Pac-oogle

For a limited time you can play Pac-Man instead of searching Google in celebration of the game’s 30th anniversary. check it out.

Things Metafilter does well

Coordinating resources in real time for a likely case of human trafficking. At this time results are not exactly awesome so if you don’t want to read a possibly crappy ending, don’t bother following the link.

The New Sports

I woke up this morning from a dream where I was a consultant for company specializing in archaic measurements. We were contracting with various sports governing authorities to de-modernize various sports. The ‘why’ is unimportant–or at least never made itself known to me. The work was kind of interesting. We were playing with ideas such…

Death By Facebook

I’m vaguely saddened by the fact that I post all of my bloggy-related stuff directly to Facebook. I get way more readership there. Here’s to trying to change that…

TheShack

The best thing about Radio Shack (or is it RadioShack) is that you get to leave it after fighting your way through “the help” to get what you want and make a purchase. As in every two minutes one is assaulted with “can I help you” or “still finding everything okay” when it should be…

KD0INW de KD0INM

Mad props to the pops who is now tight with the FCC with his Tech license! After consulting with my adopted Elmer, K3HIR, I’m definitely eschewing the obsessive parts of antenna hanging so I can get on the air. Tonight I’ll be stopping on the way home after work for some coax and a couple…

Ham I Am

As of 20090731, I am licensed to transmit as KD0INM by the FCC. I’m completely stoked and will be updating this space with my adventures. Yay me! So far, then, other than the license I have acquired a used and ever so slightly abused Kenwood TS 530-S. I haven’t yet put it on the air…

Midweek NPR Meme

Ever notice NPR seems to have cornered the market on interesting names for presenters and reporters? Well, someone else has. The short of it being your NPR name is your first name with your middle initial stuck in it somewhere and the smallest foreign town you’ve ever visited. ‘Nick’ doesn’t lend itself well to adding…