They should have been warned. Her appearance just shouts "Pippi Longstocking". Really, what else would they expect?

They should have been warned. Her appearance just shouts "Pippi Longstocking". Really, what else would they expect?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaAu4L2cl4c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaAu4L2cl4c

We need a bigger boat grill

We need a bigger boat grill

Morning idyll

Morning idyll

https://youtu.be/PXQh9jTwwoA

https://youtu.be/PXQh9jTwwoA

Oh look, the sea released an ancient relic!

Oh look, the sea released an ancient relic!

I see whips of steel

Originally shared by Olaf Fichtner

I see whips of steel,
and yagis too
I see them set up
for me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world...

Lunch time!

Lunch time!

I am at an amateur radio activity this weekend, a "fieldday", where we set up our equipment somewhere in mother nature.

This time it is a VHF fieldday by the sea, near the southern tip of Taiwan, where we try to reach either Hongkong or the Philippines on VHF, 144MHz.

Our fielddays are often family friendly, and we all bring our own bowls and chopsticks/spoons to reduce garbage. And then we all bring something to eat and eat all together, like on this photo.

Here is a "closeup" of the mast BV7RC made shortly before this fieldday. I hope the lift is clearly visible.

Here is a "closeup" of the mast BV7RC made shortly before this fieldday. I hope the lift is clearly visible.

VHF fieldday, the car with the most impressive antenna is of course BV7RC's.

VHF fieldday, the car with the most impressive antenna is of course BV7RC's. He built that mast (with antenna lift!) himself.

I see whips of steel

I see whips of steel,
and yagis too
I see them set up
for me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world...

This dog may be familiar with more languages than you...

This dog may be familiar with more languages than you...

Originally shared by Meg L

Good dog almighty, peak cuteness has broken out. I am now officially a puddle.

Meet Junior.
http://laughingsquid.com/vociferous-french-bulldog-attempts-to-carry-on-a-conversation-with-his-multilingual-humans

It's springing...

It's springing...

In many films playing in Chinese-speaking areas you can see parks full of people in the morning, practicing "taichi"...

In many films playing in Chinese-speaking areas you can see parks full of people in the morning, practicing "taichi" (taijiquan 太極拳) or other things.

This may look like a cliche, but it is not, they really do that. Here in Taiwan you can go to any park that deserves that title and from about five in the morning you will see people showing up for practice - including armies of housewives dancing.

Being a long-nosed cultureless foreigner, I still come to the park simply to eat breakfast...

It's been...

It's been...
https://youtu.be/zLEMncv140s

Once more for "normal" people: You are invited. If...

Once more for "normal" people: You are invited. If...

Originally shared by Olaf Fichtner

Invitation

If you are radio amateur or interested in amateur radio, live nearby and can read this, then you are invited.

73! de BX7AAH

#hamradio

I need one of these!

I need one of these!

via +Brian S

Originally shared by Chris H.

#metalart  faucet!

Invitation

Invitation

If you are a radio amateur or interested in amateur radio, live nearby and can read this, then you are invited.

73! de BX7AAH

#hamradio

If you don't know Jessica, head over to her profile and read some of her stories. Prepare tissues.

If you don't know Jessica, head over to her profile and read some of her stories. Prepare tissues.

After you read what she is doing and how, you may better understand why she needs help now.

Btw, I don't think she minds if you reshare this...

Originally shared by Jessica Pierce

Tonka, who came to us skinny, and quickly became one of our most reliable, beloved therapy horses.

(Skip to the end to help me help my sweet horse friends.)


Spending time at the stables has brought a lot of joy into my life. Every time I'm there I witness acts of generosity:

I've seen unpaid volunteers anonymously pay for therapy sessions for kids whose parents can't afford it.

Last winter I saw kids show up with their piggy banks to help us through an awful, expensive, program-wide horse quarantine that could have shut us down.

A brand new volunteer with no deep allegiance to our program walked in and started brainstorming: "what could we use in the volunteer lounge - kleenex, snacks?" as if it were a given that of course she would provide supplies to improve the days of people she barely even knew.

I suspect that many lessons are priced on an extremely sliding scale. Every insurance situation is different and sometimes it doesn't cover these kids' time with us at all. One rider's family can only afford one half-hour session per week, which isn't really enough, so week after week we "run late." The kid gets a full hour, the instructor and assistants donate their time, and nobody even acknowledges that anything unusual is happening.

And of course I'm constantly humbled by the willingness of longtime horse professionals to teach me anything I ask, which is a lot. I came in with zero horse experience but have been treated like I belonged from day one.


