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  1. To add insult to injury, he writes and photographs amazingly well too. about 13 hours ago via web
  2. Holy crap, I can't imagine the skill it takes to make food like this: allenhemberger.com/alinea/ about 13 hours ago via web
  3. My IC735 isn't a great radio for WSPR: even 5w for 2m makes the radio drift, and it doesn't fully recover in the next recv cycle. #hamradio about 15 hours ago via web
  4. WSPR DX on 20M last night: VK7BO, VK1UN, VK3JY, VK3GMZ, VK2TCC, VK2PWS, VK2AJW, VK2TPM, DU1MGA, ZL1JA, EA8FF, and WAY2YUN. #hamradio about 15 hours ago via web
  5. I just finished The New York Times Crossword for May 29, 2012 in 0:24:10. Download FREE for iOS: bit.ly/nXGA9q #NYTXW about 22 hours ago via NYTimes Crosswords
  6. @vk2zay @alangarf @wa7iut @AA7EE It's not hard to get licensed here, if you have a US mail address and $13 or whatever the fee is... 11:08 PM May 28th via web in reply to vk2zay
  7. Got two new states for my WAS this evening, shifting over to 20m WSPR for a change of pace and to test the new doublet antenna. #hamradio 11:06 PM May 28th via web
  8. Blog Post: The Beaglebone: an $89 Time Machine... bit.ly/N1tOF1 8:07 PM May 28th via WordPress_Twtr-Blog
  9. I just finished The New York Times Crossword for May 28, 2012 in 0:16:01. Download FREE for iOS: bit.ly/nXGA9q #NYTXW 12:08 PM May 28th via NYTimes Crosswords
  10. @AB3UM Mine is just speaker wire, and way too low. But it seems to work! 8:59 AM May 28th via web in reply to AB3UM
  11. simh on my beaglebone + tops 10 distribution == time machine back to my first mainframe experience, for only $89 and 1W of power. 11:28 PM May 27th via web
  12. Shifted my 40m dipole for a doublet made from speaker wire. Still low, but early testing suggests it is at least as good. 7:37 PM May 27th via web
  13. Eric Chavez batting for the Yankees. Doubles to left. Score 1-1. twitter.com/brainwagon/sta… 1:46 PM May 26th via Tweetbot for iOS
  14. Took surprisingly long to get Ubuntu installed on VirtualBox. No problems, just slow. 8:59 AM May 26th via Tweetbot for iOS from El Sobrante, CA
  15. My beaglebone is pretending to be a PDP 11 this morning, running V7 Unix. Power used is less than 1w. 9:01 AM May 25th via Tweetbot for iOS from El Sobrante, CA
  16. @chrisgj198 I remember seeing this in Sci Am years ago. Very cool. 8:35 AM May 25th via Tweetbot for iOS from El Sobrante, CA in reply to chrisgj198
  • Name Mark VandeWettering
  • Location El Sobrante, CA
  • Web http://brainwagon...
  • Bio Geek, blogger, K6HX, enthusiast for enthusiasm.
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