[Cuis-dev] These strange days (and our community)

[Luciano Notarfrancesco]

Hi Juan, thanks for sharing your thoughts.

I'm glad to know that you and your family are fine. I'm also fortunate that
my family and friends are all fine, so far. But what's happening is
horrible, and it's affecting all of us deeply. I was in China when this
started and I lived some very strange times there for a while, then decided
to get away to Thailand while it was still possible, and now it's getting
crazy here and I'll try to go back to China. I left with only my laptop and
a sampler, and a friend (Chen, you met him) came with me with an acoustic
guitar. It was nice to have Cuis with me too, I've been coding some.

Take care and try to stay positive. Even though there are sparks of
xenophobia and nationalism, and in panic we can be selfish and stupid, I
think during this crisis we're learning to love and care for each other.


On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 10:55 PM Juan Vuletich via Cuis-dev <
cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> Coronavirus is hitting hard in many places. And places not hit hard yet
> are getting ready for it. This has been affecting daily life for
> everyone. Let's keep in mind that the top priorities are to take care of
> ourselves and others, following orders and advice from local authorities
> and the WHO. Many people are facing extreme hardships, including health
> care and emergency workers, people who got ill and their loved ones.
> Let's hope it turns out to the best for them, and let's help them when
> possible.
>
> For the rest of us, for the majority of the world, we just need to be
> very careful.
>
> Many people are not able to work at their job or attend to school. Some
> of us are lucky enough to be able to keep working from our homes, almost
> as usual. In any case, for a lot of us (I know, we are the most lucky
> ones), the biggest challenge is to fight our own fear, anguish and
> boredom. Let's spend good time with family and friends, talking, playing
> games, whatever we can do without leaving our homes. Let's try to get
> some exercise. This is great not only for the body, but also for the
> mind. My wife Lucía and my daughters Sofía and Diana have been dancing
> to some youtube videos. I must join them next time! Some TV is OK, but
> too much of it is not. Get enough rest. Take some time to be calm and
> quiet. Meditate. Spend time learning and practicing stuff you love.
> Maybe we can make the most of this time by focusing on programming
> projects.
>
> So, use Cuis. Play with Cuis. Learn with Cuis. Learn about Cuis. Feel
> free to share your thoughts and feelings here. We are a community. Many
> of us have never meet in person, but we still share a lot. We are a
> bunch of friends, even if it might be a little different kind of
> friendship.
>
> Let me tell how all this is going for me.
>
> In Argentina, we are in a preventive quarantine. We still don't have
> many cases, but we (Argentina) want to flatten the exponential growth
> from the start. My kids are at home, as schools are closed. The school
> gave them a lot of stuff to "research", so this is becoming a kind of
> home schooling! Lucía and I are spending time helping them with that.
> Fortunately, we and our larger families are all healthy. We keep in
> touch. We are both also doing home office for work. So we are quite
> busy! Our home has a nice backyard and the weather is nice, so we are
> able to spend time outside.
>
> I spend some time doing Cuis. I know I'm being quite slow in answering
> email and several of you are waiting an answer on some particular topic.
> I apologize for this, and I promise I'll eventually get to each one of
> them. I have also been working a few hours over several weeks on
> VectorGraphics and TrueType. I have some updates to push, hopefully
> today, and will tell in another email.
>
> Thank you all for being around, helping Cuis grow, recoding videos and
> spreading the word, or simply sharing this space. Everybody, please feel
> free to share your feelings and thoughts.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Juan Vuletich
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> https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev
> https://github.com/jvuletich
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