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Prepare_For_The_Worst


Filed under: WOW!, amateur radio, internet, rant, space, weather 1 Comment

I’m sure the residents of Galveston Texas are wondering how, not to mention why… something like this chose them. It was bad.
But Hurricane Ike could have been much much worse.

Likely not many of us were up at 4:15 to check on things, or you could have seen this live image of the NWS radar from […]

I always loved the Blackbird


Filed under: Linky, WOW!, photo, rant, space 2 Comments

Never really understanding why; I just had always accepted that the SR-71 was the coolest flying machine that ever had been. It was a picture like this one that first clued me in that this was no ordinary aircraft - and that was probably early-1980s. It may be a while before anything this significant flys […]

You_have_(no)internet


Filed under: internet, rant 1 Comment

And so it goes in these modern times. We are so accustomed to always having our internet service - what would we ever do without it…
Really - What’s that ? I sound like a broken record ? ?
Sometimes I think the

You_have_(no)mail


Filed under: internet, rant 2 Comments

And so it goes in these modern times. We are so accustomed to always having our email service - what would we ever do without it…
Currently SomeNet email users are doing just that - without. Apparently during/after the thunderstorm Monday evening Charter was unable to assign the beloved IP address to this cable modem that […]

PREPARING FOR A TORNADO


Filed under: amateur radio, rant, weather 1 Comment

Aaron,
After last night I got to seriously thinking about you guys living in a area that has lots of severe storms and what COULD happen to your little stick house when the big bad wolf starts blowing. Simply going to a inner room and climbing under a mattress does not sound like preparation for […]

MSIE is evil !


Filed under: internet, rant, software No Comments

<rant>I don’t know, maybe I haven’t paid enough dues lately to the MSIE-Haters Club… I must have not been doing my share of IE-bashing, cause my karma seems to be out of whack. I was getting by pretty good for a while there, but I guess I have recently failed to make sure that “the […]

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