Archives for: June 2010

Linux gaming, Nomadic Gamer non-posting, et cetera. (#MMO #MMOGaming #Gaming #STO)

Written by:Jon Craig
Published on June 28th, 2010 @ 07:26:43 am , using 264 words, 2175 views
Ok, so I promised that today I'd begin a series of posts over @ Nomadic Gamer on MMO gaming under Linux. And I fully intended to! The problem is, as I'm sure you've all noticed, I haven't been blogging much lately, and when you don't do things as often… more »

Having a field day! (#HamRadio #HamR #FieldDay)

Written by:Jon Craig
Published on June 28th, 2010 @ 07:04:24 am , using 392 words, 502 views
Posted in Ham Radio
So after having been licensed for only about 2 weeks - and only on the air a little under a week - we headed off to our club's Field Day event. This is a yearly event for ham radio operators where you setup "in the field" using alternate power (generato… more »

KC9SPL (#Hamradio) + /wave

Written by:Jon Craig
Published on June 24th, 2010 @ 05:26:58 pm , using 74 words, 509 views
Posted in News
Not dead. Just on a 2 week vacation. :) I'll be back at work Monday 6/28 and will be doing a blog series @ Nomadic Gamer on MMOing under Linux - sort of. Heh. Anyway - received my license and call sign from the FCC a few days after the last post -… more »

Finally a licensed ham! (#Hamradio)

Written by:Jon Craig
Published on June 6th, 2010 @ 05:50:54 am , using 123 words, 1089 views
Posted in News
As of yesterday morning, I'm a licensed ham radio operator. I passed both Technician and General class exams - and my wife passed Technician! We don't have our callsigns yet, as it takes a few days for the FCC to get it into their database, but it shou… more »

Windows: Finally gone for good... (#Linux #Ubuntu)

Written by:Jon Craig
Published on June 6th, 2010 @ 05:45:35 am , using 216 words, 584 views
Posted in Computars/Gadgets
That's a screenshot (and it's linked to the full size shot) of my desktop as of right now. It's Ubuntu 10.04 - and I'm not running a dual boot setup. My machine's all Linux, all the time. My attempts to move to full-time Linux have been chronicled h… more »