Versatile; that’s me. After a deciding to stay for an extra day, we decided not to stay, just like that. It did have something to do with “no room in the inn”, so maybe I’m just quick to react. Almost as valuable a quality as “versatility”.
posted in ham radio, travel | Comments Off on Back on the road status | 252 words
Back when I started playing with tiny, expensive radios, they weren’t tiny or expensive. How times have changed.
posted in ham radio | Comments Off on Newer and better | 277 words
I’m past the point of no return on my big kit build, and right now I’m a happy lad. You see, I’ve got a working digital display, there is sound and so far I’ve not managed to injure myself. All points in my favour.
posted in ham radio | Comments Off on I can see and I can hear (my half-built radio) | 295 words
Oh the joys of automatic upgrades. Tonight, WordPress jumped a whole version number, and the effort required by me: agree. How simple is that? All in all, this has been a good day. The postal people came through, and when I got home from my usual daytripping, there was a cardboard box on my favourite chair.
posted in ham radio | Comments Off on Far from the madness of roads under repair | 265 words
Back from a control visit with my preferred eye surgeon (the pressure is under control, thank you), I realized that my eye had locked in the open iris position. Something like this.
posted in ham radio, health | Comments Off on Personal black holes | 274 words
Middle of the week; time to find strategies to make the days go faster. I mean, not to push the point, but I did hang a countdown to camping calendar in my cubicle this afternoon. When you can visualize the progression, it serves some visceral need. For those keeping track, I’m in to the seventh last week, and this one is half over. There are two other weeks with four-day weekends, which means that there are only four “real” weeks remaining. And summer hours start at work, which turns Friday afternoon into a calm countdown to the weekend. There, I feel better already.
posted in ham radio | Comments Off on Trying to speed up time | 254 words
Who knew? At the very moment where I’m awaiting delivery of a radio that serves as a scanner, I discover that the local good stuff is being streamed on the net. Kind of makes things redundant.
posted in ham radio, politics | Comments Off on Redundant opportunity | 252 words
This news just in (brought by the rising tide): the attempt to plug that leak in the ocean floor near Louisiana has failed. Heard on a passing wind: the new hurricane season has begun. The best laid plans of mice and men (and oil company engineers)…
posted in ham radio, technology | Comments Off on New learning approaches | 258 words
I’m fortunate to live in a city where cable TV is a given (at a cost). Not because cable is great, but rather because antennas are so last generation.
posted in ham radio | Comments Off on No local source for small parts | 275 words
A foregone conclusion; the final of AI9 will place Lee and Crystal in the same time-space continuum. Two talented performers, neither quite ready for the crown.
posted in ham radio, Idol, Wx | Comments Off on Feeding my new toy habit | 273 words
