in 1959, GE tried to convince the world that vacuum tubes were better than transistors. besides an advertising blitz, they also published a 66-page brochure "comparing" the two technologies. check it out: https://t.co/F4GRMAm9kw pic.twitter.com/rEfjTT4nJp— Tube Time (@TubeTimeUS) February 14, 2019
A jack of many hobbies and a master of none - spending lots of time on amateur/ham radio, running, and technology.
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
A Series of Tubes
Labels:
Electronics
Monday, February 18, 2019
Thursday, February 14, 2019
409 Shop Provides Comms for Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon
Lots of radios...
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Fake
I don't know what to believe any more.
In TNG, Picard has a flute he sometimes plays.— foone (@Foone) February 12, 2019
The only problem is that Sir Patrick Stewart cannot play the flute. So they have someone else's hands pretend to play it while he makes silly facial expressions, and they dub in music later.
Once you see it, you can't unsee it. pic.twitter.com/5dbtyvOqjy
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Saturday, February 9, 2019
The Matrix
The Matrix is crazier than we all suspected...
A digital billboard in Odessa malfunctioned, in the fog. Convincing unknown numbers of motorists not only were they living in the Matrix, but it was being run on Windows 98. pic.twitter.com/a5O0Yoj0Lu— Pádraig Belton (@PadraigBelton) February 8, 2019
Labels:
Humor,
Microsoft,
Technology,
Windows
Friday, February 8, 2019
A Series of Tubes
Summit is the most powerful #supercomputer in the world.— Oak Ridge Lab (@ORNL) February 6, 2019
Here's a very non-scientific look at what's behind the cabinet doors. #UnscienceASupercomputer #justforfun #HPC pic.twitter.com/ecfgVJKNHp
Labels:
Computer,
Internet,
Technology
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Fluke Deals on Amazon
Normally, I post about the cheap, Chinese meters, but I saw that Amazon is having a little sale on some Fluke meters.
Labels:
Electronics,
Tools
Monday, February 4, 2019
Batman and Bruce Wayne
Modern television will never get a scene as absolutely perfect as this scene. pic.twitter.com/uhF6FCvCSG— YUXLOA (@YUXLOA) January 28, 2019
Friday, February 1, 2019
Pet Wolf Worst Case Scenario
Remember to use Incognito mode!
Wife: Where are you— Hip Dad Online (@hardlyrelevant) May 25, 2016
Me: The store
W: Don't lie to me
M: Wh-
W: I saw the internet history
M: *hangs up* pic.twitter.com/CbhMqKVGkq
Labels:
Humor
Thursday, January 31, 2019
The Updated OSI Model
Labels:
Amazon,
Google,
Internet,
Networking,
Power,
Privacy,
Technology
Friday, January 25, 2019
Upgrade!
Pimp my ride - ham radio style...
My Studebaker has five transistors. I almost feel bad about adding a few million more this weekend. pic.twitter.com/wdyZqXDDK9— Travis Goodspeed (@travisgoodspeed) January 25, 2019
Labels:
Electronics,
Ham Radio
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Frac - 3D Tetris
A random conversation reminded me of a computer game I played in the early 90's: Frac (3D Tetris). I fired up the browser version and I was surprised that my fingers remembered how to manipulate the pieces. Good times.
Labels:
Computer,
Games,
Video Games
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Most GenX Thing Ever
Agreed.
The most GenX thing ever. 👇🖕 pic.twitter.com/3rxHLH8CeX— Brad King (@thebradking) January 20, 2019
Labels:
Age
Sunday, January 13, 2019
Random Fun
Love the throwback warm-up pants...
Let’s go gentlemen pic.twitter.com/PAAkwShEH9— Tennessee Basketball (@Vol_Hoops) January 12, 2019
Labels:
Basketball,
Tennessee,
Vols
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Funny Machine Learning Outcomes
A great list...
Including such instance classics:Would you like a giant list of times that ML systems learned to do the thing by hacking some bug you didn't realize your system had? Yes you would. Because it's hilarious. https://t.co/qN2FYpUy8e— Andromeda Yelton (@ThatAndromeda) January 9, 2019
"In an artificial life simulation where survival required energy but giving birth had no energy cost, one species evolved a sedentary lifestyle that consisted mostly of mating in order to produce new children which could be eaten (or used as mates to produce more edible children)."Or:
"A robotic arm trained to slide a block to a target position on a table achieves the goal by moving the table itself."Via @ItsRobbAllen
Labels:
AI,
Future,
Robots,
Technology,
Video Games
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Augmented vs. Virtual
That's not a bad way to look at it...
You can boil it down to - VR is for fun, AR is for work— Jordan (@lead_proSapien) January 7, 2019
Labels:
Augmented Reality,
Future,
Technology,
Virtual Reality
Friday, January 4, 2019
Lord British is a robot!
Lifehacker does a "How I Work" series and asks people about their hacks, battle stations, tools, etc. They recently interviewed Richard Garriott aka Lord British. I had not thought about Ultima in a long time. And it was interesting to read about his use of a tele-presence robot.
Labels:
Hack,
Lifehacker,
Robots,
Video Games
Thursday, January 3, 2019
Saturn V Lamp
Labels:
3D Printing,
Instructables,
Space
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Ham Licenses
It's been a year since I posted an update on the Ham licenses chart.
Up: Extra, General, Tech, and Total
Up: Extra, General, Tech, and Total
This is a high water mark for all three classes and overall licenses. Total was 748,136 at the end of 2017.
Down: Advanced and Novice
Advanced and Novice will only go down since no new licenses are being issued for these classes.
Down: Advanced and Novice
Advanced and Novice will only go down since no new licenses are being issued for these classes.
Labels:
Ham Radio
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