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“Terms and conditions”, another observation

Posted on 2011-09-02 by Jim Vanderveen

Back in 2007 I wrote about [RSS feeds for “Terms and Conditions”][tandc_rss] updates. But this week I have been traveling, hooking up to a lot of free wifi hotspots, and agreeing to a bunch of T&C’s, mostly [without reading said … Continue reading →

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Cucumber salad

Posted on 2011-08-30 by Jim Vanderveen

This salad is cool and delicious on its own, and it also makes a great palate cleanser between courses. I used a 2mm (about 1/12 of an inch) slicing disc to cut the cucumber very thin, sort of like pickled … Continue reading →

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Pork baos

Posted on 2011-08-29 by Jim Vanderveen

We make these pork-filled buns for our family Christmas gathering every year. This is an Americanized dim sum recipe from the 1979 Sunset Chinese Cook Book. (Some good recipes in there, buy a copy if you can find one!) We … Continue reading →

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Blue Mandarin martini

Posted on 2011-08-28 by Jim Vanderveen

Add equal parts Absolut Mandarin (orange-flavored vodka) and blue curaçao over crushed ice in a cocktail shaker. “Shaken, not stirred.” Pour into a martini glass, garnish with a half-slice of orange.

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The RBN

Posted on 2011-07-04 by Jim Vanderveen

Bill Meara has a cool [SolderSmoke blog post][SS] about the [Reverse Beacon Network][RBN]. Unlike regular (“forward”?) beacons where a station automatically transmits specially formatted messages, the Reverse Beacon Network listens for real operators calling CQ (“Does anybody wanna chat with … Continue reading →

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New HF propagation widget

Posted on 2011-07-01 by Jim Vanderveen

I modified the SonicChicken homepage today. The “weather pixie” links haven’t been working for some time now, so I finally removed all those. I may add some sort of weather widget back in later. But in the meantime, I added … Continue reading →

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New tumblr user

Posted on 2011-06-25 by Jim Vanderveen

Two weeks ago [NPR did a story on tumblr][1]. It piqued my interest, as it sounded like a cross between a blog and Facebook. Also the tumblr terms of service were attractive. So I decided to give it a try, … Continue reading →

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Bad synergy

Posted on 2011-05-29 by Jim Vanderveen

Mac OS X has some great features, among which are Time Machine (which allows recovery of deleted or overwritten files) and Mail.app. Junk mail filtering means I rarely see spam in my inbox, but I keep “junk” mail in the … Continue reading →

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Power supply project

Posted on 2011-05-28 by Jim Vanderveen

I built my 11-amp power supply a while ago, but I just now finished writing up the [article about it](http://www.n6na.org/home/UserN3JIMpowerSupply1).

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Home-brewed SWR meter

Posted on 2011-05-27 by Jim Vanderveen

I finished my home-brewed SWR meter last week, but this blog was down. (I failed to heed my hosting company’s warning about a PHP upgrade, doh!) So, now that the blog is back online, I’m posting it here as well.

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