From 139cc923fe02ab3d0e292e8ab3c53e0a59557489 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bdale Garbee Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 18:28:36 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] another journal entry --- bdale/index.mdwn | 31 ++++++++++++++----------------- blackforestfire.mdwn | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/bdale/index.mdwn b/bdale/index.mdwn index b0fce95..3b15c54 100644 --- a/bdale/index.mdwn +++ b/bdale/index.mdwn @@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ I'm most comfortable when there are lots of electrons flowing nearby, mostly in high-end computer equipment. There are only a few carbohydrates I've met in my life that I didn't like, I have very eclectic tastes in music, enjoy old movies, and I have this "German metal habit"... Porsche flavored. -My most recent such toy was a 1987 Porsche 944S, black with beige interior, -that was unfortunate completely destroyed when our home burned in June of 2013. +My current such toy is a 1988 Porsche 928S Euro, moss green metallic +with beige interior and a dog-leg 5-speed. Over the years, I've spent a lot of my "spare time" on various facets of [Amateur Radio](rf/). KB0G is my current callsign, previously I was N3EUA @@ -67,26 +67,24 @@ I was also one of the developers of the RUDAK digital communications processor. My primary focus on the RUDAK team was communication with the other experiment modules that RUDAK talks to over the CAN bus... SCOPE, MONITOR, CEDEX, and the thermistor SmartNode boards. I am -pleased to now be working on the IHU design for the AMSAT-NA Fox microsat -program. +pleased to now be working on the IHU design for the AMSAT-NA +[Fox](http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=1113) cubesat program. If you want to find me "on the air" for a QSO, about the only chance right now is to catch us -[roving](http://gag.com/code/rover/) in a VHF/Microwave contest... +[roving](http://gag.com/code/rover/) in a VHF/Microwave contest, or on the +flight-line at a rocket launch. While I was "born and raised" in the era of 4.1BSD, shared a Vax 11/750 -with Eric Crane at CMU, and have run some flavor of BSD on at least one -machine ever since (the Symmetric S/375, a uVax2, BSD/OS, and NetBSD on a -pc532), -I have become a strong supporter of -Linux particularly the -[Debian GNU/Linux](http://www.debian.org) +with Eric Crane at CMU, and ran some flavor of BSD on at least one +machine up until the fire in 2013 (the Symmetric S/375, a uVax2, BSD/OS, +and NetBSD on a pc532), I have become a strong supporter of Linux +particularly the [Debian GNU/Linux](http://www.debian.org) distribution, because of the emphasis on perpetual free availability of all of the source code to the system. I've contributed a few packages to -the Debian effort, and now maintain a signficant number, -including some that are essential packages in the base distribution, -and some that are "big hairy monsters". At least it keeps me off the streets -at night... +the Debian effort, and now maintain a signficant number, including some that +are essential packages in the base distribution, and some that are "big +hairy monsters". At least it keeps me off the streets at night... Not sure how to pronounce "Linux"? Why not let Linus himself [tell you](ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/SillySounds/english.au)... @@ -125,8 +123,7 @@ Cool Stuff on the Web * [Graves Mountain Lodge](http://www.gravesmountain.com), owned and operated by "my extended family" in Virginia. We used to visit often... and still get back once in a while! -* >Visit the Radio Farm... a most - unusual place! +* Visit the [Radio Farm](http://www.rf.org/)... a most unusual place! * [Colorado Satellite Services](http://www.coloradosatellite.com) Jim and I worked closely together on AO-40 RUDAK, and he's definitely "one of the good guys". The EyasSAT educational satellite system diff --git a/blackforestfire.mdwn b/blackforestfire.mdwn index 6e65679..1d6288a 100644 --- a/blackforestfire.mdwn +++ b/blackforestfire.mdwn @@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ were directly fighting the fire on and around our property: ### Journal ### +* 2014.May 8
Exterior doors and windows in, roofing begun, + duct work underway. * 2014.April 26
Concrete slabs for basement and garage floor poured. * 2014 April 9
Roof trusses installed. * 2014 March 25
Framing started. -- 2.30.2