Saturday, 31st October, 2026

Happy Halloween! 🎃🍭

I’ve restored this site to my original one. I liked my original design and it was mostly complete, so instead of the Claude made zola site, I’m back here on good old jekyll.

I found this on my computer so was easy to do, just a little bit of remembering how it was all pieced together. I had considered going to tiddlywiki for this but I like typing into markdown files rather than the tiddlywiki web interface. Plus I have this already. Whilst I want one thing to do it all, I quite like compartmentalising applications to a specific job. This is my journal / ramblings / thinking in the open space. It’s good for me to empty my mind into it. I may not be good for you to read it though!

I’ve always said I wanted to expand the site and add other things but I’m not sure if I really do. I slimmed it down a while back, so not sure about that one either. It’s not really setup for pictures but so far that hasn’t bothered me.

Also I’ve cancelled my pika subscription on my main site. I have a few more days before it runs out, so I’m going to migrate elsewhere…or something…Not really sure what. I’m leaning towards putting the wiki on my main domain and then focusing on blogging on the radio one, as that’s my main content beyond this. But I’m sure I’ll change my mind 100 times beforehand.

I keep thinking of things to do with claude code, but I’ve yet to actually subscribe. Probably I should get it to help me with this and other sites. I’m just not sure if I’d get my money’s worth, once I tweak a few things then what? I’m debating about making drummer clone or various apps to help write posts easier but will I? I suppose I should just join for one month and then cancel once I don’t need it. Can always sign up again. Maybe if I added a little CW icon or tick or whatever meta data at the top of each day showing if I did or didn’t do my CW practice then I’d get both value from claude and actually do my practice.

Also this site gets built on gopher and hosted here: gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/tee should you need a weird way to access it. However, I do enjoy how it looks in the Lagrange gopher/gemini client.

Tuesday, 27th October, 2026

I like using this site when on my phone, as 1Writer makes it nice to add entries and I’ve semi-automated everything, so I can just type. If, however, I’m on the computer then it’s less straightforward. I suppose I could find an application, like VS Code, to do a similar setup as right now I’m just typing straight into the git repo with a new file.

This video makes me want to get the tools to make my own notebooks. Not to sell or anything but for myself or maybe to give to friends and family as a present. Thinking this reminds me that my tiddlywiki is not editable at the moment and I should sort that out, then I could’ve made a list of tools I need to buy to do this (and then never buy them).

I could just use https://tiddlyhost.com/ and have a TW on there to add stuff. I like making it public though as maybe other people find it useful.

I do want to learn CW (morse code), it looks fun and I think it would be really rewarding. Much more so than buying stuff. I saw someone make a commitment chart, and thought I should do that.

Here’s a copy of Forrest’s

Goal:

Begin hunting Pota/Sota by June 1st, 2024
First Pota Activation by July 1st, 2024

Instant character recognition: 2 LCWO lessons/day w/ICR focus
All 40 lessons completed by April 5th @ 20wpm w/ 10wpm effective speed.
All 40 lessons completed by April 25th @ 20wpm w/15wpm effective speed.
All 40 lessons completed by May 15th @ 20wpm w/20wpm effective speed.
Obviously OK to finish sooner these are minimum plan timelines.
Once ICR comprehension has reached 20wpm character & effective speed advancement to Iambic master sprints with call signs/characters/ragchew practice with sending. May 15th-June 1st allows 2 week blitz in preparation for Pota hunting June 1st

Saving it here for future reference when I work out what I should do.

I used to write here a lot, every day, but then it fell away. I think I should continue it again, of course there’s writing on paper or on the computer. Paper is probably better but I have a hard time breaking the habit of sitting on the computer or my phone.

This has been another installment of very late night ramblings and how I should’ve gone to bed an hour ago.

Monday, 26th October, 2026

It’s been 6 months of pika.page for my main domain and now I’m not liking it. Nothing wrong with pika page but I’ve just not been adding to it and it feels like a waste. Plus I get bored and just want to change things. Forever chasing that perfect website. (Doesn’t exist btw).

The circle continues, as I’m back thinking about tiddlywiki. Even though I’ve tried using it before as my website. I really like it but I also like a plain, regular website. Also, I don’t know what I want.

Maybe it would be easier to just not bother with any website. Then I don’t have to decide.

In fact I keep thinking about not doing or having stuff as then I don’t need to decide or do stuff or be disappointed when it doesn’t work or I have no motivation to do it but I already spent a bunch of money.

Also sort of want to get a new domain and start again.

Friday, 9th October, 2026

I’m bored of my websites. Had a spur this morning to add to them but I don’t like them.

Most of my capacity has gone into editing videos instead. Which I like watching more than reading my reports. I should do both or at least keep the blog in sync with the videos.

Back thinking about using pika for my radio blog. But then also thinking about not bothering with pika. I dunno. Also effort to move stuff about. I could do write ups for QRPer website. Although with the YouTube channel I feel like things quickly drift into wanting more subscribers and views and then sharing stuff everywhere. I don’t know if I like that. If that’s true then it leads me to

Wednesday, 9th September, 2026

I was dead set on buying a Mac mini, the new M6, because I really wanted to use Final Cut Pro. But then I found DaVinci Resolve does a free version that’s extremely capable. So now what? Perhaps better to spend the money on a new action cam and mic as my old GoPro 4 didn’t reallly cut it this week.

Seem to be thinking about a lot of things to buy.

• Mac mini
• New monitor
• Action cam and mic
• Satellite station - yagis, rotators, radio, coax, controllers etc.
• New iPhone

I’m sure there was something else too.

Wednesday, 2nd September, 2026

I might bin my main domain and move my radio blog to pika. That’s all I post about anyway. Although sometimes I think about deleting everything and just not bothering.

Friday, 28th August, 2026

I sat on the computer for ages this morning and did nothing. Ugh. This is why I hate the computer.

I’m bored. I’m actually tired but feels like boredom and no desire to do anything. I did start the 3D printer going on a giant Lego glow in the dark skeleton for Halloween.