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Comment on Planning a Puget Sound Sailing Trip by Tom

Tom — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:35:45 +0000

Hi Nick. I’m sure there are groups who would help. One group in Olympia might be the South Sound Sailing Society. They are very active. There are also quite a few owners of West Wight Potters in the Puget Sound region, and the Northwest Potters group on Yahoo! would be a resource for help. Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nwpotters/ and consider joining in (you don’t have to own a Potter to participate!). If you’re single, check out Seattle Singles Sailing at http://www.seattlesinglesyachtclub.com/. In the Tacoma area, there are several yacht clubs that might have programs for new sailors, but I don’t know if any actually do. Hope that helps!

Comment on Planning a Puget Sound Sailing Trip by Nick Mohan

Nick Mohan — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:40:16 +0000

Tom, I’m looking at starting sailing, but have basically no on-board experience. I research all I can, but there is nothing like hands on. Are there any groups or meet-ups in the Tacoma area with people that would be willing to hold the hand of a new sailor? -Nick

Comment on My journey to Amateur Extra Class by Tom

Tom — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:15:43 +0000

Studying on my own for the General was a challenge. Thank goodness for the sample exams as my wrong answers helped me work on weak areas! But when I cracked the Extra book I saw a language that was foreign to me. I knew I couldn’t learn the material until I learned the language, and to do that I chose to take the class. Very glad I did! When you choose to do it, the only person measuring your progress is you. We’re just happy to have you in the amateur radio family

Comment on My journey to Amateur Extra Class by Chris Veblen

Chris Veblen — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:40 +0000

Tom, you have motivated me to resume studying for the General and Extra.

Comment on Theme modified by Tom

Tom — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:20:32 +0000

Since I’m on WordPress.com as the engine, and since they want more money for me to be able to tweak CSS, I’ll live with it for now. And now that hitting Ctrl+ makes it easy to increase the viewable font size, I’m a little bit less worried about small fonts than I used to be. Of course, it may just be that my reading glasses are better than they used to be!

Comment on Theme modified by Mark I. Moore (@nwlinux)

Mark I. Moore (@nwlinux) — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:55:53 +0000

I like the small header; the small amount of white space actually looks nice:-) It makes the other features stand out. Also, the Rate this, Share this and Like this bars are helpful too. I read an article a while ago that talks about font sizes – something to the effect of “if your font is smaller than 16px, you’re wasting your life/time….”

Comment on Planning a Puget Sound Sailing Trip by 2011 in review « Tom's Log

2011 in review « Tom's Log — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:21:00 +0000

[...] Here’s an excerpt: In 2011, there were 11 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 87 posts. There were 88 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 13mb. That’s about 2 pictures per week. The busiest day of the year was September 6th with 63 views. The most popular post that day was Planning a Puget Sound Sailing Trip. [...]

Comment on So nice to revisit memories, both good and not so good by Devin

Devin — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:21:07 +0000

This is great to hear. DL had told me in a short IM session that the three of you reunited for a visit. I’m sure a lot of memories were remembered and discussed that had been long forgotten. I’ll drop you a note soon. Take care.

Comment on My MemWall by Tom

Tom — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:29:59 +0000

No promises! “I remember listening in fascination to the radio exchanges between ground control and the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions” –> http://tomsalzer.net/2009/07/12/radio-reenters-my-life/

Comment on My MemWall by Mark I. Moore (@nwlinux)

Mark I. Moore (@nwlinux) — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:44:48 +0000

Don’t start talking NASA here. My wife will start visiting your blog. She is a NASA nut!