Chris Smolinski W3HFU

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oh no! www.slashfilm.com/2297069/walt...

This one actually happened. In 1492 the abbot Johannes Trithemius wrote In Praise of Scribes, arguing that monks should keep copying books by hand despite the printing press. Two years later he had it printed in Mainz, so more people would read it.

It sounds like shortwave pirate radio station Art Bell Radio is signing on 6925 USB, "Chase" playing at 2152 UTC. Great signal here in Westminster MD USA. www.hfunderground.com/board/index....

Radio 48 via Mix Radio Int is on 12080 USB, it was inaudible locally for the first hour+ it was on the air, but now has a pretty decent signal once the ionosphere cooperated and the band opened for non-long propagation. www.hfunderground.com/board/index....

Shortwave pirate radio station Pointer Sisters Radio just signed on 6925 USB, with a good signal here in Westminster MD USA at 1216 UTC. www.hfunderground.com/board/index....

Shortwave pirate radio station Valley Girl Radio just signed on 6932 AM, with a fair to good signal here in Westminster MD USA at 2032 UTC. www.hfunderground.com/board/index....

It sounds like shortwave pirate radio station Art Bell Radio is signing on 6925 USB now, hearing the song "Chase" at 1144 UTC. Good signal in Westminster MD USA. www.hfunderground.com/board/index....

Dinner has started cooking

Let me buy a cert from some Indian IT company. What could possibly go wrong? "The latter question is of great interest because security researcher Scott Helme analyzed eMudhra’s certs and found one the private keys it used “is the number 4.” www.theregister.com/security/202...

Dude's their "Cyber Correspondent" and has no idea what PHP is. The Gell Mann Amnesia Effect has entered the chat.

Shortwave pirate radio station UNID Tones is on, circa 6930-6945 kHz. Yes, that's the station name, and yes, this is what it transmits :) www.hfunderground.com/board/index....

Some daytime pirate radio activity on 6938 AM, WXRI, good signal here in Westminster MD USA at 1435 UTC with some QSB. www.hfunderground.com/board/index....

Fusion power. It's been "just 20 years away!!!" for the past 70 years. Meanwhile, for those same years, more even, we've had nuclear fission power that actually works. Why don't we use more of it? Politics, environmentalists, and stupid people. Yes, I know those three usually go hand in hand.

Rumor has it North Korea just bought the entire Nickelback catalog. They could be planning what can only be described as a war crime. 8am.media/eng/north-ko...

The drone did apologize afterwards www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

LOL, while filing away some vet paperwork for two of our cats, i found the folder with my elementary/middle school report cards and other paperwork. From the 1970s.

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A shortwave pirate station has been on 6925 USB for a while now, with a good signal here in Westminster MD USA at 1723 UTC. www.hfunderground.com/board/index....

Chicken wings for dinner last night. Takes almost two hours from start to finish including heating up the deep frying and cleanup, but it's worth it.

I love the Mid Century Modern mainframe computer designs.

A shortwave pirate radio station just signed on 6955 AM with a very good signal, SIO 444, here in Westminster MD USA at 1842 UTC, playing Crash Test Dummies right now. www.hfunderground.com/board/index....

Four recently received shortwave pirate radio eQSL cards:

Another shortwave pirate radio station just signed on, 6920 USB at 2259 UTC. A good signal here in Westminster MD USA. Valley Girl Radio with their Halloween Special. www.hfunderground.com/board/index....

Shortwave pirate radio station Radio 48 is coming in here, Westminster MD USA, with a solid SIO 555 signal at 2250 UTC. www.hfunderground.com/board/index....

There's a shortwave pirate on 6965 AM, no ID yet. Lots of QSB on the signal here in Westminster MD USA at 1716 UTC. www.hfunderground.com/board/index....

6865 AM seems to be the Chinese Jamming Service "accidentally" transmitting China National Radio on a Sound of Hope Taiwan frequency. Good copy here in Westminster MD USA at 1143 UTC.

Shortwave pirate radio station Art Bell Radio just signed on 6950 USB with a good signal here in Westminster MD USA at 2228 UTC. Art complaining about his antenna. www.hfunderground.com/board/index....

But first, a brief 250 paragraph dissertation on the domestication of cattle, which led to cream production, as well as a discussion about dairy production during the High Middle Ages.

Probably a joke. Probably. But given that HOA's are run by Karens, you never know.

The box of nickels I picked up this morning. Yes, more Loomis $&@#*#*@$&!

This is perfect.

There's a relay of shortwave pirate radio station Radio Ronin on 6960 AM, with a fair to good signal here in Westminster MD USA at 1541 UTC. www.hfunderground.com/board/index....