A map of many of the places we have been!
I am working on adding in pictures and links, but here is some of the places we have visited!
Migration to WordPress
We are starting the final pieces of moving to WordPress from Joomla. It had been a pretty seamless process, yes some things are totally different. Totally new template. New layout.…
Eclipse, April 2024, with some cool pictures!
Just a few pictures from our recent trip! I had JUST gotten the solar film lens a few days before the trip, so had almost zero time to practice, and…
Integrating iSpindel data into BrewPi
I recently had the opportunity to play around with an iSpindel device – DIY floating hydrometer. It took a little bit of trial and error, a lot of learning Python,…
Best way from Long Island / Penn Station to Manhattan Cruise Terminal
We recently cruised out of New York, and came in from Long Island. Looked at many options to get there. Park in the city? Best was $140 for the week.…
RTL-SDR dongles under VMware – workaround for unsupported dvices
Completely unrelated to brewing – but running on the same hardware, I have virtual machines set up to monitor emergency communications (police, fire) as well as aircraft tracking, which feed…
My Tesla experience, from a car guy..
I am not a super-serious car nut, but definitely a car guy. Have rebuilt a few from the ground up, do most of my own work, and am interested in…
Optimum Fiber installation review
First a little history – in the past we had Optimum cable modem service for years. Recently having been tired of the annual increases we dropped OOL and went to…
I found a legal way to buy New York Lottery tickets online
For years you have been able to purchase NY Lottery subscriptions online, and recently found out that yiu can buy most of not all tickets online up to a little…
Programming FOBIK without a trip to the dealership
If you have ever had to replace one of the “enter-and-go” keys or whatever Dodge calls them you know it isn’t a cheap process and involves a trip to the…
State laws regarding handheld ham radio use while driving
Here I am going to build a state by state summary with links to official pages where possible. This is mainly geared towards handheld radio use while driving – I…
New York – Make your electoral vote count! (California, you too)
New York and California – this one is for you! Election after election, we hear about how our votes don’t count. The heavily populated areas (New York City, for example)…
Air traffic dropoff from COVID restrictions
I was recently doing some maintenance on my ADSB reciever and took a look at recent performance graphs. I knew the flights have been a lot less since COVID-19 restrictions…
Easily save 15-20 cents per gallon on gas
Do you want to pay less for gas? Of course we all do. I have two apps I use and am saving anywhere from 15 to 20 cents per gallon,…
Programming Jeep keys (the easy way)
I have an older Grand Cherokee with the SKIM keys, chip keys or whatever else you know them as. The ones the dealer charges a bunch for. To make it…