Posted by admin on Apr 25, 2009 in
iPhone What I should be doing with my free time right now is getting the new hurricane site finished up, but I am having a hard time getting into it. Lately I have been working on certifications, learning the new changes from the NHC and spending much needed time with my family. The other thing is socializing on Twitter (@weatherangel) about all of my interests, and more. It is amazing how much time that service can suck up when you are not paying attention! And then work gets 10 hours of my day, every day.
What about today? Waiting for my son to finish math tutoring while posting here, updating plugins, watching Twitter and listening to the radio. Mult-itasking at it’s best!
Tags: ham, hurricane, skywarn
Posted by admin on Apr 11, 2009 in
random This has been a very busy week for me, and really, I can’t complain! Today marks the accomplishment that I should have made when I was a teenager, and too chicken to try to pass the test. I always did horribly in school, mostly because I didn’t study well enough. Well, I planned to study all this week for the Amateur Radio Technician license, and what I ended up doing was studying last weekend, studying a little bit on Thursday, and cramming last night. But the good news is that I passed!!! So now I have to wait until the FCC database has my ID, and then I can transmit. I am so happy that I really did need to share. So, if you want to know how geeky I am, I am just that geeky 
I had the opportunity to take the General class license test while I was there, and even though I never opened the book for it, I took the test. Well, I did not pass that test. As a matter of fact, I failed that one with flying colors! But that’s okay, because I did not go with the intention of taking let alone passing that test. I can study for it, and take it at a later time. For now, I am excited that I passed the test that I intended to take, and that I will be able to converse on the frequencies which are used by SKYWARN and other weather related amateur frequencies.
Posted by admin on Apr 10, 2009 in
blackberry In the following article, they talk about how to Create BlackBerry applications with open source tools. This is something that I will need in the near future, so I am adding it here for myself, and for you should you choose to take the challenge.
The most intriguing and powerful phenomenon in the digital age is the impact of social-networking applications on the consumer and business markets. Marketing professionals are changing how they interact with prospective clients, peer groups can easily form, and, as demonstrated in the fall of 2008, social networking can be part of a successful political campaign. Combined with the popularity and power of the BlackBerry platform, you have the makings of a dynamic combination. Part 3 of this “Create BlackBerry applications with open source tools” series explores how the BlackBerry is a great device for writing and deploying social-networking applications.
Tags: app, blackberry, development, social networking
