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Category Archives: Technology
Essential Galveston Island Frequencies.
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
Posted in Amateur Radio, Technology
Tagged Amatuer, Frequencies, Galveston, Ham, Radio
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Essential Free Stuff
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
Posted in Computing, Technology
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Lessons on Cord Cutting.
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
Posted in Every Day Life, Technology
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Got the Turbo Tax Blues
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
Posted in Every Day Life, News, Technology
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Not as Bad as It Seems.
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
Posted in Administration, Every Day Life, News, Politics, Technology
Tagged 2014, 2015, New Year
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Hamming things Up
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
Posted in Amateur Radio, Every Day Life, Technology, Uncategorized
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Memo to IRS management
Maybe the IRS should consider moving to Gmail. They never seem to crash, its constantly backed up and its free.
Posted in Humor, Politics, Technology
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Radio Free Galveston
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
Posted in Administration, Galveston, Technology
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New Computer Build
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
Posted in Administration, Computing, Technology
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Google Cleaning House.
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
Posted in Computing, Technology
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