July 4th, this coming Saturday, marks the unofficial mid-point of the year. People are working hard to get things back to normal as shown by plans to restart baseball and basketball.

Nice to distract ourselves with some silly, “May the Fourth Be With You,” jokes, but cheap entertainment becomes gold after enough time in virus jail. On the other hand, hard-core fans who rewatch Star Wars movies on 5/4 each year may not have to call in sick this time.

This year has not gone according to plan. As the joke says, can someone please unplug 2020 for 30 seconds then plug it back in?

One complaint from tech folks is that they never have enough time to research new products and technologies because they’re always running here and yon.

Police drama Hill Street Blues gave us our theme for today all the way back in 1981: “Let’s be careful out there.” Good advice for any time. Other good advice?

RFID tags can potentially turn anything they’re affixed to into a connected IoT point, but the technology’s increasing relevancy still finds varied demand. 

Welcome to Spring: The Sequel, with a winter storm blowing into the Northeast to help keep people at a social distance of at least one show shovel. Remember all those times you pleaded for a snow day so you could stay home from school?

Since Daylight Savings Time sprang forward and ruined our Sunday, we know spring is close (10 days). And spring break, or “SPRING BREAK WOOO!” if you’re young, happens this month as well. Try to relax and enjoy the anticipation of spring, warmer weather, and mosquitos.

We made it through Valentine’s Day so the next excitement to look forward to is Spring Break in three to five weeks, depending. Whether you fondly remember your college breaks, or you dread your children being out of school for a week, at least it’s something different.

Here we are in the long stretch of winter with at least a month until Spring Break. Even when you’re out of school, the idea of Spring Break helps you through the dark nights and cold weather. Speaking of dark nights, this is your last warning for Valentine’s Day at the end of this week.