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Created a quick #Python script to convert a #hamradio VK Contest Log text file into ADIF for the NZART Jock White Memorial Field Day Contest. https://github.com/DigitalVoiceNZ/log_converter

The cold weather has meant the plum buds have not advanced to blossoms, so the Soga Plum Festival seemed a little premature. But there was food, folk performances, and a good view of Mt Fuji #Japan

It is that special time of year when #NewZealand closes for a couple of weeks of summer, allowing the crazies to take over the ordinarily staid #RNZ afternoons to introduce us to music(?) we are unlikely to have heard.
#MatineeIdle https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/matineeidle

Engaging in my favorite holiday yak shaving adventure: reconfiguring my #keyboard layouts using a mix of #QMK and #kanata.

I've gotten much more practice shoveling snow in the last 2 weeks in Hokkaido than in the previous 40 years. I'm not sure I missed it.

I am starting to doubt my choices of amateur radio and retro computers as hobbies. Dr. Kazuo Moribe, a ship's doctor, traveled the world and ate 1.2 tons of #chocolate to build this wrapper collection on display at the ROYCE' Chocolate Museum. #Japan

Yesterday in #Akihabara, I noticed that one of the smaller #hamradio shops has halved in size, with the new portion devoted to selling collectible trading cards.

VimConf 2024, an international conference dedicated to the one true text editor, is this Saturday, 2024-11-23, in Akihabara, Tokyo. #vim #tokyo https://vimconf.org/2024/

Today, I replaced my desktop's rarely used Kubuntu partition with a #Fedora #Silverblue installation. It has been working well on my laptop, so consistency won out. (There is still a #Ubuntu installation if things don't work out.)

Opening week of baseball season is here! Down under that is. #theABL games are streamed free online (they play Thursdays~Sundays). https://theabl.com.au/