Saturday, September 06th, 2025
I fell off the wagon; the STEM monkey devil is on my back again. Considering tha
term is daemon. It started with my friend Franklin, KB1QZH. Those of you who do
as he is a fairly active activator. Frank texted me last weekend looking asking
activation. Black Rock would have been crowded, so I sent him to nearby Mohawk M
have an HF rig set up with a ~75' longwire and counterpoise hooked up via an ant
using it for SWL and not really QRV. Last Saturday I transmitted on HF for the f
8 other POTA activators on 40m SSB as far away as Michigan, and a DX station fro
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Sunday, July 06th, 2025
Came across a free Toshiba Satellite C875D with an AMD E1 CPU in mint condition.
installed; now has OpenBSD and runs just fine.
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Sunday, June 22th, 2025
Another semester done, and I've graduated! AA in Political
Science and History. Was going to get BA at CSCU, but their
class schedule and my life schedule were not compatable so it's
off to SNHU for my BA in PoliSci. I'm leaning towards a minor
in American Studies, but every now and then the little STEM
devil's advocate voice makes its presence known. So far I've
been pretty successful in telling it to shut the fuck up. Not
that I have anything against STEM, it's just that after
30+ years of working in the industry it's time to do something
else.
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Monday, October 14th, 2024
Radio Reminiscing
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Tuesday, September 17th, 2024
Added an article on 49 MHz. Part 15 radio experiences in the
1980s.
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Wednesday, June 19th, 2024
Windsor Swap, CT Vintage Radio Swap Meet Report
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Thursday, May 09th, 2024
Space...The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the
workshop Dog Solitude. It's perpetual mission: to explore the
limits of the blivet, to seek out new sources of stuff (aka
obtainium,) to boldly go where few hackers have gone before.
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Tuesday, April 16th, 2024
Last Saturday was the Patterson, NY Militaria show sponsored by
my friends Brian and Jean of The Duffle Bag. This is mostly a
collectors event in that you won't find much in the way of
militaru surplus gear used by airsoft enthusiasts and
survivalist types. Indeed, it was mostly World War II
collectibles, with a smattering of more recent vintage military
memorabilia. I was in my usual corner spot with a couple tables
of stuff that was excess to needs. I don't sell much as most of
my stuff is either ephemera (military manuals) or post WW2 kit,
but I often do well enough to help cover any purchases I make
at the show, and the traditional after show lunch of calamari
and cheesecake down at the local diner.
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Thursday, March 28th, 2024
And you could find the parts to almost anything, on Dog
Solitude, if you dug long enough. - William Gibson, Mona Lisa
Overdrive
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Sunday, March 17th, 2024
Overslept the alarm clock this morning! Woke up a
couple hours past when I wanted to, which made making the NJARC
swap meet on time problematic. Decided instead to only go into
upstate New York, specifically Kingston and New Paltz.
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Friday, March 15th, 2024
The New Jersey Antique Radio Club is hosting a swap
meet/hamfest tomorrow.
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Tuesday, March 12th, 2024
Cleaned up the Gopherspace a bit as I move my primary writing outlet over
here. Hello to everyone visiting from the web!
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Wednesday, March 06th, 2024
Upgraded my SDF membership to ARPA level!
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Monday, March 04th, 2024 Added Neal Stephenson's essay, In
the Beginning was the Command Line.
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 Visited the swap meet at the
Vintage Radio and Communications Museum in Windsor, CT last
weekend to sell some excess junk, and find new bargains.
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Sunday, July 23th, 2023
Addded the article on monitoring town channels.
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Wednesday, March 01th, 2023 Added my short story "The Rand
Effect." It's not about Ayn Rand, but it is a warning. Never
use the restroom alone during a thunderstorm unless you're
looking for an adventure.
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Tuesday, February 28th, 2023 Added a directory of "new"
stories starting with Dewey Disciples.
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Monday, September 19th, 2022
9/19/2022 - Hamfests
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Saturday, May 28th, 2022
Another revised story: B.A.S.I.C.
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Saturday, May 28th, 2022
Revised my short story "The Receiver."
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Sunday, July 18th, 2021
Added some short stories to the Gopherspace.
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Thursday, July 15th, 2021
Hello World! First entry in my Gopher log at SDF.
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