I don’t learn much every day
I don’t acquire new skills every day. That would be exhausting, after all; I had my big rush back when learning to walk was considered as “new and improved”. No, I muddle along, picking up little bits of knowledge from time to time, but life isn’t as intense as it was back when my world revolved around family and feeding time.
However, there are moments… today I took that little laptop that has been updating for what seems like a very long time and installed some beta software. Went downstairs, hooked up some old gear I had about the place and managed to make a first contact in a new digital mode (FT8). Only one contact, but that’s proof of concept. Tomorrow, I’ll try to improve my “catch”. Sent a quick tweet off to the fellow who had mentioned the mode last Saturday and got back a virtual pat on the back. Not too many of those, in these times.
Funny how things that I purchased along the way are still proving to be of value. Must have made a reasoned acquisition. Other than that, my day was one without incident. I didn’t go off to hunt dragons. I didn’t decide to offer my ego up to public adulation (politics, etc). Instead, I made sure that the dishes were done, and I hate healthy foods. Fish, prunes, cheese. In no particular order. And now I’m looking forward to the rest of the week.
My family tree database passed the 69K mark this morning.
