On my way home from Walker Lake, I stopped at the Lucky Gold Casino for some supper. I love the light on the Rexall Drugstore and made the capture with the Fujifilm X100vi using a Kodachrome 64 film simulation, SOOC.
I found a very good tutorial for getting Windows (11), a Digirig Mobile, and Winlink talking to each other and working. It is found on N1SPW‘s website. There are other goodies for ham radio operators there, too.
After an abortive attempt to get my ham radio software working with a Debian 12 Linux install, I am going to give Linux Mint 22 a try.
This post on Groups.io has directions for getting a Digirig Mobile and Lab599 TX500 working together.
Calibre is an ebook library manager that I used years ago, until I drank the Amazon Koolaid. I recently learned that Amazon will cease the download to your PC option on 26 February. That means there will no longer be a way to download a copy of a book you paid for to your personal library. Further, it means (IMNSHO) that Amazon will now be renting eBooks and not selling them, at least for all practical purposes. I think this will lead to one of my rants…
One of my concerns is the loss of the information contained on the Internet. Kiwix is a partial solution to that problem.
I recently acquired a Fujifilm X100vi camera. My experience with its predecessor, the X100V, was extraordinary. The X100 series of Fuji cameras are highly desirable, as evidenced by the inflated prices over the last few years. I was on the fence about the upgrade, but love the new XTrans V sensor in my X-T5 so much that I decided the upgrade was worth the expense. One of the first things I did was to change the default 2.4GHz WiFi to the 5GHz band. This will speed up image transfer to my iPhone quite a bit (remains to be tested).
This is an excellent table of Nikkor lenses and the compatible hoods.
4 thoughts on “Remainders: 01 March 2025”
Just checking in on you and the girl, whom I have not seen in far too long. I now have five devices in my ticker so there’s that. Let’s do lunch.
We have to fix that. I am getting her out some now as the vet released her from restricted duty. She is now on light duty with a prescription for controlled exercise. She needs to rebuild the tissue supporting the knee after the repair.
So, let’s get this done before things get crazy or in the way.
Agree with you on the Kindle thing. Bought a Kobo and thx to Calibre have moved over there. Course it may still be a license but not to Bozos. I need to get out and back on the radio. Praying house remod closes this week. Sidelined since early Jan and very restless. Cheers W6ABV
Welcome. I appreciate the comment, so thanks.
I’m looking at the Kobo Clara because they welcome side loading. There is also the Boox devices, which have been tempting for a couple of years.
I am already using an e-ink note-taking device, the Ratta SuperNote A5X. It has a Kindle app, but I have not used it because the SuperNote is a little big for casual reading. It is fine, however, for reading professional literature and it is easy to load PDFs onto the device.
At least with the Rakuten store you can download purchased books. The DRM is easy to remove, although I do not condone piracy.
I wonder if this pushback against Amazon will encourage them to change their policy?
Just checking in on you and the girl, whom I have not seen in far too long. I now have five devices in my ticker so there’s that. Let’s do lunch.
We have to fix that. I am getting her out some now as the vet released her from restricted duty. She is now on light duty with a prescription for controlled exercise. She needs to rebuild the tissue supporting the knee after the repair.
So, let’s get this done before things get crazy or in the way.
Agree with you on the Kindle thing. Bought a Kobo and thx to Calibre have moved over there. Course it may still be a license but not to Bozos. I need to get out and back on the radio. Praying house remod closes this week. Sidelined since early Jan and very restless. Cheers W6ABV
Welcome. I appreciate the comment, so thanks.
I’m looking at the Kobo Clara because they welcome side loading. There is also the Boox devices, which have been tempting for a couple of years.
I am already using an e-ink note-taking device, the Ratta SuperNote A5X. It has a Kindle app, but I have not used it because the SuperNote is a little big for casual reading. It is fine, however, for reading professional literature and it is easy to load PDFs onto the device.
At least with the Rakuten store you can download purchased books. The DRM is easy to remove, although I do not condone piracy.
I wonder if this pushback against Amazon will encourage them to change their policy?
73 de AG7TX