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Mad props to the pops who is now tight with the FCC with his Tech license!
After consulting with my adopted Elmer, K3HIR, I’m definitely eschewing the obsessive parts of antenna hanging so I can get on the air. Tonight I’ll be stopping on the way home after work for some coax and a couple hundred feet of #14 – #12 copper wire. I won’t be getting out but at least I’ll be listening. More on that as it happens…
As of 20090731, I am licensed to transmit as KD0INM by the FCC. I’m completely stoked and will be updating this space with my adventures. Yay me!
So far, then, other than the license I have acquired a used and ever so slightly abused Kenwood TS 530-S. I haven’t yet put it on the air because I haven’t yet put together an antenna or found an antenna tuner. The $4 Special is a refreshing article after all the crazy/scary reading I’ve been doing lately about flying an antenna. I may be giving this a shot next weekend…especially if I can find a decent tuner to interface with my rig. I need more “just do it” and a lot less “ZOMG Horrible!” if I’m ever going to have the confidence to get on the air.
Ever notice NPR seems to have cornered the market on interesting names for presenters and reporters? Well, someone else has. The short of it being your NPR name is your first name with your middle initial stuck in it somewhere and the smallest foreign town you’ve ever visited.
‘Nick’ doesn’t lend itself well to adding a ‘B’ so I’ve used my given name to get Nichoblas. Having gotten up close and personal with the German countryside I’ve got my pick of towns to choose from. Going for sonorous over accuracy (who really knows which is smaller of all the tiny villages surrounding Baumholder) I chose Wickenrodt.
Reporting from the Palatinate, I’m Nichoblas Wickenrodt for Public Radio International.
Of course, you can replace “visit Grandma” with just about anything and it would be equally true.
As part of a major economization move, chez Shotwell-Hansen is engaged in training our domestic animals in all manner of professional careers. Gigi has elected to follow in my footsteps and seek a career in IT. We’re getting her started with an A+ Certification. Here are some photos of her doing some homework:
I think we’re on to something here.
It’s one of those top-posted email chains. Probably best read from the bottom up. Oh, and HTML formatting by MS Outlook so there goes my validation… OTOH, I’m too lazy to clean it up so I get what’s coming to me I guess. Anyway, without further ado:
From: XXXXXX, Anthony
Hello, Carter XXXXXX!
Team Prius Has Sent You A Way To
Go!
Here’s What They Had To Say About
You!
Carter Always Goes The Extra
Mile To Be A Seminal Force For Motivation Among His Team
Members. He Has Single-handedly Increased The Productivity Of His Team By
Employing Innovative Techniques For Inspiring And Empowering His Fellow
Employess. Here’s A Typical Testimony From A Member Of Carter’s
Team: "I was terrified that I would have to face Carter with this not in
tomorrow’s build… He beats us" Thanks, Carter, For Going The Extra
Distance!
Team Prius
—–Original Message—–
From: XXXXXXX, Mike
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 8:45 PM
To: XXXXXX, Kevin; List-Team Prius
Cc: XXXXXX, Carter
Subject: RE: Migration Build Issue
Yeah. Its weird cause I forced the build twice which usually would
resolve the issue. I was terrified that I would have to face Carter with
this not in tomorrow’s build, and I had to roll back my change. He beats
us 🙁
Thanks.
Mike
________________________________________
From: XXXXXX, Kevin
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 8:26 PM
To: XXXXXXX, Mike; List-Team Prius
Subject: RE: Migration Build Issue
Mike,
I see that the continuous migration build was fixed. This problem was
resolved?
Thanks,
Kevin
________________________________________
From: XXXXXXX, Mike
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 6:11 PM
To: List-Team Prius
Subject: Migration Build Issue
Can you guys take a look at the XXX migration build, its complaining because
the XX_facility table is being added before the XX_facility_type
table. I have added both of these tables to the
XXX_development_2_7_2_0_0 and XXX_development_2_7_2_0_0_stage databases where
it should be pulling the dependency (table order) data from.
Mike
If only I weren’t so addicted to WoW at the moment.
Oh, and “Hi!” I’m still alive although the home server front is in total disarray.
So I am joined into an IM session by my scrum master with one of our special needs developers. He [the special needs guy] cannot check out code from the repository. Ostensibly something I’d be in a position to help with as I run the access rules this iteration.
So we go through troubleshooting away. For twenty minutes. I cannot reproduce his problem even using his authentication credentials. We’re at the part where I ask him to use the command line to do his checkout—and if you knew this special needs person, you’d know I’m asking quite a bit here.
Just then, and I shit you not this is 20 minutes into the troubleshooting I get this on IM:
special needs guy [4:52 PM]:
the OK button is now enabled. Seems pretty wierd but it stays dithered unless you enter something into the checkout directory – using the browse button to place a path there does not enable itspecial needs guy [4:53 PM]:
I am good to go now
Because sometimes all you really want is to watch the squirrels dance to Michael Jackson…
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