Worst decision of the day (so far), was to go with cold coffee made last night mixed with oat milk and sugar, INSTEAD of hot black coffee (straight) at 4:30am. #random #coffee

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Went to Chuck E. Cheese this past weekend and the Sketch Machine, which has been around since the late 90s at least, had to be rebooted.

Apparently, Chuck E. Cheese's sketch machine is powered by Red Hat Linux.

The more you know.

#Random #Linux #ChuckECheese #Arcade #PC

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Stereo amplifier kit arrived. Go outside and solder it in direct sunlight, 79F, humid, or into a stifling hot garage instead where the workbench is.. 🤔

(Probably wait until the sun shifts, solder it out back in the shade of the patio with a breeze). #random #electronics

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15W x2 stereo amplifier kit, many components and a single IC

Hmm, had the chance to observe the influence of the toxic manosphere in action last night, a bunch of high school males or just after high school in lifted pickup trucks with "thing blue line" stickers, off at a local park. It was freezing out and they decided to take their shirts off in an attempt to impress some teenage females. I guess back in the 50's they'd be wearing leather jackets and smoking with their hot rods, I suppose. 🤷 Anyway, I guess that's part of the T***p flag parade group here. In another country/age they'd be Rolf in the Sound of Music. #random #uspol

i have no idea what this is about, but I read this as "cheeze to cook road"

https://mstdn.ca/@haligonia/116892732391246748

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Saw the same, unmarked law enforcement SUV TWICE today. It's like swimming with sharks in the water, lol. (just makes you nervous in these times, where people are still getting kidnapped off the streets for looking brown...). #random

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Seen today:

Giant 25 ft. US flag... upside down

Large parade of lifted pickups... surprisingly, only US flags, no T*** flags.

1960's black Chevy Impala

#random #July4th

Narrator: the prices, were not, in fact, 75% off. And 75% off "too expensive" is "still too expensive".

Person selling stuff to a lady with something probably worth $5: "Oh, that's $80"

The lady (being polite): "I've changed my mind.... I have your number..."

Out back: outside table you might find at the side of the curb, rusty. PRICE TAG: $200

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Ad for 75% off at an estate sale

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For some reason, a couple of estate sales locally even though a holiday. Terrible, terrible pricing on one, except there were some oscilloscope test probes ($$) thrown in with some radio scanners, evening out things with the universe. Sorely needed a few new oscilloscope probes, have two old oscilloscopes but only 2 very sad probes... one which I attempted to measure something high voltage with once upon a time (poof!). And then nearby someone had a giant dumpster and I peeked inside and on top there were two, brand new matching plastic containers for sorting items (ie connectors or sewing supplies or whatever random small stuff).

(anyway, still did not sort out my temporary it-would-be-nice-to-have-something-to-connect-to-the-record player-to-listen-to-it in the backyard problem, lol))

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How I described the last few chapters of Acts to a friend: "Paul is Suffering and Preaching Finale Arc."

#Bible #Silly #Random #Christianity

Someone asked me this weekend: "are you the guy who bought something from me for $5" 😂

(probably? he didn't remember what it was... not a radio guy from our club, a visitor).

Also was reminded what a small world this is (locally), nearly everyone I talked to this weekend, including a random hiker that ran across my radio operation on the trail, plus some folks I met at a local event, knew of me. Anyway, reminds me to be "more diplomatic" in my postings out here on social media 🤪

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Random ham radio field day lessons:

1. Need a larger bag for the portable radio. (good thing I know someone who can sew one for me).
2. MORE VELCRO (to hold the overstuffed bag shut)
3. Pulled out the DIY Buddistick for 40m and 20m operation, and worked GREAT, now that I understand antennas better. (was not fan of them before. First antenna I built... the dipole version is finicky!). Definitely worth revisiting this, now that I understand you can (and should) add more wire to the antenna to adjust the tuning of the antenna (no need for a tuner, just add random bits o'wire). Instructions here for the "buddipole", you only need half of it for the "buddistick" which is a far superior design.
5. Need to design and sew my own radio clip/mount points on ALL of my backpacks, including bicycling ones. The straps on mine are inadequate for the task, especially bicycling.

https://k4gar.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/homebrew-buddipole.pdf

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Hmm, bought a $1 record at a garage sale to use as a sacrificial record for fixing a record player (for some reason they were still selling stuff at 4pm!) , and kinda feel bad for using a signed record for this. Al Perry of Al Perry and the Countrymen (who apparently have been washed away into history... not a single track posted online)... sorry!

(Update: apparently this guy was convicted in 2003 of fraud and sentenced to 24 years and 4 months in prison -- at that time, was 69 years old... It seems as if his music career never took off.)

#random #LPs

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Decided to check out the used records/CD store nearby (!) to break up my workday. Not sure how they still exist... they must own the building... Spent $7, and got two records (the Pete Seeger one was in their "free" pile... you could grab one of something off that pile if you were buying something). I can't imagine you could pay rent selling $7 to $20 LPs, CDs, and DVDs. #random #lofi #LPs #analog

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Dazz Band and Pete Seeger on campus

"Shredded abs."

"Shredded cheese."

Coincidence? I think not.

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So: lost a screw in the garage when I was putting this back together

BUT

Looking for the screw, found the water bottle I had lost WEEKS ago (under cabinets on the other side of the garage)! YAY!

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Aches and pains... can't decide:

1. Getting older
2. Humidity increase
3. Pressure changes
4. Extra exuberant dog
5. Overdid hauling around beehives
6. Overdid bicycling
7. Ebola and/or <insert terrible malady here>
8. All of the above

#random

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Argh, the guy with the cheap slightly used 700x28 tires here is not very responsive... (hoping to pick up the bargain priced tires more so I can make sure 700x28 will actually work on this bike, before committing to a $$ tire). I guess he's not making much off them so not motivated, lol. #random #BikeTooter

Picking up the bike project on Friday from Goodwill and wandered over to the fabled "last chance" bins. Hard goods are $1.20 per pound, soft goods $2.40 a pound. If you ever want to build something random, cheap source of parts (not as cheap as curb scavenging though lol). I wonder what radio band the colander is resonant on... unsure what I will use the umbrella for, but for the 25 cents it cost me I can also make it into an antenna lol. #random

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Giant umbrella and massive commercial colander filled with random stuff, including two forks

So I was out today in public (ran into an estate sale on the way back from a routine doctor's appt) and fascinating to hear the chatter among the people waiting in line to get in. A bunch of people complaining about healthcare costs, the greed of CEOs... *multiple* people who had to drive their kids to another hospital because our local hospital was taken over by HCA and wouldn't accept them as patients; complaints about how the hospital only cares about profits, and how different it is (with no blame to doctors and nurses, only the company and its executives). It was a lot of people nodding and agreeing, and (as far as I could tell) a very mixed political demographic and socioeconomic factors. Healthcare and hospital system CEOs may be one of the most hated groups of people in the world. #random #healthcare #economy

So, earlier today I was in the car and had to stop at a traffic light. The vehicle in front of me was a Jeep with one of those covers for their spare tire. On it, center to the cover, was a cross with an American flag across it. And then I saw the text around it, it read "Stand for the flag, kneel for the cross."

It's a flag covered cross - which do I do? Stand or kneel? Makes no sense.

So, I couldn't stop laughing all the way home.

#Random #Silly #Ridiculous

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- a neat hack for the properly paranoid -

Your computer is likely generating random noise on your sound card. On some systems you can harvest this noise as true random entropy. This entropy can be diffused and whitened for use in cryptography.

https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2026-March/039388.html

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Source code screenshot for harvesting entropy from a sound card. Follow the link to read the source code text.