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Is this just fantasy?" - Freddie Mercury, Bohemian Rhapsody. This week, my (grown/moved out/married) son and I have... the silicon graybeard reality https://thesilicongraybeard.blogspot.com/2015/12/receivers-and-other-radios.html?m=0 The Silicon Graybeard: Receivers and Other Radios The topic of communications or general purpose receivers comes up a lot in our community. 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Real soon now. With stories to follow. ... the silicon graybeard sneak peek https://thesilicongraybeard.blogspot.com/2012/04/latest-movies-month-late.html The Silicon Graybeard: The Latest Movies - A Month Late As my last days of two weeks off dwindle away, Mrs. Graybeard and I went to see John Carter , the Disney version of Edgar Rice Burroughs' cl... the silicon graybeard latest movies month https://thesilicongraybeard.blogspot.com/2011/06/why-depression-is-inevitable-and.html The Silicon Graybeard: Why A Depression is Inevitable, and Economic Collapse Inescapable Victor Davis Hanson, certainly one of the brightest stars on the right, has an excellent piece at National Review Online called " How to Tur... the silicon graybeard https://thesilicongraybeard.blogspot.com/2016/01/glenn-frey.html The Silicon Graybeard: Glenn Frey By now, just about everyone knows that Eagles co-founder Glenn Frey passed away today, at the too-young age of 67. 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We've gone several weeks with nothing noteworthy happening and then this week we got f... the silicon graybeard space news week roundup https://thesilicongraybeard.blogspot.com/2023/05/vulcan-never-completed-that-test-firing.html The Silicon Graybeard: Vulcan Never Completed that Test Firing Back on the 11th , we ran a story that United Launch Alliance was going to do some extensive testing of the first Vulcan booster in preparat... the silicon graybeard vulcan never completed test https://thesilicongraybeard.blogspot.com/2022/11/?m=0 The Silicon Graybeard: November 2022 In the World of the High Tech Redneck, the Graybeard is the old guy who earned his gray by making all the mistakes, and tries to keep the young 'uns from... the silicon graybeard november https://thesilicongraybeard.blogspot.com/2021/04/monday-got-away-from-me.html The Silicon Graybeard: Monday Got Away From Me I started down the road on a post but it's just not writing itself. 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Well, this being a weekend, the news is pretty empty, and that's a good thing because today has been long day of sit around and then ru... the silicon graybeard do you https://thesilicongraybeard.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-ham-radio-series-44-more-intro-to.html The Silicon Graybeard: The Ham Radio Series 44 - More Intro to Moonbounce A week ago, I did a post on communicating by bouncing ham radio signals off the moon (and gave the post a title so that after a few ... the silicon graybeard ham radio https://thesilicongraybeard.blogspot.com/2016/10/we-were-just-talking-about-samsung.html The Silicon Graybeard: We Were Just Talking About the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Just the other day. Today, the US Department of Transportation banned the phones from air travel . 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Really. It may sound fanciful , but a Los Angeles-based company says it has c... the silicon graybeard https://thesilicongraybeard.blogspot.com/2011/02/nation-paralysed-motionless-under-its.html The Silicon Graybeard: A Nation Paralysed, Motionless Under Its Laws A hat tip to John at Improved Clinch for a lead on an article that takes my breath away. 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Fox News in New York issued an interesting report stating that US-based Aetna Insurance and Newtopia , a Canadian company, are working to p... the silicon graybeard genetic testing corporate wellness programs https://thesilicongraybeard.blogspot.com/2014/06/?m=1 The Silicon Graybeard: June 2014 In the World of the High Tech Redneck, the Graybeard is the old guy who earned his gray by making all the mistakes, and tries to keep the young 'uns from... the silicon graybeard june https://thesilicongraybeard.blogspot.com/2013/12/reading-roundup.html?m=1 The Silicon Graybeard: Reading Roundup I've spent most of the last couple of days wandering around reading some interesting things, and I thought I might do a roundup/tab clearing... the silicon graybeard reading roundup https://thesilicongraybeard.blogspot.com/2017/08/germans-investigate-drugging-population.html?m=0 The Silicon Graybeard: Germans Investigate Drugging Population to Accept Immigrants It's one of those "you can't make this stuff up" kinds of stories. 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