https://blog.wbarlow.me/ Recent content on Voidstar's Blag Hugo en-us Sun, 10 May 2026 13:53:12 -0400 https://blog.wbarlow.me/posts/accidental-cameras/ Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.wbarlow.me/posts/accidental-cameras/ <p>Our world is blanketed in wireless data transmissions. Beacons and towers and base-stations and devices everywhere are sending and receiving and relaying signals to each other through the air via wireless radios.</p> <p>Over the years, wireless technology has marched forward. New use cases constantly demand higher bandwidth and lower latency and longer range and reduced power consumption. On the surface, these demands are contradictory: for instance, to get better range you can either crank up the power or shift to a lower frequency (increasing latency). The truth is that all of these factors need to be tuned to their physical environment, especially based on the materials and physical structures in the coverage range (such as concrete buildings, drywall interiors, moving vehicles, etc).</p> https://blog.wbarlow.me/posts/new-digs-near-chinatown/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.wbarlow.me/posts/new-digs-near-chinatown/ <p>I&rsquo;m out of the Airbnb and into a hotel. I&rsquo;ll be here two weeks, then I get the keys to the new lease. It&rsquo;s been an exciting but difficult couple of weeks, and things are looking up!</p> <p>I can&rsquo;t say thank you enough to my Airbnb host. It&rsquo;s actually the same host I stayed with a year ago, during the scouting expedition to Ottawa. She immigrated to Canada herself, and she loves to help new arrivals get settled. She connected me with someone who would like to get rid of some furniture, which is a blessing since I&rsquo;d be otherwise without furniture until my partner joins me. I intend to return this spring and offer help with her gardening as a thank-you.</p> https://blog.wbarlow.me/posts/comments-and-feeds/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.wbarlow.me/posts/comments-and-feeds/ <p>I&rsquo;ve added a commenting system, set up post tags, added a search tool, and the ability to receive new post notifications via RSS (filterable by tag). Plus, a few thoughts about why and how I built this site.</p> https://blog.wbarlow.me/posts/lost-canadian-found/ Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.wbarlow.me/posts/lost-canadian-found/ <p>At the end of March 2026, I left the United States for good. It was a long time coming; the culmination of years of planning, but it has finally happened. I have immigrated to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.</p> <p>After 2 weeks as an Ottawan, I&rsquo;m proud to report that my glutes are poppin&rsquo; and my calves are rockin&rsquo;. I&rsquo;ve been wearing out the soles of my shoes every day. I&rsquo;ve been filling my free time with photography, geocaching, eating, galleries, and podcasts.</p>