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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
still too damned true today…
Winter In America by Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Simply Beautiful by Al Green
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
time for some InstantPot magic with Dead Animal Parts and peppers and such
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Travelling Riverside Blues (BBC Session) (Remastered) by Led Zeppelin
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Soul Kitchen (2017 Remaster) by The Doors
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
ahhhhhh…
Mexican Home (Live) by John Prine
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
and voila! it all fits back into a small form-factor carrying case (an old camera bag)… a complete, all-mode (voice, CW, & digital), 15w HF station in a bag
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
New blog post at http://www.theborednet.net about how µField Day has been growing, plus details of our August 27th event.
I'm looking at a lot of alternate sites, since it's become so much larger than I ever imagined it might. But if people need an excuse to take their radios out of the house and play portable, I'm only too happy to keep giving them one. 👍
#MicroFieldDay #µFieldDay #µFD #PortableHamRadio #TheBOREDnet
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Another #µFieldDay in the books...what a beautiful day for some #portablehamradio. About 30 people came by, with 9 HF stations set up. As always, some cool antennas ideas, from N6QDI's surprisingly effective magmount on his car to NS6X's complicated but gorgeous Buddihex.
@kb9ens made the long trip from Gardena to see what µFD was all about-great having you, and I hope I can make the same trip the other way soon.
As always, more info and updates at www.theborednet.net
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
a reasonably successful session getting a laptop loaded with drivers, rig control software, and digital mode software (for ft8, for psk-31 &etc, and for js8) for field operations.
Mastodon Feedbcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:
A little over a decade ago, I gave a talk on corporate open source anti-patterns -- saying that I would return in a decade and describe any new mistakes. A decade later, new mistakes have emphatically been made! On tomorrow's Oxide and Friends, @ahl and I are going to be joined by @kelseyhightower as we talk about some of the anti-patterns of the last decade -- and try to give guidance to the next generation. Join us live -- or catch the recording! https://discord.gg/95HuasSA?event=1145461064901861458
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
well, it would appear I am indeed getting out… not bad for 15 watts
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
graydon@types.pl ("Graydon Hoare") wrote:
Re last rt: A minor quibble. An individual certainly can make a programming language -- I encourage everyone to try, it's not that hard! -- but it'll be small. Any one-person program is usually going to be fairly small. That's ok! Big things have to start small, and small things are also valuable in themselves.
But yes also hero worship in general is a bad idea. Besides "who did most of the actual work" (other people) there's also the question of "where did the ideas come from" (also other people). To a first approximation nothing gets big via one pair of hands or one brain.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
aaaaand time Yet Again for One More [redacted] Reboot
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
and autogenerated Morse seems to wiggle the ‘Power Out’ meter properly
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
bingo! good connection
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
okay, it found the devices
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
plug in the (opto-isolated) digirig & voila! i/o ports appear
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
okay, got the memory I was supposed to after Yet Another Reboot (WRF? is this secretly Windoze?)
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
aaaaand restart yet again (driver shite)
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
downloading WSJTX
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
SillyconeLabs driver installed, now to reboot
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
next up: install digital mode software on ye olde laptoppe for field use
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
okay, seems to tune up
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
now let us see if it actually tunes up
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
and downstairs, I can unroll the other end of that line and fit it through the door, across the floor, and to the kitchen ‘island’ #HamRadio
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
and upstairs, I can patch my multi band endfed antenna back out to that backyard downstairs line
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
so, I have a “spare” length of RG8X running from the backyard to where all the antenna lines pass through a window upstairs & into the slvove where I have my desk and etc…
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
Mer__edith@mastodon.world ("Meredith Whittaker") wrote:
Great column from @ShiraOvide, looking at differences between private messengers. Note Telegram isn't listed, because Telegram is not a private messenger.
And note that Signal is the gold standard, providing the foundation for the rest.❤️
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/22/encryption-imessage-whatsapp-google/
