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I run PSKReporter (https://pskreporter.info) and https://weather.gladstonefamily.net My day job is in computer security, so I'm happy to talk about any of these....

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@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 1800: 7.3" since this moirning for a total of 9.8" in the last 24 hours. No wind. Big drifts. Lot of shovelling ahead. Temp 27F. Now 24" on the ground. Spotter #15-557

23.02.2026 23:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@wx1box In Carlisle, MA at 0900: 2.5" on the board, but that seems small. Temp 24F. Deep drifts. Spotter #15-557

23.02.2026 14:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 1030: 3.5" snow on the board. Heavy wet stuff. Temp 30F. Spotter #15-557

21.02.2026 15:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
World map showing signals received by MM0INH with that station in the center.

World map showing signals received by MM0INH with that station in the center.

From PSKreporter for MM0INH

16.02.2026 20:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've been programming for over 50 years -- starting with a desk sized computer with 8k words. Now I have a laptop with 16GB. One million times more memory. Instruction timing was around 25ยตS, now is maybe 30pS (across all cores). I.e. a factor of about a million here as well.

15.02.2026 02:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 0745: 1.5" snow on the board. Temp 27F. Beautiful sunny day. No wind. Spotter #15-557

11.02.2026 12:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 1600: 4.1" snow on the board. Temp 20F. Wind blowing a bit causing some drifts near the house. Spotter #15-557

07.02.2026 21:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ok. I'll clear every 6 hours during the day and probably 12 hours overnight (and note that fact).

Thanks

27.01.2026 21:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@wx1box.bsky.social With long duration snowstorms, how should snowfall be measured? I.e. how often should I reset the snowboard? Over the weekend, I reset at 8AM on Monday and recorded very little extra snow. I suspect that had I reset at 8PM on Sunday as well, then my totals would have been higher.

27.01.2026 19:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
2ft ruler doesn't quite reach the top of the snow drift on the front walkway.

2ft ruler doesn't quite reach the top of the snow drift on the front walkway.

Drifiting snow covers well over half a window.

Drifiting snow covers well over half a window.

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle MA at 0810: 12.2" snow on the board. Temp 13F. Have reset snowboard. Snow falling very lightly. Drifting overnight. #15-557

More than 2 ft on the front walkway in places.

26.01.2026 13:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 2105: 10.7" snow on the board (i.e. storm total so far). Some drifting especially by house. Temp 11F. Spotter #15-557.

Snow now over the top of my boots in places. I need longer boots!

26.01.2026 02:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 1730: 7.1" snow on the board. 10F. Light wind. Still snowing hard. Very light and fluffy. Spotter #15-557

25.01.2026 22:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 0900: 4.7" new snow (light and fluffy) on the board. Temp 29F. Overcast, but bright. Spotter 15-557

19.01.2026 14:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@wx1box In Carlisle, MA at 2000: 2.8" very light and fluffy snow on the board. Temp 29F. Spotter 15-557

18.01.2026 01:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Got a couple of old disposable cameras developed. This was an early attempt by my daughter to take a mirror selfie. Her modern work is*much* better!

20.12.2025 23:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Isn't that what LinkedIn is for?

12.12.2025 14:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Shades of "I Always Do What Teddy Says" by Harry Harrison. The future is scary.

11.12.2025 23:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Greatest Shot in Television: Science Historian James Burke Had One Chance to Nail This Scene โ€ฆ and Nailed It The 80-second clip above captures a rocket launch, something of which we've all seen footage at one time or another. What makes its viewers call it 'the greatest shot in television' still today, 45 ye...

And of course, this clip from the series: www.openculture.com/2024/10/the-...

04.12.2025 03:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think that the point is that *any* change that is made will affect people both positively and negatively. The trick is finding the right balance.

As you get older, things like font size and contrast become more important. Fancy menus in romantically lit restaurants are the worst!

03.12.2025 19:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Curb cuts, unfortunately, cause problems for the blind and visually impaired as it becomes less obvious when you are about to step into the road. The better cuts have bumps or ridges before you get to the road that can be detected by a blind person.

03.12.2025 17:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 1800: 1.3" of wet snow on the board. Temp 32F. Currently raining. Nasty outside!

02.12.2025 23:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Red aurora behind a tree

Red aurora behind a tree

Nice vertical red aurora apparently coming out of a tree.

Nice vertical red aurora apparently coming out of a tree.

Photos from last night in Carlisle, MA. Nice reds framed by trees. #aurora @wx1box

12.11.2025 17:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I *wish* that LinkedIn had a way of annotating each person with my reason for accepting an invite. I see all these people and I can't remember why I'm linked to them. For all I know, LinkedIn could be silently adding connections without my knowledge โ˜น๏ธ

06.11.2025 14:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@wx1box In Carlisle, MA at 0900: 1.38" rain in the gauge. Spotter #15-557.

31.10.2025 13:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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GitHub - pjsg/cw: Vibe coded CW wideband decoder Vibe coded CW wideband decoder. Contribute to pjsg/cw development by creating an account on GitHub.

Trying to vibe code a wideband morse decoder. It *sort of* works with nice clean signals. But with real recordings, it is unusable. The idea is to feed output from ka9q-radio (by @ka9q.bsky.social) into it and decode all CW traffic! Thoughts appreciated.

github.com/pjsg/cw

29.10.2025 23:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@wx1box.bsky.social In Carlisle, MA at 1600: 0.89" rain in the gauge. It looks like we are done now. Spotter #15-557

20.10.2025 20:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@wx1box In Carlisle, MA at 0700: 1.20" total rainfall -- much needed. #15-557

14.10.2025 12:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Can you tell how many of them are patchable (i.e. not past end of support)?

30.09.2025 17:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In Carlisle, MA: 0.91" rain over the last 48 hours, and 0.13" the day before that. Why does the big rain always bypass us? Spotter #15-557

26.09.2025 15:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Or -- from #PSKReporter. I'm somewhat surprised by the FlightRadar display as it is showing some shadow in the north and the south at noon.

23.09.2025 13:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0