Kelvin n0mql EN35ld

https://mastodon.hams.social/@kelvin0mql

Grumpy ol' codger. Ham since '92 or somethin'.

I'm not the Elephant Man; also not an elephant, man.

It's not that I don't WANT you to follow me. It's that I didn't know that feature existed, until I bumped into it on someone else's profile. So now you know.

#HamsOverIP: 100163
#HamshackHotline: (closed, B.L. is an alpha-hotel)
#AntiFascist
#CamelCaseYourHashTags
#AmateurRadio
#Photography
#Music
#Comedy
#Satire
#DevOps
#LoveIsLove
#BlackLivesMatter
#HeHimHis
#CisHet

HF Antenna: https://dxcommander.com/
Boring Blog: https://n0mql.com
Boring Website: https://kelvind.com
Boring YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKLCdjHUrH1JntqtUl9n4NA

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2026-01-13 21:17:04 UTC

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Oh, MAN... that's some vintage shrapnel!

2025-10-02 19:33:46 UTC

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I attempted something similar a few years ago.
Coated the veins of a leaf with oil pastel, then pressed and rubbed that on WC paper. Then went at that with watercolors.
Oil pastels resist WC bleed very well.
Anyway, this piece is lovely.

2025-04-04 12:41:50 UTC

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Related: Don't make me go to Facebook EVER.
If you're supposedly a publicly accessible business or org or group of ANY sort, NEVER put your supposedly public shit behind any wall. Your ignorance of how to get a website up & running is no excuse.
Yeah - you might need to pay someone. Get over it.

2025-03-28 15:51:42 UTC

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This is so gorgeous it makes my heart ache.

2025-01-26 13:22:27 UTC

#HamRadio #MorseCode #Pride #StraightKey
https://www.teepublic.com/user/kelvind
https://mastodon.hams.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/894/856/394/788/979/original/2e9ba538079ed074.png

2025-01-09 17:34:57 UTC

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I remember my oldest brother remarking that though beautiful, bluejays are jerks.
I infer then that they mimic a predator call so they get more food (scaring off other birds, etc).

2024-12-31 21:11:06 UTC

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Did you factor in the percentage of brain cells that don't work right?

2024-12-27 15:35:13 UTC

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Please put this on my parents’ tombstones. Hopefully soon.

2024-11-19 14:59:29 UTC

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This reminds me of an episode of #GomerPyle
Task was "camouflage this military truck" & Gomer bumps into some hippies who offer to help.
Season 5 Ep 27: Flower Power

2024-11-18 13:47:15 UTC

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Right?
Easy block decision, there.

2024-10-29 19:40:02 UTC

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I have an ex sister-in-law who, as a kid, back in the '70s, went to the ER a few times for stupid.
Piece of chalk up her nose. They figured it out when she smelled like rotting corpse & a bath didn't solve it.
Another time was eating drain cleaner granules because they "looked like candy". Kept eating them even though they didn't taste good.
But she survived, grew up, and had 3 stupid kids.
Uff-da.

2024-10-28 02:50:14 UTC

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Suddenly reminded of a SM thread where some woman had a lemon tree in her yard, bearing fruit, but she still bought lemons at the store because she didn’t know what sort of processing would be required to make the lemons ready for use.

2024-10-20 12:18:08 UTC

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/aug/02/balkans3
I was able to comprehend that write-up.

2024-10-20 12:13:34 UTC

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I was thinking same.
I have strong doubts that someone from the US used the phrase "get stuck in".
But all of this makes me curious, so I'm going to search for an article about it.

2024-10-17 13:30:39 UTC

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Netanyahu has done more to inspire/cause antisemitism than anybody else this century.
And he's a close 2nd place in the previous century.
That jackass has zero sense of irony.

2024-10-16 19:22:50 UTC

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On the plus side, the homeless can just dig out their own "tiny homes" in the snow drifts.
Kidding aside, we had one very snowy winter, & we made a "sinter" style igloo in the back yard for the kids. They could sit out there and read or whatever. Between a few candles and their body heat, was very comfortable.

2024-10-16 19:08:44 UTC

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I already have the biggest snowblower on the block, but I am not done being excessive.

2024-10-16 19:05:48 UTC

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Even better - fling it into a neighbor's driveway.

