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Father Time is gaining

Call me “four eyes” now. I had to give in and get reading glasses since my arms weren’t getting any longer. Snort! OTOH, it’s nice to have reading material …

Posted by Nate Bargmann on Fri, Jan 27, 2012

Is money the root of all evil?

So you think that money is the root of all evil? This excerpted essay from Atlas Shrugged argues otherwise.

Posted by Nate Bargmann on Wed, Nov 9, 2011

An open letter to World Radio magazine and CQ Communications

I have been a long time subscriber to World Radio magazine dating back to the January 1984 issue when I received it as a sample copy due to my then having recently received my …

Posted by Nate Bargmann on Wed, Oct 26, 2011

An SQL query for unique SKCC numbers in CQRlog

As a follow-on to the MySQL server spawned by CQRlog article, I present a nice bit of SQL for your amusement. This query is based on the storage of SKCC numbers being in the award …

Posted by Nate Bargmann on Mon, Aug 15, 2011

Accessing the MySQL server spawned by CQRlog

Since version 1.0.0~alpha1 CQRlog has used the ubiquitous MySQL database. By default MySQL is used as an embedded database and the individual databases are stored under …

Posted by Nate Bargmann on Mon, Aug 15, 2011