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Mike’s blog
When Oracle devoured Sun Microsystems, many of the employees moved along to greener pastures. Mike Dillon was Sun’s top lawyer but he got it in his head that a cross-country bicycle journey was the sort of recalibration he required. He’s blogging his adventures (today is day #18) and I’ve gotten hooked on his almost daily [...]
In: blog · Tagged with: bicycle, blog, travel
Going Retro on 75
Dave Benson, K1SWL and proprietor of Small Wonder Labs has announced his latest creation — the ‘Retro-75‘ a 75/80 meter AM transceiver board kit.
We’re talking a 2.5 watt AM carrier/8 watt peak on a board that measures 3.5″ x 5.27″.
It’s supplied with a 3885 kHz transmit crystal, although a number of other crystal frequencies are available from both [...]
In: blog · Tagged with: gear, kits, qrp
Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology
Question: are you aware of The Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology program?
The Teachers Institute on Wireless Technology (TI) is a week long, in-residence learning opportunity designed for motivated teachers and other school staff who want to learn more about wireless technology and bring that knowledge to their students. A variety of topics are covered [...]
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Thinking Different
When Amazon brought the Kindle to market I was one of those early adopters who jumped on that bandwagon. The notion that my entire library could be digital was very seductive to my way of thinking. I travel a lot and having lots of good books at my fingertips no matter where I happen to [...]
In: blog · Tagged with: amazon, apple, ideas, ipad, kindle
iTelegraph
If you’ve been sweating great drops of blood worrying that Morse is going the way of the horse and buggy, then take some solace in this unique electronics kit.
The iTelegraph kit allows you to send Morse code over the Internet to other iTelegraphs and you can even use an antique key and sounder [...]
In: blog · Tagged with: electronics, kit, morse
Don’t Try This at Home
Don’t try this at home — unless your crotch rocket will go from 0 to 60 in 2.9 seconds…
Direct link to YouTube video.
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On a Clear Day
ISS astronaut Soichi Noguchi has been making use of his camera and Twitter account to send some truly amazing pictures of the Earth from orbit.
In this flyover of Egypt, two pyramids are clearly visible.