the Edge of Darkness

And as we stand on the edge of darkness Let our chant fill the void That
others may know In the land of the night The ship of the sun Is drawn by The grateful dead. — Tibetan “Book of the Dead,” ca. 4000 BC.

web publishing made easy

Seems pretty easy these days to add an interesting link to my website… Using the WordPress widget that shows most recent updates from my Twitter feed in the sidebar – all I have to do is ‘Re-Tweet’ something and it automatically shows up on the web site !

How could anything be any easier ?

Of course, as I post more updates – the interesting link scrolls down and off the screen. But then so many links lose their relevancy as time passes anyway, so no great loss – right ?
/;^)

Madison Tornado 20090506

When the alarm sounded at work, it was still early – maybe 8:55am. This one was not a watch, but a tornado warning !! I was about to leave my desk anyway for a meeting at 9 – so I clicked up a quick radar image, grabbed my HT and went downstairs to our designated ‘Protective Area’. From there I can barely hear the 146.94 repeater, so I switch over to the EMA frequency that local law enforcement uses to go direct with NWS. I’m hearing reports of trees down and structure damage on County Line Rd, near Mill Rd, which is close to my house. More chaos and confusion –

Something new

I felt sad for my wordpress.com blog – I hadn’t given it anything new for some time now. So here it is, still waiting.

I’m still trying to decide if/how to integrate this blog into my current collection of SomeNet web sites. I like that this WordPress host will always have the most current versions, and new features are available without me having to install anything. I’ll try and figure out what I want.

It still isn’t much, but at least it has a new post now.
/;^)

Hello world!

Welcome to WordPress.com. This is the obligatory first post for WB5RMG’s WordPress testing facility. This blog is a new addition to the historical wb5rmg.somenet.net website that was started in 1998.

Hopefully now and then I can take a few minutes away from all the stuff I’m usually messin with, to post something interesting or relevant to my ham radio activities. Here I will also try out and evaluate various themes, plugins, and other options . . . Someday I may break some part of the site by testing like this, but it’s all in the spirit of experimentation and exploration that helps make ham radio the adventure that it is. You can also follow my Twitter updates from this site.

You might also want to check in on the www.somenet.net site for other adventures and commentary. That is my original blog, before the ham radio split off into this site. Save a bookmark or two – and Yall come back now, Y`hear !

Thanks  /;^)