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Pronto!

Just a quick update on my language learning adventure before I move into some new topics. I am still very comfortable with my decision to stop using Duolingo. I’m trying to be fair in saying…
More Than duo

This is a companion to my previous post about my experience with Duolingo (actually Super Duolingo paid service). First off, I’m just a “punter” when it comes to Duolingo. Please check out the Duoplanet Blog,…
90 Days with the bird

I gave Duolingo a real chance to teach me Italian and these are my thoughts and observations after three months… NOTE: Please read/skim to the end and maybe follow the post. Not only is this…
EMCOMM Isn’t dead… It just smells funny

Paraphrasing Frank Zappa [Jazz isn’t dead, it just smells funny] should give you an idea that I don’t take myself too seriously, even if I sometimes have strong opinions. My last post kinda took a…
why are we wasting amateur radio bandwith with trash technology?

This is a quick hitter post but it something I think about often. Let’s take FM repeaters. The things we perceive as gateway systems for anyone with a HT, or for the local version of…
How I learned to stop worrying and love the ICOM IC-9700 – Part 2

Much like my interest in radio I’ve been playing musical instruments almost my entire life. We just used to be somewhat obsessed over the guitars, keyboards, amplifiers and eventually software that we saw on stage…

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