Re: [AFMUG] Good Weather App/site

[Graham McIntire]

I like using this:

http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/code.cgi?Submit=Go=KTKI=TX

Usually aviation weather sites have detailed wind forecasts that are handy
for scheduling tower climbs.

On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 6:10 PM, Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com>
wrote:

> I use this:
> http://inxwireless.com/rain/
>
>
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340 <(937)%20552-2340>
> Direct: 937-552-2343 <(937)%20552-2343>
> 1100 Wayne St
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=1100+Wayne+St+Suite+1337+Troy,+OH+45373=gmail=g>
> Suite 1337
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=1100+Wayne+St+Suite+1337+Troy,+OH+45373=gmail=g>
> Troy, OH 45373
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=1100+Wayne+St+Suite+1337+Troy,+OH+45373=gmail=g>
>
> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 5:13 PM, Nathan Anderson <nath...@fsr.com> wrote:
>
>> ​These days, it seems to be virtually all of them, because rather than
>> handle ad sales themselves (which would give them some modicum of control),
>> they all subscribe to the same basic set of sleazy ad networks.  And you
>> have no idea until you've already clicked on the link...
>>
>>
>> -- Nathan
>> --
>> *From:* Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Mathew Howard <
>> mhoward...@gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Friday, October 27, 2017 2:10 PM
>> *To:* af
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Good Weather App/site
>>
>> I prefer to just not go to websites that have that obnoxious of ads...
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 3:53 PM, Nathan Anderson <nath...@fsr.com> wrote:
>>
>>> ​I used to be the same way, but over the last couple of years, most web
>>> sites have just gone beyond the pale.  It is ridiculous how much CPU-time
>>> is being consumed by some open tabs, simply on account of the ads.  If I
>>> want my laptop battery NOT to last, then I don't use ad blockers.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://marco.org/2015/08/11/ad-blocking-ethics​
>>>
>>>
>>> -- Nathan
>>> --
>>> *From:* Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Mike Hammett <
>>> af...@ics-il.net>
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, October 26, 2017 6:59 PM
>>> *To:* af@afmug.com
>>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Good Weather App/site
>>>
>>> I'm morally opposed to most ad blockers. Any other business that
>>> advertises should be as well.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -
>>> Mike Hammett
>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/>
>>> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL>
>>> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb>
>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions>
>>> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL>
>>> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/>
>>> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix>
>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange>
>>> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix>
>>> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/>
>>> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp>
>>>
>>>
>>> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg>
>>> --
>>> *From: *"Eric Kuhnke" <eric.kuh...@gmail.com>
>>> *To: *af@afmug.com
>>> *Sent: *Thursday, October 26, 2017 3:33:08 PM
>>> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT: Good Weather App/site
>>>
>>> people still browse without ublock origin?
>>>
>>> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa
>>> lhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en
>>>
>>> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 1:25 PM, George Skorup <george.sko...@cbcast.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I haven't noticed too many problems with the Android app. Once you
>>>> start the radar loop, it does take a few seconds to buffer some frames.
>>>>
>>>> OTOH, the website is a piece of shit. Ads galore. Those alone are half
>>>> the loading time. Waiting on Google Analytics this, DoubleClick, that. It
>>>> reminds me of the ePMP GUI before they made it not need 16 CPU cores and
>>>> 128GB of RAM anymore.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 10/26/2017 10:21 AM, Nate Burke wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've used Wunderground for years, but their recent updates have
>>>>> basically broken things.  The Droid App no longer correctly displays the
>>>>> radar.  It sometimes won't update, or only displays a few frames of
>>>>> animation, or only loads part of the radar overlay. On a PC, their site 
>>>>> now
>>>>> takes 10-20 seconds to load, and at least for me, the Wundermap keeps
>>>>> sending me to the radar in LA, and uses the CPU Resources of a small
>>>>> computing cluster.  And even then still doesn't load correctly.
>>>>>
>>>>> What else is out there that gives good Radar loop and 7-10 day local
>>>>> forecast.  I don't care about other things like 'click here to see the
>>>>> worlds 7 worst storms that have trapped kittens who are rescued by lemurs'
>>>>> like weather.com seems to think is the most important reason you go
>>>>> to their site.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

