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Seriously?
No really? Have I abandoned this blog for that long? I’ve been posting updates on projects and such to g+, but that’s not very discoverable, so I think I’ll come back here and post about some longer-form topics.
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Politics – Things we can agree on, and discovering a method
Larry Lessig is a brilliant guy. Lately he’s been focusing on things that Americans across the political spectrum can agree on. I think that this keynote he gave recently is worth the hour it takes to watch. I strongly encourage … Continue reading
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Antenna modeling, part 2
Disclaimer: I’m going to start using Amazon affiliate links for books that I recommend. I’ve prepared another video about how to use xnec2c. Here’s the link to the video on blip.tv This one begins to explain the input file format … Continue reading
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Antenna modeling using nec2c on Ubuntu Linux
New Thing! Video! I’ve been playing with antenna modeling, and decided to make a video series introducing this to other people who may be interested. I’m new to this, but I think it came out pretty well. I only misspoke … Continue reading
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I feel like I found an easter egg!
I was jotting some notes for a future wiki page about how to debug network connections to dx clusters, and for my examples, I decided to use the host name dxspots.com. and I ran across this: sconklin@xps-1:/src/ubuntu$ whois dxspots.com [ … Continue reading
Amateur radio operators: How to prepare to assist in disasters
In a previous post, I covered a bunch of ways in which you can prepare to be useful after a disaster. If you’re interested in helping as a radio amateur, or you’re already a ham and want to get more … Continue reading
Crowdsourcing incentives, and applications for open source communities
While it’s only a single study (disclaimer, blah blah blah), Here is some interesting data to consider for everyone involved in open source projects which have a community, or would like to. Especially for corporations for whom a community is … Continue reading
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