANNER
Docscanner for mac – when you need to send something looking really good!
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https://docscanner.app/ ZOLVE
How much do you know about the tech you love? Your smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop? Or any of the myriad devices you carry in your bag or on your keychain? Or even the fridge in your kitchen or the microwave on the wall.
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https://zmurl.com/ FLOW
Working from home can be a blast if you can ignore the distractions. To help you with that – try flow!
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https://flowapp.info/ CORONA-LIVE
Don’t miss the great theater, music and other events taking place live on line. Check out corona-live
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https://corona-live.live/ QUARANTINE SOCIETY
Make the quarantine work for you – and do something meaningful with the extra time you have!
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https://quarantinesociety.webflow.io/ ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES
The ultimate guide to working from home – with you kids around! This site is a treasure trove of great things for them to do!
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https://www.enrichmentactivities.org/ ZMURL
Build your own zoom event page – and publicize the event!
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https://zmurl.com/ ESSENTIAL GOODS
Tired of phoning round for essential goods?
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https://essentialgoods.org WASHEM
Think you know how to wash you hands?
Check out washem and see!
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https://washem.app KINZOO
Kinzoo – a family friendly COPPA compliant private platform for staying in touch. Really. Private.
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https://kinzoo.com COOKBOOK
Good home cooking – comforting and welcome at a time like this. And a place to store those recipes – cookbook.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gooofystudios.cookbook SOUNDSMIX
Mix your own white noise from a selection of audio!
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https://soundsmix.xyz RT LIVE
How fast is Covid-19 spreading in your area? Or is it starting to go away? How you can tell for yourself — rt.live
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https://rt.live THE LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE
Oddly enough in Corona, Queens New York, the Louis Armstrong House is closed for now – but you can visit Satchmo at home, online!
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https://virtualexhibits.louisarmstronghouse.org GIF 2 ZOOM
So you need a better background. Forget the unmade bed, or the dog toys in the family room –
check this out for suave sophistication that in one case is out of this world!
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https://gif2zoom.xyz WHEN CORONA ENDS
So what will you do when the Corona pandemic is over? Travel? Visit old friends? Adopt a dog? It’s not too early to think about the when and then.
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https://whencoronaends.com HIDE FEED
Before you fall down the rabbit hole of distraction – install HideFeed for Chrome and Firefox! It will save you oodles of lost time.
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https://www.hidefeed.com