Archives for: July 2010
By Eric on Jul 31, 2010 | In Amateur Radio, Amateur Radio, Computers, Radios, Electronics, Rants & Raves | Send feedback »
There is discussion on CQ Magazine's Facebook page concerning the incorporation of other electronic fields into the world of amateur radio. The conversation can be found here. Some people feel that amateur radio is a hobby that should almost solely be…
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By Eric on Jul 22, 2010 | In a new eric, personal, family, North Carolina, personal | Send feedback »
I don't often get upset about something. In the past, I've been upset about the State of Utah's liquor laws, and all the new laws they decided to enact these past few years to keep people kids from drinking (which hasn't actually done anything). I rece…
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By Eric on Jul 21, 2010 | In a new eric, personal, personal, Amateur Radio, Amateur Radio, Radios | 2 feedbacks »
I passed the exam!
When I started my interest in amateur radio, there were six different classes of licenses, and I started out at one of the lowest. Over the years, my license became the lowest of three. Now I'm in the second class, with only one mo…
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By Eric on Jul 21, 2010 | In a new eric, personal, religion, writing, politics, North Carolina, cultural, Utah, personal, Amateur Radio, Amateur Radio, Radios, Rants & Raves | Send feedback »
In less than four hours I will be sitting in the J. Reuben Clark Building on the BYU campus taking a test to advance my amateur radio license. There's a chance my beard might make it beyond the invisibility filter my crutches will bring.
This is the t…
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By Eric on Jul 19, 2010 | In a new eric, personal, family, New York, North Carolina, Utah, personal history, personal | Send feedback »
There's an important part of my family that seems to rarely make its way into my blog posts. These family members are always present, though rarely the subject of my recollections, stories, and comments on life. They sometimes cause a bit of tension in…
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By Eric on Jul 18, 2010 | In a new eric, personal, personal | 1 feedback »
Everyone seems to go through a time in their lives when they feel invisible. Kids often feel this, as they are invisible to adults. Sometimes children feel invisible within a family, even past childhood. Some may even feel invisible at work, often a p…
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By Eric on Jul 17, 2010 | In a new eric, personal, cultural, cultural, personal | 1 feedback »
This blog entry may not sit well with some people. You've been warned.
Today's topic is something of a more delicate nature. To be more precise, the topic is of a very egestive nature. Egestive... think opposite of injestive. Look it up. This is y…
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By Eric on Jul 15, 2010 | In a new eric, personal, family, writing, North Carolina, Utah, photography, personal history, personal, photography, Amateur Radio, Amateur Radio, Radios, Eric's Box of Memories | Send feedback »
While digging through the Box of Memories the other day, I found some of my badges. Badges are pretty simple: identification. Most people see badges at stores. Others may see badges on police officers. Some organizations use them because they really…
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By Eric on Jul 14, 2010 | In a new eric, blog | Send feedback »
A quick note to those reading through feeds and for those who get posts emailed to them. I'm placing some of my posts from 2006 on my old Blogger/Blogspot site onto this one. You may see things come in with 2006 dating on it, or posts you've probably r…
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By Eric on Jul 13, 2010 | In a new eric, tech, Rants & Raves | Send feedback »
I've had issues with WRAL TV (Raleigh, NC) in the past over their "consumer advocate" articles. A decade ago, WRAL's 5 On Your Side crew once came after a company I worked for when a consumer complained about a product that was sold to them. A prelimin…
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By Eric on Jul 11, 2010 | In a new eric, personal, personal history, personal, Eric's Box of Memories | Send feedback »
Tonight, I had planned on blogging about something else entirely. I went looking for an old photograph to scan into the computer as part of that blog. I was pretty sure I knew where the picture would be hidden: my box of memories. Over the years, I'v…
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By Eric on Jul 10, 2010 | In a new eric, personal, blog, a new eric, blog, personal | Send feedback »
Today, I was thinking about a friend. This friend started his blog about the same time that I did. Now, he's decided to move on, leaving the blog he's tended to for years behind. Oddly enough, it's something I've been thinking about for some time now,…
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By Eric on Jul 8, 2010 | In a new eric, personal, hodge podge, Neighborhood, hodge podge, personal | Send feedback »
I've accomplished things in my life. I've failed to accomplish many other things in that same amount of time.
I could give you a laundry list of the things I have and have not completed. I would probably be embarrassed to admit to most of it. The ta…
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By Eric on Jul 8, 2010 | In blog, blog, tech | Send feedback »
In order to help differentiate some of my recent gadget-oriented blogging from my general blogging, I've created a part of a new eric called "tech." I've always had a love of electronics, but rarely felt comfortable in writing about them on my bl…
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By Eric on Jul 7, 2010 | In a new eric, personal, family | Send feedback »
It's been a little more than a week since my last blog. I had intended to blog every day for a month, to see if I could do it again. I didn't.
During my hiatus from work, I paused from blogging to spend time with my brother-in-law and his fiancée.…
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