It is the day after Christmas but I noticed yeaterday (Christmas) we had three visitors on the lake. These fine feathered folks (Canada Geese) don’t live here as we have a quartet of tame (sort-of) African geese that usually rule to roost. The resident geese must not be paying attention or perhaps welcome these travelers. In any case, I will take it as a sign of good fortune that we had these visitors show up at Christmas and...
Continue reading...I Told You 64 Times
It is about time I give up on this 64 bit computer thread. Don’t you think? Yep, the thread is wearing a bit thin. I have been running my personal PC here at home with Vista Ultimate 64 bit consistently for over a month. Probably 90% of third party software on it is written for 32 bit OS. The software does not appear to the user (me) to run any different in either OS. Someone...
Continue reading...Amateur Radio
This is a subject I haven’t discussed in Ramblin’ Dan. I have been an amateur radio operator for almost 40 years. I was first licensed as a Novice in 1969. I was permitted to operate a 75 watt (input) crystal controlled transmitter, Morse radio code only. My call was WN8EHS. I am now W5EHS. Just the year before I became a “ham”, I had come off active duty in the Navy and married my sweetheart...
Continue reading...The Gravatars Are Here!
Yes, there are gravatars lurking here in Ramblin’ Dan. Just two so far and I have one of them. The gravatar is the little face or icon that appears with replies to posts in blogs. They are not saved here in Ramblin’ Dan but rather out in the gravatar web site. The gravatar is linked to your email address and will leave your “impression” at any gravatar friendly blog you post a reply. A gravatar is a universal type...
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