Sounds about right...
A jack of many hobbies and a master of none - spending lots of time on amateur/ham radio, running, and technology.
Monday, September 7, 2020
Monday, August 31, 2020
DJI Drone Factory
A rare peek inside a DJI factory.
Like most manufacturing, there is a testing/quality control process at the end... for the drones, this means literally flying off the assembly line!
Via DC Rainmaker
Monday, August 24, 2020
Cobra Kai on Netflix #cobrakai #hashbrown
I watched the first two seasons on YouTube, but they will be on Netflix starting August 28. Excited to watch Season 3 in 2021.
We’re hitting the mats at an all new dojo. Seasons 1 & 2 drop-kicking at once. Season 3 enters the tournament in 2021. pic.twitter.com/hplOOh2ujO
— Cobra Kai (@CobraKaiSeries) August 24, 2020
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Unsubscribe
When I unsubscribe from an e-mail list and I get a message like this:
"You have successfully unsubscribed from our mailing list. We are sorry to see you go. We will process your request in the next 10 days."
I always go back to Gmail and flag the message as spam. Ten days! Bogus.
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Space Force
Today we are proud to showcase the Space Force logo to the world. Over the next few hours, we will share the history and legacy of our new logo. pic.twitter.com/tKe8QCWEiG
— United States Space Force (@SpaceForceDoD) July 22, 2020
For those excitedly tweeting that Trump stole the Star Trek logo!!!!, the patch on the left was the existing Air Force Command logo.
— John Noonan (@noonanjo) January 24, 2020
The same one I wore as a Lieutenant in 2005. pic.twitter.com/mYb60YioBP
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Summit Fighting COVID
Monday, August 3, 2020
Star Wars Titles
Lucasfilm give this man one million dollars pic.twitter.com/ApdxYSw4fr
— Chela supports BLM (@akachela) July 31, 2020
Sunday, August 2, 2020
Space
🚀 We have LIFTOFF to Mars! The @ulalaunch Atlas V takes flight with our @NASAPersevere rover. The #CountdownToMars continues as Perseverance begins her 7-month journey to the Red Planet! pic.twitter.com/3RTL1CR4WS
— NASA (@NASA) July 30, 2020
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Plus ça change,...
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Monday, July 27, 2020
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Garmin Hit by Ransomware
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
On-Call
Friday, July 17, 2020
Intellectual Discourse - Ham Radio Reddit
"Chinese communist party takes your Baofeng bucks and puts them right in the 'turn America into one big concentration camp' fund. They don't want you dead, they want your whole life. Call me crazy, see what happens.EDIT: Changed 'Baofeng dollars' to 'Baofeng bucks' because it's funnier."
"Japanese anime porn artists take your Yaesu Yen and put them right into the "get Americans addicted to tentacle hentai" fund. They don't want you dead, they want your whole life. Call me crazy, see what happens."
The Screwtape Letters
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
International Space Station
"The crew can operate the 2-meter packet radio in unattended mode, and hams can make contacts with the ISS station when the crew members are working. Hams can also communicate with each other using the ISS packet (computer) radio mode, or receive slow scan television mode images. It all depends on what equipment is in service in space.
A typical ground station for contacting the ISS station includes a 2-meter FM transceiver and 25-100 watts of output power. A circularly polarized crossed-Yagi antenna capable of being pointed in both azimuth (North-South-East-West) and elevation (degrees above the horizon) is desirable. But successful contacts have even been made with vertical and ground plane antennas."