This week, we revisit past weeks to see what we missed the first time around.

Life was much simpler when the only mailbox you had to deal with was the one bolted next to the front door or on top of a pole on the side of the road!

When I started up my own domain, horzepa.com, back in January, I set up a mailbox along with it. I thought I had configured it to notify me at another mailbox when new e-mail showed up in my new domain's in-box.

While I was lying in bed a few days ago waiting for the alarm clock to sound, it occurred to me that I have never received such a notification. So, I got out of bed to check my new domain's in-box and, lo and behold, there was a slew of Surfin' e-mails waiting for me there!

Some of the e-mails included interesting follow-ups to recent past installments of Surfin', which I will pass along to the rest of you now.

Long Live the Vacuum Tube

Hugh's Ominous Tube Works is another Web site that appreciates the vacuum tube by proclaiming, "Real equipment glows in the dark."

The February 10 installment of Surfin', "Long Live the Vacuum Tube", brought a suggestion from Dave Newkirk to check out Hugh's Ominous Valve Works. "Dig around; his write-ups on WLW, boat anchors, vintage manufacturers, and older-time computers are wonderful."

Meanwhile, Rich Shivers, KB3FGJ, suggested the Fun With Tubes Web site. "It provides some easy to understand theory."

Rich added, "On an application note, some are still using these magic bulbs in competition, for example, the Birmingham, Alabama Crystal Radio Group. Scroll down to the One-Active-Device rules." [Rich is running a one-tube regenerative (from a kit) for his entry.]

LEGO Electronics

Surfin' for February 17, LEGO Electronics, resulted in this from Randy Rysavy, N0FDH, "On the subject of LEGOs, you may want to take a quick peek at this: Andrew Carol's calculating machine using LEGOs.

Also on topic, Lindel Clark, KD5TGW, wrote, "For those who don't want to build their own electronic LEGOs, check out this: Elenco Electronics Snap Circuits Educational Kits."

Until next time, keep on surfin'.

Editor's note: Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU, of downtown Wolcott, Connecticut, is an ARRL Life Member and an incessant contributor to QST and QEX (817 pieces in 28 years), not to mention the author of five ARRL books and contributor to a bevy of other ARRL titles. First licensed in 1969 as WN1LOU, he upgraded to WA1LOU in 1971. Stan began using computers with Amateur Radio in 1978 when he bought a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I computer and wrote BASIC programs to dupe contests and calculate antenna bearings. A virtual beach boy, Stan has been surfing the radio dials as long as he can remember, however, instead of surfing all over Manhattan and down Doheny Way, he now surfs the Internet searching for that perfect page. To contact Stan, e-mail him or add comments to his blog.

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