Here is something different. I have a pin oak tree in my front yard that has been raised from an acorn. This is a cluster of acorns on that tree that have some kind of disease. My son Steven and I were looking at several clusters like this so he took this picture. Nice shot Steve. He had just come off the roof of my house and I had given him his mom’s camera to...
Continue reading...The Sacred Keyboard
I ran across this again last night as I was searching for a small keyboard for use with the computer I will be using for my amateur radio operations. There are two distinct camps. The largest is the “Windows” keyboard and the smaller group is the Apple Keyboard. If you want neither the selection becomes very small. I am looking for a UNIX keyboard! I am not talking about anything critical here. Any style keyboard...
Continue reading...Big Brother
The new Omni VII ham radio transceiver is on order. Should arrive Friday (tomorrow). I am excited to have a new toy but still sad that the VI has passed to the land of memories. I have snapped to my senses though and realize it is and was just a box of electronics. There was a problem of sorts in placing the order. My credit card company put a lock on my card when they saw...
Continue reading...TEDEX Update
I updated TEDEX with the newest version of its operating system. Not that a user can see any difference. But I also changed the scope of the forum. It stated out to be for nothing but metal working. Then a year ago or so I added a section about making wood chips (woodworking). Now I added a new section for another of my interests and that is Amateur Radio. The TEDEX is like an open...
Continue reading...