I wrapped up another field day with my friend Paul (W7PEZ) in Eastern Washington. For the two days, I had 204 contacts, broken out roughly as: Paul worked 200 contacts, nearly all CW. Both are personal records. Neither of us were “running,” which would certainly have bumped up the totals, nor did we operate all
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In retrospect, there were signs that The Intern might not work out: The child of a friend of the family of a Senior Executive … touted as an upperclassman from a well-known engineering school, but was just starting a search for an internship in mid-June … hasn’t been vetted or spoken with the hiring manager, but was slated to
I’m not sure what was more puzzling: They insist on a strong passwords, but are able to handle only two non-alphanumeric characters. For example, this-password-restriction-is-poopy-doodoo-7F92PChQXHkR=mz{mzTfs6x6z”, the sequence emitted when my head landed on my keyboard, violates most of their rules. This information is intellectual property.
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Despite a concerted effort to keep my inbox tamed, it’s now back above 30 undealt-with emails. While falling behind, I’ve noticed some recurring – and annoying – behavioral patterns. I’m sure the list is incomplete, so feel free to share! “The two-for” – a person who always — always— sends a second mail with the
Executive summary: Dissatisfied with my blog’s response time, I looked into a variety of options. For about a month, I tried a wpengine experiment whereby I moved everything to them. It didn’t work out, but I learned a lot along the way. I’ve been dissatisfied about the page load times of my blog for a long
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An iOS update landed on my phone Monday afternoon. Before installing, I was presented with this: I’m… not going to read 64 pages of legal on my phone, so I clicked the Send by Email link. The resulting document pasted into Microsoft Word 2011 was 17,576 words, or approximately 35 pages, not including external references
It was the best of bargains, it was the worst of deals, it was the age of wisdom of crowds, it was the age of foolishness of the masses, it was the epoch of hope, it was the era of skepticism, it was the season of rain, it was the season of … more rain.
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