Archive for January, 2007

GC034 — Remembering “things”

Monday, January 15th, 2007

Ah. At last we got some snow and I finally have the perfect snow plow for the (three-quarter mile) driveway at the farm. I also rant a little about Richard’s tires.

But mostly I talk about a duck… And how this duck that I got from my granddad is something that I should describe to future generations, along with other important “stuff” so that people can carry the stories of these things on into the future. So the stories don’t get lost, and with them the real value of the otherwise ordinary things that we pass on to future generations. I think us digital kids are the first generation to be able to do this, but I bet that this is a tradition that’s carried forward.

So click here to listen to this 12 minute podcast…

And here’s a picture of the duck (along with the screen showing this Geezercast in the making).
The duck

GC033 — Weather station repeaters, and wireless Internet

Monday, January 1st, 2007

Mostly this is the tale of fixing my Davis Vantage Pro weather station’s repeaters after the system conked out yesterday. I almost typed the word “diagnosing” instead of “fixing” in that first sentence, but truth be told I never figured out why the things crapped out, or how I fixed them. The experience provided me a springboard to rant some more about wireless Internet.

By the way you can view the offending weather stations (who knows whether they’ll be up or not) at www.farm.haven.com, we were working on the “on top” one.

Click here to download this 11 minute podcast