Category Archives: Technology

Essential Galveston Island Frequencies.

Posted on October 25, 2020 by Liberty

Most ham radio operators on Galveston Island have a long list of frequencies programmed into their radios. We do have some available repeaters that aren’t well documented and others that aren’t available anymore.  I put together a list of available … Continue reading →

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Essential Free Stuff

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Liberty

Every once in a while I recommend a list of utilities and programs I find useful.  I don’t like paying for software so most of the stuff listed is gnu open source or free. Operating Systems Most of us don’t install … Continue reading →

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Lessons on Cord Cutting.

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Liberty

Cable bills are soaring. and we are getting less for our home entertainment dollar.  Some of us are cutting costs by either cutting back or eliminating our cable services. There are cheaper or even free.  I just want to cover a few tips. … Continue reading →

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Got the Turbo Tax Blues

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Liberty

Turbo Tax has pulled the old bait and Switch. Things that we used to for the past 20 years  such as handling Rental  properties,capital gains and  small business deductions are no longer handled by the Basic or Deluxe versions of … Continue reading →

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Not as Bad as It Seems.

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Liberty

As we close out the old year and start the new one, it is a good time to get look at  where we are. Most of us tend to think the world  is pretty bad shape. Maybe it’s not as … Continue reading →

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Hamming things Up

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Liberty

I’ve been playing with my radios this weekend, tweeking some settings, adding frequencies and deleting others.  All the while trying to keep some consistency between the three different radios.  I also set the FT-8800 to work as a cross band … Continue reading →

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Memo to IRS management

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Liberty

Maybe the IRS should consider moving to Gmail.   They never seem to crash, its constantly backed up  and its free.

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Radio Free Galveston

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Liberty

I  changed the Tagline of the blog to today. from “Observations of a Yankee Living in Galveston”  to “Radio Free Galveston”.  The old Tagline was lame and didn’t reflect about what the blog is really about.  The new one in … Continue reading →

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New Computer Build

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Liberty

My trusty little Intel Atom based desktop died a couple weeks ago.  This was a an Ubuntu based system was very inexpensive and yet functional.  I replaced it with a new modern Dell.  Its $600 price tag was double what … Continue reading →

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Google Cleaning House.

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Liberty

Google is discontinuing their reader service on June 1st.  Google seems to do this a lot, offer a service and get a lot of people to use it then take it away. Most of the ideas are an attempt to … Continue reading →

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