Electronics

I’m running my ham radio that uses the computer to do a lot of the work.
Curiosity Begins
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August 6, 2012
Curiosity, the biggest, heaviest and most complex rover, landed successfully on Mars this evening.
The 12V light bulbs on the underside of our kitchen cabinets drop (go dark) like a nest of wasps hit with Raid Wasp and Hornet spray – bunches of them drop all at once.
While there are several ASCII to Morse code translators out there, I haven’t seen the encoding used herein.
An Idea Begins
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June 24, 2012
My Raspberry Pi should arrive tomorrow. It is a credit card-size computer running Linux.
Spend $2 bills and, when someone comments on it, say “It’s symbolic of my support for the Second Amendment.
For the geeky types out there, are you watching Raspberry Pi?
Curiosity
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November 26, 2011
Curiosity is on it’s way this morning to Mars for the next eight months.

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