Re: [AFMUG] Good Weather App/site

[Josh Luthman]

I use this:
http://inxwireless.com/rain/


Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 5:13 PM, Nathan Anderson <nath...@fsr.com> wrote:

> ​These days, it seems to be virtually all of them, because rather than
> handle ad sales themselves (which would give them some modicum of control),
> they all subscribe to the same basic set of sleazy ad networks.  And you
> have no idea until you've already clicked on the link...
>
>
> -- Nathan
> --
> *From:* Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Mathew Howard <
> mhoward...@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, October 27, 2017 2:10 PM
> *To:* af
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Good Weather App/site
>
> I prefer to just not go to websites that have that obnoxious of ads...
>
> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 3:53 PM, Nathan Anderson <nath...@fsr.com> wrote:
>
>> ​I used to be the same way, but over the last couple of years, most web
>> sites have just gone beyond the pale.  It is ridiculous how much CPU-time
>> is being consumed by some open tabs, simply on account of the ads.  If I
>> want my laptop battery NOT to last, then I don't use ad blockers.
>>
>>
>> https://marco.org/2015/08/11/ad-blocking-ethics​
>>
>>
>> -- Nathan
>> --
>> *From:* Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Mike Hammett <
>> af...@ics-il.net>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, October 26, 2017 6:59 PM
>> *To:* af@afmug.com
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Good Weather App/site
>>
>> I'm morally opposed to most ad blockers. Any other business that
>> advertises should be as well.
>>
>>
>>
>> -
>> Mike Hammett
>> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/>
>> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL>
>> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb>
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions>
>> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL>
>> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/>
>> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix>
>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange>
>> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix>
>> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/>
>> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp>
>>
>>
>> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg>
>> --
>> *From: *"Eric Kuhnke" <eric.kuh...@gmail.com>
>> *To: *af@afmug.com
>> *Sent: *Thursday, October 26, 2017 3:33:08 PM
>> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT: Good Weather App/site
>>
>> people still browse without ublock origin?
>>
>> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa
>> lhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en
>>
>> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 1:25 PM, George Skorup <george.sko...@cbcast.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I haven't noticed too many problems with the Android app. Once you start
>>> the radar loop, it does take a few seconds to buffer some frames.
>>>
>>> OTOH, the website is a piece of shit. Ads galore. Those alone are half
>>> the loading time. Waiting on Google Analytics this, DoubleClick, that. It
>>> reminds me of the ePMP GUI before they made it not need 16 CPU cores and
>>> 128GB of RAM anymore.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/26/2017 10:21 AM, Nate Burke wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've used Wunderground for years, but their recent updates have
>>>> basically broken things.  The Droid App no longer correctly displays the
>>>> radar.  It sometimes won't update, or only displays a few frames of
>>>> animation, or only loads part of the radar overlay. On a PC, their site now
>>>> takes 10-20 seconds to load, and at least for me, the Wundermap keeps
>>>> sending me to the radar in LA, and uses the CPU Resources of a small
>>>> computing cluster.  And even then still doesn't load correctly.
>>>>
>>>> What else is out there that gives good Radar loop and 7-10 day local
>>>> forecast.  I don't care about other things like 'click here to see the
>>>> worlds 7 worst storms that have trapped kittens who are rescued by lemurs'
>>>> like weather.com seems to think is the most important reason you go to
>>>> their site.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

Re: [AFMUG] Good Weather App/site

[Nathan Anderson]

?These days, it seems to be virtually all of them, because rather than handle 
ad sales themselves (which would give them some modicum of control), they all 
subscribe to the same basic set of sleazy ad networks.  And you have no idea 
until you've already clicked on the link...


-- Nathan


From: Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Mathew Howard 
<mhoward...@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2017 2:10 PM
To: af
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Good Weather App/site

I prefer to just not go to websites that have that obnoxious of ads...

