Bad City Councilman, Bad City Councilman

Mr. Alan Schulman (Canton City Council President):

If you aren't going to address the issue of a near homicidal police officer, then I don't think you need to be talking (or whining) about anything else. And I agree with WizardPC, I don't think there is a better time or place to carry.



After hearing more about this incident, it finally clicked. I've seen that police officer...

Bonus Link: Tam - That explains rather a lot, actually.

Via Snowflakes in Hell

Do you use your real name on-line?

Do you use your real name on-line?

No.

I don't want my hobbies or politics to mix with my work place or even my different groups of friends. I've not written about it, but this is one reason I think Google Plus might beat (or at least force a change at) Facebook. With Google Plus, you can decide which groups (Circles) of people can see what posts, pictures, etc.

Mad Men Streaming on Netflix starts today.

The wife will be very happy. Mad Men streaming on Netflix starts today.

YouTube Education

Every now and then I found out that a friend has missed a viral video or two. In case you happened to miss out as well, I present the following as a public service.

Happy National Scotch Day!

Happy National Scotch Day!

The link above has a few serving suggestions which go well beyond my usual "cut with a little water" concoction. (I don't always drink Scotch, but when I do...). The Smokey Scotsman looks interesting to me:

Created by Drew Z of Pour George

2 oz. The Macallan 10 Years Old
.5 oz Fresh lemon juice
3-5 Sage leaves

Method: Muddle, add ice, shake and dirty pour into double rocks glass

As always I recommend that you stick with the single malts.

30 Years Anniversary of the 145.470 Repeater System Picnic

From the 470 Amateur Radio Group...

"On September 17th of this year the 145.470 repeater will be 30 years old, in celebration of the 30th anniversary, Tim Berry WB4GBI and I spoke about having a picnic get together for all of those who use the 470."

Geek Cred

Old school geek cred... my Dungeons & Dragons collection from back in the day.

CircuitBee - Online Circuit Schematics Sharing

CircuitBee:

CircuitBee takes your schematic project files, converts them into its own internal format and then provides you with an embeddable version of the circuit, similar to Google Maps but for electronics schematics.

You can pan, zoom, go fullscreen, mouse over components to see what they are and we have plans for lots more features yet.

You can test out a sample right here. From a blogging perspective, it was trivial to embed the schematics below. It needs a feature to do more than import files - a simple, online tool to create and share basic schematics would be a great replacement for some of the drawings that hams create in MS Paint and post on the web.



Via Make

Baofeng UV-3R: CHIRP Now Available for Testing

You've got to love software with frequent builds...

Support is added in today's build:

http://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/daily-07262011/

This is a first stab and only represents a couple hours of work, but it
seems to work for me. Feedback is appreciated, although I'd prefer it go
to the chirp_users list if possible. Future fixes and enhancement
announcements go to that list.


Thanks!

--
Dan Smith
www.danplanet.com
KK7DS

Via the UV-3R Yahoo Group

The First Step

The first step is admitting you have a problem.



Via eHam.net.