2024-10-16 15:02:17 UTC

I want to build a small version of this thing.
Mirrors on my house and garage roof. More mirrors on poles in the front yard.
They increase the sunlight on a lengthwise strip of the driveway 4- to 8-fold. Computer's camera determines when the snow/ice (white/gray) has turned to asphalt (black), and moves the entire line of light a bit North to get the next strip of the driveway.
When the driveway's clear, point all mirrors to reflect right back toward the sun.
https://mastodon.hams.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/317/687/313/222/970/original/b4d4dec293a8b705.png

2024-10-08 16:00:06 UTC

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I worked at one place that very badly wanted to "land" one particularly genius programmer.
He had it stipulated in his contract that he did not have to wear shoes.
The day they brought him around to introduce him, his t-shirt looked like it had been in the trunk of his car, under a cooler.
But he was a great guy and fabulous developer.

2024-10-08 11:16:28 UTC

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That said, real, durable denim jeans that fit comfortably are not like yoga pants at all. You cannot tell if my butt cheeks have dimples - that's nobody's business. You can't see the shape of my kneecap, nor the surgery scar, unless I'm wearing shorts.
I've seen the comedy bits where ppl struggle to get their jeans on. The joke is that they're doing it wrong. Proper fit jeans will easily go on over 2 other layers if need be.

2024-10-08 11:00:36 UTC

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Valid question. Except for when it’s so hot I must wear shorts, I’m in jeans all day every day. When it’s cool/cold, flannel lined jeans. Mine are all from Carhart.
From ‘07 to ‘20, my employer disallowed jeans, but previous (Oracle) allowed ‘em & most of us wore ‘em daily. Now WFH 100%, jeans every day.
Many have since the 1960s. The complaint doesn’t make sense to me.

2024-09-17 20:22:34 UTC

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Yeah, I concur that Maidenhead Grid Squares is a marvelous solution, & I think many people would be familiar with it had GPS not become a thing.
It's a better way of tersely telling someone "where to look for my sinking ship" far more reliably than sending Lat/Lon details.
Plus the built-in flexibility about level of precision.
I was being absurd on purpose, in response to an absurd exaggeration and absurd assumptions.

2024-09-17 19:54:14 UTC

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OK. Use WhatThreeWords instead. There's even an app for it.
The weather is sunny & warm today at
https://w3w.co/uninformed.despite.reflected
There are 18 St Pauls and 43 Centervilles in the US. But those 3 words signify only one of them. (Although you can't really picture it in your mind's eye from the 3 words.)
Or I could say roughly 45 N by 93 W. That's probably close enough. I can picture that. Lots of people can.

2024-09-17 12:31:18 UTC

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"...utterly meaningless to 99.999%..."
More like 99.7, depending on what country you're in.
I GET your point, but as stated (exaggerated), feels aggressive. "I don't know this, so you must be weird." Incurious.
Maidenhead grid is useful & accessible to everyone. They may not know about it yet, but the info is as open & public as Lat-Lon. Not a secret code, not ambiguous as city names which exist in many places. Ignorance does not equate to inacessible.

2024-09-10 13:49:29 UTC

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Metaphor problems:
People who make games, e.g. Hasbro, Milton Bradley, et al, WANT their games to be popular, so they've a vested interest in it being fun & fair.
The people who made our system of elections do not want more people voting, nor for it to be fair, & certainly not fun. They've a vested interest in keeping power in the hands of white, male, land-owners.
They only SAY they want more voting when they believe only "their" people are listening to them.

2024-09-06 15:28:15 UTC

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Why does "Timberline Lodge" sound so familiar to me? I feel like I've been there.

2024-08-31 00:07:25 UTC

Do you fine #FediHams remember me prattling on about playing Battleship over #HamRadio ?
It's gotten even better. And by that, I mean so much worse.
In my github repo, there's a 2nd version of the Python script that interfaces with the WKmini that is plugged into my MacLinux Mini, such that when you click in an empty spot on an opponent's grid, it sends a CW message to give them the coordinates of your salvo.
If you click on an empty spot on your own grid, it sends CW that it was a miss.

2024-08-28 20:39:20 UTC

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I think you’re absolutely right.
But I’m still not gonna do it, ‘cuz I come from a subculture that frowns upon (ok, let’s be honest, GLARES at) someone colloquially “laughing at his own joke”.

2024-08-28 00:08:58 UTC

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Dinner was pasta. But yes, I have had this for dinner, in which case there’s a bit more PB, & 2 chips on each. LOL

2024-08-28 00:02:26 UTC

Food
https://mastodon.hams.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/036/708/423/512/218/original/0be689db2aab7c5d.jpeg

2024-08-23 15:05:05 UTC

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I love these so much.