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#covid19 in the Upper West Side

As of today, New York’s total death toll rose to nearly 3,000, double what it was only three days earlier. The total confirmed cases in the world is 1,141,190 and more than 57,000 of those are in New York City alone. The news is full of sad stories. My family and friends are asking me about the situation in the city on a daily basis. It must be shocking for them to watch the news aboutNew York. But, in fact, how is my life in the Upper West Side? My last day of work before this lockdown period was March 16th. That day, I gave some data to my colleague, packed my desktop computer in my hiking backpack and walked the 20 blocks home. A lucky move, because a few days later, our institute officially closed their doors. Since then, Mia and I have lived and worked together in my/our apartment, which is around 20 square meters large (200 square feet), in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Since Mia and I started dating, we had a rule to live together only after our engagement. We both wante...

AKG K 420 earpads replacement

I couldn't find any relevant source for changing the earpads for my favorite mini headphones  AKG K 420  on the web. So I decided to give a short guide how I have done it. I have bought this non-genuine earpad replacement in Media Markt (Vienna) - PUNEX Ersatz Schaumkissen. The size (big) I estimated in the shop and it seems sufficient. 0. Motivation.   For comparison - old and the replaced new one: 1. I took the old earpad off. You can see the gap around the earpad. I didn't want to dismantle it further. 2. Just with my bear hand I put a new earpad on the headphone. 3. But then it looked like this. The earpad didn't fit tightly. 4. So my trick was to use some sharp and very thin knife. I pressed carefully the edge of the earpad inside the gap all around the headphone. And that's that. Happy listening.