marxy's musing on technology

Every January the consumer electronics show takes over Las Vegas. The event of the year where tech companies flex their muscles and show off...

Haven't seen the water running before. Quite spectacular.

A small group today and many stations could not hear each other. Apparently there's a solar wind. Seen on frequency were VK2AWJ, VK2CJB,...

Yesterday was being described as going to be a possibly catastrophic fire day here in Victoria. Hot and windy. I live on a 5 acre bush block...

I discovered these low cost ESP32 boards with useful IO and peripherals about a year ago . Recently I came across an excellent 3D printable ...

I'm currently using Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS in the shack. Choosing an older stable version of the bleeding edge where I find changes to the s...

An excellent Sunday morning FreeDV net with several stations who were on for the first time or just installed a few days before. Stations in...