On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 3:53 PM, Nathan Anderson 
<nath...@fsr.com<mailto:nath...@fsr.com>> wrote:

?I used to be the same way, but over the last couple of years, most web sites 
have just gone beyond the pale.  It is ridiculous how much CPU-time is being 
consumed by some open tabs, simply on account of the ads.  If I want my laptop 
battery NOT to last, then I don't use ad blockers.


https://marco.org/2015/08/11/ad-blocking-ethics?


-- Nathan


From: Af <af-boun...@afmug.com<mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com>> on behalf of Mike 
Hammett <af...@ics-il.net<mailto:af...@ics-il.net>>
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 6:59 PM
To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Good Weather App/site

I'm morally opposed to most ad blockers. Any other business that advertises 
should be as well.



-
Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions<http://www.ics-il.com/>
[http://www.ics-il.com/images/fbicon.png]<https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/googleicon.png]<https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/linkedinicon.png]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/twittericon.png]<https://twitter.com/ICSIL>
Midwest Internet Exchange<http://www.midwest-ix.com/>
[http://www.ics-il.com/images/fbicon.png]<https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/linkedinicon.png]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/twittericon.png]<https://twitter.com/mdwestix>
The Brothers WISP<http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/>
[http://www.ics-il.com/images/fbicon.png]<https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp>[http://www.ics-il.com/images/youtubeicon.png]


<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg>

From: "Eric Kuhnke" <eric.kuh...@gmail.com<mailto:eric.kuh...@gmail.com>>
To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 3:33:08 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Good Weather App/site

people still browse without ublock origin?

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/



On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 1:25 PM, George Skorup 
<george.sko...@cbcast.com<mailto:george.sko...@cbcast.com>> wrote:
I haven't noticed too many problems with the Android app. Once you start the 
radar loop, it does take a few seconds to buffer some frames.

OTOH, the website is a piece of shit. Ads galore. Those alone are half the 
loading time. Waiting on Google Analytics this, DoubleClick, that. It reminds 
me of the ePMP GUI before they made it not need 16 CPU cores and 128GB of RAM 
anymore.


On 10/26/2017 10:21 AM, Nate Burke wrote:
I've used Wunderground for years, but their recent updates have basically 
broken things.  The Droid App no longer correctly displays the radar.  It 
sometimes won't update, or only displays a few frames of animation, or only 
loads part of the radar overlay. On a PC, their site now takes 10-20 seconds to 
load, and at least for me, the Wundermap keeps sending me to the radar in LA, 
and uses the CPU Resources of a small computing cluster.  And even then still 
doesn't load correctly.

What else is out there that gives good Radar loop and 7-10 day local forecast.  
I don't care about other things like 'click here to see the worlds 7 worst 
storms that have trapped kittens who are rescued by lemurs'  like 
weather.com<http://weather.com/> seems to think is the most important reason 
you go to their site.

Re: [AFMUG] Good Weather App/site

[Mathew Howard]

I prefer to just not go to websites that have that obnoxious of ads...

On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 3:53 PM, Nathan Anderson  wrote:

