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There have been several iterations of W9WSW.com over the years. We first created it with raw HTML, updating each page with Notepad. Several years ago we moved to WordPress. Somewhere in New Mexico, my database got corrupted, so we’re rebuilding again. If it’s vaguely connected with amateur radio, I’ll try…

Effecting Change

By Scott Westerman Listen to an audio version of this message. “You know ‘status quo’ is latin for ‘the mess we’re in’.” ~Ronald Reagan One of the things that drives me nuts about Facebook is how people complain about stuff there. Not that I’m against complaining. I actually love it……

The Wise Guy

By Scott Westerman Listen to an audio version of this message. “I’m not a psychopath. I’m a high functioning sociopath.” ~Sherlock Holmes from the BBC series, Sherlock Richard Feynman is one of my all time favorite characters. He came to science with a different set of tools, some of which…

Optics

By Scott Westerman Listen to an audio version of this message. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~Maya Angelou There’s a family picture floating around from my high school years where…