May the artwork take both you and the people to whom you send the cards to a place of welcoming, warmth, and home, and may you feel as if you could run about the yard of this house and play with the joy and freedom of a child.
May the artwork bring to both you and the person to whom you send the card a moment of calmness and peace, a celebration of tranquility that we enjoy when we take time out to enjoy the many treasures in our lives.
To enjoy #RIPE88 in a more quiet / sober / playful way, join us for the Tea BoF on Wednesday (22 May) 19:00-23:00 in "Hunnan B" room - for the evening of tea, chat, #board / #card#games... Bring your board game! own! Bring other sweets to share! Bring own games! Share this invite too! Tag those who you think should join! <3
A Michigan #ham#radio operator used a homemade setup with a handheld antenna to talk to an astronaut orbiting the Earth on the International Space Station.
The astronaut even sent him a #QSL#card acknowledging the conversation (included at the end of the video).
There’s more info on Reddit about the radio, antenna, and conversation.
The ISS even has an unofficial program that allows students to talk to astronauts on the station via ham radio.
An almost-all-volunteer organization called Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, or #ARISS, now helps arrange contact between students and astronauts on the space station.
Students prepare to ask questions rapid-fire, one after another, into the ham radio microphone for the brief 10-minute window before the space station flies out of range.
“We try to think of ourselves as planting seeds and hoping that we get some mighty oaks to grow,” said Kenneth G. Ransom, the ISS Ham project coordinator at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
That this is even possible with low-powered communication devices underscores just how close the #ISS is to Earth: 200-250 miles above the surface. That’s the distance between Dallas & Houston or NYC to Boston.
My original neighbour's 38th annual Xmas card arrived this week. He just completed a series within the series of the four Sundays of Advent. The longest series was the Twelve Days of Xmas, which he made from 1987 to 1998. #Xmas#Card#Advent#Sunday#Joy#Love#Hope#Peace
Modern Business Card Design USA (designslegend.com)
Business Card Designing Company in Dallas, Texas, USA...
JSkat version 0.22.0 (www.jskat.org)
JSkat is a free implementation of the German card game Skat in Java