I have a computer (I have many computers) that I use for just experimenting and trying new programs. It has a network name of “playground”. That should tell you something. I use it with my ham radio right now so it is not a critical machine. I have written about it before in this blog and have described the special small keyboard I bought to go with it. I had a SUSE Linux OS installed...
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He’s Going Loco!
I have recently added a few posts in my THMS Blog. They are mostly about getting back into the Pennsy A3 switcher locomotive project. I started working on that project more than six years ago. I haven’t worked on it at all for thirty five months. That’s just the way it is with a hobby sometimes. My enjoyment is in the construction. Right now I have no plans for building the 3 ½ inch wide...
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I am involved with a few hobbies that are under federal regulation. These include Amateur Radio and recreational aircraft flying. I suppose I could include automobile driving too, but that isn’t a hobby… or maybe it is? These activities existed before there were governmental controls. I only mention that bit of history because it is important to know how government controls are intended to maintain order out of developing chaos. These regulated activities owe their...
Continue reading...Terrorist 1 – Model Airplane Pilot 0
I am saddened to see more American freedoms taken away by American government decision makers. Because the president of the USA (code name V.I.P) may fly into either Dallas or Austin Texas on Monday afternoon August 9, 2010, it has been deemed necessary to forbid (among a lot of real aircraft operations) the operations (flying) of ANY model airplanes within a 30 mile radius of these towns, from the ground up to but not including...
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