Musings from the Mundane

Why not write and pass on this simple mundane life?

20060803

Empty Toys

Techno-Gizmos



Weather Station

Current Status; uninstalled. After reading recommended sensor locations, realized I should have thought about the anemometer location beforehand (that and I live within 1.5 miles of the airport.....the local area's best calibrated, most accurate weather station). May be installed before summer's end.



Shortwave Radio

I've always wanted one, now I have one. It is cool to listen to broadcasts from other countries, unfortunately Europe and the Middle East are (technically) biased toward everywhere else in the world, but West Coast North America. I haven't ventured forth into the world of foreign language broadcasts, but I find myself listening to Voice of Russia, Radio Habana Cuba, Radio New Zealand International, Radio Australia, and occasional forays to China Radio International and Radio Japan (and all minus the internet....course live-streaming would probably gain better fidelity.....).

Thanks to Radio Australia I heard aboot Mel Gibson's drunk rantings 2 days before US coverage and it is interesting listening to state broadcast radio aboot Fidel's health and US interference.

Current broadcast, Voice of Russia and some sort of spooky broadcast along the lines of "Chicken Heart"/War of the Worlds/From the Earh to the Moon.

If anyone has any frequencies (with time's/locations) I should tune into, chime in.

Question I've been asked twice in the past couple months after discussing current affairs: Sounds like you've done well, are you happy?

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