ai6yr

@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

The account of AI6YR Ben, on his own server. Also at https://mastodon.radio/@ai6yr (ham radio). Yes, I'm the guy who found that hiker using only the selfie of his feet. If you want to support this server, https://patreon.com/ai6yr

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ai6yr, to hamradio

Willow Creek, California has some operator trying to organize for wildfire season. Details below.

ukuku, to random
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find of the day. A still-working Michael Graves teapot. I love Graves’s whimsical postmodern style and have been in several of his buildings. The little whirligig spins when it boils.

Stainless steel teapot with a blue handle and a whimsical, colorful spinning top-like attachment on a marble countertop against a tiled backsplash.

ai6yr,

@ukuku Oooh, spinning whirligig!!! Cool! That looks absolutely space age.

ai6yr, to random

G4! https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/

ai6yr,

Official NOAA Warning:

On Thursday, May 9, 2024, the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center issued a Severe (G4) Geomagnetic Storm Watch. At least five earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) were observed and expected to arrive as early as midday Friday, May 10, 2024, and persist through Sunday, May 12, 2024. Several strong flares have been observed over the past few days and were associated with a large and magnetically complex sunspot cluster (NOAA region 3664), which is 16 times the diameter of Earth.

ai6yr,

*please, if we're going to have a Carrington event, I'd like to get home from yet another trip hauling people to/from LAX, thank you.

ai6yr,

@tehstu Possibly...

ai6yr,

19 hr 3 min to walk that sucker... 49.2 miles. Most I have walked in a day is 20 miles, and that sucked. So... make that a 3 day trip, with water and people who have lost their minds the biggest issue, LOL.Hit the nearest bicycle store or find someone who'd sell you a bike and make it a 5 hour pedal... (not seriously worried about this, but always fun to think out scenarios).

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ai6yr,

@exador23 Well, this is all coming back from my daughter's graduation flights, but... yes. The in-laws have got to stop with the cruises and vacations, their CO2 budget is about 2000x mine. But, their brains are stuck in the 1950's :-(

ai6yr,

@exador23 Don't get me started!!!! Today was the spouse, but that was because of having to help the daughter with some stuff. 5 (nearly 6 hours) of wasted time, have been working here in parallel to make up the hours...

ai6yr,

Bicycle stores in West LA, mostly. Looks like the (theoretical contingency) plan would be to hoof it to the nearest bicycle store, buy a bicycle (if they would even sell one) and then pedal all the way home (MTB probably best for terrain). Better odds buying one off an unhoused individual stashing one under a freeway, LOL. -- again, wouldn't expect anything big, but contigency planning always is fun for disasters.

ai6yr, to climate

The Guardian:Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/09/carbon-dioxide-atmosphere-record?CMP=share_btn_url

ai6yr, to cycling

From Andrew Pletcher: ICYMI: @CityofTO will host a bike lane demonstration where a portion of Hillcrest Drive (between Wilbur Road and Lynn Road) will be made into a temporary bike lane. The bike demonstration will be from May 13, 2024, through May 31, 2024.

ai6yr,

I sat in on the meeting of the Thousand Oaks City group providing input on Transportation issues, and it looks like the traffic engineers here are looking to gather feedback on this. They will be counting cars and bicycles; I plan on taking my own bicycle and traveling this a few times myself, though I have my doubts on how much feedback they will get (given it is only 2 weeks)--my prediction is it will mostly be negative vehicle-centric comment, but maybe they will prove me wrong. The traffic engineer in charge did not (to me) seem enthused about comments about more substantial barrier design here (so they can "maintain the roadbed for future use")

ai6yr, to random

If you're in Hawaii, it's a flash flooding day... Special Weather statement was issued earlier. Follow @iembot_hfo

ai6yr,

@iembot_hfo Also follow @flashflood_bot here... Lots of warnings going out. Copied this from NWS Honolulu below:

ai6yr, to brazil

Incredible flooding in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil seen via Sentinel-2 satellite. https://mastodon.world/

ai6yr, to adsb

Hmm, HH-60 Pavehawk, JOLLY96 making an awful lot of noise tonight.

ai6yr,

@MsMerope Well, that one is an Air Force rescue chopper, I think... that said, the MAFFS aircraft are EVERYWHERE this week.

ai6yr, to random

Fun challenge - Apple iPhone 15 Precision Finding commercial. h/t @sepdroid for the idea. 34.1941214,-118.4132869

Google Street View of location - Vanowen Street

ai6yr,

Apple ad - view of the Boba Fett character with distinctive colored window and angle of wall 34.04145,-118.26970

ai6yr,

@meganL LOL Yeah, good thing I'm not a stalker 🤪

ai6yr,

Apple ad - private residence so address omitted. It's for rent! Perfect for the skilled factory worker who builds robots; maybe you'll be able to find a computer-matched roommate to help share the cost.

Description: "We currently have available this very private and completely refurbished studio/1 bath apartment in North Hollywood. This unit has beautiful refinished hardwood flooring, copper plumbing, dual paned windows, air conditioning and comes with one car assigned parking."

ai6yr,

Interestingly enough, this location is blurred in Google Street View.

Blurred apartment building and same church

ai6yr,

34.0446987,-118.2597588 (FIDM parking lot)...

View of hallway near a park
View of stairway in the right configuration in right location

ai6yr,

Last and only location I haven't been able to find... need to go do more productive things LOL. So left as an exercise for the reader.

ai6yr,

@jorgexls Yep, I think so... slightly different roof than what is seen in Google Street View, but I think they have ceiling coverings they removed for the shoot.

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