The Life Hacks and Stuff Podcast

3D printing maintenance in this episode

Making bread rise in cold temps, getting plants started for harvest, taking care of your yard (animal-wise)

A revelation on the crawl space project, update on the car shelter, and guy wires for auto antennas?

Car shelter project, solar-tracking project, free public library benefits you may not know about. hoopla | streaming audiobooks, music, video & ebooks Kanopy - Stream Classic Cinema, Indie Film and Top Documentaries

Properly asking AI and using the right tool for the job.

Weekend update

Let's talk about using AI as a programming companion and planning.

Lets talk about a srping/summer project of insulating the crawlspace to give you a warmer winter next year.

I'm a photographer, drone pilot, ham operator, and cook. This week we revisit food.

I discuss my use of AI with my 3D creations and how AI is not a creative tool but can help drive creativity.

You know I care about emergency communications. The most efficient way is using digital modes, when we talk about lists and lots of information. But to make it second nature takes practice. Let's face it, our passion for ham radio is not cheap. Enter the DigiPi, a series of software on a Raspberry Pi Zero capable of handling (with the use of your phone or a tablet) digital modes. This makes an inexpensive way to get in the practice you need. This is not a toy, but a fully functional platform for FLDigi, WinLInk, FT8, and JS*Call (I even leave mine on overnight set to WSPR so people can see the propagation). There will be a companion blog post on communitystrong.us with more on the DigiPi .

Don't print if you can buy, most of the time. Sometimes it is easier and cheaper to print something useful.

What topics I plan to cover this year, and a hack on having multiple cat litter pans.

DMR, FT8, Winlink, JS8, FLDigi, Varac

While it is too cold and snowy to work outside on an antenna project, it is a perfect time to design one. It is also a good time to plan out where it can go. When putting up a horizontal wire antenna, do you have an intense laser and the right height? Why not use it to help plan the path? The light would show anything in the way. Plus, winter reminds us that branches dip under the weight of the snow.

These are the people and channels that inspired me this year.

Two things that should be taught as early as possible.

With black Friday appooraching, ideas for the drone enthusiast in your life

Got a science type or a ham radio operator in your life? Black Friday approaches.