Thomas Kisner

Thomas Kisner

Azle, Texas
Marie's husband, William's Dad. Amateur Radio Operator KN6Q. Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 243 in the Lone Star District of the Longhorn Council.
Dec
12
AquaCraft Mini-Pontoon "Little River Boat"

AquaCraft Mini-Pontoon "Little River Boat"

"The Compromise" won 3rd place in the 2025 Eagle Mountain Lake Christmas Parade
3 min read
Nov
19
The 4% Retirement "Rule" is Ridiculous

The 4% Retirement "Rule" is Ridiculous

I'm not a financial advisor, but I do have these silly Business degrees that where I took more
2 min read
Oct
14
Former Silver Star / Lone Star District in the Longhorn Council

Former Silver Star / Lone Star District in the Longhorn Council

After the Boy Scouts of America (now Scouting America) Longhorn Council district reorganization in 2020, the new Lone Star District
3 min read
Feb
28
Roundcube with mySQL on Windows

Roundcube with mySQL on Windows

I was doing maintenance on my backend Windows server, and part of this was upgrading Roundcube mail to the latest
1 min read
Feb
19
William's Eagle Scout rank

William's Eagle Scout rank

Having been a Boy Scouts of America / Scouting America volunteer for over a decade now (Den Leader / Cubmaster / Scoutmaster), certainly
1 min read
Mar
20
Microsoft Codename: Visine

Microsoft Codename: Visine

Back when the internet was mostly a thing of the government and academics, and when Microsoft DOS (and later DOS/
4 min read
Jan
16
Fiber Internet

Fiber Internet

In 2009, when I first installed our phone at the house the very first phone call was from Verizon -
2 min read
Feb
23
BBS is now on FidoNet

BBS is now on FidoNet

After about two years online, my BBS at https://bbs.kn6q.org [https://bbs.kn6q.org]is now on FidoNet.
1 min read
Dec
30
The (former) City of Briar, Texas

The (former) City of Briar, Texas

If you lookup Briar Texas in Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briar,_Texas], it will tell you Briar is
2 min read
Dec
29
Automating Let's Encrypt Certificate Renewal on Windows with Crypt-LE

Automating Let's Encrypt Certificate Renewal on Windows with Crypt-LE

Let's Encrypt certificate renewal automation is super simple and almost automatic on Linux.  Cerbot and plugins for applications
3 min read