All I really wanted was to use GridTracker. It's a program that maps your contacts live as you are using digital modes like FT8. The problem was, there wasn't an easy way to install it on Ubuntu. Well, easy is debatable, but there certainly was no deb package that you …
FT8: How far can you transmit?
While I don't think this is my favorite way to pass the time, I've been enjoying trying out different digital modes, including FT8. I've posted about it before, when I was just listening in, now that I've got a general class license, I've been responding and making a few contacts …
WSPR: Start to finish with a TS-820 tube radio!
Over the past couple months, I've been slowly working my way into the digital HAM radio scene. It's been a lot of fun, but a little slow going, as some things were not as obvious as they at first seemed. It's taken quite a while to learn the "ins and …
Upgrading to NextCloud 21
After making a full backup of my server, I decided it was time to make the plunge and update my home NextCloud server from version 20 to version 21. I like to wait a week or two (or sometimes longer) to make sure that other's don't start complaining about any …
Building a new BBTD antenna
As I am still dabbling with digital modes on HAM radio, I decided to try and step up my setup a bit, without costing too much money. Previously, when using my antenna that is a Broad Band Terminated Dipole which is wrapped around the roof line of my house, I …
Passing USB through to Qemu
Lately I've been getting away from VirtualBox and back to using Qemu. If you use the Aqemu gui to control qemu, it really is just as good, or in my opinion, better than VirtualBox. But, as that is not the topic of this post, I'll leave my preferences to the …
Updates for wp2gemlog.sh!
Previously I made a post about creating a shell script that turns your WordPress blog into a gemlog. In this short post, I just wanted to let any readers know that I've updated the scripts to have even more functions. There is now a script that turns your feed into …
Datazip for Canadian W8 Samsung Galaxy Note Edge
Years ago I decided to help out the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge community by making some custom roms for them. With that, I also made some special data zips that allowed them to flash a rom for other carriers, and then fix their data by flashing these zip files.
Essentially …
wp2gemlog.sh: scripting automatic gemlog updates!
Now that I have a gemini server setup, I went about doing the work of creating a way to automatically make a gemlog out of my WordPress blog. To be honest, bash scripting is not the best way to do that, but my thought process was to use a simple …
Setting up a Gemini Server
As I've mentioned before, my brother, The Quiet Learner, has set up his own gemlog and gemini server. I've been tinkering with the idea of creating a script or program that reads my WordPress blog and automatically builds a gemlog from that. That way what little technology knowledge I posses …