For What its worth
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Managing Multiple Mastodon Profiles
I suppose I could have RTFM. I have a number of #Mastodon accounts on different servers for different purposes, and I have been getting quite creative signing in to each to read and update. Tonight I asked the question “how can I manage multiple #mastodon profiles in the client?” All my mobile devices are Android…
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Learning Flutter
So, I’m wrestling with learning #flutter, you know old dog new tricks. I’ve got an idea for an app that I want to be able to run in a variety of places and flutter is supposed to do that. So for the heck of it I decided to go to #chatgpt to see what kind…
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Posting to a Mastodon Instance From Opensimulator
So, Neal Stephenson appears to be fascinated with #VirtualReality. When I’ve read “Snowcrash” and now “Fall or Dodge in Hell,” I also get fascinated with it as well and install my own instance of #opensimulator. I’ve been playing with writing a script that when touching an object will prompt me to write a message that…
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Amateur Call Sign Information
While working on software I discovered a nice website that returns #hamradio call information in html, text, XML and json. I’ve been able to make a call in my software that consumes the json output to identify call signs that I don’t already know. Here are some examples of the different API Calls that can…
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Almost home
After a wonderful 10 days in Amsterdam and Cologne, we are in Minneapolis about an hour from home.
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Help! My Winlink Packet Session Froze Because My Port Was Wrong!
Recently, in the middle of a meeting/demo of Winlink, as we started to show the people in my organization how the Winlink Packet FM worked I started a session and found that since my port was incorrect in the setup Winlink froze and wouldn’t time out. Usually this happens after I’ve had a previous successful…
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Curosity Rover on Feb 8, 2023
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Reflection on Matthew 5:1
Each week members at St. Andrews write Justice reflections on the Gospel for the week. This week was mine. When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; Matt 5:1a It’s about perspective. Instead of going up the mountain to look away from the world to see God more clearly, turn around, and view…
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iCal link to slow CW Nets
Adding this because I might be interested in these events! This is a public ical link to a calendar I maintain to track events (nets, etc) that might be of interest to AmateurRadio operators who are looking for Slow Speed MorseCode events. Please boost if any of your followers are hams learning (or willing to…
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OpenAI Chat and Existential Angst
So I decided to take a look at this OpenAI chat thing that has been writing essays for school children and older “children” as well. In particular I saw an essay today about how teachers can foil ChatGPT. Out of curiosity I created an account and logged in. So. What question does one ask while…