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Retro Style VFO Has Single-Digit Parts Count


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#radiohacks #esp32 #rotaryencoder #rounddisplay #si5351 #vfo #hackaday
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LoRa Repeater Lasts 5 Years on PVC Pipe and D Cells


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#radiohacks #alkalinecell #cat #lora #pvc #rugged #hackaday
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"Wenatchee River"


Taken while we rode rented mountain bikes in the road together.

The rental bikes were okay, but our knees weren't happy and my partner didn't like the shifters nor brakes on them.

#forest #mywork #photog #photography #water



Man, the vibes were really off today. :(

  • I had to stay on a couple hours late for work due to a deployment issue. (I learned some really useful stuff being on the call.)
  • I slipped and fell on my rear while showering. (No bruises!)
  • @clover had to stay late at work because of how chaotic things were.
  • I accidentally knocked a couple of @clover 's favorite and irreplaceable glasses off the counter and one completely shattered. (The other is slightly cracked.)
  • Our 7-year old TV's display suddenly fried, so I had to order a new TV for pickup nearby. :(

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Oh no... you know you have to offer chicken blood, hair of a black cat and smoke of tobacco on the altar and then leave out a bowl of gumbo for Juju to ward off its foul temper, right? @glitter


. @clover got me this nice tool chest for Christmas and I just finished putting some polyurethane casters on it. :D





Quiet Your Drums With An Electronic Setup


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#musicalhacks #drumkit #drums #electronicdrumkit #electronicdrums #piezo #hackaday
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"I really think that AI will be a tool, and it will make more productive."

"I'm a huge believer in AI. I'm not a huge believer in the whole things going on around AI. I find the marketing and the market to be sick and twisted, and there is going to be a crash, and it's going to be ugly."

Linus Torvalds

Seems like the right stance to take in the current climate.

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"Old Frager Road Access"


From what I can tell, Frager Road used to continue from S 212th Street all the way to Southcenter Parkway, but levee work and other construction caused it to be truncated at S 212th Street. The old ROW is now covered with gravel of varying quality, but is blocked off at all access points.

#bicycleinfrastructure #biking #cycling #mywork #photog #photography #rural










Trump is getting to attack Venezuela because--checks notes--they send illegal drugs to the US, and he's pardoning a former Honduran president who's been found guilty of sending illicit drugs to the US.

Go ahead, try to make sense of this. I double-dog dare you.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/nyregion/honduras-hernandez-drug-trafficking.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5E8.cFkB.e5LeAZLvkp6J&smid=url-share




Made my first SMA cables today. It was pretty challenging because they are so small and it was my first time making them. I hope I didn't mess up. :( #AmateurRadio #HamRadio

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The longer SMA-UHF cable isn't good. DC is fine, but at UHF it exhibits bad behavior. Going to remake it tomorrow.

The shorter cable is more or less fine enough.

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It was definitely poor cable construction. After practicing with SMA connectors a few more times, I learned that the center conductor's strands really need to either be very_ carefully stuffed into the center pin's "cup", or be cut very short and carefully stuffed under the cup if they don't fit in it. Now I no longer have cables that short between the center conductor and shield when bent. #AmateurRadio #HamRadio





A Flexible Light Inspired by IKEA


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#ledhacks #ikea #lamp #led #hackaday
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"Dewatto–Holly Road/Bear Creek–Duwatto Road Junction"


When I arrived at this intersection, a memory from a past ride was jogged and shouted at me to turn right. The descent into Holly is not a fun one when you want to just go home.

#forest #mywork #photog #photography #rural








Recently realized that Hakko originated in Japan. :P #soldering




on top of layoffs? order early, folks (but not til Tuesday)

Fleet of UPS planes grounded after deadly crash expected to miss peak delivery season


A fleet of planes that UPS grounded after a deadly crash isn’t expected to be back in service during the peak holiday season due to inspections and possible repairs, the company said Wednesday in an internal memo.

The airline expects it will be several months before its McDonnell Douglas MD-11 fleet returns to service as it works to meet Federal Aviation Administration guidelines, said the memo from UPS Airlines president Bill Moore to employees. The process was originally estimated to take weeks but is now expected to take several months.

MD-11s make up about 9% of the UPS airline fleet and 4% of the FedEx fleet.


https://www.clickorlando.com/business/2025/11/27/ups-grounds-fleet-of-planes-indefinitely-after-deadly-crash/


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. @clover and I made a delicious rib roast for #Thanksgiving because I don't like turkey very much. (She likes it more than I do so I got her a slab of turkey breast from a local supermarket.) #cooking





One-Way Data Extraction For Logging On Airgapped Systems


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#securityhacks #airgap #airgapped #airgappedsystem #led #light #optocoupler #raspberrypi #hackaday
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