I talk about it too much; I get a bit evangelical. It's hard not to, with a place that both requires and generates so much compassion. We give therapy to children whose bodies are damaged or failing, or who have experienced great trauma. I get to see these fragile kids getting stronger week by week as they whoop and wave from the top of a horse. No matter how imperfect the body, the rider is the tallest person there.

These things are possible because we also give older, retired, or rescued horses a home and a job. They are sweet, affectionate creatures with lots of life left in them, they've just gotten a bit too old or slow to do what their first career demanded: police horse, competitive jumper. And sometimes they come to us hungry, sick, hairless, with burrs and filth. We fix them up and give them a comfy stall, more hay than they know what to do with, and head scratches every day of their lives. It is a perfect system.


Occasionally someone online asks what they can do to help. We are a nonprofit and horse upkeep is spectacularly expensive, so we rely on donors, large and small. I'm working on coordinating a proper Amazon wishlist with someone who knows more about saddles and gear, but in the meantime I've set up a list of smaller stuff that we always need, ranging from $4 to $30.

If anything I post here resonates with you, and you'd like to help, I can promise that the smallest donation is hugely appreciated, will help us keep running, and frankly will make the work a bit easier for my coworkers and me. I am damn serious about the $4 hoof picks and may just buy a dozen myself, because those things vanish. If you ever wanted an excuse to buy a currycomb, this is your moment!  And if you pick the treats I promise to post SO MANY photos of horses eating them.

Thank you for reading. I promise to keep posts like this to a minimum, but I would be a fool if I didn't do my best to help keep this incredible program going. I don't think I've ever been a part of something that adds this much kindness to the world. I would love for this wishlist to be a way for you to be a part of it too.


http://amzn.com/w/F4UQRDA3K6VT

Oh Firefox, what did you do again? Instead of opening a daughter tab close to the active one, Ctrl-click now opens a tab at the end of the galaxy!

What in the world did you change in this version and why?

#firefox #rant

Good bye, Ferris Bueller

Good bye, Ferris Bueller

I am a little surprised he wasn't charged with cyberterrorism...

Because, he broke into a well-protected computer system:
"Green had previously received a three-day suspension for accessing the system inappropriately. Other students also got in trouble at the time, he said. It was a well-known trick, Green said, because the password was easy to remember: a teacher's last name. He said he discovered it by watching the teacher type it in."

And the mayhem he left behind:
"He then changed the background image on a teacher's computer to one showing two men kissing."

Armageddon was close:
"One of the computers Green, 14, accessed also had encrypted 2014 FCAT questions stored on it, though the sheriff and Pasco County School District officials said Green did not view or tamper with those files."
(And you experts would know that how? Reading/copying a file doesn't change its time stamp. Just saying...)

But fear not, for the experts are already taking decisive measures to prevent this from happening again:
"The school district is in the process of changing the network password, district spokeswoman Linda Cobbe said."
(Yes, that is singular, "password", and "in the process". Takes a while to change a password...)

The mother is of course completely incompetent, seeing things in a much too simple light:
"The teen's mother, Eileen Foster, said she understands her son did something wrong, but doesn't think he needed to be arrested. Also, she said, it shouldn't have been so easy for students to access the system."

Does anyone still remember "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"? Forget another such film. It's not just the music that's changed, these days Ferris Bueller would probably get a visit from a SWAT team that takes him either to school or to prison.

Well done...

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/middle-school-student-charged-with-cyber-crime-in-holiday/2224827

via blog.fefe.de
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/middle-school-student-charged-with-cyber-crime-in-holiday/2224827

How do I turn you off?

How do I turn you off?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjBrqS6hitk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjBrqS6hitk

Motivation is everything

Motivation is everything

Who wants to sign up?

Show of hands, please:

Show of hands, please:

Who wants to be a window cleaner?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e55_1427982178
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e55_1427982178

海を見ていた午後

海を見ていた午後

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K05kwmqOXmY
It was just nice: Almost no vehicles (dead end nearby, the navy base is blocking), almost no people, no karaoke - just the sound of the sea...

Not much Easter egging this year, only a small variety to give away to a few people who are not afraid to eat eggs...

Not much Easter egging this year, only a small variety to give away to a few people who are not afraid to eat eggs that are not white.

#Easter

Just walked past this one. Boy, why don't you get yourself a real bike?

Just walked past this one. Boy, why don't you get yourself a real bike?

#bike #motorbike #scooter

I am a very reliable person, I always start my diet on the same day.

I am a very reliable person, I always start my diet on the same day.

In this picture there are 40 people. Only one of them can be seen.

In this picture there are 40 people. Only one of them can be seen.

That was a nice compliment:

That was a nice compliment:

The reason my daughter can't visit me on Easter, according to her mother, is that "when she comes back she will cry and ask for you", which apparently is too much to bear for the mother.

I'm not sure she understood what she actually said...