Archive for May 29th, 2004
Self-healing GPS?
by balleman on May.29, 2004, under Technology
The GPS gradually recovered over the past week, but not before getting worse. On Wednesday the display was totally unusable, but this morning it was readable, this afternoon it only had 5-6 vertical lines missing, and this evening it is working perfectly. I’m not overly thrilled at the thought of this becoming a recurring situation, but at least no hasty replacement is needed. The research into the Meridian Platinum was interesting, although having to recalibrate the electronic compass every time you replace the batteries would be a bit of a pain.
Other things are going pretty well. I have the trails in the woods trimmed acceptably, and I took the push mower down there to keep the weeds, brush, and poison in check. I also cleared off the workbench downstairs which will probably play host to people’s machines at the upcoming LAN picnic.
The cold-war-comms mailing list had an interesting link to photos and articles regarding the 1961 dynamiting of some Long Lines facilities, the defense of other sites that followed, and the amazing emergency restoration efforts.
