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WPTK/README.md

YERRRRRR

I build small tools I want to use myself, mostly around reading, planes and weather. My site is wptk.org.

  • 20+ years in knowledge management, technical writing, instructional design and facilitation
  • A.S. Political Science, College of Coastal Georgia
  • B.S.Ed. Workforce Education & Development, Valdosta State
  • MLIS, Valdosta State (starting Fall 2027)

Junk

  • Kipple: a self-hosted RSS reader with a Google Reader compatible sync API (kipple.cc)
  • ADSB-TUI: a retro terminal view of the aircraft your ADS-B receiver hears
  • bell-system-sim: work a Bell System repair test desk on a UNIX V7 terminal in 1983, weeks before divestiture
  • cfbtui: college football scores, rankings and scoring plays in your terminal
  • Claude skills for decoding METAR/TAF and ACARS messages and researching aircraft owners

Where else to find me

Books & Stuff

Current:
eBook: 📖 As You Wake, Break the Shell by Becky Chambers
Audiobook: 🎧 Den of Thieves by James B. Stewart

📖 Last read: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia · 72/350 · Oct 28, 2026
🎧 Last listen: The Chairman's Lounge: The inside story of how Qantas sold us out by Joe Aston · 219/350 · Nov 9, 2026

630 books rated so far, all of them at wptk.org.

Overhead

2,525 aircraft heard by my ADS-B receiver in the last 24 hours.

Top types Top carriers
Boeing 737-800 217 Southwest Airlines 260
Boeing 737 MAX 8 191 American Airlines 218
Airbus A321 143 Delta Air Lines 207
Airbus A321neo 96 United Airlines 158
Airbus A320 91 JetBlue Airways 89

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  1. Kipple Kipple Public

    A self-hosted RSS reader you run yourself. Web app plus a Google Reader compatible sync API.

    Go 3

  2. ADSB-TUI ADSB-TUI Public

    A terminal UI for your own ADS-B receiver. Shows nearby aircraft in a sortable table next to a radar scope, read from readsb or dump1090-fa. Python and curses, no dependencies.

    Python 5

  3. writing-samples writing-samples Public

    A collection of my writing throughout my career.

  4. acars-decoder-claude-skill acars-decoder-claude-skill Public

    Use AI to decode raw ACARS/VDLM2 messages

  5. aircraft-research-claude-skill aircraft-research-claude-skill Public

    A skill to track down (hopefully to the root) of an airframe's owner(s)

    2 1

  6. metar-taf-decoder-skill metar-taf-decoder-skill Public

    A skill to decode METAR (Meteorological Aerodrome Report) and TAF (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast) messages from airports around the world

    1