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# Adam Whitney

Software Developer, Philosopher, Intergalactic Explorer

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## Posts

- [Modbus TCP Gateway for the Commodore 64](https://adamwhitney.net/modbus-tcp-gateway-for-the-commodore-64/) - In my professional pursuits this year, I began using the Ignition platform from Inductive Automation, a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system widely used in industrial applications. In learning how to configure and extend Ignition, I was delighted to find that Inductive Automation provides a free Maker Edition, to allow makers and students to
- [Simple BBS in a Commodore Emulator](https://adamwhitney.net/commodore-emulator-bbs/) - If you roamed the Earth in the time when every household had a personal computer but only a few had ever heard of something called the Internet, then you probably remember using a modem to dial into a Bulletin Board System or BBS. At that time, unless you were among the lucky few with access
- [Isle Royale National Park](https://adamwhitney.net/isle-royale-national-park/) - In July 2022, my friend Brian Headlee and I drove up to Minnesota's North Shore of Lake Superior for a few days of outdoor adventures, including an excursion to Isle Royal National Park and fishing for the elusive muskellunge. After a long drive from Des Moines, we reached the North Shore and had a great
- [Iceland with Kids : Part 1](https://adamwhitney.net/iceland-with-kids-part-1/) - In July 2019, we decided to contribute our own personal 21st century addition to the Icelandic Sagas with an epic family trip to a Iceland. As our family grew, Jess and I had kept our commitment to continue traveling and exploring the world along with our kids. We had also set our sights on Iceland
- [Back to BASIC : Part 1](https://adamwhitney.net/back-to-basic-part-1/) - Explore! When you learn something new, it is essential to let your curiosity take the lead. As children, we are born with the spirit of an explorer. Even before we can speak or crawl, our minds are fixed upon exploring every aspect of the world that surrounds us. Looking every which way, vocalizing, grasping, observing,
- [Commodore 64 As A Service](https://adamwhitney.net/commodore-64-as-a-service/) - Commodore 64 as a Service was a fun way to learn Flask for Python using Connexion to support an "API first" implementation.
- [Yum Yum Donut](https://adamwhitney.net/yum-yum-donut/) - In February, I stumbled upon the BASIC 10Liner Contest, an extreme challenge of creating an entire retro video game in 10 lines of BASIC code. BASIC was the de-facto language of the home computing revolution in the late 1970s through the 1980s. The first Apple, Atari, and Commodore (and other) computers shipped with BASIC as
- [Have Coffee Will Travel](https://adamwhitney.net/have-coffee-will-travel/) - Thank you to my friend Brian Headlee for the idea on the Have Coffee Will Travel car kit! Ready to grab and go for any contingency—just add coffee, water, and fire. Equipment List Have Coffee Will Travel JavaPresse manual burr coffee grinder Hario V60 pour-over dripper -OR - AeroPress Hario gooseneck kettle MSR Pocket Rocket
- [Beethoven's Ninth](https://adamwhitney.net/beethovens-ninth/) - I am always amazed when I have some time to really listen to Beethoven's Ninth symphony and imagine him composing that beautiful complexity while being stone deaf. May you all master your own craft to such an extent that you can create great work without the full faculty of your senses! Check out this amazing
- [Action Potential](https://adamwhitney.net/action-potential/) - The science fiction Culture novels by Iain M. Banks, a series of 10 books published from 1987 to 2012, has become widely known of late, thanks in part to SpaceX naming their autonomous drone ships after some of the sentient Culture ships in memoriam of Banks who passed away in 2013. I first encountered the
- [Hiking Glacier Gorge](https://adamwhitney.net/hiking-glacier-gorge/) - In July 2021, my friend Andy and I woke early and began the hike up Glacier Gorge Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. Our ultimate goal for this 12.4 mile hike was to reach the 13,500 ft. summit of Pagoda Mountain that connects to Longs Peak via the Keyboard of the Winds. Hiking so early
