Orlando Hamcation 2024 – Chierda D200

February 11, 2024

Something new showed up on the driveway today..

August 31, 2023

Visiting Free Play Florida

November 20, 2022

The Hayes Retromodem

November 4, 2022

Midget City

July 27, 2022

Plastic Repair Project

July 19, 2022

The Biscuits Charles loves to make

July 4, 2022

The School burns, AGAIN!

June 14, 2022

Apple II gs WOZ Limited Edition

May 22, 2022

What was KAB1341? (a followup to a vague Facebook posting)

May 14, 2022

Welcome the Astra 1620 Dual Floppy Drive

May 14, 2022

YetAnotherSortingThing

May 8, 2022

The 99er Vol 3 Number 10 Oct 1985

May 7, 2022

The 99er Vol 3 Number 9 Sept 1985

May 7, 2022

The 99er Aug 1985

The 99er Vol 3 Number 8 August 1985

May 5, 2022

TI 99/4A PHP1850C External Floppy Drive

May 1, 2022

Another step in my journey of battery testing

January 3, 2022

I’m offically a successful cord cutter (again)!

September 20, 2021

Late to the crypto mining game…

March 17, 2021

Its cold outside, so lets melt a few things…

January 10, 2021

Buy Stuff-Light Stuff-Melt Stuff-Repeat Stuff

April 22, 2020

Amdisk1 and Amdisk III

March 1, 2020

Juniper error “Host 0 Boot from backup root”

December 25, 2019

Expiring SSL Cert Self Signed Centos 7

November 29, 2019

Finally Adding some duplexers!

September 30, 2019

WILLETT POT STILL RESERVE

New Whiskey/Bourbon pickups.

August 18, 2019

Midland LMR Syn1, Syn2, XTR Radios…

December 26, 2018

Invalid Regional Code for this CPS version – Error

December 24, 2018

When your server cert key expires

December 17, 2018

Dell Poweredge R710 Identification

October 19, 2018

Batteries, feed, caring, and testing…

October 6, 2018

Securing the pipes with a good SSL/TLS solution

June 14, 2018

lost connection after AUTH log files

April 22, 2018

Star Wars Arcade control panel gear replacement

April 20, 2018

We’re puttin on the water wings!

March 16, 2018

Skateboard is getting close to done!

March 7, 2018

Purple Carrot Order for the week of 3/5

March 6, 2018

SharkRF openSPOT

March 3, 2018

Hytera drivers/CPS software

February 21, 2018

Another DMR radio from Hamcation 2018 – Hytera PD362UC

February 15, 2018

AT-D868UV-500x500

Another new DMR Radio to play with – AT-D868UV from Anytone

February 15, 2018

UMX Timber BNF Basic 700mm (27.6″) Wingspan from E-flite – (Bind-N-Fly) – BNF – EFLU3950

January 18, 2018

Certwatch errors resolved

January 6, 2018

Things I found during my inventory

December 25, 2017

Finally out flying again

November 26, 2017

Atari Jaguar inventory in prep for FreePlayFlorida

November 9, 2017

Arcade monitor Rejuvinator!

October 7, 2017

Postfix spam prevention by use of blacklists.

August 31, 2017

Trailer Tire Stud Spacing ID

August 7, 2017

Coins to look for, the latest version

June 18, 2017

Deezol Project

May 25, 2017

Leitz Icon printer – No Cartridge Loaded

May 19, 2017

VMWare host SMART error on usb

May 15, 2017

FREENAS and VMWARE storage troubles..

May 4, 2017

Electric trailer brake conversion project

December 29, 2016

Kohler Courage 19 Project.

October 14, 2016

My RC collection

April 2, 2016

Upgrading the Power Wheels Jeep

July 20, 2015

How not to fly your new RC plane

January 26, 2015

Subaru 360 Sales Flyer

January 26, 2014

Its running!

January 19, 2014

Finally, IN the car

January 19, 2014

Project Subaru has begun!

January 19, 2014

The giant camera post in the yard

October 5, 2013

N Scale Train set remodel.

January 2, 2013

Just up the trail from me….

January 2, 2013

Moved all my servers to ESXi

October 15, 2012

B-Squares have arrived!

October 29, 2011

Fantastic frugal quotes

September 12, 2011

Ruger 10/22 issues.

August 31, 2011

My first attempt at canning.

April 24, 2011

PC vs Mac infographic

April 24, 2011

Charles is goint to crap his pullup when he sees this.

April 24, 2011

Dad’s 1yr – What was KAB1341? (a followup to a vague Facebook posting)

April 22, 2011

Diamond K9000 Install and use

February 1, 2011

Icom H16 Radio Programming

September 19, 2010

Kitchen aid Mixer/Veg slicer vs potatoes

August 26, 2010

Propane tank information

May 14, 2010

Top ammo produced from Winchester

May 10, 2010

A Nissan in my future?

April 5, 2010

Changes to the solar.

March 18, 2010

http://www.familab.org/ Its a local hacker resource haven.

