WOOP!
Sometimes there are things that I just need. Like this tshirt: http://www.neatoshop.com/product/Woop?tag=7040
Le sigh
I think I’m going to be a little sad every time I walk by one of these now.
Yes
You’re standing in the electronics aisle of your favorite hardware store thinking to yourself “I’ve got a razor blade and some pliers. This should work.” You are wrong. You’re standing in the electronics aisle of your favorite hardware store thinking to yourself “I’ve got pliers. Maybe the stripping tool is sufficient.” You are still wrong.…
The antenna
My 43′ vertical antenna kit and enough coax to park it at the top of the backyard are whizzing their way to the Tuck as I type this. It’s the final piece of the getting-to-broadcast-on-HF puzzle. A 43′ vertical is a nice compromise antenna that can be tuned with my radio’s on board antenna matcher…
Smoking up the man
I don’t listen to a lot of commercial broadcast radio so maybe this has been a thing for a long time. But, still, this is new to me. Apparently a certain segment of the vaping/e-cigarette crowd is anti-government. I heard a commercial about every seven minutes today suggesting that vaping is, amongst other awesome things,…
Persistent
So yesterday wasn’t good enough? Sheesh…
You can call me Bill Saluga
You can call me Ray or you can call me Ray Jay… Where the mind goes when it’s supposed to be working…
Possible build
Given the fun that my going on six years old laptop is presenting w/r/t the power management circuitry I’ve started looking at its replacement. I think I’m done with laptops as my primary workstation because they just don’t have it on the value for dollar front. I’m shooting for a relatively robust workstation able to…
Stirring the pot
Yep [1]. Exactly [2]. And it’s not just Budweiser that does this. It’s frickin’ everywhere. [1] http://gfor3.com/2014/02/04/the-great-budweiser-lie/ [2] http://carryingthegun.com/2014/02/02/last-nights-budweiser-ad-a-heros-welcome-was-exploitative-and-offensive/
It’s me, right?
Companies advertising specials for folks being affected by the shutdown of the federal government rub me the wrong way. Giving away free crap, well, I suppose I’m not as irritated by that kind of thing. It still reeks of taking advantage of tragedy for a little self-promotion but I can see how it might be…