When is Easter?

Credit: Android Central

Have you noticed
● Easter is on a different weekend each year
● there’s often a full moon just before Easter

● there’s a full moon right now (10:25 GMT 23 March – may not be visible, depending on where in the world you live)

● Easter is this weekend?

When is Easter? – simple answer
Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full moon on, or after, 21 March each year. Other days of Easter are positioned around the date of Easter Sunday – Easter Friday (Good Friday etc.) is two days before – Easter Monday the day after, etc.

Applying this rule to 2016
● today is Wednesday 23 March
● today is a full moon

● so Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after today – Sunday 27 March 2016

Earliest possible Easter Sunday
“In 1818, as a paschal full moon fell on Saturday March 21 (the Spring Equinox), Easter was the following day – Sunday March 22 – the earliest date possible. It will not fall on this date again until 2285, a span of 467 years.” – Wikepedia¹

Latest possible Easter Sunday
“In 1943 a full moon fell on Saturday March 20. As this was before the Equinox the next full moon, which fell on Sunday April 18, determined the date of Easter – the following Sunday, April 25. It will not fall on this date again until 2038, a span of 95 years.” – Wikepedia²

When is Easter? – complex answer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastical_full_moon
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¹ “Ecclesiastical full moon”, “Earliest Easter”, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastical_full_moon#Earliest_Easter

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Bumprz anti-case for iPhone 5 & 6 (video)

Bumperz 2 fitted to iPhone 6
Credit: Case of Steel/Kickstarter

A case is a good way to protect your expensive smartphone against an unsympathetic world, but some users prefer to take the risk with a naked device. If you incline towards this view, & own an iPhone in the 5 or 6 families, you might like to take a look at Bumprz.

Check this drop test video of Bumprz for the iPhone 5 family



Bumprz 2 for iPhone 6 family is funding now on Kickstarter. As of this writing, there are still 2 left for $15. If you miss out, expect to pay $20. One other thing – Bumperz 2 will only proceed to production if at least $15,000 is pledged by Saturday 26 Mar 2016 3:00 PM US AEDT. At this time, only a little over $10,000 has been pledged. So if you are thinking about it, don't think too long.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bumprz/bumprz-2-freedom-for-your-iphone-6-family-get-your/description

Review of pre-production Bumprz 2
http://the-gadgeteer.com/2016/03/20/bumprz-2-anti-case-for-iphone-66splus-review/#more-195865

Bumprz (the original) for the iPhone 5 family is available from the manufacturer
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