# technician (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover technician. Page: Feed: --- ## [Why Most of My GitHub Repos Just Went Private](https://nerdymark.com/post/why-most-of-my-github-repos-went-private) _2026-07-27 · Mark LaCore · nerdymark.com - Mark LaCore's Blog_ I did some reputation management and made the majority of my GitHub repos private. Here's the reasoning, and how to ask for read access. ## [Pokemon Sleep Roster Analyzer Adds Greengrass Expert Mode](https://nerdymark.com/post/pokemon-sleep-expert-mode-roster-analyzer) _2026-07-27 · Mark LaCore · nerdymark.com - Mark LaCore's Blog_ The free Pokemon Sleep roster analyzer now models Greengrass Expert Mode: main and sub favorite berries, weekly bonuses, and the 15% help-speed penalty. ## [Building a Bluesky Post Rate API in Two AppView Calls](https://nerdymark.com/post/bluesky-post-rate-api-two-appview-calls) _2026-07-21 · Mark LaCore · nerdymark.com - Mark LaCore's Blog_ How I built a Bluesky posting-rate API on two unauthenticated AppView calls per lookup, so it stays fast and cheap even if it goes viral. ## [Thirty Years of POV-Ray: From the Family PC to the Browser](https://nerdymark.com/post/thirty-years-of-povray) _2026-07-16 · Mark LaCore · nerdymark.com - Mark LaCore's Blog_ In July 1996 I was 15, rendering POV-Ray scenes overnight on the family PC. Thirty years later I put the real raytracer in a browser tab, with an AI copilot. ## [Intro to Emergency Communications Class with SCC ARES/RACES](https://nerdymark.com/post/ares-races-intro-emergency-communications) _2026-07-11 · Mark LaCore · nerdymark.com - Mark LaCore's Blog_ I'm attending SCC ARES/RACES' hands-on Introduction to Emergency Communications class in Sunnyvale - ham radio basics for new operators like me (KO6ODW). ## [Auto-Posting to Bluesky with Flask, APScheduler, and atproto](https://nerdymark.com/post/bluesky-auto-posting-methods) _2026-07-11 · Mark LaCore · nerdymark.com - Mark LaCore's Blog_ How this site auto-posts to Bluesky: blog cross-posts, Steam achievements, NASA fireball alerts, and verification digests, plus the lessons learned. ## [Raspberry Pi Wi-Fi Bridge for an Ethernet-Only Printer](https://nerdymark.com/post/raspberry-pi-wifi-printer-bridge) _2026-07-11 · Mark LaCore · nerdymark.com - Mark LaCore's Blog_ Make an Ethernet-only printer reachable over Wi-Fi with a Raspberry Pi and parprouted proxy-ARP bridging - no NAT, no port forwards, no printer changes. ## [The nerdymark.com Public API - Now with Swagger Docs](https://nerdymark.com/post/public-api-swagger-docs) _2026-07-07 · Mark LaCore · nerdymark.com - Mark LaCore's Blog_ A tour of nerdymark.com's free public API: Bay Area public safety incident data, the Caw social feed, ICE sightings, and more - now documented with Swagger. ## [Werdy - A New Daily Word Ladder Game That Ends at NERDY](https://nerdymark.com/post/werdy-daily-word-ladder-game) _2026-07-04 · Mark LaCore · nerdymark.com - Mark LaCore's Blog_ Introducing Werdy, a free daily word ladder game. Change one letter at a time to reach NERDY - born when we discovered PIZZA is mathematically unreachable. ## [Building Better OG Images with Playwright and Pillow](https://nerdymark.com/post/og-images-playwright-pillow) _2026-07-04 · Mark LaCore · nerdymark.com - Mark LaCore's Blog_ How I replaced plain social preview cards with Playwright page screenshots composited into branded browser-window frames with Pillow and Flask. ## [Pirate.io on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/rfbDrJ1EtU47) _2026-07-04 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Pirate.io