LHS Episode #445: Year-End Round Table 2021

by Black Sparrow Media Episode #445 Duration: 01:22:08
LHS Episode #445: Year-End Round Table 2021

Hello and welcome to Episode 445 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this final episode of 2021, we invite listeners to join us via Discord for a discussion of amateur radio, technology, open source software and hardware and the year in review. We even depart briefly into hedonism as well. We hope you enjoy this community-driven content, have a safe and happy holiday season and join us again when we re-start the show on January 6, 2022.

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  • Roundtable Topics

  • Participants’ Choice

  • CubicleNate

  • Joe, K0NEB

  • Tony, K4XSS

  • Jonathan, W5AJQ

  • Steve, KA7HVT

  • Ted, WA0EIR

  • Scott, N8VSI

  • Don, KB2YSI

  • Carter (“Hutch”), K9KJN

  • Resources

  • https://lhs.fyi/wa0eir (WA0EIR Ham Radio Applications)

  • https://lhs.fyi/iH (M17)

  • https://m17.af0ss.org (AF0SS M17 Reflector)

  • https://xlx.af0ss.org (AF0SS XLX Reflector)

  • https://reflector.af0ss.org/Dashboard (AF0SS YSF Reflector)

  • https://lhs.fyi/af0ss (Open Source ARC)

  • https://lhs.fyi/rH (codec2)

  • https://media.ne4rd.live (LHS Linux Distro)

  • https://lhs.fyi/rj (Build-a-Pi)

  • https://lhs.fyi/2j (Andy’s Ham Radio Linux)

  • https://lhs.fyi/pv (DragonOS)

  • https://lhs.fyi/3t (OpenSUSE Ham Radio Portal)

  • Cheryl’s Recipe Corner!

  • Rum Cake

  • Description

  • A tasty addition to your dessert table for your holiday dinner… or anytime you’re wanting a delicious cake! Rich, K0EB, requested a rum cake.

  • Ingredients (Cake)

  • 1 box (about 18 oz.) yellow cake mix

  • 1 package (3.5 oz.) instant vanilla pudding mix

  • 4 whole eggs

  • 1/2 c. cold water

  • 1/2 c. canola oil

  • 1/2 c. rum (dark or light is fine… but dark is better!)

  • 1 c. chopped pecans

  • brown sugar (optional)

  • Ingredients (Glaze)

  • 1 1/2 sticks of butter

  • 1/4 c. water

  • 1 1/2 c. granulated sugar

  • 3/4 c. rum

  • Directions (Cake)

  • Preheat oven to 325F. Grease and flour a bundt cake pan (you can cheat and use “Bakers Joy”, if you like!). Sprinkle nuts over bottom of pan. If desired, sprinkle a couple of tablespoons of brown sugar over the nuts (extra yum). Mix all cake ingredients together. Pour batter into pan over nuts. Smooth out ’til the top is even. Bake for 1 hour, or a little less if the pan is black. Do not overbake.

  • Directions (Glaze)

  • When cake has ten minutes left to bake, make the glaze. Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in water and sugar. Boil for 4 to 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Turn off flame and pour in rum. Stir to combine and reheat for 30 seconds. Remove cake from oven. Immediately drizzle 1/3 of the glaze on the bottom (top) of the cake. Allow to sit for five minutes. Invert the cake onto a serving plate. Thoroughly (and gently!) prick surface of cake with a fork.  Slowly drizzle remaining rum glaze all over the top of the cake, allowing it to drip down the sides. Cool to room temperature before serving to ensure glaze has soaked in.