The Silicon Graybeard

In the World of the High Tech Redneck, the Graybeard is the old guy who earned his gray by making all the mistakes, and tries to keep the young 'uns from repeating them. Silicon Graybeard is my term for an old hardware engineer; a circuit designer. The focus of this blog is on doing things, from radio to home machine shops and making all kinds of things, along with comments from a retired radio engineer, that run from tech, science or space news to economics; from firearms to world events.

Special Pages

How Bad is the $1.9 Trillion "Covid Relief" Bill?

SpaceX Releases Investigation Data on SN10's Explosion

Starship Prototype SN11 Is On the Test Stand

Sometimes It's Hard to Know If We're Being Pwned

The Covid Spending Bill's Gotcha

A Ham Radio Series 22 - Operating on HF

Another Strike Against Boeing and the SLS

And the SN10 Clean Up Begins

SN10 Sticks the Landing ... and Then Explodes

Space News: SN10 Test Flight Imminent and Big Rocket Lab Announcement

There Was a Hidden Message in Mars Perseverance's Parachute

The Changing of the Projects - Part 2 - Comments to the Comments

The Changing of the Projects

SpaceX Swaps “Suspect” Raptor, Retests in Under 48 Hrs

Do You Like Bridges That Don't Fall Down? Cars That Don't Explode?

SpaceX Prototypes An Elevator... Whut?

Democrats Fight to Bring $15 Min Wage Back From the Dead

Thursday's Mars Landing Video

Today, This Blog is 11 Years Old

A Little Shop Update