> ​I used to be the same way, but over the last couple of years, most web
> sites have just gone beyond the pale.  It is ridiculous how much CPU-time
> is being consumed by some open tabs, simply on account of the ads.  If I
> want my laptop battery NOT to last, then I don't use ad blockers.
>
>
> https://marco.org/2015/08/11/ad-blocking-ethics​
>
>
> -- Nathan
> --
> *From:* Af  on behalf of Mike Hammett <
> af...@ics-il.net>
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 26, 2017 6:59 PM
> *To:* af@afmug.com
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Good Weather App/site
>
> I'm morally opposed to most ad blockers. Any other business that
> advertises should be as well.
>
>
>
> -
> Mike Hammett
> Intelligent Computing Solutions 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Midwest Internet Exchange 
> 
> 
> 
> The Brothers WISP 
> 
>
>
> 
> --
> *From: *"Eric Kuhnke" 
> *To: *af@afmug.com
> *Sent: *Thursday, October 26, 2017 3:33:08 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT: Good Weather App/site
>
> people still browse without ublock origin?
>
> https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/
> cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en
>
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 1:25 PM, George Skorup 
> wrote:
>
>> I haven't noticed too many problems with the Android app. Once you start
>> the radar loop, it does take a few seconds to buffer some frames.
>>
>> OTOH, the website is a piece of shit. Ads galore. Those alone are half
>> the loading time. Waiting on Google Analytics this, DoubleClick, that. It
>> reminds me of the ePMP GUI before they made it not need 16 CPU cores and
>> 128GB of RAM anymore.
>>
>>
>> On 10/26/2017 10:21 AM, Nate Burke wrote:
>>
>>> I've used Wunderground for years, but their recent updates have
>>> basically broken things.  The Droid App no longer correctly displays the
>>> radar.  It sometimes won't update, or only displays a few frames of
>>> animation, or only loads part of the radar overlay. On a PC, their site now
>>> takes 10-20 seconds to load, and at least for me, the Wundermap keeps
>>> sending me to the radar in LA, and uses the CPU Resources of a small
>>> computing cluster.  And even then still doesn't load correctly.
>>>
>>> What else is out there that gives good Radar loop and 7-10 day local
>>> forecast.  I don't care about other things like 'click here to see the
>>> worlds 7 worst storms that have trapped kittens who are rescued by lemurs'
>>> like weather.com seems to think is the most important reason you go to
>>> their site.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Re: [AFMUG] Good Weather App/site

[Nathan Anderson]

?I used to be the same way, but over the last couple of years, most web sites 
have just gone beyond the pale.  It is ridiculous how much CPU-time is being 
consumed by some open tabs, simply on account of the ads.  If I want my laptop 
battery NOT to last, then I don't use ad blockers.


https://marco.org/2015/08/11/ad-blocking-ethics?


-- Nathan


From: Af  on behalf of Mike Hammett 
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 6:59 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Good Weather App/site

I'm morally opposed to most ad blockers. Any other business that advertises 
should be as well.



-
Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
[http://www.ics-il.com/images/fbicon.png][http://www.ics-il.com/images/googleicon.png][http://www.ics-il.com/images/linkedinicon.png][http://www.ics-il.com/images/twittericon.png]
Midwest Internet Exchange
[http://www.ics-il.com/images/fbicon.png][http://www.ics-il.com/images/linkedinicon.png][http://www.ics-il.com/images/twittericon.png]
The Brothers WISP
[http://www.ics-il.com/images/fbicon.png][http://www.ics-il.com/images/youtubeicon.png]




From: "Eric Kuhnke" 
To: af@afmug.com
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 3:33:08 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Good Weather App/site

people still browse without ublock origin?

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm?hl=en

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/



On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 1:25 PM, George Skorup 
> wrote:
I haven't noticed too many problems with the Android app. Once you start the 
radar loop, it does take a few seconds to buffer some frames.

OTOH, the website is a piece of shit. Ads galore. Those alone are half the 
loading time. Waiting on Google Analytics this, DoubleClick, that. It reminds 
me of the ePMP GUI before they made it not need 16 CPU cores and 128GB of RAM 
anymore.


On 10/26/2017 10:21 AM, Nate Burke wrote:
I've used Wunderground for years, but their recent updates have basically 
broken things.  The Droid App no longer correctly displays the radar.  It 
sometimes won't update, or only displays a few frames of animation, or only 
loads part of the radar overlay. On a PC, their site now takes 10-20 seconds to 
load, and at least for me, the Wundermap keeps sending me to the radar in LA, 
and uses the CPU Resources of a small computing cluster.  And even then still 
doesn't load correctly.

What else is out there that gives good Radar loop and 7-10 day local forecast.  
I don't care about other things like 'click here to see the worlds 7 worst 
storms that have trapped kittens who are rescued by lemurs'  like 
weather.com seems to think is the most important reason 
you go to their site.