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Random Learnings #70

2026-04-01Posted inEurope, history, learnings, personal, United Kingdom
The Swiss have guns; the Brits had bows and arrows. The Unlawful Games Act 1541 required males to own bows and arrows - 2 for boys under 17, 4 for…
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Green Island Bottoms

2026-03-29Posted inIowa, North America, personal, United States
Officially the Green Island Wildlife Management Area, it is (was?) the Green Island Bottoms to locals. Though I grew up in and around Green Island, a place where people fished…
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Birmingham Athletics?

2026-03-27Posted inbaseball, Europe, football, personal, sports, United Kingdom
During stoppage time of the Aston Villa/Brentford Premier League match, the home supporters were shown becoming increasingly frustrated as Villa could not break the Brentford 10-man defense. Aston Villa did…
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Oh My Hawks

2026-03-27Posted inbaseball, college, Iowa, personal, sports, United States
John Raoux / AP Doris Kearns Goodwin is a life-long, long-suffering Red Sox fan who experienced many heart-wrenching losses over her years. I saw an interview where she described trying…
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The NCAA Remains Delusional

The NCAA Remains Delusional

2026-03-23Posted inAmerican football, basketball, college, Minnesota, personal, United States
As my step-father's mental health declined, he started espousing various conspiracy theories, once explaining to my wife how the the government seeded clouds with mental filings to allow reading people's…
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Productionizing My ADS-B Feeder

Productionizing My ADS-B Feeder

2026-03-21Posted inpersonal, technology
Overview Last September I started feeding ADS-B traffic to FlightRadar24 and FlightAware using a Raspberry Pi and a customized image. An antenna was first mounted on our 2nd floor deck…
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Marching Band Nostalgia #3

2026-03-18Posted inculture, Iowa, music, North America, personal
I recently posted about my high school marching band days and then found myself watching a Iowa girls' basketball district playoff game at the high school gym; however, since my…
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Boredom Averted

2026-03-18Posted inbasketball, Iowa, North America, personal, sports, United States
Uninterested in the scintillating girls' basketball game just feet away, this little girl found ways to pass the time. Image Credits Video © 2026, Scott C. Sosna, all rights reserved.
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Letter Writing and Digital History

Letter Writing and Digital History

2026-03-16Posted infamily, family history, personal, technology
Mom wrote a letter to Grandmother when I was nine months old, thanking her for baby clothes. [Gotta love the AIR MAIL: despite the trials and tribulations of the United…
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Homecoming Buttons

Homecoming Buttons

2026-03-16Posted inAmerican football, family, family history, Illinois, North America, personal, sports, United States
My grandfather attended Northwestern University before being drafted during World War II (for which I am eternally grateful, as he met my grandmother while stationed in New Mexico and therefore…
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