tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58231502011-09-12T07:01:13.135-05:00"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe." -- John MuirRichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511714208202123864noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823150.post-67876036635254291572011-03-21T21:03:00.005-05:002011-03-21T21:18:45.122-05:00

I've been a radio guy all my life. I passed my amateur "ham" radio license exam about the same time I passed my driver's license test, and have been happily sending signals into the sky since then. The past ten years, I have been playing with digital ham radio, which for me meant keyboard to keyboard contacts, APRS (GPS & ham radio), home weather stations and such. But last weekend, digital ham

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In researching the concept of open innovation, Wikipedia links to a seminal essay titled The Cathedral & The Bazaar, Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary, written by Eric Raymond. The essay discusses two open software development models, and got me interested enough to buy it for my iPad book queue.In the meantime, though, I enjoyed and wanted to share his 19 guidelines

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After a couple of weeks with the iPad, I keep experiencing deja vu to the early days of personal commuting, and a breakthrough product called the TRS-80 Model 100. The Model 100 was one of the first portable computers, ran on AA batteries or AC, had a full size keyboard and a small LCD screen that displayed 8 lines of text at a time. And, perhaps most importantly, it had a built in modem.

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There are virtual worlds that sit atop the physical world. You can't see them, but when you flip on your GPS on, you get a window into that world,as Popups for upcoming restaurants, roads and locations of interest appear. With a heads up display (HUD), pilots (and expensive car owners) actually see this virtual world superimposed on the real world. Imagine that an HUD could be miniaturized into

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I'm happy to report that we now have an online weather station online here at Cedar Creek Lake! We're using a Davis Vantage Vue weather station and their WeatherLink software. It streams data to an older XP PC running Virtual Weather Station, which uploads data to Weather Underground every 4 seconds. It seems to be working fine so far; the weakest link with be our DSL here in east Texas, which is

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I recently attended a workshop titled "Reaching your Readers," subtitled "Crafting Effective Communication at Work." This is the first time in years (decades?) that I've taken the time to actually think about the writing process. We covered the basics (grammar, punctuation and the AP Stylebook), then delved into writing for an internal audience. It was actually interesting stuff for a reluctant

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A quick update on wireless access for my iPod Touch: I'm happy to report good results with the iPass Connect program. In my first month, My iTouch has connected to the net from Starbucks, McDonalds and the Hyatt. Luckily, my travel schedule has been light so far this year so I've not had to exercise it more. Still, it's so quick and easy, it's well worth the $6.95 a month. If you're looking for

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Interesting metrics from AdMob, reporting a huge spike in wireless activity after Christmas attributed to the iPod Touch. While the iPhone may get most of the media coverage, there are now zillions of Touch users like me downloading iPhone apps and searching for wireless spots! According to AdMob, "the iPod Touch is now the #2 device in the AdMob network with 4.7% share."Luckily, there are some

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I’ve had a Palm PDA for so long it’s a little weird to no longer have one in my briefcase. First it was the Palm Pilot, then the breakthrough wireless Palm VII, and finally the innovative and unsung 802.11 enabled Palm Lifedrive. Along the way, several Palm programs became core apps in my life.1- Contacts: Simple app but available from my PC and the Palm2- Ebook reader: A few years ago, I

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So, I watched the Superbowl with some friends, actually a few thousand of 'em. We cheered, laughed and rated the commercials, and rocked to Tom Petty (or made wisecracks about how old he looked). We spoke English, German, Spanish, Dutch (I think), and several other languages I couldn't decipher. It was a blast! Another shared experience thanks to Twitter.

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Wow... since I last blogged here, the quantity and quality of web 2.0 tools available to us have really exploded. Just this year, I'm become a regular user of:FacebookTwitterGrand CentralTumblrJottRemember the MilkIwantsandyAnd then there are the new Google services I have come to rely on:GmailGoogle ReaderiGoogleGoogle GearsGoogle MapsGoogle DocsGoogle services for the BlackberryAnd the updated

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Where Magazinespotted one of my White Rock Lake Dallas photos on the For the Love of the Lake web site, and asked if they could use it in an upcoming next issue. I'm happy to, in return for a small donation to FTLOTL, a group I am proud to have worked with for several years.

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There is always a scavenger hunt in progress at the airport... for an AC outlet!Give that ipod a little more juice before loading onto the plane. Oh oh, the laptop needs one too! Outlets are hard to come by at airport gates.... but there has to be at least one so they can plug in the buffers. Your job? Find it before someone else does.It may be behind that row of seats, or (more probably) in

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Colorful chairs, Nova Scotia

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Mosquito Fleet, Galveston Island, TX 

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KayaksWhite Rock Lake, Dallas, TX

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Here's our late great outdoor cat Kipper nosing my camera!

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