Very techie here... For a few months I've been operating a packet radio station on a 2-meter radio frequency here in the San Francisco Bay Area. I explored what it would take to make this a full “BBS” … [Read more...]
When did you stop answering your phone?
Yesterday I had to answer my phone. Does that sound odd? First of all, what's a phone for if you don't answer it? But second, who answers the phone any more, given the overwhelming volume of spam … [Read more...]
Clean out your Basement
Our house doesn't exactly have a basement, and the closest thing to it is a space officially designated “crawlspace” beneath the kitchen, but with a high ceiling — where we store a lot of stuff that … [Read more...]
Copyright Dispute Humor
Hey I put some video up after our June 2nd concert and yesterday I noticed there's a copyright claim filed against one of my videos. Sony thinks they own the “song.” Yes, they refer to everything as a … [Read more...]
Wear ’em Down
This is the fourth exactly-same-model of hiking boot I've worn over the last 10 or so years. A pair lasts two or three years — hundreds of trail and sidewalk miles. Then wears through, or the bottom … [Read more...]
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