- [Commodore in the Cloud : Part 1](https://adamwhitney.net/commodore-in-the-cloud-part-1/) - For many years, the cloud was a realm I mostly explored at work during the day. When it came time to climb back down the beanstalk and hang up my plumber overalls and pipe wrench, I was perfectly happy to exist on traditional Linux virtual private servers or physical machines at home like my MacBook
- [Activation Function](https://adamwhitney.net/activation-function/) - In 1998 and 1999, I had the pleasure of working at the Adaptive Computing Laboratory in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University. I was an undergraduate at the time with a major in Computer Science, and the opportunity to do real research in Artificial Intelligence alongside a dynamic and driven
- [Autumn Musings](https://adamwhitney.net/autumn-musings/) - Some are impressed by the exuberance of spring or the radiant joy of summer. A few even have fallen in love with the quiet beauty of winter. While I love all of the seasons, it is autumn that strikes a chord in my soul. It's a season in which transition is subtle and yet compelling.
- [National Balloon Classic](https://adamwhitney.net/national-balloon-classic/) - Jessica and I worked as crew members for two hot air balloons during the National Balloon Classic in Indianola, Iowa from July 29th to August 3rd. The National Balloon Classic is a week long hot air balloon competition that has been taking place in Indianola since 1969. The balloon pilots compete both for points and
- [The Russian and the ZombieSat](https://adamwhitney.net/the-russian-and-the-zombiesat/) - This is the sort of nerd obsession that my family has to put up with. On my birthday in 2019, I knelt down on a grassy hill on Antelope Island jutting out into the Great Salt Lake in Utah, and pulled from my pack a stack of electronic gear and snaking cables. Although the clouds
- [8-Bit Computing in the 21st Century : Part 2](https://adamwhitney.net/8-bit-computing-part-2/) - Let the fun begin! Now that I had a working Commodore 64, I was extremely excited to explore the programs and games from a earlier time in personal computing. I didn't have a floppy disk drive for this Commodore, but I did have the original data cassette (or datasette) tape drive and using that I
- [8-Bit Computing in the 21st Century : Part 1](https://adamwhitney.net/8-bit-computing-in-the-21st-century/) - One of my earliest memories of using a personal computer was hanging out at my friend Mike Wolter's house in 1986 and playing the text adventure game Zork on his Commodore 64. I vividly remember the ritual of taking the floppy disk out of its paper envelope and inserting it carefully into the disk drive.
- [The Evolution of Human Locomotion -or- Wheee!](https://adamwhitney.net/the-evolution-of-human-locomotion/) - A few months back, I was walking down an airport concourse when I saw a little girl glide by me. At first I thought she had mastered some form of dark sorcery. Upon further observation, though, I saw that she could accomplish this feat of apparent levitation because she had small wheels in the soles
- [Working LilacSat-1](https://adamwhitney.net/working-lilacsat-1/) - Working LilacSat-1 (LO-90) Overview The following instructions detail the steps for working the amateur radio repeater on the LilacSat-1 (LO-90) satellite using a FUNcube Dongle Pro+ Software Defined Radio (SDR). Computer Setup Read the LilacSat-1 Overview first: LilacSat-1 Radio Info Download the LiveCD, burn, and boot. For instructions on this, go here: Chertsey Radio Club

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- [Privacy Policy](https://adamwhitney.net/privacy-policy/) - Who I am I am Adam Whitney, an individual living and working in the Greater Minneapolis-Saint Paul area. At times, others may join in on the conversation and post comments on this website. My website address is: https://adamwhitney.net Comments When visitors leave comments on the site, it collects the data shown in the comments form.
- [About](https://adamwhitney.net/about/) - Contact Information for Adam Whitney, Maker, Electromagnetic Experimenter, Intergalactic Photon Explorer, and Airship Captain of the Mind
- [Radio](https://adamwhitney.net/radio/) - Amateur Radio Experimentations by K0FFY - Satellite Operator and SOTA Mountaineer Located in Des Moines (EN31)

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