Elm Avenue Town Park

The town’s largest park is located on Elm Avenue, one-fourth mile south of the Delmar bypass (Route 32). The park includes a pool complex, tennis and basketball courts, pavilions, fitness trail, playing fields, volleyball courts, shuffleboard, a dog park, and a playground. The basketball courts and four tennis courts are lit at night beginning in late May until late October. Winter facilities include a large ice skating rink, sledding hill, cross country skiing, and an area for snowmobiling.

http://www.townofbethlehem.org/247/Elm-Avenue-Park

Next Time – Tuesday May 16

Today’s sunrise was at 5:30 am. The next time the sun will rise later then today πŸŒ„ is in 62 days on Monday, July 17.

The average high for today is 71 degrees. 🌑 The next time it will be on average cooler then today is in 133 days on Tuesday, September 26 when the average temperature will be 70 degrees.

The highest point for the sun today will be 66.5° from the horizon at 12:53 pm. 🌞 The next time the sun will be lower in the sky mid-day is in 73 days on Friday, July 28.

Today has 14 hours and 25 minutes of daylight. ⏳ The next time the day will be shorter then today is in 72 days on Thursday, July 27.

Today’s sunset will be at 8:12 pm. The next time the sun will set earlier then today πŸŒ† is in 82 days on Sunday, August 6.

The average low for today is 48 degrees. 🌑 The next night it will be on average cooler then tonight is in 136 days on Friday, September 29 when the average temperature will be 47 degrees.

Rabbit

Belt tightening🐍

Yesterday I drilled two more additional holes in my belt.

It was getting kind loose again. I can say it was do to the belt stretching but that’s kind of a lie. My jeans and boxers are too big for me but at least they aren’t slipping down like they were before I tightened my belt.

I’m actually amazed that I keep losing weight and everybody around me is getting fatter. Even the homesteaders and farmers I follow online seem now to be quite chubby. I thought I would loose a few pounds but it wouldn’t add up to much.

It’s not like I’m eating less, if anything I’m eating more and drinking less water. Some meals I eat way too big of portions. And I snack a lot. Yet, what I’m eating makes all the difference. Fill up on spinach or kale, and there isn’t many calories or fat involved. Snack on apples and bananas and you’ll get a jolt of sugar but also with the fiber it lasts a long time.

In many ways I’m fortunate to live alone and choose what I put in my body. I go out and occasionally do social events and there I’m a miserable health grouch. But most of the time, what I put in my shopping cart is ultimately what I put in my mouth.

It has taken time to learn what good healthy adult food tastes like. But once you get away from the sugar, fat and salt diet you really get back your sense of taste. Natural, largely unadulterated by industry and cooking foods taste pretty darn good.

Red Tailed Hawk

Lately I've been doing more evening bird watching hikes at the Elm Avenue Town Park after work. Spotted this nice red tail hawk on one of the fingers of the Phillipin Kill.

Taken on Monday April 19, 2021 at Elm Avenue Town Park.

What Percent is a Salary in Albany County

What percent is a salary in Albany County?
Includes only persons with a yearly income of more then $1 a year.
Salary Top Percent
$0 100.0%
$2,000 95.0%
$5,000 90.0%
$8,000 85.0%
$10,600 80.0%
$13,900 75.0%
$17,600 70.0%
$21,000 65.0%
$25,000 60.0%
$30,000 55.0%
$35,000 50.0%
$40,000 45.0%
$45,200 40.0%
$50,300 35.0%
$57,700 30.0%
$65,000 25.0%
$72,000 20.0%
$81,000 15.0%
$99,000 10.0%
$128,000 5.0%
$300,500 1.0%
Andy Arthur, 1/22/23.
Data Source: 2016-2020 Public Use Microdata,
Total person’s income, NY PUMA 02001 and 02002.

A brief tour of the PDP-11, the most influential minicomputer of all time | Ars Technica

A brief tour of the PDP-11, the most influential minicomputer of all time | Ars Technica

The history of computing could arguably be divided into three eras: that of mainframes, minicomputers, and microcomputers. Minicomputers provided an important bridge between the first mainframes and the ubiquitous micros of today. This is the story of the PDP-11, the most influential and successful minicomputer ever.

In their moment, minicomputers were used in a variety of applications. They served as communications controllers, instrument controllers, large system pre-processors, desk calculators, and real-time data acquisition handlers. But they also laid the foundation for significant hardware architecture advances and contributed greatly to modern operating systems, programming languages, and interactive computing as we know them toda