I’d say Happy Opening Day but MLB.TV seems to be on the injury list already!!
@mrwilson I bet that sounded wonderful in that space
@ajh have you tried removing the house from the equation? Sometimes I do a POTA-like setup in the backyard and I find that even then, the neighborhood noise is quite high compared to when I’m away from the city in a park. Frustrating, for sure.
I had the opportunity to visit the Voice of America museum near Cincinnati last spring at their retired Bethany Station. One of the exhibits that stuck in my mind afterwards was of radios from around the world, usually designed to only tune in the local regime’s broadcasts, but had been modded — sometimes at risk of death — to tune into VoA. Oppressed peoples around the world have risked their lives to hear unfiltered news from VoA — and this week we just shut it down. ☹️
Web services — *cough* Issuu *cough* — that make me jump through a million screens to cancel them, while detailing the extreme loss and sadness I'm supposedly going to feel without them — even though they want to increase my annual cost by nearly 150%, justified by features I have no use for — just reinforce my feelings that this is the right decision.
My wife and I had a couple of days off so decided to spend some time somewhere drivable that we’ve never been — that knocked out easy picks like KC, Des Moines, and Minneapolis and sent us driving to Wichita! We had a lovely couple days, the highlight of which was an awesome German restaurant called Prost — I would drive there again just for that! I was also fun to find the beers from the old Tallgrass Brewing in Manhattan, KS had found a new home/brewer at Wichita Brewing Company…
@FosseLeo Wow. Hadn’t seen one of those in a while. Yes. 50.
Sporting KC season opener! Could be a rough season, but first games are always full of hope! 😀
Installed PixelFed and, it seems to be what Instagram used to be before it was turned in to a scrolling wall of billboards and stories … it’s almost confusing — but welcome!
@cpultz it was a lot of fun and a lot of good music but it’s a real sign of my age. I used to do 6 L and now I’m taking a nap after three. 😴🍺
End of Winter = BockFest! End of 10 days below freezing = Let’s Drink! Let’s Drink = (by my wife) let’s sort your health insurance claims … what?! 🤪 good luck with that.
I was pleasantly surprised when I asked Siri for the time of a college basketball game, without specifying men’s or women’s, and it made me select rather than just assuming I wanted the men’s team.
Since our department takes care of both live-streaming and digital signage in our school district, making it possible to watch show choir events in overflow areas, cafeterias, volunteer rooms and coach lounges falls to us. We do this for 6 of our 8 high schools and each usually lasts around 15 hours. They are long days and make for short weekends, but it is a joy to see the students perform and the shows get better through the season!
Question-of-the-day on the lunch net here in town was "do you have a typewriter?" and it reminded me of this German one I've had since middle school — when I found it in the attic of a home we lived in. It was used the most when it served as a sort of guest book in my college dorm room, where people would leave messages. I wish I had kept any of those sheets! The keyboard includes ß and umlaut but omits a one and zero — you have to use the lowercase “L” or a capital “O”.
@cpultz I like the cash option, too, although I think it's not enough. I think $5 is like 1000 points, while you can get a Runza for free for 800 points, and it costs more than $5.
Some friends and I had a fantastic #winterfieldday weekend at a state park cabin. How many radios do 3 people need? 30ish? 😂 We hunted satellites, used meshtastic, erected a variety of wire, horizontal and loop antennas, used phone modes, data modes and cw/morse code. Can’t wait for next year! #hamradio
@cpultz use those points, man!
#huskers going to a bowl! Our son is in the drumline and we’ve heard tales from so many parents whose kids went all through school with seasons that always ended in November… I’m so happy for him and the band that they get to travel this year… — As one that was college-aged during the National Championship years in the 90’s, I can’t believe that not going to a bowl is even a thing.
James Hoffmann has been talking about doing this for a lonnnnng time and I’m so glad it’s here. I’m excited to pick up a kit or two and learn about these processes. #coffee https://youtu.be/2t7Ba8Vr9HY
#hamradio fun tonight… aimed the yagi antenna at the ISS and pulled a SSTV image off of it. Hoping to get some better ones with higher passes over the weekend. https://www.ariss.org/
My daughter had fall break today so we took the opportunity to go on a photo hike at a nearby camp. It seems like fall has taken forever to arrive.
Been doing the Sunday night ARES net for over a year now… here we go again…
@cpultz me too!!
Drove out of town to catch the #aurora last night and got there just in time. It faded pretty quickly after this.
@nirak i’d have to take peanut butter for sure! Some love chocolate — I’m in for PB 😋