http://blog.somenet.net Not just another pretty WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:09:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We forgot to have the party .!.  SomeNet has been here for 10 years now. The world did keep on turning tho, I noticed that Google didn't http://blog.somenet.net/2008/10/06/happy_anniversary_somenet/ Richard Garriott is scheduled to launch Oct.12, 2008. You may have seen recent press or news bulletins about this, but if you are into ham radio - this is hot stuff. Richard Garriott is the son of SkyLab Astronaut Owen Garriott, who 25 years ago this month was the first to ... http://blog.somenet.net/2008/09/30/launching-soon-w5kwq/ 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 ... http://blog.somenet.net/2008/09/20/prepare_for_the_worst/ Today I have updated a quick reference page that I first built while living on the South Carolina coast. Lots of interesting imagery and links for further study. Please visit (and bookmark as a favorite) my Atlantic Hurricane resource selector . Enjoy  /;^) http://blog.somenet.net/2008/08/28/hurricane-tracking-resources/ 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 ... http://blog.somenet.net/2008/08/21/i-always-loved-the-blackbird/ Our good friend Mike made the journey to Alabama for the weekend. Traveling all the way from Kingsport TN, Mikey drove over Thursday arriving in time for the RACES/ARES group's annual picnic on Monte Sano. I took a vacation day to show Mike around town a bit, including the HOSC @ ... http://blog.somenet.net/2008/08/17/n4ofa-visits-rocket-city/ Before leaving the summer/beach theme, I'll share one more favorite. I'm always amazed at how powerful is nature to produce such dramatic visions of simple 'ordinary' events - like a typical sunrise at the beach. No amount of pixel-twisting, palette-wrenching, post-production finesse could rival the natural beauty of a shot like ... http://blog.somenet.net/2008/08/09/copper_sunrise/ I thought the site could use a refreshing picture, during these hot humid days of summer. This is a pair of sunrise surfers in the Atlantic, just off Pawleys Island. The water temperature there this time of day is actually a little warmer than the air temperature. The early sun ... http://blog.somenet.net/2008/07/19/early_surf/  I guess if there is a theme to this years Field Day it would be,  "EVERYBODY DID THEIR PART".    For instance, Wendell had family commitments and had to leave after helping set up everything, http://blog.somenet.net/2008/07/02/field-day-2008-johnson-city-tennessee/ 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 http://blog.somenet.net/2008/07/01/you_have_nointernet/