listing on Google Play to view the app’s details. ## [I Got Into Weather Balloons Right Before They Stopped Flying](https://nerdymark.com/post/weather-balloons-stopped-flying) _2026-07-02 · Mark LaCore · nerdymark.com - Mark LaCore's Blog_ Getting my Technician license led me to track NWS radiosondes with an SDR - a whip antenna, clean decodes, then Oakland stopped launching on July 1. ## [KO6ODW: I Passed My Amateur Radio Technician Exam](https://nerdymark.com/post/ko6odw-amateur-radio-technician-license) _2026-06-29 · Mark LaCore · nerdymark.com - Mark LaCore's Blog_ After a month studying the Technician question pool, I passed the exam and earned my amateur radio license. Meet KO6ODW — now cleared to transmit, not just listen. 73! ## [Jeffgoldblumle Is Serving Malware - I Built a Safe Version](https://nerdymark.com/post/jeffgoldblumle-safe-version) _2026-06-20 · Mark LaCore · nerdymark.com - Mark LaCore's Blog_ The original Jeffgoldblumle word game began serving malicious ads. Until it cleans up, here is a safe, ad-free version with a new daily 12-letter puzzle. ## [Decoding Pagers: A Helpful Guide to POCSAG and SDR](https://www.rtl-sdr.com/rtl-sdr-tutorial-pocsag-pager-decoding/) _2026-06-20 · Mark LaCore · nerdymark.com - Mark LaCore's Blog_ This tutorial provides a clear walkthrough on using RTL-SDR and PDW to decode pager traffic. It was a great resource for understanding the setup and protocols. ## [Making Sense of the Anthropic Fable and Mythos Directive](https://www.anthropic.com/news/fable-mythos-access) _2026-06-14 · Mark LaCore · nerdymark.com - Mark LaCore's Blog_ Sad trombone. This post clarifies the recent government-mandated suspension of Fable 5 and Mythos 5. It was helpful to get a clear breakdown of the situation and next steps. ## [New Bulls & Cows Solvers: Woodle and 4digits](/games) _2026-06-13 · Mark LaCore · nerdymark.com - Mark LaCore's Blog_ Two new browser solvers for Bulls and Cows puzzles: Woodle (words, one at a time) and 4digits (the classic distinct-digit number game). Free and ad-free. ## [Getting Ghosted on Pokémon TCG Pocket Trades? Check Privacy Settings](https://nerdymark.com/post/pokemon-tcg-pocket-trades-privacy-settings) _2026-06-12 · Mark LaCore · nerdymark.com - Mark LaCore's Blog_ In Pokémon TCG Pocket, hiding your last login time sinks you to the bottom of friends lists and dries up your trades and gifts. Here's the one-toggle fix. ## [The AI Vampire Ate My Sleep Schedule and I Laughed](https://promptedbyeric.substack.com/p/the-ai-vampire-is-real-and-i-have) _2026-06-08 · Mark LaCore · nerdymark.com - Mark LaCore's Blog_ This look at the cognitive drain of AI orchestration is a relatable wake-up call. It explains why efficiency gains often lead to more work, not less. ## [Jeffgoldblumle Solver: Just Guess Jeff Goldblum](https://nerdymark.com/post/goldblumle-solver) _2026-06-08 · Mark LaCore · nerdymark.com - Mark LaCore's Blog_ A solver for Jeffgoldblumle, the 12-letter 3-guess word game where the answer is JEFFGOLDBLUM 90% of the time. Guess it first, then narrow the real word. ## [International money transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/iiSYlJanzekZ) _2026-06-08 · **Sponsored**_ Send money to other countries and manage multi‑currency balances online. ## [Don't Wordle Solver: How to Avoid Guessing the Word](https://nerdymark.com/post/dont-wordle-solver-reverse-wordle) _2026-06-08 · Mark LaCore · nerdymark.com - Mark LaCore's Blog_ A solver for Don't Wordle, the reverse Wordle game. It tracks your clues, counts the valid words left, and recommends safe words that can't be the answer.