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2025-10 – Oct – Los Angeles focus with set working hours and return to Ground Floor club in Echo Park. Strength training for surf and snow. Fediforum, Hack for LA, Ciclavia downtown, LA Tech Week, Roguelike celebration.

Ongoing – open to work at mikewaggoner.com

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Upcoming

  • Oct – Los Angeles
  • Nov – Los Angeles + Seattle Thanksgiving
  • Dec – Los Angeles, San Diego
  • Jan – Los Angeles
  • Feb – Pacific northwest – Family
  • Mar – British Columbia? – Red Mountain, Vancouver

Previously

2025 – Sep – Visiting pacific northwest usa family and continued water systems study. The route plan includes Nehalem High Water, Burien, Olympic National Park, Wheeler / Manhattan Beach and Short Sands, and drive south tbd.

  • Sep 4-6 – Nehalem High Water
  • Sep 6-11 – Burien / Seattle
  • Sep 12-14 – Olympic National Park
  • Sep 16-22 – Rockaway Beach / Manzanita, Oregon
  • Sep 23 – Drive to LA route tbd
  • Sep 27 – Pybeach?

2025 – Aug – Family road trip with the Subaru Outback. html day and vibe coding ocr html toy. dweb camp, Britsh Columbia south-central back roads and hot springs, north Idaho state fair, Portland WordCamp US

  • Aug 3-7 – Driving LA – Vancouver BC
  • Aug 8-9 – DWEB Cascadia
  • Aug 11-17 – Drive Whistler, Lillooet, Kamloops, Shuswap, Kaslo, Nelson
  • Aug 15-17 – Priest Lake, Idaho
  • Aug 18-24 – Coeur d’Alene and North Idaho State Fair
  • Aug 26-30 – Portland and WordCamp US
  • Aug 31-Sep 2 – Eugene, Oregon

2025 – July – Los Angeles local focus, ESRI user conf, learning to ride a 10 foot Stewart surf board at old mans.

2025 – May – Los Angeles local focus from Groundfloor co-working, Mammoth, Mule Days, Layer One, geosocial.

2025 – March – Skiing in southwest and Colorado rockies.

2025 – Snow season and finding employment by spring.

2024 – December – Indieweb San Diego Dec 7-8th. Snow season starts and narrowing job application focus for 2025.

2024 – November – Los Angeles focus on general election and local government, e.g. la101.guide . Visits to City Council, LA Metro, County Board of Supervisors, Neighborhood Councils. First radio call sign KO6GTO.

2024 – October – Portland arts and central Nevada exploration. Discovery of Toiyabe Range and crest trail TCT. Professional development in python, mapping, and data toolsets like pandas, duckdb, open street maps.

2024 – September – Focus on upcoming FediForum and WordCamp USA through the end of the month. Specifically, I would enjoy discussing location sharing in ActivityPub and extending the WordPress ActivityPub plugin.

Notes at FediForum 2024 Location Sharing

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Services

Studying for ham radio technician general license.

Land lines, modems, and broadcast radio were my introductions to the electronic now. AM and FM radio remain a frequent choice along with livestreaming services like Twitch and Kick.