> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://makoism.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The Final Cut - URL: https://makoism.com/the-final-cut/ - Published: 2020-04-04T22:01:38.000Z - Updated: 2020-04-04T22:01:38.000Z - Description: I can barely define the shape of this moment in time - Author: Steve Makofsky - Tags: makoism, #newsletter-makoism, #substack ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/61/8f/618f2076-e6a0-40dc-8037-06080661dee7/content/images/public/images/b285f73e-30e1-4585-8549-62eb6172bf9e_2550x1700.jpeg) This is a semi-whenever list of interesting articles, podcasts and videos that I come across during the week. Hope you enjoy it, have something new to think about, and share it with your friends. This week marks almost a month since I decided to self-quarantine due to my higher risk profile. While I’ve generally had a great headspace the last 30 days, focusing on taking care of myself not only physically but mentally, felt a bit different than the previous ones. **Lots** and **lots** of meetings this week really dragged things out for me; and gave me a reminder that I need to put time blocks in my calendar **every day** to ensure some breathing room for sanity. Also bought a [pizza oven](https://ooni.com/products/ooni-koda) — figured that if I didn’t burn down the house, I may as well learn a new skill. We’ll see how that goes — the first attempt was a flaming mess. :) If you’re interested in my daily ramblings, also follow me on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/smakofsky). ## This weeks “Deep Links” I figured I would use some of the time at home this week to clean up my cable bag which has relatively stayed the same for the last few years — [More](https://furrygoat.com/2020-edc-15167b8d2054) Why AI in cameras today make you look different than what you actually look like — [More](https://getpocket.com/explore/item/no-you-don-t-really-look-like-that) Thought provoking questions on crafting the life you want to live — [More](https://hackspirit.com/10-steps-creating-a-life-love-for-next-decade/) Personally a big fan on dot-grid notebooks, but a look at the best notebooks and covers out today — [More](https://www.carryology.com/utility/edc/best-notebooks-and-notebook-covers-for-edc-and-travel/) Recently I’ve become a fan of unique challenge coins — [More](https://mentalfloss.com/article/12630/brief-history-challenge-coins) *“Obstacles will come your way. Guaranteed. Think of them as a gift. They will make you stronger. They will make you more creative. Rather than break you, they will define you.”* — [More](https://medium.com/@dolectures/manifesto-of-a-doer-dd1baa873f1f) Ah, VxWorks. Apparently the OS stops filtering out stale data from key flight control displays on the Boeing 787; and the fix? Completely power off the aircraft before it gets to 51 days to prevent ‘misleading data’ being shown to pilots — [More](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/04/02/boeing%5F787%5Fpower%5Fcycle%5F51%5Fdays%5Fstale%5Fdata/) On one hand, Zoom has some pretty bad security practices and I fear that with the rush for everyone to jump on and use them, it could be opening things up in very unexpected ways. On the other, I really wish the infosec community understood that many people in classrooms and in companies don’t get to choose what tech is rolled out to them. Instead of shitting all over them, maybe help them? — [More](https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2020-04/2020-04-02.html) Speaking of Zoom — if you’re going to buy it’s stock, buy the right stock — [More](https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/03/27/the-sec-really-wants-investors-to-stop-buying-the.aspx) New book out this week from the folks at [DO Lectures](https://www.thedolectures.com/workshops) — “Do Present; How to Give a Talk and be Heard”. [Read](https://thedobook.co/products/do-present-how-to-give-a-talk-and-be-heard) I have an on-again-off-again relationship with using Mind Maps — [More](https://www.writepads.com/blogs/news/mind-mapping-for-business-development) As always, Seth Godin has a great take on things: *“We can’t change how things are, but we can change how we will approach today.”* — [More](https://seths.blog/2020/04/how-would-you-like-things-to-be/) Seth also has an interesting take on multiple devices — are you using the same device to do work as you are to distract yourself from work? That could be a mistake — [More](https://seths.blog/2011/03/are-you-making-something/) Uh, **no thank you**. *“A Sardinian specialty made by allowing cheese skipper flies to lay thousands of eggs in a wheel of pecorino, casu marzu is served with a host of tiny yet visible larvae alive and writhing in it. (Dead maggots are a sign that the cheese has gone bad.) When you scoop some of the creamy-mealy cheese out of the rind and make to eat it, the maggots protect themselves by coiling up like organic springs and leaping up to half a foot away from danger, all too often onto your face.”* — [More](https://theoutline.com/post/8843/casu-marzu-cheese-sardinia-illegal-dangerous) More on the COVID-19 Front: - White House Economists Warned in 2019 a Pandemic Could Devastate America — [More](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/31/business/coronavirus-economy-trump.html) - Some dude ran 130 laps of his year to complete a “quarantine marathon” — [More](https://www.guernseypress.com/news/2020/03/30/marathon-was-130-laps-of-grahams-garden/) - Some basic tips for working from home without driving you or your family crazy. — [More](https://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/a-biginners-guide-to-working-from-home-without-driving-yourself-your-family-crazy.html) - How enforced isolation, social distancing and the craziness of what’s going on today fit into society and the mental side effects — [More](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/06/the-history-of-loneliness) ## Closing Thoughts > *And if I show you my dark side* > *Will you still hold me tonight?* > *And if I open my heart to you* > *And show you my weak side* > *What would you do?* [Watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvARL0Hzcoo)