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Category: Consumer Compliments

Bumped Into Siri Bug Or Easter Egg

We finished watching the last episode of season 3 of something from way back in the NTSC video standard days. We were curious how many more seasons there are. Are we half-way through? Wife: (long-presses some button on her phone) “Hey Siri, how many seasons are there of (show we were watching)?” Wife’s default-voiced Siri:… Continue reading Bumped Into Siri Bug Or Easter Egg

Published 2024-07-03
Categorized as Consumer Compliments, Humor

Celebratory Meals and Traditional Habits

I’d heard the joking term “meat sweats” many times over the decades. But friend, I’m hear to tell you, the meat sweats are a real thing. As I was taking off my sleep shirt this morning, I swear that thing smelled like gravy, and I tossed it in the laundry pile with conviction.

Published 2024-02-03
Categorized as Consumer Compliments, Cuisine, Humor, Irony, Mental Health, Reviews Tagged CombustionInc, MeatPrices, MeatSweats, MediumRare

Python Monitor For APRS Gateway

The short story: my APRS 2-way Gateway has sometimes gone offline for several days without my noticing. This checks it
and sends email to alert me of a problem.

The long story: I had a TYT DMR dual-band radio for sale on CraigsList, & someone was low-balling me on it.

Published 2024-01-22
Categorized as Consumer Complaints, Consumer Compliments, DevOps, Ham Radio

GridTracker WSJT-x and CQRlog

Screenshot of GridTracker showing that on 40m the only state I'm missing (in the lower 48) is Nevada.

How to use CQRlog for overall log management, yet still also use GridTracker, and have them cooperate.

Published 2023-11-05
Categorized as Consumer Compliments, Ham Radio, Reviews Tagged cqrLog, ft8, GridTracker, HamRadio, linux, wsjtx

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