Tony is a Geek

Interesting title to the video below.   There is an arrogant assumption that "we", as in the human being meat sacks are the "pinnacle" of evolution on this planet.  wow, that is such an arrogant stance.  I shall resist the urge to go on a mega-rant about how massively flawed the human being is & basically how pathetic it is at handling ANYTHING in relation to existing & surviving on this planet, but I'll drop a minor one: strip naked, go into the middle of a wooded area & survive for 1, 2, 3 nights - let's make it fun - do it for 4 weeks.  Let's see how much you eat, drink, keep warm,  - oh you were thinking of somewhere nice like Dorset or the Cotswolds - no, I was thinking more like the jungle, where there is a minute-by-minute fight for survival to exist.  If you aren't bitten by things, eaten by things, infected by things within the first 5 minutes I'd be very surprised - human beings are the worst at surviving naturally. And that...

I decided to get a tattoo.  Here is what the final result will look like: Here is what it looks like today: Next Friday, I'll have the "blue colouring" overlaid, so will provide an updated image. What has the got to do with anything?  A little while back I was experimenting with SDR  (Software Defined Radio) USB sticks, antenna's, Raspberry Pis, UBuntu laptops and tracking planes and ships (ADB-S and AIS data) I recently started working with some software from octo.us  : just replace the . with a p & you see the serendipity of the universe! CXEdge is of special interest ;-) Then, earlier this week I was having a discussion about the work I did with the SDRs a year ago and how some other people/companies are just about catching up..... Then today I was introduced to this little device:   CHECKOUT the WEBSITE for MORE INFO HERE They also have a TAK plugin that integrates nicely with Node-Red too:  https://github.com/canaryradio/Kraken-to-TAK Now, just ne...