March 3, 2010

Getting started with Wattvision

November 28, 2009

So I’m walking through the yard

November 21, 2009

Voxeo

October 10, 2009

A post about guns

October 2, 2009

It was about time, Ohio

September 26, 2009

Two more, off the streets

August 19, 2009

Solar Power installs pretty much can’t be stopped by a HOA

July 20, 2009

1. Claim to have a gun, but don’t 2. Rob a store.

July 12, 2009

Another one for the good guys…

July 12, 2009

How to add a remote for a 2001 Ford Escape

July 12, 2009

Florida gun laws on the way?

July 10, 2009

Close the PostOffice?

July 5, 2009

Care and Feeding of a Geek

June 28, 2009

My WDTV Hacking project.

June 16, 2009

TN Follows with some good ideas. Florida?!?!

May 30, 2009

I guess we won’t be invaded any time soon.

May 25, 2009

About some propane tanks.

May 24, 2009

I think I like the new rules…

May 17, 2009

Ham Radio

Orlando Hamcation 2024 – Chierda D200

In my yearly pilgramage to the Orlando Hamcatiob 2024, pocket full of dollars and some good shoes, I went looking for the deals. I was not disapointed. This post will…

RobPatton February 11, 2024

Something new showed up on the driveway today..

Afternoon delivery from Amazon today, not the normal ride. Driver had recently been given one of these and he seems happy with it. It is VERY amazon(ed) from the color…

RobPatton August 31, 2023

Arcade Video Games History Home Computer/Video Games

Visiting Free Play Florida

Florida's largest arcade, pinball, and console show Step back to a time when friends gathered together for games, ate pizza, speculated about alligators in the sewer, and went home when…

RobPatton November 20, 2022

The Hayes Retromodem

The classical way to retro wifi modem Retro Wifi Hayes modem There are a few products out that do this same task, but this one does it with class. Being…

RobPatton November 4, 2022

History

Midget City

Somewhere, and all over. "Between Sanford and Orlando" meaning, Maitland AND/OR Fern Park AND/OR Casselberry AND/OR Longwood. But its all gone now. First started in Milan Ohio, around 1936. In…

RobPatton July 27, 2022

Plastic Repair Project

Since I'm into anything storage, I have a few collapsible plastic gaylord boxes. At some point, one of them had something heavy dropped on its lid that caused a crack…

RobPatton July 19, 2022

Food! House Stuff Life Stuff

My first attempt at canning.

I'm not sure why they call it canning, since you put the stuff in jars, but I guess "jarring" sounds bad. My friend from work Kristen was kind enough to…

RobPatton April 24, 2011

PC vs Mac infographic

RobPatton April 24, 2011

Charles is goint to crap his pullup when he sees this.

For his 3rd birthday, Charles received a toy store worth of toys, most of which we haven't even opened yet. My fear is that he would just create piles of…

RobPatton April 24, 2011

Dad’s 1yr – What was KAB1341? (a followup to a vague Facebook posting)

Dad's 1yr - What was KAB1341? (a followup to a vague Facebook posting) Back in the 60s and early 70s, microwave communication was a big thing, and it was what…

RobPatton April 22, 2011

Diamond K9000 Install and use

Since I joined the P25 crowd, I've kept a VHF radio in the truck almost all the time. This has been great fun, with the exception of dealing with the…

RobPatton February 1, 2011

Icom H16 Radio Programming

Here’s all the programming info for the Icom U-16. (The H-16, V-100 and U-400 are programmed in the same way. There are some slight differences between the H-16/U-16 keypad and…

RobPatton September 19, 2010

Kitchen aid Mixer/Veg slicer vs potatoes

Everyone loves potatoes, am I right? I just took a visit to the Kitchen-Aid Experience in Greenville, Ohio, and purchased some new attachments for the machine. Today's project was to…

RobPatton August 26, 2010

Propane tank information

PROPANE CYLINDER MARKINGS Typical re certification stamp: MM XXX YY E MM -> 2 digit re certification month XXX ->3 character Re-qualifier’s registration number YY -> 2 digit re certification…

RobPatton May 14, 2010

Guns

Top ammo produced from Winchester

1. 9mm- Winchester also has a military contract 2. .40 S&W- Number one LEO round 3. .38 Special- I found this surprising 4. .45ACP 5. .380ACP 6. .357 Sig

RobPatton May 10, 2010

Cars Tech Things I want

A Nissan in my future?

Nissan Leaf: The First Affordable Electric Car? If you're wondering when we'll finally have an all-electric car that's both affordable and dependable, Nissan may have the answer. The all-electric, five-passenger…

RobPatton April 5, 2010

Ham Radio

Orlando Hamcation 2024 – Chierda D200

RobPatton February 11, 2024

Something new showed up on the driveway today..

RobPatton August 31, 2023

Arcade Video Games History Home Computer/Video Games

Visiting Free Play Florida

RobPatton November 20, 2022

The Hayes Retromodem

RobPatton November 4, 2022