This is the personal website and online identity of Jon Abernathy, aka Chuggnutt. This front page and most of this site consists of my blog wherein I post my musings on geeky stuff, technology, pop culture, and whatever else piques my interest, as well as occasional original fiction. I also have two other blogs: The Brew Site (I write about beer) and Hack Bend (I write about Bend, Oregon, where I live).
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2 responses to “Morse code wins!”
Morse Code Triumphant!
his one appears to be doing the rounds at the moment.Apparently, a 93 year-old managed to beat a 13 year-old champion Speed-Texter (SMS) by sending the same message via Morse Code.Genius. And apparently the young whipper-snapper used "txt" abbreviations, but he sent the whole thing and still beat her.Chuggnutt sums it up correctly:Man, there’s retro, and there’s retro.
Take That, You Young Whippersnapper
The fastest text messenger isn’t some teenage punk, but a 93-year-old. He managed to not only transmit the entire chosen message verbatim (avoiding the shortened txt and slang versions of…