Oliver is organizing an unconference, in Zoom, for this Friday.

Because we have all been confined to our homes for many weeks, the theme of the unconference, taking off from the theme of earlier unconferences, is “House Stuff that Matters” (HSTM), and we will gather and seek to answer the questions:

What have you learned from the pandemic that you want to keep for the future?

What do you like about the place where you live?

All are welcome to attend. Spread the word.

Friday’s update from the Chief Public Health Office, announcing a slight easing of the Prince Edward Island lockdown, makes allowances for polyamory, but with limits:

You may extend your household unit by one or two members, who are important to supporting your household or who you feel may need closer contact and support (ex: hug, handshake, etc.)

The interior organizer has been taken apart and re-glued, the more hated of the forks, spoons and knives banished.

Businesses on Prince Edward Island are required to have a “COVID-19 Operational Plan” and the province has provided a template to use for this:

The various professional associations and organizations, as well as business owners, are required to create operational plans prior to opening.

All businesses that are now open, and those looking to open during any of the Renew PEI Together phases must have an operational plan in place. The plan must outline how the business will meet public health measures to ensure the health and safety of staff and clients.

You do not need to submit the operational plan to the Chief Public Health Office before reopening. However, the plan will need to be made available during inspections by a government official.

My business is simply: just me, so no other employees to infect or get infected by; no clients or members of the public in my office. So I was able to quickly write up and post a template for Reinvented Inc., and stick a copy on the office door for when the COVID-19 enforcers drop by for a spot check.

Bookseller Dan pointed me to a documentary about facsimile printing presses, which, in turn, led me to learn of The Library Company of Philadelphia:

The Library Company was founded in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin as a subscription library. Members pooled their financial resources so they would be able to afford a larger and finer library than any one of them could have amassed individually.

I spend my days supporting a publication that sports a rendering of Franklin on its cover, so I take some comfort that, 289 years later, Franklin’s library continues to serve its shareholders.

Singer-songwriter Stephen Fearing and luthier Linda Manzer, hosted by Tom Allen, spend 90 minutes talking about the guitar Manzer made for Fearing 30 years ago.

I use K-9 Mail on my Android phone as my email client. It’s ugly, inelegant, and quirky, but it works, and has all the functionality I need.

One of its quirks is that if, under Account Settings > Folders > Sent folder, the folder is set to “Sent”, I end up with duplicate copies of every email I send in that folder. I’ve been using K-9 long enough that I’ve ended up with thousands of duplicates like this.

Fortunately Fastmail, my email service provider, has an easy way to address this:

https://www.fastmail.com/go/cleanfolders

This is a utilitarian feature that allows duplicates in a selected folder to be eliminated. I did this yesterday, and it worked like a charm.

Oliver has been growing his “Peter Bevan-Baker beard” throughout the pandemic.