Waiting at the station 10 years for the train to come. One finally breezes into the station. I say, “whoa, you’re too fast!” “Yeah, but I’ll get you there sooner for a cheaper fare!” she says. “No transfers.” I reply, “but I’m scared of losing my ticket. I’ll wait for the next train.” “Alright. Sorry …
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Fat Photo Rolls
Noticed my Google Drive utilization is now over 50GB out of 100GB (I’m paying for the lowest tier of extra storage). With the 2019 Google Photos decouple from Drive, I needed to test if files deleted from Drive would affect files in Photos. The answer is No. Drive and Photos, as services, are now totally …
Misoperator
My primary radio, a Yaesu FT-857, half-died during Field Day, so I sidelined it for debug later and continued with my other HF rig. Last night, I tore apart the radio and the Signalink attached to it, and dragged my oscilloscope out of storage, in order to probe into why the audio wasn’t modulating any …
Dead Silent, Dead Battery, Dead Stupid
The 2m section of my Icom IC-706mkII has finally died. Unfortunately, it picked a wrong time to go out: the moment I hit the interstate to head up to the Belton Hamfest. Helluva time to be without a voice, but oh well. Luckily, I had my Baofeng UV-82HP on hand and a connector for the …
For the Schwinn
Hacking a computer is a lot like riding a bicycle. Let’s say, for instance, that you give a kid a 10-speed bike. If the kid’s stupid, he’ll hop on and try pedaling like they do on TV. He might fall off because he doesn’t know how to ride it. Eventually, he gets the hang of …