Tony Collen AE0KW 🇺🇦 @tony@mastodon.radio

That just took a bit of work but I just worked 4X6GP (Israel) on 17m CW. Good op stuck with me while I kept having to correct him on my callsign.

Set the KX3 station up on my side table and made a few CW POTA contacts as well as some SSB this weekend. The amp definitely helps on voice.

Despite burning out on open890, I still have a bug in the back of my head to write a native cross-platform app, that doesn't run in a browser. I started prototyping it out with #rustlang a while back, but I had no idea what I was doing, and Rust isn't the best choice for GUI apps.

"NFT convention", SMDH

I applied for the vanity call W0XP this week. I'm in competition with 2 other people for it, so those are actually pretty good odds. Stay tuned...

How is there not an ADIF extension for VS Code?

Hot take: Luke Vibert is at his best when he's _not_ dipping into his database of samples based on a specific word.

Today in bad Rubocop defaults:

Style/NumericPredicate: Use total_rows.positive? instead of total_rows > 0

Seriously Yaesu, hire just one graphic designer.

Today's contacts: OH, AZ, FL (x2), ID, TX (x2), GA (x2), CA, SC, all on 20m CW with 10 watts.

First POTA #hamradio activation under my belt!

Good morning, Fediverse

The new season of Kids in the Hall on Amazon Prime is pretty good so far!

crypt-lol

Quite the powerful storm rolling through MN tonight

I've really burned out on working on open890 the past several months, and I'm not sure I will keep working on it. There's stuff to do, but the motivation just isn't there right now.

Of course Jony Ive would use a $500 pocket tape measure.

Apple's Director of Machine Learning Resigns Due to Return to Office Work https://www.macrumors.com/2022/05/07/apple-director-of-machine-learning-resigns/

My internet claim to fame is that I've now submitted two new entries to whosampled.com