In The Rain In Charlotte! -- Are You Kidding Me? -- NASCAR Xfinity Series -- Notes From All Over -- October 10, 2020

Slippin' and slidin': caution; re-start in a few minutes; three laps to go after the re-start. Pouring rain and dusk. NASCAR Xfinity Series -- Charlotte. The race was scheduled from 2:30 to 5:00 p.m. It's now 5:55 p.m. and they have just completed stage 2. Are you kidding me? When they run out of daylight, the race ends. First lap after the re-start, one car completely spins out, completely two full circles and hitting the wall before getting underway again. But get this: the track stayed green! No caution. On lap one in overtime, lead car (Chase Briscoe) spins out and Allmendinger goes on to win. Incredible race in downpour, dusk and standing water.

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Contactless Delivery -- Covid-19 Negative

Photo sent by my Oregon nephew, Corvallis, OR:

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. 

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It's Not That He Doesn't Want To Answer The Question,
He Doesn't Know What The Answer Is

Shout-out to Spectrum cable: I can access network television -- hundreds of stations -- on my mobile Apple devices. That capability has been available for the past few years. Early on, the process was a bit "choppy" and "buggy" but it was tolerable. But over time, it has improved, and I have been using it fairly often on my Apple laptop. I never really thought of watching television on my iPad until today. I have the largest iPad screen available so I was curious. I tried it out today. 

Wow, it's perfect. It's incredible how seamless and how perfect it is. This explains a lot. The Spectrum app to watch television is optimized for "true" mobile devices like iPhones and watches, and not for laptops. That seems to be true for a lot of apps that folks can used on both their iPads and laptops. 

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Apple

Quibi: Apple has no interest in purchasing short-form video streaming service Quibi. 

Faster deliveries: Apple to use local retail stores as distribution centers; we're going to see a lot more of this across the entire retail spectrum. We talked about this on the blog a long, long time ago. Only makes sense. Hard to believe that some folks on "social media" think this is a mistake. LOL.

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Amazon Prime Day

Link here.

• number to remember: $10 billion in sales over the two-day sale, October 13 - 14, Tuesday - Wednesday. This will be fun to watch; will Amazon site crash?
• but look at the data points buried at the end of this story:
• JPMorgan analysts are projecting revenue of about $7.5 billion this year, up from its forecast of $5.3 billion last year;
• since last year: Amazon has increased warehouse square footage 50%
• Amazon opened 100 new operations buildings in September
• Amazon Logistics will deliver more than 50% of all package from Amazon fulfillment centers, thereby reducing dependence on third-party shippers