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Blindsided by the Bark: What a Fixated AI Taught Me About My Greatest Weakness
I woke up at 5:00 AM thinking about this post. I’ve gotten pretty good at knowing…
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Fuel, Space, and Silicon: The Realities of Grid-Down Emergency Comms
It started with a completely mundane digital bottleneck. Recently, while sitting at the desk on my…
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Sweating the Small Stuff: What a 20-Minute Outage Taught Me About Emergency Power
It started under perfectly blue skies. This morning, exactly two minutes before “net time,” the grid…
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Textbook vs. Real World: Why AI “Live Web Grounding” is a Game-Changer for Ham Radio Tech
The Evolution of the Digital Shack Assistant For fifty years, my ham radio journey has followed…
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Driving in Circles for 49 Hours: When AI Persistence Meets Software Rigidity
The Mission: Cables-Free Connectivity The dream was simple: I wanted full HF digital mode operation on…
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2016–2026 — The Recliner & The Resurgence
The Move to Paradise (and the Shift in Perspective) We ended the last chapter with my…
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1994–2016 — The Virtual Shack & Poolside Portable
The Career Pivot: From Pews to Classrooms 1994 marked a sea change in our lives. After…
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The 1980s (Part 2) — The Space Coast & The Digital Frontier
The Move to the “Adventure” In 1984, our “nuclear family” of three made a pivot that…
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