A Crummy Commercial

I do get microcontroller code requests for kits.  I always say NO.   "oh I won't share the code with anyone else"   Yes, I know you won't because I won't give out the code ! :) I can understand these requests, sometimes from DX customers - certainly the DX requests are reasonable considering that I stopped selling outside the US.  I usually suggest that they use some kind of US based forwarder like a friend or relative but this isn't always possible. I have shared PIC based projects in the past: http://wb9kzy.com/projects.htm  I spent time on these, tried to document them but got feedback maybe two times ?  Partly this is due to the general move to Arduino and beyond and partly due to assembly code.  I claim no special expertise, I am a self taught coder.  I suppose the opposite could be true: too many comments/suggestions/feedbacks turning into a huge time sink. I dunno, is it time to post hex files (if not source code) ?  Not yet,...

Lately Youtube doesn't want to let me watch videos in Firefox's Private Browsing mode.  Youtube wants me to sign-in to "protect the community" - sure Youtube, you guys are nothing if not protectors.   I like to watch videos in Private Browsing window because it won't mess up my feed when I am signed into Youtube in regular browsing. Here's what I found that works, sort of: 1) find an embedded Youtube video like this one on Soldersmoke: source: https://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/2025/06/alan-w2aew-measures-minimum-discernible.html  2) start playing it 3) pause the video 4) right click it (in Firefox)  5) select Copy video URL at current time 6) paste that URL into a new window and hit return 7) hopefully enjoy the video  OR  search for a different video and watch that Sometimes some additional wriggling is required, like doing a refresh of the screen.  Sometimes it doesn't work.  When it doesn't I switch the VPN to another IP address and try again. O...