Shelby Hamfest

I'm way behind on my posting and I'm off to the Shelby Hamfest tomorrow. I think I will have to try another "Brick Breaker" some time this week-end to clean out my RSS feed, tabs, and e-mails.

Yes.

Is Technology Making Us Lazy? - WIREDInsider:

'via Blog this'

Ham Radio - Make my computer talk to your computer

My father-in-law has been a ham for 50+ years. When talking about packet or digital modes, he often remarks that he doesn't want to make "my computer talk to your computer."

Gary Hoffman, KB0H, takes that idea to its logical conclusion:

"What if I died? Would anyone actually notice? My website would still be there. People might still send me e-mail. Various answering machines would still respond with my voice. The APRS station in my shack would keep on pumping out my call sign.

None of those machines was me, of course. They weren’t alive. They didn't have personalities."

Via The Amateur Amateur: Virtually There

HP Touchpad & Nook Color Update

Too bad I couldn't find a $99 HP Touchpad, since the Android port is coming. Obviously, that would have been cheaper than my Nook Color Android.

Paul points out that the Nook Color can be had from the BN ebay store (Item: 120758870326) for $180 with free shipping. Also, he links to the XDA forum for hacking the Nook Color.

Nook Color & Nook 2 Android

I really like our iPad. The three of us seem to share it pretty well, but I was already thinking we could really be a two or three tablet family. My uncle is trying out a Nook Color, the Barnes & Noble ebook reader along with a little hack to run the Android OS via a bootable microSD card from Nook 2 Android.

You can pick up a new Nook Color for $250. I got a refurb on Buy.com for $180. You can then order the a Nook 2 Android 8 GB card for $35. So on the cheap side, you can get an Android tablet for $215 plus shipping.

I'm excited about this as I really wanted a tablet and I think this will be a great device. I want it to be my portable documentation repository and library. Dropbox plus some PDFs. YouVersion for multiple versions of the Bible. Add Google Reader for my RSS feeds and I am all set!

Ditto.

Linoge has done it again. We need to match him up with some of these antis in a debate club showdown. (The first rule of debate club...) I hope if I keep reading his stuff, I will become wiser and more eloquent. For now, I will leave it at... ditto!

A long read, but well worth the time and it will get your neurons firing:

why are they so eager to expose their bigotry?

Win a $20 Gift Card to Nifty Accessories! | AmateurRadio.com

Win a $20 Gift Card to Nifty Accessories! | AmateurRadio.com

I've got a couple of the Nifty cards - one for my Wouxun KG-UVD1P and my IC-7000. They are handy to have around. AmateurRadio.com is giving away five $20 gift cards - all you have to do is leave a comment (assuming you are licenses ham) to have a chance to win. At the time of this posting, you would have about a 1 in 20 chance of winning! Much better than Vegas odds!

The Fulmer Curse?

Clay lays it all out... from David Cutcliffe leaving for Duke to Pat Summitt's dementia.

Wear Orange on Friday

I will wear Orange on Friday. You should, too.

"Hey Pat head Summitt, Lady Vol and Volunteer fans lets show our support for Pat Summitt by wearing orange on Friday 8/26 all day long. Lets not only tell her we got her back . Lets Show her. Join us as we make a tribute to one one of the biggest classiest icons in college female basketball history. Lets show her we are honored to to be a Lady Vol and Pat Head Summit fan. Please pass this along to everyone you know. Lets turn this town orange friday !!!!"

.45 LC

My friend bought some sort of revolver, so that it would be his turn to make the person in the next lane jump because of his "hand cannon." He said he was going to e-mail me a picture to compare with a 9mm round, but all he sent was this photo of a 9mm round next to a metal thermos.