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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:
Audiobook: 🎧 Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone by Richard Lloyd Parry
eBook: 📖 Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

📖 Last read: The Case of the Creepy Castle by Melinda Metz, Judy Katschke · 316/350 · Oct 23, 2026
🎧 Last listen: Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin by Megan Rosenbloom · 296/350 · Oct 26, 2026

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

Overhead

2,332 aircraft heard by my ADS-B receiver in the last 24 hours.

Top types Top carriers
Boeing 737-800 199 Southwest Airlines 212
Boeing 737 MAX 8 175 American Airlines 181
Airbus A321 142 Delta Air Lines 136
Airbus A320 106 United Airlines 120
Airbus A321neo 88 JetBlue Airways 74

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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. bell-system-sim bell-system-sim Public

    Python

  3. acars-decoder-claude-skill acars-decoder-claude-skill Public

    Use AI to decode raw ACARS/VDLM2 messages

  4. 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

  5. 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

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  6. awesome-planespotting-list awesome-planespotting-list Public

    This GitHub repository provides users with a collection of links to trackable aircraft for any websites running a tar1090. This includes ADSBx, ADBS.fi, ADSB.lol, and others. The repository is desi…

    16 1