I’ve recently entered the world of amateur radio. I received my technician license about three months ago and of course picked one of the more obscure sections of the hobby, amateur satellites. I’ve added a link on the right of the page under blog roll to KF7UAN.NET, the site is under construction and should be [...]
I’ve been getting hit pretty hard with spam on the panniers post. I had to just do a delete all. If you were a actually human interested in the panniers I have to apologize if I deleted your comment. There simply were to many to go through.
There are always excuses for not writing. They range from too busy to not enough motivation. My grandmother passed recently. I suppose that is mine. I haven’t really had the words to convey anything, much less a specific emotion. My grandmother was my acting mother because mine was incapable or unwilling to raise me. I’m [...]
The things old people worry about is entertaining. Now I say this as a 37 year old. Who I’m sure my offspring feel is ancient and I bring this up because I’ve spent a lot of time with my grandmother now eighty. She recently became ill and was hospitalized. I’ve got to mention a few [...]
I’ve always loved the idea of the online community. Especially for those of us who are a little introverted. Where else can I feel I’m part of something without really risking anything or contributing anything? That is if you are careful with your identity. Personally I don’t care if anyone knows who I am. I’ve [...]
You defend stacking people in the hallways of hospitals while insurance companies make double digit profits. You support useless wars then scream about abortion. You’ll walk by the homeless then bitch that the only possible reason is they’re lazy. You call a group of people fags and simply won’t let them live their lives, but [...]
I’ve always been amazed at the dismissal of space flight by some people. It is an amazing achievement of not just one country but humanity. Link to attached picture http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap101115.html.
Following Stuxnet has been very interesting. The stories are full of covert government organizations, spies and bears oh-my. From what I’ve gathered it is a labor of love. Programmed in multiple languages and targeted at a specific component of a Supervisory Control and Data acquisition (SCADA) system the programmable logic controller (PLC). The PLCs handle [...]
I’ve been looking for another job for the last few months and I’ve noticed a trend that isn’t really new or profound. In my industry I.T. the abuse of the exempt status has rocketed to new heights. For myself I worked well over three hundred hours of overtime on my last project with no offer [...]
Winter is a coming and I have plenty I want to do during the dark and rainy months. I still have my number one goal of finding a new job before my next project live date. I won’t go into details why I want to leave my job. I will say I’m getting to old [...]