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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · Jul 29, 2026

Replying to @alpuzz@mastodon.social

@mrkrabs@someplace.social @alpuzz@mastodon.social Be careful, connecting to Wisconsin-Fi outside the Wisconsin state limits is a federal crime.

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · Jul 27, 2026

Replying to @DFW_EAS@someplace.social

@DFW_EAS@someplace.social Yeah, crazy what can happen on days with good tropospheric ducting!

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · Jul 20, 2026

For anybody wondering what Rush E sounds like on a BrailleNote MPower... it's pretty narley and actually hangs (and presumably crashes) at the end of the song

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · Jul 20, 2026

The MPower is not happy with me and the MIDIs I want to play.

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · Jul 20, 2026

Holy mother of God how do I have 39 windows on my computer open?

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · Jul 19, 2026

Ended up having a brainfart and created an amalgomation of Norman Lear and Bill Lear, a guy who created the Learjet, 8-track tape, got bored and redefined television comedies in the 70s.

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · Jul 19, 2026

I just realized, within a couple months my "collection" of Braille devices ballooned. Before it was the Mantis and BrailleSense 6, but I've also since added a Monarch, HumanWare NLS E-Reader and two BrailleNote MPowers. i might have a slight issue

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · Jul 19, 2026

So the MPower's battery isn't completely fucked! I'm having it calobrate the gauge, so I'm hearing KeyNote Gold saying "I'm discharging bhe battery before doing a complete charge" on loop. la de da. Happy rainy Saturday!

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · Jul 18, 2026

Yes BrailleNote mPower, your battery has been charging for 1904 weeks, 4 days, 7 hours and 47 minutes, with charging having begun tomorrow at 2:53 AM. Ahh the joys of changing from New Zealand Standard Time to Eastern Daylight Time.

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · Jul 18, 2026

Okay, so I was able to get the MPower on the internet, not with Ethernet or Wi-Fi cards or the modem, but through ActiveSync connected to my Gateway Solo running Windows 2000. Most websites didn't work since it runs Internet Explorer for PocketPC, but I was able to control my DASDEC-II over the local network and issue an alert as well as view alert logs and listen to audio.

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · Jul 17, 2026

Update: both units work, second one didn't power on at first for some reason but its working, space bar is a little wobbly but otherwise it's working, including Braille. This one is running Keysoft version 8.1 build 23, and was used until at least 2014. Gonna try fixing the second one as well

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · Jul 17, 2026

The two untested mPowers have arrived. Both are in decent physical condition, I'm guessing they came from a school system since there's names in Braille on the bottom of them. One boots but says that the Braille display isn't working, which in fairness it isn't, the other one shows no signs of life. Neither came with the power supplies or case, but I have an OEM HumanWare brick. Both are also the plastic routing key version.

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · Jul 16, 2026

I've got this Windows 7 VM I use for testing sketchy shit and this happened. I think the non-genuine copy of Windows os the least of my problems. Cracked copy of Jaws 17 I found somewhere on the internet that I wouldn't trust anywhere had Acapella Heather with it but for numbers it switches to a foreign language voice. When the installer runs batch scripts in Russian you know its good.

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · Jul 14, 2026

Someone in a Discord server I'm in shared the famous "Everybody in McKinney is dead" weather blooper from WFAA-TV in the DFW metroplex, but nothing holds a candle to this classic blooper from Fox-10 in Phoenix. The meteorologist here, Cory McCloskey, was apparently a stage/improv actor which explains how he's so quick on his feet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXuc7SAyk2s

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · Jul 05, 2026

Replying to @DFW_EAS@someplace.social

@DFW_EAS@someplace.social Yeah it was, I heard it say "WXJ85 on 162.550," looked at my scanner and it was indeed on 162.400. Sadly there's not any recordings of the switchover, I was too young and terrified to have recorded it. At the time the EAS still scared me, and I was just hoping our house wouldn't take damage (thankfully it didn.t) Worst thing that happened that day was I knocked my phone out a second story window.

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · Jul 05, 2026

Replying to @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social

@DFW_EAS@someplace.social grandmothers house at some point later on I noticed some areas using Paul and some still on Tom/Donna/DECtalk.

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · Jul 05, 2026

Replying to @DFW_EAS@someplace.social

@DFW_EAS@someplace.social So the reaosn I remember the exact date, we had catastrophic flash flooding that day with multiple flash flood emergencies being issued and some towns being completely washed away. There's a video of a home in Clendinnen floating off its foundation down an overflowing creek while engulfed in flames. For an hour, WXJ85's programming was airing on WXJ84, these are stations 120 miles aparr and on diferent frequencies. I had some sort of an app on my iPad, when I went to my

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · Jul 05, 2026

RE: https://dragonscave.space/@AlexSpectrum93/116844780192191067 Yeah crazy to believe it's already been a decade. My office transitioned on 06/23/2016 during a historic flooding event... not the best timing there Charleston. One slight point of correction, the modern voices are from VoiceText, not NeoSpeech. They're very similar, but VoiceText is more distinct in its intunation.

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · Jul 03, 2026

don't ask why I bought a second domain. Don't ask why I don't have any plans for this second domain. And especially, don't ask why that domain is pissbin.com

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · Jun 27, 2026

Replying to @DFW_EAS@someplace.social

@DFW_EAS@someplace.social Unsure what alert you're refering to, but I've been away from my desk most of the night and haven't been listening to ERN alerts.

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · May 10, 2026

Replying to @LeonianUniverse@caneandable.social

@LeonianUniverse@caneandable.social @Kingslayer@mastodon.stickbear.me So would you recommend I start with RimWorld first?

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · May 10, 2026

Replying to @LeonianUniverse@caneandable.social

@LeonianUniverse@caneandable.social @Kingslayer@mastodon.stickbear.me Thanks for the reply, I'm downloading this now and I will definately be checking this out. Apparently there's also an accessability mod for Rimworld that I'm tempted to try as well.

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · May 10, 2026

Replying to @mckensie@tweesecake.social

@mckensie@tweesecake.social Aye, nothing wrong with that. Your station is already whiplash central station alongside mine.

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · May 10, 2026

Replying to @mckensie@tweesecake.social

@mckensie@tweesecake.social That's a hell of a whiplash though lmao

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · May 10, 2026

Replying to @mckensie@tweesecake.social

@mckensie@tweesecake.social I like the idea, I've considered something similar for KNA before but didn't decide to do it, maybe some day it'll be a second station running TV series and films and stuff. I'd say go for it!

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · May 09, 2026

Replying to @LeonianUniverse@caneandable.social

@Kingslayer@mastodon.stickbear.me @LeonianUniverse@caneandable.social Googling hasn't turned up the accessability mod for me. Would it be possible to provide a link?

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · May 08, 2026

Replying to @J3317@allovertheplace.ca

@J3317@allovertheplace.ca @lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social Suffication, no breathing / Leave me alone, I'm in my room thinking

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · May 08, 2026

Replying to @lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social

@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social So, is the key to brilliance suffication?

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Xander (KanawhaCountyWX) @KanawhaCountyWX@mastodon.social · May 08, 2026

Replying to @stevo399@dragonscave.space

@stevo399@dragonscave.space Yeah I don't understand it either. So many things just won't work on my phone, and so many folks (especially around my age) aren't even wanting to put in time to learn how to properly use screen readers on computers because "my phone does everything I need." It's honestly disappointing

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