Bullet Tax

A mayoral candidate in Baltimore wants to charge a $1 per bullet tax to reduce crime. This is dumb on so many levels. The tax would just be in the city, so drive a few miles to save $50 in taxes on a $20 box of 50 rounds. Plus, I wonder how high the round count is for a typical criminal in a year - probably lower than a couple of trips to Coal Creek for me. Lastly, how many crooks are going to do budgeting... for a convenience store hold-up, I'll put six rounds in the magazine, but for the liquor store, I better go ahead and take a few extra even though it will cut into my robbery profits.

Via TNJEff.

Man Replaces Matrix Sound Effects with his Voice

Another video tonight, in case some of you aren't Rebecca Black fans.

I really didn't get it when I read ENDO's title of "The Matrix Acapella Gun Sounds Lobby Scene," but this guy has replaced all the sounds from the video clip with his own vocals - think Cadet Larvell Jones from "Police Academy."



Via ENDO

Wearable Health Monitor

I would like to try this wearable Jawbone health monitor. I am really digging the data from RunKeeper as I've mentioned before, but this would take monitoring to a whole new level.

Just over 26 miles for the month... not bad for an old man, that just started running again in June.

National Healthcare

Here is what happens when you nationalize healthcare... you end up trying to treat your own wart... with a shotgun.

Via Gun Pundit

Rebecca Black Redux

I can almost hear TNJeff squeal with excitement. I'm afraid he will be disappointed. It is no "Friday."

Baofeng UV-3R: Facebook

You know you've made it big time when you have a Facebook page: Baofeng Electronics.

Ringer

I really liked Sarah Michelle Gellar in Buffy. I'm glad to see she is back, but I don't have very high hopes for Ringer.

Tools of the Ham Radio Trade

You cannot call yourself a ham until you have the required tools for field day.

A portable inflatable antenna dish. Check.

Pneumatic antenna cannon. Check.

Campfire (Pan) USB Charger. Check.

Inflatable Antenna via AdaFruit
Pneumatic Antenna Cannon via ENDO
Campfire USB Chargers via No Silence Here

Tempted?

I would not be tempted. I wasn't paying attention and thought this was from one the religious blogs I follow - instead it comes from a budgeting/finance blog. Interesting.

Via The Simple Dollar.

146.730 Repeater

Tim, WB4GBI, announces that the 146.730 repeater should be rocking and rolling again after eliminating a tricky problem.

"The offending signal is actually produced when two UHF transmitters (there is another one involved) and the 146.73 transmitter are all “up” at the same time. How did I determine this? There several software programs out there in shareware and software land that will help you calculate all of the possibilities. I tabulated the frequency of EVERY transmitter on the tower and loaded them into a database. The software that I used showed a “fifth-order” intermodulation product caused by three transmitters that would cause a signal to be generated on 146.13 Mhz. Recognize that frequency? It’s the INPUT to 146.73."