QYT KT-UV980: $99.99

409Shop is having a sale on the QYT KT-UV980 for $99.99. It normally runs $150 on their site. The description says it is a dual band 30W UHF and 40W VHF - the full specifications reveal that it only runs at full power. (Also, no Windows 7 support.)

Baofeng UV-5R: Lightning Deal

Baofeng UV-5R for $31 (Free Ship) as an Amazon Lightning Deal - only about an hour left.

Via Hank Curmudgeon on the Baofeng Amateur Radio Network (BARN) on Facebook

Knoxville - Cultural Center of the World

Just one more reason Knoxville is so great...

American Cornhole announces its World Championship will once again take place in Knoxville, TN in last week of July pic.twitter.com/6bUfTM9Os0

— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) December 18, 2015

3D Printed Dipole Insulator

#3dprinting dipole center insulator is ready for test... pic.twitter.com/AvXX6nOHjt

— Ondrej Kolonicny (@ok1cdj) December 16, 2015

Hate Prison

And OneDrive is Deer Vino. Explains a lot.

RT @HanSoloMio: @SwiftOnSecurity Hate Prison is an anagram for SharePoint… just sayin’ <<ha! #notcoincidence ;)

— Amy Renee (@amyengineer) December 15, 2015

Lightsaber Battle in Chrome

Very cool!

Wield your lightsaber to escape the First Order in this #ChromeExperiment: https://t.co/D7vpCk6qzG #lightsaberescape pic.twitter.com/QDSpM3QSi2

— Google Chrome (@googlechrome) December 15, 2015

Cord Cutting Accelerates

People are dumping cable faster than ever. How can cable companies stop the decline?

I have a crazy idea - charge less and improve service.

Lovelace and Babbage

@Raspberry_Pi please help celebrate my 200th b'day & RT/vote for this LEGO RPi project https://t.co/R9CQyVlPGD #STEM pic.twitter.com/HJMR4bUOay

— Ada 'LEGO' Lovelace (@LegoLovelace) December 10, 2015

Network Training

I did some on-line network training and learned about a very powerful tool.

Training

"If you are reading this and can't put your hand on your defensive firearm, your training has been wasted." ~ Col. Jeff Cooper

— Sheriff Jim Wilson (@sheriffjim) December 9, 2015