The Barrett Retrospective

This blog represents my own footprint on the web, and everything contained herein is my own, illustrious opinion.

Category: Behind The Scenes

  • A Wii Homecoming

    You would not believe how difficult it is to find a Wii. People start lining up at BestBuy and GameStop at 7am just to get their hands on one. That’s impressive for a video game console that is now almost 2 years old. Most impressive! We just had to get one. See all the pictures…

  • Blogging from Wii

    This truly is the greatest thing since bread! I am writing this from the comfort of my couch, on our new Wii. The Opera browser, which only cost 500 Wii points, works every bit as well as Firefox. JavaScript, Flash, gmail, google, and blogs all seem to work. OK, so typing with a wiimote is…

  • How to delete from the Address Book

    The Address book is a place where you can register your friend’s e-mail addresses and Wii numbers. To delete a name, go to the Address book. You’ll see the Address book with your Wii number. Notice the blue arrow on the right side of the screen? That is how you flip the pages of the…

  • sick of being sick

    It’s been three weeks and I’m still sick. What started out as the flu has changed into something else. Fuzzy head, dizziness, head aches, runny sinuses and coughing up all sorts of colorful junk has made these last few weeks miserable. At this point I am more annoyed than anything else. This is my vacation…

  • Southeastern Massachusetts Amateur Radio Association, Inc.

    Located in Dartmouth, MA. This is where I earned my Technician license in November 2006. Visit them on the web athttp://www.semara.org From reading their monthly newsletters, it seems they are the most active radio club in Southern Massachusetts. Founded in 1932, it is certainly one of the oldest radio clubs around. Check out their repeater…

  • North Shore Radio Association, Inc.

    Judging from the high turnout for today’s VE session, I would say this is the place to be if you’re a ham living on the North Shore. After reading their newsletter, I can tell are very active in their community. They are also active on 2 meters! I was able to hear their Danvers repeater…

  • My first HF

    This is my first HF rig: the ICOM IC-735.I recently put up a 40 meter dipole, and now I can hear tons of activity on 40 meters, even AM broadcast station from India, France and China! (well,it sounds Chinese…). I bought this in near mint condition on eBay. It came with mic, and original boxes.…

  • SourceForge.net: Welcome to SourceForge.net

    SourceForge.net is the world’s largest Open Source software development web site. SourceForge.net provides free hosting to Open Source software development projects with a centralized resource for managing projects, issues, communications, and code.