Tag Archives: USA

iPhone SMS Messages Aren’t Green for the Reason You Think

Posted on March 12, 2022 by Colins Place

Every year we see new articles grumbling about green chat bubbles in Messages for iPhone. Many treat the bubbles as a way to label Android owners as outcasts, but the truth is much more mundane. We’ll clear things up by … Continue reading →

Posted in Phones, Re-Blog | Tagged android, blue, green, imessage, iphone, phone, reblog, smartphone, sms, text, txt, USA | Leave a comment

Vintage Electronics Store

Posted on April 14, 2021 by Colins Place

Just watched an interesting video in Youtube. This is a large store that sells loads of new old stock computer and electronics items. Looks like somewhere I want to visit, one day. This is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin. That is … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, General Engineering, History, Radio Stuff, Technology | Tagged amateur, antenna, computer, ham, historical, history, radio, store, USA | Leave a comment

The chips are down for Moore’s law

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Colins Place

09 February 2016: The semiconductor industry will soon abandon its pursuit of Moore’s law. Now things could get a lot more interesting. Next month, the worldwide semiconductor industry will formally acknowledge what has become increasingly obvious to everyone involved: Moore’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, General Engineering, History, Re-Blog, Technology, Windows | Tagged chip, chips, computer, historical, history, intel, law, moores, radio, smartphone, USA | Leave a comment

E.F. Johnson Messenger 123A CB radio

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Colins Place

Dating from around 1975, this is a 23 channel radio, made in the United States, for the Citizens Band. I bought it from the local Goodwill store, during their monthly half price Saturday sale, and only paid $2.00 for it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio Stuff | Tagged 123A, 1975, antenna, band, CB, citizens, E.F. Johnson, goodwill, ham, in, indiana, kc9pdy, Messenger, radio, sale, store, USA, vintage | 2 Comments

Amateur Radio at the Movies – The Anderson Tapes

Posted on August 22, 2015 by Colins Place

Amateur Radio at the Movies Bob Cashdollar, NR8U The Anderson Tapes, 1971, Rated PG 1hr, 39 min. The Anderson Tapes is a cops and robbers movie with a paranoiac twist. A con, Sean Connery, fresh out of prison, gets the … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio Stuff, Re-Blog | Tagged amateur, anderson, connery, ham, movie, radio, sean, tapes, the, USA | Leave a comment

RadioShack To Close 1,100 Stores | TechCrunch

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Colins Place

via RadioShack To Close 1,100 Stores | TechCrunch. Today, while reporting its 2013 fourth quarter results RadioShack announced plans to close 1,100 of its 4,000 stores in a bid to stem losses. The parts drawer and the RC toys and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Re-Blog | Tagged amateur, antenna, close, closing, closings, closure, closures, ham, historical, radio, shack, smartphone, store, USA | Leave a comment

The International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Colins Place

NATO phonetic alphabet From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet Not to be confused with International Phonetic Alphabet. FAA radiotelephony alphabet and Morse code chart The NATO phonetic alphabet, more accurately known as the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet and also called … Continue reading →

Posted in Radio Stuff | Tagged alphabet, amateur, ham, historical, international, kc9pdy, phonetic, radio, telephone, USA | Leave a comment

Then and Now, Wingate, IN

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Colins Place

Because I had seen, an old postcard, on my county’s library website, showing the old Gymnasium in Wingate, Indiana. I figured it would make a good “then and now” waymark. http://history.cdpl.lib.in.us/images/pc061-3.jpg The old picture is from a postcard, that was mailed … Continue reading →

Posted in Then and Now, Waymarking | Tagged and, compass, county, gym, gymnasium, historical, in, indiana, iphone, kc9pdy, montgomery, now, smartphone, then, USA, waymark, waymarking, website, wingate | Leave a comment

Then and Now, Morocco, IN

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Colins Place

Yesterday, Saturday November 24th, 2012 we went to look around my wife’s old home town of Morocco, and Kentland, both in Newton County, in Indiana. I got to take some nice pictures, and co-ordinates to Waymark some of the town’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Then and Now, Waymarking | Tagged and, compass, county, historical, in, indiana, iphone, kc9pdy, kentland, morocco, newton, now, smartphone, then, USA, waymark, waymarking, website | Leave a comment

White Bronze Cemetery Monuments

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Colins Place

White Bronze Cemetery Monuments (Photo from Waymarking.com) I found several interesting web pages detailing the history of White Bronze Cemetery Monuments, that are actually made from pure Zinc. They look like marble, with a greyish white color, with a hint … Continue reading →

Posted in Waymarking | Tagged bronze, Canada, category, cemetery, head, marker, stone, tomb, USA, waymarking, white, zinc | Leave a comment