October 31, 2025: This Halloween edition of the Random Wire finds me playing with new antennas, working with two new radios, and adapting to some new-to-me computers.
Well, I've got w7com.com and w7com.org. Those, and my two dozen other domains all forward to the same gmail account (nethead@gmail.com) My first domain was nethead.com which I got back in '95 because Jon Postel told me I missed deadhead.com by two weeks. The web all points to thisoldhost.com, a VM on Digital Oceans which has been up almost 7 years without a reboot.
I've got a 2017 i7 version of that iMac as my daily driver. I just love the screen so much that I can't see myself changing. Not so sure about MacOS, but at least it has a decent BSD style command line. I put in 72GB of RAM and it runs very nicely. Since $dayjob is herding Windows Servers, it's nice to look at something else when off the clock.
If you want to try VMWare ESXi for the Xeon, drop me a line, I've got some spare old permanent licenses from $dayjob.
Anyway, I've got the day off so I'm going to drive out 26 until I hit that great counterpose they call the Pacific Ocean and see what my ATAS-120 and FT-891 can do. Maybe even put out a vertical with a magic carpet if it's not to nasty out.
It's looking like an okay day up here in Tacoma. Best wishes for a great day, or as my friend Brian NT7Y likes to say as he's tying a ribbon around a QSO: "Make it a great day!"
Hi Tom!
Well, I've got w7com.com and w7com.org. Those, and my two dozen other domains all forward to the same gmail account (nethead@gmail.com) My first domain was nethead.com which I got back in '95 because Jon Postel told me I missed deadhead.com by two weeks. The web all points to thisoldhost.com, a VM on Digital Oceans which has been up almost 7 years without a reboot.
5:23PM up 2483 days, 17:15, 2 users, load averages: 0.20, 0.20, 0.20
I've got a 2017 i7 version of that iMac as my daily driver. I just love the screen so much that I can't see myself changing. Not so sure about MacOS, but at least it has a decent BSD style command line. I put in 72GB of RAM and it runs very nicely. Since $dayjob is herding Windows Servers, it's nice to look at something else when off the clock.
If you want to try VMWare ESXi for the Xeon, drop me a line, I've got some spare old permanent licenses from $dayjob.
Window LTSC might be a nice solution for you on the Windows side. I've been very happy with the installs I've done. https://massgrave.dev/windows_ltsc_links
Anyway, I've got the day off so I'm going to drive out 26 until I hit that great counterpose they call the Pacific Ocean and see what my ATAS-120 and FT-891 can do. Maybe even put out a vertical with a magic carpet if it's not to nasty out.
-73 de Joe w7com
It's looking like an okay day up here in Tacoma. Best wishes for a great day, or as my friend Brian NT7Y likes to say as he's tying a ribbon around a QSO: "Make it a great day!"