UMC Infant Baptism

I like the idea of infant baptism in the United Methodist Church. It is a commitment by the parents, but also by the church as a whole to raise the child in the faith. The congregational response:

"With God's help, we will so order our lives after the example of Christ that this child, surrounded by steadfast love, may be established in the faith and confirmed and strengthened in the way that leads to life eternal."

What an awesome responsibility and I am glad for the reminder every time we baptize a child.

Rules for Recruiting

As more information comes out about UT's NCAA woes (here, here, here), I have come up with the universal rules for recruiting.

1. Don't cheat.
2. If you cheat, don't get caught.
3. If you get caught, don't lie.

NASCAR Prayer

And thanks for my smoking hot wife.

Baofeng UV-3R: Around the World

Italy: IW0FFK - Italian Amateur Radio station - Mods for cheap FM dual band rig: Baofeng UV-3R

Holland*: Big Dutch Blog - Baofeng UV-3R

*Okay, he may actually be in the US, but he is Dutch and he has a Hello Kitty radio.

Atlas Shrugged IRL

A modern day Ellis Wyatt?

An Alabama business man says he could add 125 jobs to the local economy, but that he's fed up with the anti-business groups and is calling it quits instead.

Via Slim.

Bad Boys, Bad Boys

I think this video of a police stop in Canton, Ohio has a few people upset. My evidence is below the video.

From Ohioans For Concealed Carry



Matt G.
David Hardy
Sebastian
Ambulance Driver
LawDog
Uncle
Caleb
Tam
ENDO
Shelley Rae


Those links represent a huge chunk of my RSS feed.

FCC Search

Here is where you can go to do your ham radio related searches at the FCC website. You can find some interesting documents and pictures of equipment.

Baofeng UV-3R: US Re-seller - NH7QH Radio Supplies, LLC.

Well, I was wrong about who would be the first US re-seller. But we do have NH7QH Radio Supplies, LLC. that looks to be filling that void. The web site is sparse - and reminds me of the original wouxun.us. (I guess Hawaii counts as a US re-seller.)

Baofeng UV-3R: FCC Type 90 Accepted

The Baofeng UV-3R is now Type 90 accepted by the FCC. Documents can be found here.



It helps to know the name of company that is making the application. In this case, it turns out to be FUJIAN NAN'AN BAOFENG ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD..



Via Baofeng-UV-3R.us on the UV-3R Yahoo Group.

NoteSlate - Vaporware

I knew it was probably too good to be true... a $99 digital e-ink legal pad replacement. So, I'm calling it - TOVD (Time of Vaporware Declaration) 5:45PM.

The last couple of tweets from NoteSlate have confirmed it for me - both on the price and technology fronts.

From today:

"We can´t hit the $99 end price for NoteSlate device... is going from low-tech vision to hi-tech reality.Sorry for our preliminary statement."

From July 14:

"We`re still solving prototype, firmware & legals for next web(v3.0) update - vision into reality. Lot of work on table. Sorry for delay."