Realized Gains Become Losses
Discovered this while checking out transactions on a 401(k): I lost a total of $1.29 across four mutual funds for realized gains. WTF?!? What I don't know is whom receives…
Unexpected ADS-B Ranking
My FlightRadar24 feeder ranking has reached previously-unseen heights due to previously-unseen daily max ranges for ADS-B traffic received during a recent spate of miserably hot-and-humid weather. At least it appears…
ADS-B Feeder and Minnesota Summers
I mounted my Raspberry Pi ADS-B feeder outside my office to avoid damage to the coax as it passes through the window (original 1896 pocket windows with unhelpful storm windows);…
Unexpected ADS-B Range III
This is insane: 10 months where the max distance received hovered around 235nm with an occasional upwards blip, now 4 out of 10 days over 300nm. What the fuck!?! It…
Unexpected ADS-B Range II
Recently my ADSB feeder received traffic from 300 nautical miles away, my personal record by at least 35 nautical miles. Today's FlightRadar24 feeder recorded ADS-B traffic from 302 nautical miles…
Computers IRL #14
Apparently Chipotle is not alone with AI embedded into their solutions which willingly answers questions far outside its expected remit. Though amusing, this provides a potential attack vector into Lucid…
Unexpected ADS-B Range
For almost a year I've been feeding ADS-B traffic to FlightRadar24, installing a tuned antenna on the roof and productionizing my Raspberry PI setup. In addition to FlightRadar24, I also…
Payphone or Scamware?
As seen in the wild in Venice, Italy: an actual, functioning payphone, apparently with SMS texting capabilities. The screen says Temporaneamente accetta solo carte di credito which translates into English…
Return To Office Insanity Part III
I've blogged my feelings on the inanity of RTO mandates, forwarded innumerable links purporting that people are as/more product remote and definitely happier, shared my feelings with anyone willing to…
Temperatures and Technology
May 25, at gate awaiting boarding for MSP to CDG flight. Monitor at Gate G4 providing helpful information. Yeah, sure. It was not 27°F but 27°C; in fact, Paris broke…