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jason huggins

jason huggins

@hugs.bsky.social

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i make robots and test automation tools at tapster. (started the selenium & appium projects.) living at the intersection of software, electronics, mechanics, and the occasional kinetic art project. and baking. 📍: chicagoland

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jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social · 1d

i think someone over there passed go without collecting their $200

happy halloween 🧐🎩

jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social · Sep 29

good morning! we have a latte do!

thumbnails of latte heart art from google photos

jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social · Sep 29

and i have!

aprsdroid screenshot

jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social · Sep 29

kinda crazy to think if the entire grid went down, i could plausibly still text with anyone in this circle:

iss detector screenshot

jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social · Sep 29

just double checked... for tonight's iss flyover, i transmitted my "hello" message 13 times. it was repeated 5 times (according to ariss.net). now i need to start being a little nicer and listen more than i transmit. it's not the most reliable text messaging platform, but super fun when it works.

APRS Database Access

Reports are also archived from an amateur radio payload aboard the International Space Station which relays APRS reports from amateur radio operators around the globe.

jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social · Sep 29

jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social · Sep 29

"hello! wanna see the space station?!"

iss over chicago

jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social · Sep 28

looking more at the data... someone (K9JKM) heard me & even replied! i missed it in the moment, though—i was too distracted.

maybe now that i know i can actually get into the station (the yagi antenna was 🔑), i might try to modify my set-up so i can reply to others during flyovers in the future.

aprsdroid screenshot

jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social · Sep 28

one of the reasons i got into amateur radio was to experiment with it as a back-up emergency communications method. it's good to practice to understand its limits. in this case, i transmitted my message from my radio about 20 times, but only two got repeated through ariss.net.

ariss.net screenshot

jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social · Sep 28

not bad for a baofeng bf-f8hp, a mobilinkd tnc, a diy tape-measure yagi antenna, an android phone, and a few apps (aprsdroid and iss detector)... and a space station.

from just my location, i was able to hear others as far away as texas and connecticut.

aprsdroid screenshot

aprsdroid screenshot

aprsdroid screenshot

jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social · Sep 28

what it looked it from the street.

photo of the iss flyover from oak park, il

jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social · Sep 28

victory! made it into the iss repeater!

ariss.net screenshot

ariss.net screenshot

jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social · Sep 28

goal tonight will be:
1) seeing the iss (obvs)
2) getting my call sign (WD4HUG) on this page of heard call signs via the repeater

ariss.net screenshot

ariss.net screenshot

jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social · Sep 27

looks like the iss will be highly visible and flying directly overhead tonight. time to break out the ham radios...

iss detector app screenshot

jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social · Sep 13

thanks for the reminder!

jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social · Sep 13

i have noticed. :)

jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social · Sep 13

how much time do you have?

jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social · Sep 13

it could be worse. the beard, that is.

jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social · Sep 13

i'm jason huggins, it's september 12, 2025, and linkedin has frozen my account for 24 hours for suspected bot activity. this is my story.

youtu.be/Mzh6DIa989A

LinkedOut! ... or, How to Get Your Account Frozen in 27 Lines of Python

YouTube video by Jason Huggins

jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social · Sep 3

walkie talkie

jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social · Sep 2

well... not here... yet? (someone should tell all the linkedinfluencers to create bluesky accounts.)

Reposted by jason huggins

Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · Aug 30

Morning at the Marina. Today's sunrise at Navy Pier Marina in Chicago.

jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social · Aug 28

cool story, bro. where's my choco taco?

fortune.com screenshot
headline: "Millionaire Alexis Ohanian walked out of the LSAT 20 minutes in, went to a Waffle House and decided he was ‘gonna invent a career.’ He founded Reddit"

fortune.com screenshot.
headline: "Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian says he’s ‘very serious’ about his offer to save the Choco Taco"

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Geoffrey Huntley @ghuntley.com · Aug 24

ghuntley.com/agent

how to build a coding agent: free workshop

😎The following was developed last month and has already been delivered at two conferences. If you would like for me to run a workshop similar to this at your employer, please get in contact. Hey ever...

jason huggins @hugs.bsky.social · Aug 20

i like big lattes and i cannot lie...

there's a fine line between bad latte art and good nsfw latte art.

latte art? it's a photo of espresso and oat milk in a mug. the artist was going for a heart, but it looks a little... different.