ADS-B Feeder Attempt 2
Hosting an ADS-B feeder has intrigued me for some time but only did so in September 2025. My first feeder was a Raspberry Pi with an RTL-SDR v4 dongle running…
Cold Weather Fountaining
Sunday my wife and I visited the Bryant Park Holiday Market on its last day for this year - food, jewelry, clothes, knick-knacks, the usual - but the operating fountain…
Meandering Thoughts #60
A few issues with this sign at the Empire State Building's 86th floor observation deck: Isn't an unlawful act by definition prohibited? Is climbing the fence or throwing objects and…
New York City Love Letter
Sunday, my wife and I introduced a Connecticut friend to the main branch of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue. Of course, one must see the Rose Main…
Constitutionality
Donald Trump's continual declaration of national emergencies that he uses to declare executive orders of dubious legitimacy harkens back to similar usage in Germany following World War I. This was…
Meandering Thoughts #59
I am wondering why anyone pays for monitoring themselves for identity theft. Today I completed an application for free identity monitoring sponsored by a company whose systems were breached and…
Book Review #1
The cover description of Retreat From Glory by R. H. Bruce Lockhart in tantalizing: By the author of British Agent. Mr Bruce Lockhart continues the fascinating story of his career.…
Random Learning #65
From the book Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World by Malcolm Harris I learned the etymology of the term redlining: In his acclaimed 2017 book, The…
Goodbye, Old Friend
Music, music, MUSIC After "graduating" from elementary school and entering middle school, sixth graders took a class on good study habits: creating a personal "study area" in your house, ideally…
Random Learnings #64
In 2016, the government of the Czech Republic declared that Czechia is the country's short name in English. Yes, Czech Republic remains the country's official name and yes, Czech Republic…